Fujitsu LifeBook S-4572, Bios Manual

Page 1: ...Fujitsu LifeBook S Series BIOS Guide LifeBook S Series Model S 4572 F U J I T S U P C C O R P O R A T I O N FPC58 0547 01 ...

Page 2: ...ar to change to the next higher selection 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 Setu...

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 beeps a series of beeps that sounds like a code and the display is blank please refer to the Troubleshooting Section The Troubleshooting Section includes a list of error messages and their meanings P O I N ...

Page 4: ...thout using the setup utility Use the 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 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 each HH MM SS Example 16 45 57 You may change each seg...

Page 5: ...I interface if there is one Pressing the Enter key selects the Primary Master submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface Primary Slave Selects Primary Slave submenu The product of the CD ROM or DVD CD RW Display the type of device on this ATA ATAPI interface if there is one Pressing the Enter key selects the Secondary Master submenu allowing additional device confi...

Page 6: ... 65 535 This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected When 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 the type is identified as Hard Disk When selected you can change the value This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typing in the n...

Page 7: ...t to mode 2 for Fast PIO 4 DMA DMA Transfer Mode Disabled Multiword DMA 1 Multiword DMA 2 Ultra DMA 0 Ultra DMA 1 Ultra DMA 2 Ultra DMA 2 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 Table 2 Fields Options and Defaults for the Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options...

Page 8: ... the BIOS at POST If None is selected all of the following Set up items do not appear Select CD ROM SuperDisk or Hard Disk for appropriate drive type installed at this connection Multi Sector Transfers Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors 64 Sectors 128 Sectors Disabled This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected Specify the number of sectors per block for multiple ...

Page 9: ...O 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Standard 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 automati cally 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 Transfer Mode Disabled Multiword DMA 1 Multiword DMA 2 Ultra DMA 0 Ultra DMA 1 U...

Page 10: ...rmation The following tables show the names of the menu fields 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 Figure 4 Advanced Menu PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save a...

Page 11: ...ser to modify settings for serial infrared and parallel ports Keyboard Mouse Features When selected opens the Keyboard Mouse Features submenu which allows setting external and internal keyboard and mouse parameters Video 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 Con...

Page 12: ... as the setup utility to determine settings limitations etc P O I N T To prevent IRQ and address conflicts avoid changing the default settings If you must change the settings you can call 1 800 8FUJITSU for technical assistance C A U T I O N The BIOS will warn you of a resource conflict by placing a yellow asterisk next to each device that is in conflict P O I N T All I O addresses in Table 5 are ...

Page 13: ... IRQ 5 IRQ 3 Allows user to set the infrared port interrupt when the infrared port is Enabled I O address 100 107 108 10F 110 117 118 11F 118 11F Allows user to set the infrared port I O address when the infrared port is Enabled DMA Channel DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 3 Allows user to set the infrared port DMA Channel when the infrared port is Enabled Parallel Port Disabled Enabled Auto Enabled Configures the...

Page 14: ... Internal Pointing Device Auto Disabled Manual Setting Always Enabled Always Disabled Auto Disabled Sets the device controlling the mouse cursor on the screen Always Enabled makes the pointing device always enabled whether there is an external mouse or not Always Disabled makes the pointing device always disabled Auto Disabled disables the internal pointing device when an external pointing device ...

Page 15: ...he video signal will be routed Compensation Disabled Enabled Disabled Enables or disables compensation which controls spacing on the display When enabled displays with less than pixel resolution 800 x 600 will still cover the entire screen Display Internal Flat Panel Compensation Disabled F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select ...

Page 16: ...sabled Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the Floppy Disk Drive IDE Controller Disabled Enabled Enabled Enables or disables selected IDE devices LAN Controller Disabled Enabled Auto Auto Enables or disables the LAN device 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 H...

Page 17: ...s for the PCI Configuration 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 18: ...able Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 3 If Reserved is selected the BIOS reserves IRQ 3 for use by legacy ISA devices and does not use it for embedded PCI or ISA devices IRQ 3 is removed from the IRQ bitmap 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 Exi...

Page 19: ...s IRQ 10 IRQ 11 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 11 IRQ 15 Available Reserved Available Reserves IRQ 15 Table 10 Fields Options and Defaults for the IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description A d v a n c e d M e n u ...

Page 20: ...Perf is selected the CPU speed is maximized When Batt Opt is selected the CPU speed is opti mized for battery operation When Disabled is selected the CPU speed is fixed to the battery optimized speed 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 Ut...

Page 21: ...cy floppy emulation is disabled When Enabled is selected legacy floppy emulation is enabled and USB floppy is available without USB aware OS 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 disabled Enabled Legacy Floppy Emulation is...

Page 22: ...I events System Boot Event Disabled Enabled Disabled Turns event logging on and off for DMI system boot events Clear All Event Logs No Yes No When set to Yes all event logs will be cleared at next boot Mark Events as Read Enter Enter Allows you to make all events currently in the event log as read F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Value...

Page 23: ...word 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 use the correct password on reboo...

Page 24: ...nges 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 setup utility Minimum ...

Page 25: ...ed Enabled Disabled 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 Remov able Media All Supervisor only All Enable password allows supervisor access only Floppy Disk Access All Supervisor only All En...

Page 26: ...ata on drive Primary Slave Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled No password protection Enabled Hard drive password protected Password must be entered to access data on drive 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 i...

Page 27: ...tion i e name 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 characters can be set Available characters are ASCII codes from 32 through 126 The owner information is always displayed at the bo...

Page 28: ...nother menu use the cursor keys Foreground Color Black Blue Green Cyan Red Magenta Brown White Gray Light Blue Light Green Light Cyan Light Red Light Magenta Yellow Bright White Gray Set foreground color 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 Sets background color Table 16 Fields Option...

Page 29: ...ded rather than shut off from the power switch You may want to make a habit of always trying the Suspend Resume button before using the power switch Resume on Modem ring when enabled will draw power from the bridge battery alone when your system is running off battery power This may poten tially drain your bridge battery Disabling Resume on Modem ring will prevent this from happening Power Savings...

Page 30: ...n of parameters this field will display the setting If you choose to customize the parameters you will be able to set this yourself Auto Suspend Timeout Off 5 to 60 minutes 15 Minutes Sets the length of time without any I O activity before your note book goes into Suspend mode If you choose a factory combination of parameters this field will display that setting If you choose to customize the para...

Page 31: ...ich allows setting additional power saving parameters Factory Installed Values for Power Saving Profiles for APM operating systems only Hard Disk Timeout Display Timeout Standby Timeout Auto Suspend Timeout Customized Off Off 4 Minutes 15 Minutes Maximum Power Savings 30 Seconds 2 Minutes 1 Minute 5 Minutes Maximum Performance Off Off Off 15 Minutes Disabled Off Off Off Off Sample Customized Profi...

Page 32: ... an active state The resume function can not 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 disables having opening the Display panel acting as an automatic resume Resume of LAN Off On Off Enables and disables having LAN activity c...

Page 33: ...er 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 Preboot Execution Environment Disabled Enabled Disabled Turns on and off boot from network server options Boot Device Priority This menu allows setting up the source for the operating system See The Boot Device Priority...

Page 34: ...loppy 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 number for that source Be sure to save your changed order when you exit the BIOS setup utility Hard Disk Drive ATAPI CD ROM Drive PhoenixBIOS ...

Page 35: ...d field and can be entered through the use of third party DMI Compliant software such as LANdesk Client Manager The information including CPU type and speed and total memory displayed on this screen varies accord ing 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 Advance...

Page 36: ...rameters listed in the following table may be different depending upon the configuration of your system Menu Field Options Default BIOS Version 1 53 BIOS Date 04 17 2001 BIOS Area E000h FFFFh CPU Type Pentium R III processor CPU Speed 750MHz L1 Cache 32KB L2 Cache 256KB Total Memory 128MB Memory Slot 128MB SDRAM ...

Page 37: ...xit Saving Changes and Exit will store all the entries on every menu of the setup utility to the 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 When the BIOS recognizes this selection ...

Page 38: ...all menu fields The message Load previous 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 configura tion changes now Yes No will b...