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Fujitsu LifeBook
P Series
BIOS Guide
LifeBook P Series Model:
P1620
Document Date: 1/29/2008
Document Part Number: FPC58-1817-01
FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS LifeBook P Series Notebook BIOS Navigating through the Setup Utility BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BIOS setup utility consists of six menus: Main, The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the Advanced, Security, Boot, Info and Exit. This document operating environment for your notebook. Your BIOS is explains each menu and all submenus and setup items. set at the factory for normal operating conditions, The following procedures allow you to navigate the therefo
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Main Menu 1. When you turn on or restart the computer there is a beep and/or the following message appears on the screen: Error message - please run SETUP program Press key to continue, to run SETUP 2. If an error message is displayed on the screen, and you want to continue with the boot process and start the operating system anyway, press the [F1] key. If your settings require it, you may be asked for a password before the operating system will be loaded. 3. If an error messag
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▲ ▲ LifeBook P1600 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 to help understand the field’s use. Navigating through the Setup Utility to make any changes. System Time and System Date can also be set from your operating system without The following tables show the names of the menu fields using the setup utility. Use
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Main Menu Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu Menu Field Option Default Description Drive0: Selects Primary –— Displays the type of device on this Serial ATA/IDE interface, if there is one. Master submenu Pressing the Enter key selects the Drive0 submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface. ■ Language: English (US) [English The default setting differs between the US/European and the Japanese ■ (US)] model. Selects the display language for th
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▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS Note: Actual hard drive label shown may vary. Depending Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu on the drive type, information such as cylinders, heads and The Drive0 submenu identifies which ATA devices are sectors may also be displayed. installed. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit Item Specific Help Drive0 [TOSHIBA MK4009GAL] Select Serial ATA/IDE Type: [Auto] drive installed here. LBA Format To
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Main Menu Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description ■ LBA Mode Disabled [Enabled] The best option is selected by the BIOS automatically when Auto is ■ Control: selected and cannot be selected by the user. Enables or disables Logical Enabled Block Addressing in place of Cylinder, Head, Sector addressing. ■ Transfer Mode: Standard [Multiword The best option is selected by the BIOS automatically when Auto is ■ DMA 2] sele
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▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS ADVANCED MENU - SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: Follow the instructions for Navigating Through the Setup Utility to make any changes. ■ Turn NumLock on or off. ■ Select between the display panel and an external CRT The following tables show the names of the menu fields display. for the Advanced Menu and its submenus, all of the ■ Enable or disable compensation for your display. options for each field, the
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Advanced Menu Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Description USB Features When selected, opens the USB Features submenu, which allows enabling or disabling USB and SCSI Subclass support. Miscellaneous When selected, opens the Miscellaneous Configurations submenu, which allows you to change the power but- Configurations ton, Wake Up On LAN, and Volume settings. Event Logging When selected, opens the Event Logging submenu which lets you view and enable the even
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▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu is for setting the condition of the NumLock button. . PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Keyboard/Mouse Features Item Specific Help [On] or [Off] Numlock: [Off] Numlock is On or 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 Select Item
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▲ Advanced Menu Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Video Features Submenu is for setting the display parameters. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Video Features Item Specific Help Display [Auto]] Select display terminal. Compensation: [Enabled] *This setting is not effective after operating systems starts up. F1 Help Select Item -/Space Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit Fig
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▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configurations submenu allows the user to configure other internal devices. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Internal Device Configurations [Disabled] IDE Controller: [Enabled] IDE port is disabled. Bluetooth(R): [Enabled] LAN Controller: [Enabled] [Enabled] Wireless LAN: [Enabled] IDE port is enabled. F1 Help Select I
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▲ Advanced Menu CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features submenu configures certain features of the CPU in the system. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit CPU Features Item Specific Help Core Multi-Processing [Enabled] Select Core Multi-Processing SpeedStep(R) Technology: [Enabled] enabled or disabled. On Battery: [Battery Optimized] On AC: [Maximum Performance] XD Bit functionality: [Enabled] Virtualizatio
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▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Features submenu configures the USB capabilities of the system. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit USB Features Item Specific Help Legacy USB Support: [Enabled] [Disabled] SCSI SubClass Support: [Enabled] The feature is disabled. [Enabled] Legacy USB Emulation is enabled and USB devices are available without USB aware OS. F1 Help Select Item -/Space Change Val
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▲ Advanced Menu Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Configurations submenu configures several features of the system, including power button and volume settings, video memory size, and power management settings. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Miscellaneous Configurations Item Specific Help Power Button: [Disabled] Configures the power Wake up on LAN: [Disabled] button. On Battery: [Enabled] Force LA
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LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS Table 9: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu Menu Field Options Default Description ■ Volume Off [Middle] Allows you to set or disable the system volume level. ■ Setting: Minimum ■ Middle ■ Maximum ■ Hardware Disabled [Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the running of Hardware Power ■ Power (Level1)] Management. Level1 is standard hardware management; Level2 is deeper Enabled (Level1) Management: ■ than Level1. Enab
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▲ Advanced Menu Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Event Logging submenu is for setting up the logs for DMI event logging. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Event Logging Item Specific Help Event Log Capacity: Space Available Press key to Event Log Validity: Valid view the contents of the event log. View Event Log: [Enter] Event Logging: [Enabled] System Boot Event: [Disabled] Clear All Event Logs: [No] Mark Events as Read:
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▲ ▲▲ ▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS SECURITY MENU - SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows you to set up the data security ■ If you make an error when re-entering features of your notebook to fit your operating needs the password a [Warning] will be and to view the current data security configuration. displayed on the screen. To try again, Follow the instructions for Navigating Through the press the Enter key and then retype the Setup Utility to make any changes. password
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Security Menu Table 11: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Supervisor Password is: –— Clear A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor password 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 Password –— [Enter] Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. The Supervisor Pass- word m
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▲ LifeBook P1600 Notebook BIOS Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Security submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Hard Disk Security Item Specific Help Drive0: Clear Set Master Password: [Enter] Set User Password [Enter] Password Entry on Boot: [Enabled] F1 Help Select Item -/Space Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select S
