Fujitsu LifeBook i Series, Bios Manual

Page 1: ...s F10 Save and Exit Item Specific Help Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit Fujitsu LifeBook i Series BIOS Guide LifeBook Series i Series Model Numbers i 4187 i 4190 Document Date 10 26 2000 This document is designed to provide Fujitsu LifeBook developers and users with an understanding of the system s Basic Input Output System BIOS ...

Page 2: ... or to change to the next higher selec tion and F5 or to go to the next lower selection 4 To activate a submenu press the Enter key 5 To return to a menu from a submenu press the Esc key 6 To go to the Exit menu from any other menu press the Esc key 7 Pressing the F9 key resets all items in the BIOS to the default values 8 Pressing the F10 key saves the current configura tion and exits the BIOS Se...

Page 3: ...lowing message Warning Error message Continue 5 Press any key to enter the setup utility The system will then display the Main Menu with current parameters values C A U T I O N If your notebook emits a series of beeps that sounds like a code and the display is blank please refer to the Trou bleshooting Section The Troubleshooting Section includes a list of error messages and their meanings P O I N...

Page 4: ... calendar and time icon on your Windows Control panel or type time or date from the MS DOS prompt Table 1 Fields Options and Defaults for the Main Menu Note that the parameters listed below may differ as determined by your system configuration Menu Field Options Default Description System Time Sets and displays the current time Time is in a 24 hour format of hours minutes seconds with 2 digits for...

Page 5: ...ubmenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface Primary Slave Selects Primary Slave submenu The product of the CD ROM Display the type of device on this ATA ATAPI interface if there is one Pressing the Enter key selects the Primary Slave submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface Language English US Japanese JP English US The default sett...

Page 6: ...is selected When Hard Disk is selected you can change the value This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typing in the number Heads A number between 1 and 16 This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected When Hard Disk is selected you can change the value This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typing in the number Sectors A number between 0 a...

Page 7: ...changed when Auto is selected PIO Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Fast PI0 4 Selects the method for moving data to from the drive Autotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected Multi word DMA is automatically set to mode 1 for Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 and set to mode 2 for Fast PIO 4 DMA DMA Tran...

Page 8: ...ween 0 and 65 535 This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected When Hard Disk is selected you can change the value This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typing in the number Heads A number between 1 and 16 This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected When Hard Disk is selected you can change the value This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar...

Page 9: ... Enabled Disabled Enables or disables Logical Block Addressing in place of Cylinder Head Sector addressing This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected PIO Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Fast PIO 4 Selects the method for moving data to from the drive Autotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected...

Page 10: ...for the Advanced Menu and its submenus all of the options for each field the default settings and a descrip tion of the field s function and any special information needed to help understand the field s use Note that not all fields appear in all configurations the fields that appear are dependent upon the system CPU Figure 4 Advanced Menu PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Sele...

Page 11: ...o Features When selected opens the Video Features submenu which allows setting of the display parameters including routing of video signals to different displays Internal Device Configurations When selected opens the Internal Device Configuration submenu which allows enabling or disabling the Floppy Disk and IDE Controllers PCI Configurations When selected opens additional menus to configure PCI d...

Page 12: ...nual Setting Always Enabled Always Disabled Manual Setting Sets the device controlling the mouse cursor on the screen Manual Setting allows the device to be enabled or disabled by a Hot Key Always Enabled makes the pointing device always enabled whether there is an external mouse or not Always Disabled makes the pointing device always disabled whether there is an external mouse or not F1 Help ESC ...

Page 13: ...nsation which controls spacing on the display When enabled displays with less than pixel resolution 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 will still cover the entire screen TV Output Disabled Enabled Disabled Allows you to enable or disable TV output TV Standard NTSC PAL NTSC Allows you to select a TV standard Display Internal Flat Panel Compensation Disabled TV Output Disabled TV Standard NTSC F1 Help ESC Exit...

Page 14: ...ernal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description IDE Controller Disabled Enabled Enabled Enables or disables IDE controller F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Disabled IDE port is disabled Enabled IDE port is...

Page 15: ...s for the PCI Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description IRQ Reservation Reserve specific IRQs for use by legacy ISA devices F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Reserve specific IRQs for use by legacy ISA devices PCI...

Page 16: ...ap in the PCI IRQ routing table IRQ 4 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 4 IRQ 5 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 5 IRQ 7 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 7 F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Reserve the specified IRQ for use by l...

Page 17: ...s IRQ 10 IRQ 11 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 11 IRQ 15 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 15 Table 9 Fields Options and Defaults for the IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description A d v a n c e d M e n u ...

Page 18: ...hen Enabled is selected Legacy Floppy Emulation is enabled and the USB floppy drive is available without a USB aware OS When Disabled is selected Legacy Floppy Emulation is disabled F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Disabled Legacy Floppy Emulation is di...

Page 19: ...sabled Clear All Event Logs No Mark Events as Read Enter Table 11 Fields Options and Defaults for the Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log Capacity Space Available Display only Event Log Validity Valid Display only View Event Log Enter Enter Allows you to view content of event log Event Logging Disabled Enabled Enabled Turns event logging on a...

Page 20: ...safe place If you forget the password you will have to contact your support representative to regain access to your secured functions and data C A U T I O N Entering a password incorrectly 3 times in a row will cause the keyboard and mouse to be locked out and the warning System Disabled to be displayed If this happens restart the computer by turning off and on the power with the power switch and ...

Page 21: ...word is set Sets changes or cancels the User Password The User Password may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers no symbols Passwords are NOT case sensitive To cancel a password press the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password field and in the Re enter New Password field When a User Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS se...

Page 22: ...d When set to Enabled a password User or Supervisor is required before the operating system will resume When set to Disabled no password is required If no Supervisor Password is set this feature is not available and no password is required Boot from Removable Media All Supervisor only All Enable password allows supervisor access only Floppy Disk Access All Supervisor only All Enable password allow...

Page 23: ...er than the original system on which it is locked or systems that have the identical password setting Primary Slave Disabled Enabled Disabled F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Disabled The feature is disabled Enabled The hard di...

Page 24: ...nta Brown White Gray Light Blue Light Green Light Cyan Light Red Light Magenta Yellow Bright White Gray Select a color for the foreground F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Press Enter key to set owner information Up to 80 charac...

Page 25: ...y to go to the Exit Menu If you wish to move to another menu use the cursor keys Background Color Black Blue Green Cyan Red Magenta Brown White Gray Light Blue Light Green Light Cyan Light Red Light Magenta Yellow Bright White Black Select a color for the background Table 14 Fields Options and Defaults for the Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description S ...

Page 26: ... Auto suspend Timeout Hard Disk Timeout and Video Timeout features are available exclusively through the operating system P O I N T When resuming from a Save to Disk suspension there will be a delay while the contents of system memory and operating parameters are loaded from the hard drive C A U T I O N In Save to Disk mode there is no indication on the Status Indicator to let you know you are sus...

Page 27: ...oose to customize the parameters you will be able to set this yourself Off has no inactivity shutoff Standby Timeout Off 1 to 16 Minutes 4 Minutes Sets the length of time without any user input device activity before the CPU is set to half speed and the display and the hard drive are turned off If you choose a factory combination of parameters this field will display the setting If you choose to c...

Page 28: ...operate if the Save to Disk mode is enabled This feature applies to internal and external modems Resume On Time Off On Off Sets whether or not to resume from a suspension state at a designated time This feature is available from either the Suspend mode or the Save to Disk mode Resume Time 00 00 00 to 23 59 59 00 00 00 Sets the designated time on a 24 hour clock when the notebook is to automaticall...

Page 29: ...Default Description Suspend Resume Switch Disabled Enabled Enabled Sets the function of the Suspend Resume button when your notebook is in an active state The resume function cannot be disabled as it works regardless of any other settings Lid Closure Suspend Off On On Enables and disables having closure of the Display panel put your notebook in Suspend mode Lid Open Resume Off On On Enables and di...

Page 30: ...kBoot Mode Disabled Enabled Auto Enabled Turns on and off booting with a truncated set of Power On Self Test Fewer tests mean faster turn on Boot time Diagnostic Screen Disabled Enabled Disabled Turns on and off display of test results instead of Fujitsu logo screen during Power On Self Test Boot Device Priority Selects the Boot Device Priority submenu This menu allows setting up the source for th...

Page 31: ... the internal hard drive is not present or is disabled The bootable CD ROM can never use a C designation if a formatted internal hard drive is present since the C designator is always reserved for the internal hard drive The boot sequence ignores the new drive designa tions however your application software will use the new designations PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select...

Page 32: ...cursor keys Table 18 Fields Options and Defaults for the Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Floppy Disk Drive The boot selections determine the order in which the BIOS searches for the operating system during a startup sequence To change the order highlight one source by using the up or down cursor keys and then press the or key to change the order...

Page 33: ... O I N T The information including CPU type and speed and total memory displayed on this screen varies according to the unit you purchased PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Change Values Enter Select Sub Menu F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Main Advanced Security Power Savings Boot Info Exit Item Specific Help BIOS Version 1 03 BIOS Date 09 25 2000 BIOS A...

Page 34: ...ers reflected below may be different from those on your screen depending upon system configuration Menu Field Options Default BIOS Version 1 03 BIOS Date 09 25 2000 BIOS Area E000h FFFFh CPU Type Intel Celeron TM processor CPU Speed 550 MHz L1 Cache 32 KB L2 Cache 128 KB Total Memory 64 MB Onboard 64 MB SDRAM Memory Slot None ...

Page 35: ...e BIOS memory and then exit the setup utility A confirmation message Save Configuration changes and exit now Yes No will be displayed Exit Discarding Changes Selecting Exit Discarding Changes and Exit will exit the setup utility with out writing to the BIOS memory A setup warning message Configuration has not been saved Save before exiting Yes No will be displayed when your settings have changed W...

Page 36: ...menu fields The message Load previous configuration now Yes No will be displayed When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit menu To return to another menu follow the directions in the Navigating Through the Setup Utility Section Save Changes Selecting Save Changes will cause the new settings in all menus to be written to the BIOS memory The message Save configuration changes now Yes ...