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Fujitsu LifeBook
A Series
BIOS Guide
LifeBook A Series Model:
A3110
Document Date: 09/27/2006
Document Part Number: FPC58-1569-01
FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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LifeBook A Series BIOS 6. To go to the Exit menu from any other menu, A Series BIOS press the [Esc] key. BIOS SETUP UTILITY ■ Selecting a field causes a help message The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the about that field to be displayed on the right-hand side of the screen. operating environment for your notebook. Your BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating conditions, ■ Pressing the Enter key with the highlight therefore there is no need to set or change the BIOS on
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Main Menu 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 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. (See Navigating through the Setup to help understand the field’s use. Utility on page 2 for more information.) System Time and System Date can also be The following tables show the names of the menu fields set from your operating system without for the Main menu and its submenus, all of the opt
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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 System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/ year numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year. (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/ 2006. You may change each segment of the date sepa- rately. Move between the segments with the
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LifeBook A Series BIOS Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu The Drive0 submenu identifies what ATA devices are installed and the default values and settings of the devices. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Drive0: Select Serial ATA/IDE drive installed here. Device :Hard Disk Vendor :FUJITSU MHV2120AT PL [Auto] Maximum Capacity :120.0GB The BIOS auto-types the LBA Mode :Supported drive on boot time. Block Mode :16Sectors PIO Mode :4 [None] Async DMA :MultiW
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Main Menu Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu Note that the information displayed on this screen may differ from that which appears on your screen, depending upon your system configuration. Menu Field Options Default Description Ultra DMA --- Ultra DMA-5 Displays the Ultra DMA method for moving data to/from the Drive0 device. S.M.A.R.T. --- Supported Displays whether Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology is supported. (MSART is a hard drive fe
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LifeBook A Series BIOS Drive1 Submenu of the Main Menu The Drive1 submenu allows you to configure secondary ATA devices. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Drive1: Select Serial ATA/IDE drive installed here. Device :ATAPI CDROM Vendor :_NEC DVD_RW ND-7550A [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
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Advanced Menu Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Drive1 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description ■ Type: Auto [Auto] Selects the hard drive device type. Select Auto to have the type ■ None automatically identified by the BIOS at POST. If None is selected, all of the Setup items above do not appear. Exiting from Main Menu When you have finished setting the parameters on this menu, you can either exit from the setup utility, or move to another menu. If you wish
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▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ LifeBook A Series BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS ■ The Advanced Menu allows you to: Configure CPU and USB features in your system. ■ Set the keyboard and mouse features. The following tables show the names of the menu fields ■ for the Advanced Menu and its submenus, all of the Select between the display panel and an external CRT or flat panel display. options for each field, the default settings and a descrip- ■ Enable or disable compensation for you
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Advanced Menu Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Description Miscellaneous Opens the Miscellaneous Configurations submenu to allow you to enable or disable the power but- Configurations ton, Wake Up On LAN, control volume settings, and adjust UMA video memory size. Event Logging Opens the event logging submenu. 11
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LifeBook A Series BIOS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu is for setting the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and keyboard. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Keyboard/Mouse Features [On] or [Off] Numlock is On or Off. [On/Padlock Off] Numlock: [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 vv v0
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Advanced Menu Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Video Features submenu is for setting the display parameters. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Video Features Select display terminal. * This setting is not Display: [Auto] effective after Compensation: [Enabled] operating system starts up. F1: Help Esc: Exit vv v02.59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 6. Video Features Submenu Table 6: Fields, Options and Defaults for the V
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LifeBook A Series BIOS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration submenu allows the user to enable or disable IDE, Bluetooth, and LAN Controllers. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Internal Device Configurations [Disabled] No IDE ports are enabled. IDE Controller: [Both]] Bluetooth(R): [Enabled] [Primary] LAN Controller: [Enabled] Only primary IDE port is enabled. [Secondary] Only secondary IDE port is enabled.
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Advanced Menu CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features submenu provides options for configuring the AMD Virtualization™ features of the CPU. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit CPU Features Select AMD Virstualization(TM) enabled or disabled. AMD Virtualization(TM) [Disabled] F1: Help Esc: Exit vv v02.59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 8. CPU Features Submenu Table 8: Fields, Options and Defaults for the CPU Featu
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LifeBook A Series 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 Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit USB Features [Disabled] Legacy USB Support [Enabled] The feature is disabled. SCSI SubClass Support: [Enabled] [Enabled] Legacy USB Emulation is enabled and USB devices are available without USB aware OS. F1: Help Esc: Exit vv v02.59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, America
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Security 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 setting the volume and video memory size. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Miscellaneous Configurations Configures the power Power Button: [Disabled] button. Wake up on LAN: [Disabled] Force LAN Boot: [Disabled] *ACPI OS ignores this Volume Setting: [Mid
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LifeBook A Series BIOS Table 10: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description ■ Volume Setting: Off [Middle] Selects the initial volume setting for the system. ■ Minimum ■ Middle ■ Maximum ■ UMA Video 32MB [64MB] Allows you to select the maximum shared video memory ■ Memory Size: 64MB size. Video memory is dynamically allocated as needed for ■ 128MB running applications by Dynamic Video Memory Technology ■ 22
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Security Menu Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Event Logging submenu configures event logging features for DMI events. BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit Event Logging Press key to view the contents of Event Log Capacity: Space Available the event log. 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 vv v
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▲ ▲ LifeBook A Series BIOS SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows you to set up the data security ■ Entering a password incorrectly 3 times in features of your notebook to fit your operating needs a row causes the keyboard and mouse to and to view the current data security configuration. (See be locked out and the warning [System Navigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 for more Disabled] to be displayed. If this hap- information.) pens, restart the
