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Fujitsu LifeBook
A Series
BIOS Guide
LifeBook A Series Models:
A3040
Document Date: 2/10/06
Document Part Number: FPC58-1482-01
FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS ■ Selecting a field causes a help message A Series BIOS about that field to be displayed on the BIOS SETUP UTILITY right-hand side of the screen. ■ Pressing the Enter key with the highlight The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the on a selection that is not a submenu or operating environment for your notebook. Your BIOS auto selection will cause a list of all is set at the factory for normal operating conditions, options for that item to be disp
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BIOS Setup Utility 3. If an error message is displayed on the screen, and you want to enter the setup utility, press the [F2] key. 4. When the setup utility starts with a fault present, the system displays the following 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. 3
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▲▲ LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main Menu allows you to set or view the current the field’s function and any special information needed system parameters. Follow the instructions for Navi- to help understand the field’s use. gating Through The Setup Utility to make any changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 2 for System Time and System Date can also be more information.) set from your operating system without using the
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Main Menu Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu Note that the parameters listed in the following table may vary depending upon your system’s configuration. Menu Field Options Default Description Primary Master: The product Display the type of device on this ATA/ATAPI interface, if there is Selects Primary number of the hard one. Pressing the Enter key selects the Primary Master submenu Master submenu drive. allowing additional device configuration options for this interface.
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Primary Master submenu identifies the characteristics of the Primary Master device installed. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary Master: Select ATA/ATAPI drive installed here. Device :Hard Disk Vendor :TOSHIBA MK8025GAS [Auto] Maximum Capacity :80.0GB The BIOS auto-types the LBA Mode :Supported drive on boot time. Block Mode :16Sectors PIO Mode :4 [None] Async DMA :MultiWord DMA-2 The drive is disabled. Ultra DMA
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Main Menu Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Secondary Master submenu identifies the characteristics of the Secondary Master device installed. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Secondary Master: Select ATA/ATAPI drive installed here. Device :ATAPI CDROM Vendor :MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ841S [Auto] LBA Mode :Supported The BIOS auto-types the PIO Mode :4 drive on boot time. Async DMA :MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA :Ultra DMA-2 [None] The drive is disabled. Type [Auto] F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.
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▲ ▲▲▲ ▲ ▲ LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: Follow instructions for Navigating Through the Setup Utility to make any changes. (See Navigating Through ■ Set the I/O addresses for the serial and parallel ports. The Setup Utility on page 2 for more information.) ■ Set the keyboard and mouse features. ■ Select between the display panel and an external The following tables show the names of the menu fields CRT display.
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Advanced Menu Keyboard Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Keyboard Features submenu is for enabling or disabling the NumLock feature. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Keyboard/Mouse Features [On] or [Off] Numlock is On or Off. Numlock [Off] [On/Padlock Off] Numlock is On, but use with [Fn] for 10-key input. * Windows XP preserves Numlock state when the user logs off. F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.59 (C) Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 5. Keyboard Features Submenu Table
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Video Features Submenu is for setting the display parameters. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Video Features Select display terminal. * This setting is not Display: [Auto] effective after Compensation: [Enabled] operating system starts up. F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.59 (C) Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 6. Video Features Submenu Table 6: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Video Features Subm
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Advanced Menu Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration submenu allows the user to configure other internal devices. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Internal Device Configurations [Disabled] No IDE ports are enabled. IDE Controller: [Both] LAN Controller: [Enabled] [Primary] Only primary IDE port is enabled. [Secondary] Only secondary IDE port is enabled. [Both] Both primary and secondary IDE ports are enabled. F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.59 (C)
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Features Submenu provides options for enabling or disabling the USB Floppy Disk Drive. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Features [Disabled] The feature is disabled. Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] SCSI SubClass Support [Disabled] Legacy USB Emulation is enabled and USB devices are available without USB aware OS. F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.59 (C) Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. F
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Advanced Menu Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu provides options for enabling or disabling the power button and the Wake Up On LAN feature, and for adjusting the volume setting and video memory size. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Miscellaneous Configurations Configures the power button. Power Button [Disabled] *ACPI OS ignores this Wake up on LAN [Disabled] setting. Volume Setting [Middle] UMA Video Memory Size
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Event Logging Submenu configures event logging features for DMI events. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Event Logging Press key to view the contents of the event log. Event Log Capacity: Space Available Event Log Validity: Valid View Event Log [Enter] Event Logging [Enabled] System Boot Event [Disabled] Clear All Event Logs [Enter] Mark Events as Read [Enter] F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.5
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▲ ▲ Security Menu SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows you to set up the data security ■ Entering a password incorrectly 3 times features of your notebook to fit your operating needs in a row will cause the keyboard and and to view the current security configuration. Follow mouse to be locked out and the warning the instructions for Navigating Through the Setup [System Disabled] to be displayed. Utility to make any changes. (See Navigating Through If t
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS Table 11: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor password Password is: is set and Clear when it is not. User Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user password is set, and Clear when it is not. Set Supervisor –— [Enter] Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. Supervisor’s Passwo
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Security Menu Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Security Hard Disk Security Press key to set Hard Disk Password. The hard disk is locked Primary Master Password Is: Clear with the password. Data in the locked disk can Set Primary Master Password: [Enter] not be read on other systems. Password Entry on Boot: [Enabled] F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.59 (C) Copyright 1
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Submenu is for setting owner information. Note that the owner information cannot be set without having entered a Supervisor password. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Security Owner Information Owner Information Is: Clear Set Owner Information [Enter] Foreground Color [Gray] Background Color [Black] F1: Help Esc: Exit v02.59 (C) Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 13. O
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▲ ▲ ▲ Boot Menu BOOT MENU – SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Menu is used to select the order in which the The following tables show the names of the menu fields BIOS searches sources for the operating system. Follow for the Boot menu and its submenu, all of the options the instructions for Navigating Through the Setup for each field, the default settings and a description of Utility to make any changes. (See Navigating Through the field's function and any special information ne
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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS Table 14: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Boot Device — — This submenu allows setting up the source for the operating system. Priority See “The Boot Device Priority Submenu” in the following section. Hard Disk — — This submenu allows you to specify the Boot Device Priority of avail- Drives Priority able hard disk drives. See “The Boot Device Priority Submenu” in the following section. CD/DVD Drives
