Fujitsu LifeBook B2178 User's Guide

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B2178 BIOS 01-10 20/11/2000, 12:011

1. BIOS setup

Snapshots of the BIOS setup screen and the possible setup options is shown in the follo wing sections.

Underlined setup options show the default settings.
Columns between Selections and Note show the security level of each setup item. ‘S’ means that

the item needs the supervisor password security level and can not be changed with the user
password security level.

1.1 Main Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

System Time: [10:34:56]
System Date: [11/17/2000]

Floppy Disk A: [Disabled]

:Primary Master: [Fujitsu MHM2150AT-(PM)]

Language: [English (US)]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

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1.1.1 Main - Primary Master and Primary Slave Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Primary Master [Fujitsu MHK2060AT]

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

Type: [Auto]
Maximum Capacity: 15103 MB

Multi-Sector Transfers: [16 Sectors]
LBA Mode Control: [Enabled]
PIO Transfer Mode: [Fast PIO 4]
DMA Transfer Mode: [Ultra DMA 2]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

Select ATA/ATAPI
drive installed here.

[Auto]
The BIOS auto-type
the drive on boot
time.

Except [Auto]
You enter parameters
of the drive.

[None]
The drive is disabled.

Figure 1-2 Main - Primary Master and Primary Slave Menu

Setup Item Selections Note (Item Specific Help)

Type

Auto
None

CD-ROM
ATAPI Removable
User

Select ATA/ATAPI device type. If ‘Auto’ is
selected, the type is automatically identified at

POST by the BIOS. It does not carry out
Cylinder/Head/Sector display in the case of
over 8.4GB-HDD when Auto mode. If ‘None’

is selected, all of the following setup items do
not appear. When ‘User’ is selected, you can

specify Cylinders, Heads and Sectors.
User = you enter parameters of hard-disk drive

installed at this connection.
Auto = autotypes ATA/ATAPI drive installed
here.

CD-ROM = a CD-ROM drive is installed here.
ATAPI Removable = removable disk drive is

installed here.

Cylinders 0 to 65535 S This item appears when ‘Auto’ is selected

and the type is identified as hard disk, or
‘User’ is selected. When ‘User’ is selected,

you can change the value.
Specify the number of Cylinders.

Heads 1 to 16 S This item appears when ‘Auto’ is selected

and the type is identified as hard disk, or
‘User’ is selected. When ‘User’ is selected,

you can change the value.
Specify the number of Heads.

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Setup Item

Sectors

Maximum Capacity

Multi-Sector
Transfers

Selections

0 to 63

xxxx MB

Disabled
2 Sectors
4 Sectors
8 Sectors
16 Sectors
32 Sectors
64 Sectors
128 Sectors

Note (Item Specific Help)

This item appears when ‘Auto’ is selected and

S

the type is identified as hard disk, or ‘User’ is
selected. When ‘User’ is selected, you can
change the value.
Specify the number of Sectors.

Display maximum capacity calculated from
parameters of hard disk when ‘Auto’ is
selected and the type is identified as hard
disk, or ‘User’ is selected.

This option can not be changed when ‘Auto’

S

is selected.
Specify the number of sectors per block for
multiple sector transfer .

LBA Mode Control

PIO T ransf er Mode

DMA T ransf er Mode

Table 1-2 Main - Primary Master and Primary Slave Menu options

Disabled
Enabled

Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4

Disabled
Multiword DMA 1
Multiword DMA 2
Ultra DMA 0
Ultra DMA 1
Ultra DMA 2

This option can not be changed when ‘Auto’

S

is selected.
Enabling LBA causes Logical Block
Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders,
Heads & Sectors.

This option can not be changed when ‘Auto’

S

is selected. Multi-word DMA is automatically
set to mode 1 for ‘Fast PIO 1’, ‘Fast PIO 2’,
‘Fast PIO 3’ and set to mode 2 for ‘Fast PIO
4’.
Selects the method of moving data to/from
the drive. Autotype the drive to select the
optimum transfer mode.

You can not change this option when ‘Auto’ is

S

selected.
Selects the Ultra DMA mode used for moving
data to/from the drive. Autotype the drive to
select the optimum transfer mode.

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1.2 Advanced Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Plug & Play O/S [Yes]
Protected Device Configuration [No]

:Serial/Parallel Port Configurations
:Keyboard/Mouse Features
:Video Features
:Internal Devices Configurations
:PCI Configuration
:USB Features

:Event Logging

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

[No]
The BIOS configures
also non-boot devices.
Select if you are
using a non-Plug &
Play OS or a non-ACPI
OS

[Yes]
The BIOS configures
only boot devices.

Figure 1-3 Advanced menu

Helvetica Selections Note (Item Specific Help)

Plug & Play O/S No

Yes

S Select ‘Yes’ if you are using a Plug & Play

capable operating system.
Select ‘No’ if you need the BIOS to configure

non-boot devices.

Protected Device
Configurations

Serial/Parallel Port

S ‘Yes’ prevents a Plug and Play Operating

System from changing system settings.
Peripheral Configuration.

Configurations
Keyboard/Mouse

Features

Setup keyboard/mouse features.

Video Features Configures display and video features.
Internal Device

Configures other internal devices.

Configurations
PCI Configuration Additional setup menus to configure PCI

devices.

USB Features Configure USB features.
Event Logging Configure event logging features.

Table 1-3 Advanced menu options

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1.2.1 Advanced - Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Serial/Parallel Port Configuration

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

Setup Item

Serial Port

I/O Address

Interrupt

Infrared Port

Mode

Serial port : [Enabled]

I/O Address: [3F8-3FF]
Interrupt: [IRQ 4]

Infrared Port : [Enabled]

Mode: [FIR]
I/O Address: [2E8-2EF]
Interrupt: [IRQ 3]
I/O Address: [118-11F]
DMA Channel: [DMA 3]

Parallel Port: [Enabled]

Mode: [Bi-directional]
I/O Address: [378-37F]
Interrupt: [IRQ 7]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

[Disabled]
The port is disabled

[Enabled]
The port is enabled
with user
configuration

[Auto]
A Plug & Play OS or
an ACPI OS will
configure the port.

Figure 1-4 Advanced - Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Menu

Selections

Disabled
Enabled
Auto

Note (Item Specific Help)

S

Configure serial port A using options:
[Disabled] No configuration
[Enabled] User configuration
[Auto] BIOS or OS chooses configuration

3F8-3FF
2F8-2FF
3E8-3EF

S

This option is available when Serial port A is
‘Enabled’.
Set the base I/O address for serial port A.

2E8-2EF
IRQ 3

IRQ 4
IRQ 5

Disabled
Enabled
Auto

S

This option is available when Serial port A is
‘Enabled’.
Set the interrupt for serial port A.

S

Configure Infrared port using options:
[Disabled] No configuration
[Enabled] User configuration
[Auto] BIOS or OS chooses configuration

IrDA
FIR

S

Infrared port is ‘Enabled’.
Infrared port is ‘Disabled’.

I/O Address

3F8-3FF
2F8-2FF
3E8-3EF
2E8-2EF

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S

Set the base I/O address.

Setup Item

Interrupt

Base I/O address

Selections

IRQ 3
IRQ 4
IRQ 5

100-107
108-10F
110-117
118-11F

Note (Item Specific Help)

S

This option is available when Infrared port is
‘Enabled’.
Set the interrupt for Infrared port.

S

This option is available when Mode f or Infrared
port is set to ‘FIR’.
Set the base I/O address for the FIR of
Infrared port.

DMA channel

Parallel port

Mode

I/O address

Interrupt

DMA 1
DMA 3

Disabled
Enabled
Auto

Output only
Bi-directional
ECP

378-37F
278-27F
3BC-3BF

IRQ 5
IRQ 7

Table 1-4 Advanced - Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Menu options

S

This option is available when Mode f or Infrared
port is set to ‘FIR’.
Set the DMA channel for the FIR of Infrared
port.

S

Configure parallel port using options:
[Disabled] No configuration
[Enabled] User configuration
[Auto] BIOS or OS chooses configuration

S

This option is available when Parallel port is

‘Enabled’. When you change this mode to
‘ECP’, ‘DMA 1’ is selected by default.

Set the mode for the parallel port.

S

This option is available when Parallel port is
‘Enabled’.
Set the base I/O address for the parallel port.

S

This option is available when Serial port B is
‘Enabled’.
Set the interrupt for the parallel port.

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1.2.2 Advanced - Keyboard/Mouse Features Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Keyboard/Mouse Features

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

Setup Item

Numlock

Hot Plug

Pointing Device

Numlock: [Auto]
Hot Plug: [Enabled]
Pointing Device: [Configuration 1]

Touch Panel: Enabled
Quick Point: Enabled
External PS/2 Mouse: Disabled

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

Selects power-on
state for Numlock.

Figure 1-5 Advanced - Keyboard/Mouse Features menu

Selections

Auto

Note (Item Specific Help)

S

Selects Power-on state for Numlock.
On
Off

Disabled

S

Select Hot Plug.
Enabled

Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
Configuration 4

S

Select pointing device configurations.

Enabled

The pointing device is enabled.

Disabled

The pointing device is disabled.

Exclusive Enabled

The pointing device is enabled. However the

pointing device is disabled when an external

mouse PS/2 mouse is connected.

Table 1-5 Advanced - Keyboard/Mouse Features menu options

Pointing Device Configuration 1 Configuration 2 Configuration 3 Configuration 4

Touch Panel Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled
Quick Point Enabled Disabled Enabled Exclusive Enabled
External PS/2 mouse Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled

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1.2.3 Advanced - Video Features Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Video Features

Item Specific Help

Setup Item

Display

Compensation

Display: [Internal Flat Panel]
Compensation: [Disabled]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

Select display
terminal.

Figure 1-6 Advanced - Video Features menu

Selections

Internal Flat-Panel

Note (Item Specific Help)

Select display terminal.
External
Simultaneous

Disabled

Select compensation.
Enabled

Table 1-6 Advanced - Video Features menu

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1.2.4 Advanced - Internal Device Configurations.

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Internal Device Configuration

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

Floppy Disk Controller: [Disabled]
IDE Controller: [Enabled]
LAN Controller [Auto]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

Figure 1-6a Advanced - Internal Device Configurations

Setup Item

Floppy Disk Controller

IDE Controller

LAN Controller

Table 1-6a Advanced - Internal Device Configurations options

Selections

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Auto
Disabled
Enabled

[Disabled]
Floppy Disk drive is
disabled.

[Enabled]
Floppy Disk drive is
enabled.

Note (Item Specific Help)

Enabled/Disable Floppy Drive.

Enabled/Disable IDE Controller.

Enabled/Disable LAN Controller.

When set to Auto mode With AC power

supply , the LAN device is alwa ys enabled.

With the battery, the device is enabled

only when the link is active.

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1.2.5 Advanced - PCI Configuration Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

PCI Configuration

Item Specific Help

Setup Item

IRQ Reservation

:IRQ Reservation

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

Reserve specific
IRQs for use by
legacy ISA devices.

Figure 1-7 Advanced - PCI Configuration menu

Selections Note (Item Specific Help)

Reserve specific IRQs for use by legacy ISA
devices.

Table 1-7 Advanced - PCI Configuration menu options

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1.2.5.1 Advanced - PCI Configuration - IRQ Reservation Menu

Setup Item

IRQ 3

IRQ 4

IRQ 5

IRQ 7

IRQ 9

IRQ 10

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

IRQ 3: [Available]
IRQ 4: [Available]
IRQ 5: [Available]
IRQ 7: [Available]
IRQ 9: [Available]
IRQ 10: [Available]
IRQ 11: [Available]
IRQ 15: [Available]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

IRQ Reservation

Item Specific Help

Reserve the
specified IRQ for
use by legacy ISA
devices.

Figure 1-8 Advanced - PCI Configuration - IRQ Reservation menu

Selections

Available
Reserved

Note (Item Specific Help)

If [Reserved] is selected, the BIOS reserves

S

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.
Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

Available
Reserved

Reserves IRQ 4.

S

Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

Available
Reserved

Reserves IRQ 5.

S

Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

Available
Reserved

Reserves IRQ 7.

S

Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

Available
Reserved

Reserves IRQ 9.

S

Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

Available
Reserved

Reserves IRQ 10.
Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

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Setup Item

IRQ 11

IRQ 15

Selections

Available
Reserved

Available
Reserved

Table 1-8 Advanced - PCI Configuration - IRQ Reservation menu options

Note (Item Specific Help)

Reserves IRQ 11.

S

Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

Reserves IRQ 15.

S

Reserve the specified IRQ for use by legacy
ISA devices.

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1.2.5.2 Advanced - USB Features Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

USB Features

Item Specific Help

USB Floppy Disk: [Enabled]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

[Disabled]
Legacy Floppy
Emulation is
disabled.

[Enabled]
Legacy Floppy
Emulation is enabled
and USB floppy is
available without
USB aware OS.

Figure 1-7 Advanced - USB Features Menu

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1.2.6 Advanced - Event Logging Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Event Log Capacity: Space Available
Event Log Validity: Valid

View Event Log: [Enter]

Event Logging: [Enabled]

Clear all event logs: [No]

Mark Events as Read: [Enter]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

Setup Item

Event log capacity
Event log validity
View Event Log:

Event Logging

Clear all event logs

Mark Events as Read:

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Event Logging

System Boot Event: [Disabled]

Item Specific Help

[No]
Event logs will not
be cleared at the
next boot.

[Yes]
All event logs will
be cleared at the
next boot. The value
is reset to [No]
after clearing logs.

Figure 1-10 Advanced - Event Logging menu

Selections

Note (Item Specific Help)

Display event log capacity.
Display event log validity.

[Enter]

Press Enter key to view the contents of the
event log.

Disabled

Enables Event Logging.

Enabled

‘Yes’ clears all DMI event logs at next boot.

No

The value is reset to ‘No’ after clearing logs.

Yes
[Enter]

Press Enter key to mark all events currently
in the event log as read. Marked events will
not be displayed from the next “View Event
Log”.

Table 1-10 Advanced - Event Logging menu options

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1.3 Security Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Supervisor Password Is: Clear
User Password Is: Clear

Set Supervisor Password [Enter]
Set User Password [Enter]
Minimum User Password Length [0]

Password on Boot: [Disabled]
Boot from Removable Media:[All]
Floppy Disk Access: [All]

:Hard Disk Security
:Owner Information

Hard Disk Boot Sector: [Normal]
Security Panel on Resume: [Enaled]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

Setup Item

Supervisor Password Is
User Password Is

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Floppy Disk Access

Password on Boot

Hardisk boot
sector

Security Panel on
Resume

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Figure 1-11 Security menu

Selections

All
Supervisor Only

Disabled
Enabled

Normal
Write Protect

Enabled
Disabled

Item Specific Help

Press <Enter> key to
set Supervisor
Password to enable
any password
features.

Then password entry
is required to enter
BIOS Setup.

Note (Item Specific Help)

Display the setting of Supervisor password.
Display the setting of User password.

Supervisor Password controls access to the

S

setup utility.
User password can be set after Supervisor

password is set.
User Password controls access to the system
at boot.

This item can be set with Supervisor

S

password security level. When ‘Supervisor
Only’ is selected, floppy diskette drive is not
available with User password security level.
Controls access to diskette drives.

When Password on boot is ‘Enabled’, the
BIOS requires a password on OS boot.
Enables password entry on boot.

Write protects boot sector on hard disk to

S

protect against viruses.
Feature to be disabled or enabled upon

S

Resume from suspend.

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Setup Item

Hardisk security

Selections

Note (Item Specific Help)

Primary Master

Disabled
Enabled

Table 1-11 Security menu options

1.3.1 Set Supervisor Password
Supervisor Password Is: Clear

Set Supervisor Password

Enter New Password [ ]

Confirm New Password [ ]

Supervisor Password Is: Set

Set Supervisor Password

Enter Current Password [ ]

Enter New Password [ ]

Confirm New Password [ ]

1.3.3 Security- Owner Information

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

S

1.3.2 Set User Password

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Owner Information

This item can be set with Supervisor
password security level. When ‘Enabled’ is
selected, the data of the hard disk are
protected with the password lock feature of
the drive. You can not read any data on the
drive if it is not installed in the same system
as it is locked with the password.
Enables fixed disk security.

User Password Is: Clear

Set User Password

Enter New Password [ ]

Confirm New Password [ ]

User Password Is: Set

Set User Password

Enter Current Password [ ]

Enter New Password [ ]

Confirm New Password [ ]

Item Specific Help

Owner Information Is: Clear

Set Owner Information: [Enter]

Foreground Color: [Gray]
Background Color: [Black]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

B2178 BIOS 11-20 20/11/2000, 12:0117

Figure 1-7 Security- Owner Information

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1.4 Power Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Power Savings: [Customized]

Hard Disk Timeout: [Off]
Video Timeout: [Off]
Standby Timeout: [4 Minutes]
Auto Suspend Timeout: [15 Minutes]

Suspend Mode: [Suspend]

Auto Save To Disk: [Off]

Resume On Modem Ring: [Off]
Resume On Time: [Off]
Resume Time: [00:00:00]

:Advanced Features

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

Select Power
Management Mode.
Choosing modes
changes system power
management settings.
Maximum Power Savings
conserves the
greatest amount of
system power while
Maximum Performance
conserves power but
allows greatest
system performance.
To alter these
settings, choose
Customize. To turn
off power management,
choose Disable.

Figure 1-14 Power menu

Setup Item

Power Savings

Hard Disk Timeout

Display Timeout

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Selections

Disabled
Customized
Maximum Po wer
Savings
Maximum Performance

Off
30 Seconds
1 Minute
2 Minutes
4 Minutes
6 Minutes
8 Minutes
10 Minutes
15 Minutes
20 Minutes

Off
2 Minutes
4 Minutes
6 Minutes
8 Minutes
10 Minutes
15 Minutes
20 Minutes

Note (Item Specific Help)

Select Power Management Mode. Choosing
modes changes system power management
settings. Maximum P ow er Savings conserves
the greatest amount of system power while
Maximum Performance conserves power b ut
allows greatest system performance. To alter
these settings, choose Customized. To turn
off power management, choose Disabled.

Amount of time the hard disk needs to be
inactive before it is turned off.

Amount of time the user input devices need
to be inactive before the screen is turned off.

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Setup Item

Standby Timeout

Selections

Off
1 Minute
2 Minutes
4 Minutes
6 Minutes
8 Minutes
12 Minutes
16 Minutes

Note (Item Specific Help)

Amount of time the system needs to be
inactive before entering the Standby Mode.
Standby Mode turns off various devices in the
system, including the screen, until you start
using the computer again.

Auto Suspend
Timeout

Suspend Mode

Auto Save To Disk

Resume On Modem
Ring

Resume On Time

Resume Time

Advanced Features

Off
5 Minutes
10 Minutes
15 Minutes
20 Minutes
30 Minutes
40 Minutes
60 Minutes

Suspend
Save To Disk

Off
After 1 Hour

Off
On

Off
On

00:00:00 to 23:59:59

Table 1-14 Power menu options

Amount of time the system needs to be
inactive before entering the Suspend Mode.

Select the type of Suspend Mode. If you
choose Save To Disk the system will sav e its
state to disk and power off. If you choose
Suspend the system will save its state but
remain in a low power mode. If you choose
Suspend then you also have the option of
choosing Auto Save To Disk.

Turn on or off the Auto Save To Disk feature.
When Auto Save To Disk is turned on, the
system will save its state to disk and then
power off after being in Suspend mode for a
period of time.

Turning this feature on will wake the system
up when an incoming call is detected on your
modem in Suspend Mode.

Turning this feature on will wake the system
up at ‘Resume Time’ from Suspend Mode.

Specify the time when the system is to wake
up. <Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects
field.

Allows editing of advanced power
management features.

Power Saving Mode Hard Disk Display Standby Auto Suspend

Disabled Off Off Off Off
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

Table 1-15 Preset values for each Power Saving Modes

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1.4.1 Power - Advanced Features Modes

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Advanced Features

Item Specific Help

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

Setup Item

SUS/RES Switch

Lid Closure Suspend

Lid Open Resume

Resume on LAN

Serial Mouse Activity

Suspend/Resume Switch: [Enabled]
Lid Closure Suspend: [On]
Lid Open Resume: [On]
Resume On LAN: [Off]
Serial Mouse Activity: [Disabled]

Figure 1-16 Power - Advance Features menu

Selections

Disabled

Note (Item Specific Help)

Set the SUS/RES Switch.

Enabled
Off

Set the Lid Closure Suspend.

On
Off

Set the Lid Open Resume.

On
Off

On

Turning this feature on will wake the system
up when the internal LAN device receive a
Magic Packet in Suspend Mode.

Disabled
Enabled

Turning this feature on will wake the video up
from standby mode when external serial
connector activity is detected.

Configures the
Suspend/Resume
switch.

Table 1-16 Power - Advanced Features menu options

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1.5 Boot Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Quick Boot: [Enabled]
Boot-time Diagnostic Screen: [Disabled]

Preboot Execution Environment:[Disabled]

:Boot Device Priority

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

[Disabled]
All diagnostic test
will be done.

[Enabled]
Some diagnostic tests
may be skipped while
booting to speed up.

[Auto]
Diagnostic tests will
be automatically
skipped or done
according to the
order of the ACPI OS.

Figure 1-17 Boot menu

Setup Item

QuickBoot Mode

Boot-time Diagnostic
Screen

Preboot Execution
Environment

Boot Device Priority

Selections

Disabled
Enabled
Auto

Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled

Table 1-17 Boot menu options

Note (Item Specific Help)

Allows the system to skip certain tests while

S

booting. This will decrease the time needed
to boot the system.

Display the diagnostic screen during boot.

S

Select the search order for the types of boot
devices.

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1.5. 1 Boot - Boot Device Priority Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Floppy Disk Drive
+Hard Disk Drive

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-MenuF10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Boot Device Priority

Figure 1-18 Boot - Boot Device Priority menu

Setup Item

Bootable devices available are listed. The
following devices will appear depending on
the hardware configuration.

[Floppy Disk Drive]
[Hard Drive]

Table 1-18 Boot - Boot menu Device Priority options

Item Specific Help

The top device has
the highest priority.

<Enter> expands or
collapses devices
with a + or -.
<Ctrl+Enter> expands
all.
<↑> or <↓> select a
device.
<+>/<Space> or <->
move the device up or
down.
<Shift+1> enables or
disables adevice.

Note (Item Specific Help)

Use <↑> or <↓> to select a device, then press
<+> or <Space> to move it up the list, or <–>
to move it down the list. Press <Esc> to exit
this menu.

1.5. 1.1 Boot Menu at POST

The following pop up menu will appear when you hit the F12 k e y during POST. The de vice list in this
pop up menu are same as the list in the Boot Device Priority menu.

Boot Menu

1. Floppy Disk Drive

2. Hard Drive

<Enter Setup>

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1.6 Info Menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

BIOS Version: 1.XX
BIOS Date: 10/27/2000
BIOS Area: E000h - FFFFh

CPU Type:
CPU Speed: 500 MHz
L1 Cache: 32 KB
L2 Cache: 128 KB

Total Memory: 64 MB

Memory Slot: 64 MB

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Item Specific Help

Celeron(TM) processor

Figure 1-19 Info menu

Information Item

BIOS Version
BIOS Date
BIOS Area
CPU Type

CPU Speed
L1 Cache
L2 Cache

Total Memory
Memory Slot

Values

n.nn
MM/DD/YYYY
E000H – FFFFh
Intel(R) Celeron(TM)

processor
500 MHz
32 KB
128 KB

64 MB
None

64 MB SDRAM

Table 1-19 Info menu items

Note

This area can not be used as UMB.

Intel(R) Celeron(TM) processor

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1.7 Exit menu

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Exit Saving Changes
Exit Discarding Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select :Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

Setup Item

Exit Saving Changes

Exit Discarding Changes

Load Setup Defaults

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Figure 1-20 Exit menu

Note (Item Specific Help)

Exit System Setup and save your changes to
CMOS.

Exit utility without saving Setup data to CMOS.

Load default values for all SETUP items.

Item Specific Help

Exit System Setup and
save your changes to
CMOS.

Discard Changes

Save Changes

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Load previous values from CMOS for all
SETUP items.

Save Setup Data to CMOS.

Table 1-20 Exit menu options

1.7.1 Exit Saving Changes

1.7.4 Discard Changes

Setup Confirmation

Save configuration changes and exit now?

[Yes] [No]

1.7.2 Exit Discarding Changes

Setup Warning

Configuration has not been saved!

Save before exiting?

[Yes] [No]

1.7.3 Load Set up Defaults

Setup Confirmation

Load previous configuration now?

[Yes] [No]

Setup Confirmation

Save configuration changes now?

[Yes] [No]

1.7.5 Save Changes

Setup Confirmation

Load default configuration now?

[Yes] [No]

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1.8 General Help

Main Advanced Security Power Boot Info Exit

Main

System Time: [12:34:56]
System Date: [06/02/1999]

Setup changes system behavior by modifying the BIOS

Legacy Diskette A: [1.44/1.25 MB 31/2”]

configuration. Selecting incorrect values may
cause system boot failure; load Setup Default values to

:Primary Master: [FUJITSU MHA2043AT]

recover.

:Secondary Master: [None]
:Secondary Master: [None]

<Up/Down> arrows select fields in current menu.
<Pgup/PgDn> moves to previous/next page on scrollable

System Memory: 640MB

menus.

Extended Memory: 31MB

<Home/End> moves to top/bottom item of current menu.

:Memory Cache

Within a field, <F5> or <–> selects next lower value and

Language: [English (US)]

<F6>, <+>, or <Space> selects next higher value.

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item -/Space Change Value F9 Setup Defaults
ESCExit ←→ Select Menu Enter Select ➧Sub-Menu F10Save and Exit

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

General Help

[Continue]

Item Specific Help

<Tab>, <Shift-Tab or
or <Enter> selectld.

Figure 1-21 General Help

General Help

Setup changes system behavior by modifying the BIOS
configuration. Selecting incorrect values may
cause system boot failure; load Setup Default values to
recover.

<Up/Down> arrows select fields in current menu.
<PgUp/PgDn> moves to previous/next page on scrollable menus.
<Home/End> moves to top/bottom item of current menu.

:

Within a field, <F5> or <-> selects next lower value and
<F6>, <+>, or <Space> selects next higher value.

<Left/Right> arrows select menus on menu bar.
<Enter> displays more options for items marked with _.

<F9> loads factory installed Setup Default values.
<F10> saves current settings and exits Setup.

<Esc> or <Alt-X> exits Setup; in sub-menus, pressing these
keys returns to the previous menu.

<F1> or <Alt-H> displays General Help (this screen).

Table 1-21 Entire Text of General Help

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2. POST Diagnostic Screen

PhoneixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Copyright 1985-1999 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
All Rights Reserved

Fujitsu Notebook BIOS Version 1.xx
Copyright FUJITSU LIMITED 1998-1999.

CPU = XXXX processor XXX MHz
Intel(R) Mobile Celeron (TM)
64M System Memory Passed
128K Memory Cache Passed
System BIOS Shadowed
Mouse Initialized
Fixed disk 0: Fujitsu MHM2150AT
ATAPI CD-ROM: xxxx

<F12>:Boot Menu / <F2>:BIOS Setup

Figure 2-1 Typical Diagnostic Screen

Normal Messages

0640K System Memory Passed
64M Extended Memory Passed
128K Memory Cache Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Mouse initialized
Press <F2> to enter SETUP
Entering SETUP ...

Table 2-1 Normal Messages in Diagnostic Screen

Error Messages

System Memory Failed at offset: xxxx
Failing Bits: zzzz

Extended Memory Failed at offset: xxxx
Failing Bits: zzzz zzzz

System cache error - Cache disabled
Keyboard controller error
Keyboard error
Diskette drive A error
Failure Fixed Disk n

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Error Messages

System timer error
Real time clock error
System CMOS checksum bad - Default configuration used
Previous boot incomplete - Default configuration used
Press <F1> to resume,<F2> to Setup
Check date and time settings
Password locked: Fixed Disk n
No Save To Disk partition or file exists on Fixed Disk

- Save To Disk features is disabled.
Not enough Save To Disk partition or file exists on Fixed

Disk.

- Save To Disk feature is disabled.
Hard Disk Drive is not installed.

- Save To Disk feature is disabled.
Unknown Save To Disk error.

- Save To Disk feature is disabled.
Hard disk sector read function failed.

- Save To Disk feature is disabled.
Hard disk sector write function failed.

- Save To Disk feature is disabled.
Save To Disk partition or file corrupted.

- Save To Disk feature is disabled.
Fixed Disk is not installed. Cannot restore from disk.

To restore from disk : turn off system, install original
fixed disk and reboot.
Press <F1> to continue to boot without save to disk
data.

Fixed Disk has been changed. Cannot restore from disk.

To restore from disk : turn off system, install original fixed
disk and reboot.
Press <F1> to continue to boot without save to disk data.

Table 2-2 Error Messages in Diagnostic Screen

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