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Fujitsu LifeBook
P Series
BIOS Guide
LifeBook P Series Model:
P-2040
Document Date: 10/22/01
Document Part Number: FPC58-0623-01
FUJITSU PC CORPORATION
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 2 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS 3. To select the different values for each field, press the P Series BIOS [Spacebar] or [+] to change to the next higher selec- tion and [F5] or [-] to go to the next lower selection. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 4. To activate a submenu press [Enter]. The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the 5. To return to a menu from a submenu, press [Esc]. operating environment for your notebook. Your BIOS 6. To go to Exit
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 3 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM P 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. Follow the instructions for to help understand the field’s use. Navigating Through the Setup Utility to make any changes. POINT The following tables show the names of the menu fields System Time and System Date can also be set from your for
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 4 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS 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). Exam- ple: 16:45:57. You may change each segment of the time separately. Move between the segments with the [Tab] key and/or [Shift] + [Tab] keys. System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/year nu
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 5 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Main Menu Note: Actual hard drive label shown may vary. Depending Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu on the drive type, information such as cylinders, heads and The Primary Master submenu identifies which ATA sectors may also be displayed. devices are installed. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit Item Specific Help Primary Master [FUJITSU MHM2200AT-(PM)] Select ATA/ATAPI drive T
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 6 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Sectors: A number –— This item appears only when the type is identifed as Auto or Hard between 0 Disk. When Hard Disk is selected, you can change the value. This and 63 field is changed by incrementing (pressing the [Spacebar]) or by typing in the number. Maximum Display only –— Disp
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 7 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Main Menu Note: Actual drive label shown may vary. Depending on Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu the drive type, information such as cylinders, heads and The Secondary Master submenu identifies which ATA sectors may also be displayed. devices are installed. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit Secondary Master [TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2102-(SM)] Item Specific Help Select ATA/ATAPI
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 8 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Sectors: A number –— This item appears only when the type is identifed as Auto or Hard between 0 Disk. When Hard Disk is selected, you can change the value. This and 63 field is changed by incrementing (pressing the [Spacebar]) or by typing in the number. Maximum Display only –— Dis
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 9 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Main Menu 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. Enable or disable support for Plug & Play operating systems. The following tables show the names of the menu fields Select between the display panel and an external for the Advanced Menu and its submenus, all of the CRT display. option
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 10 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Plug & Play O/S: No [No] Select Yes if you are using a Plug & Play capable operating system. Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot devices. Yes Keyboard/Mouse –— –— When selected, opens the Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu, Features which allows setting external and internal keyboard and mouse par
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 11 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Advanced Menu 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. . PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit Keyboard/Mouse Features Item Specific Help Select pointing device Numlock: [Auto] configurations. Internal Pointing Device: [Manual Setting] The pointing dev
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 12 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS 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 [Internal Flat Panel] Compensation: [Enabled] Select display terminal. F1 Help Select Item -/Space Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Sa
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 13 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Advanced Menu 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 Internal Device Configurations Item Specific Help IDE Controller: [Both] [Disabled] LAN Controller: [Auto] No IDE ports are enabled. [Primary] Only primary IDE port is enabled. [Enabl
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 14 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS PCI Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configurations submenu allows the user to reserve specific interrupts (IRQs) for legacy ISA devices, and to enable or disable built in PCI device modules. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit PCI Configurations Item Specific Help IRQ Reservation Reserve specific IRQs for use by legacy ISA devices. F1 Help Sel
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 15 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Advanced Menu IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configurations Submenu The IRQ Reservation submenu of the PCI Configura- reserved, the BIOS does not use it for embedded PCI or tions submenu allows the user to mark various IRQs as ISA devices. reserved for use by legacy ISA devices. When an IRQ is PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit IRQ Reservation Item Specific Help IRQ 3: [Available] Res
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 16 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS 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 Processor Serial Number: [Disabled] Configures Processor Serial Number feature of Pentium(R) III processor. [Disabled] Processor Serial Number feature is disabled. [Enabled] Pro
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 17 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Advanced Menu USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Features submenu configures the USB capabili- ties of the system. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Savings Exit USB Features Item Specific Help USB Floppy Disk: [Enabled] [Disabled] Legacy Floppy Emulation is disabled. [Enabled] Legacy Floppy Emulation is enabled and USB floppy is available without USB aware OS. F1 Help Select Item -/Sp
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 18 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS 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
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 19 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM Advanced Menu SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES The Security menu allows you to set up the data security features of your notebook to fit your operating needs and POINTS to view the current data security configuration. Follow the instructions for Navigating Through the Setup Utility If you make an error when re-entering the password to make any changes. a [Warning] will be displayed on the screen. To try again,
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Pauling BIOS.fm Page 20 Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM LifeBook P Series BIOS Table 13: 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 is: 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, cha
