Fujitsu LifeBook C2320 User's Guide

BIOS

SECTION

C2310

LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS

C Series BIOS

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

The BIOS Setup Utility is a program that sets up the operating environment for your notebook. Your BIOS is set at the factory for normal operating conditions, therefore there is no need to set or change the BIOS environment to operate your notebook.

Selecting a field causes a help message about that field to be displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

Pressing the Enter key with the highlight on a selection that is not a submenu or auto selection will cause a list of all options for that item to be displayed. Pressing the Enter key again will select the highlighted choice.

The BIOS Setup Utility configures:

• Device control feature parameters, such as changing

I/O addresses and boot devices.

• System Data Security feature parameters, such

as passwords.

Entering the BIOS Setup Utility

To enter the BIOS Setup Utility do the following:

1. Turn on or restart your notebook.

2. Press the [F2] key once the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. This will open the main menu of the BIOS Setup Utility with the current settings displayed.

3. Press the right and left arrow keys to scroll through the other setup menus to review or alter the current settings.

Navigating through the Setup Utility

The BIOS setup utility consists of six menus: Main, Advanced, Security, Boot, Info, and Exit. This document explains each menu in turn, including all submenus and setup items.

The following procedures allow you to navigate the setup utility menus:

7. Pressing the [F9] key resets all items in the BIOS to the default values.

8. Pressing the [F10] key saves the current configuration and exits the BIOS Setup Utility. You will be asked to verify this selection before it is executed.

9. Pressing the [F1] key gives you a general help screen.

Entering the Setup Utility after a configuration change or system failure

If there has been a change in the system configuration that does not match the parameter settings stored in your BIOS memory, or there is a failure in the system, the system beeps and/or displays an error message after the Power On Self Test (POST). If the failure is not too severe, you will have an opportunity to modify the settings of the utility, as described in the following steps:

1. When you turn on or restart the computer there is a beep and/or the following message appears:

Error message - please run SETUP program Press <F1> key to continue, <F2> 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.

1. To select a menu, use the cursor keys: [ ], [ ].

2. To select a field within a menu or a submenu, use the cursor keys: [ ], [ ].

3. To select the different values for each field, press the [Spacebar] or [+] to change to the next higher selection and [F5] or [-] to go to the next lower selection.

4. To activate a submenu press [Enter].

5. To return to a menu from a submenu, press [Esc].

6. To go to the Exit menu from any other menu, press [Esc].

• If your notebook emits a series of beeps that sounds like a code and the display is blank, please refer to the Troubleshooting Section of your system User’s Guide. The Troubleshooting Section includes a list of error messages and their meanings.

• If your data security settings require it, you may be asked for a password before the operating system will be loaded.

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.

C Series BIOS

LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS

MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS

The Main Menu allows you to set or view the current system parameters. Follow the instructions for Navigating Through The Setup Utility to make any changes.

The following tables show the names of the menu fields for the Main menu and its submenus, all of the options for each field, the default settings and a description of the field’s function and any special information needed to help understand the field’s use.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main Advanced Security Boot Info Exit

System Time: [02:34:56] System Date: [04/21/2004]

Floppy Disk A: [1.44/1.2 MB, 3.5"]

▲ ▲

Primary Master [IC25N040ATMR04-0-(PM)] Secondary Master [TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SDR6112F-(SM)]

Language: [English (US)]

*Note that actual drive labels shown may vary.

System Time and System Date can also be set from your operating system without using the setup utility. Use the calendar and time icon on your Windows Control panel or double-click on the time in the system tray at the bottom right of the screen.

Item Specific Help

Adjust calendar clock.

<Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or <Enter> selects field.

F1 Help ESC Exit

Select Item Select Menu

-/Space Change Values Enter Select Sub-Menu

Figure 1. Main Menu

▲

F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit

Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu

Note that the parameters listed below may differ, as determined by your system configuration.

Menu Field

System Time:

Options Default Description

–— –— 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). Example: 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.

Main Menu

Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu

Note that the parameters listed below may differ, as determined by your system configuration.

Menu Field

System Date:

Floppy Disk A:

Primary Master:

Secondary Master:

Language: • English (US)

Options Default Description

–— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/

• Disabled

• [1.44/1.2 MB 3.5"]

Selects Primary Master submenu

Selects Secondary Master submenu

• Japanese (JP)

day/year numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year. (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 10/16/2001. You may change each segment of the date separately. Move between the segments with the [Tab] key and/or [Shift] + [Tab] keys.

[1.44/1.2 MB 3.5"] Enables or disables a floppy disk drive.

The product # of the Hard Drive

The product number of the CDROM

[English (US)] The default setting differs between the US/European

Display the type of device on thi s ATA/ATAPI inter face, if there is one. Pressing the Enter key selects the Primary Master submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface.

Display the type of device on thi s ATA/ATAPI inter face, if there is one. Pressing the Enter key selects the Secondary Master submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface

and the Japanese model. Selects the display language for the BIOS.

LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS

Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

The Primary Master submenu identifies what ATA devices are installed.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

*Note that actual hard drive label shown may vary. Depending on the drive type, information such as cylinders, heads and sectors may also be displayed.

Primary Master [IC25N040ATMR04-0-(PM)]

Type: [Auto] LBA Format

Item Specific Help

Select ATA/ATAPI drive

installed here. Total Sectors: 78140160 Maximum Capacity: 40008MB

[Auto]

The BIOS auto-types the Multi-Sector Transfers: [16 Sectors]

drive on boot time. LBA Mode Control: [Enabled] PIO Transfer Mode: [Multiword DMA 2] DMA Transfer Mode: [Disabled]

Except [Auto]

You enter parameters of

the drive.

[None]

The drive is disabled.

F1 Help ESC Exit

Select Item Select Menu

Figure 2. Primary Master Submenu

-/Space Enter

Change Values

▲

Select Sub-Menu

F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit

Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

Menu Field Options Default Description

Typ e: • Auto

• None

• CD-ROM

• Hard Disk

[Auto] Selects the ATA/ATAPI device type. Select Auto to have the type automati-

cally identified by the BIOS at POST. If None is selected, all of the following Set-up items do not appear. Select CD-ROM if a CD-ROM drive is installed at this connection. If Hard Disk is selected, you must specify the number of Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors for the drive.

CHS Format (Cylinders, Heads, Sectors)

Cylinders: • A number

Heads: • A number

between 0 and 65,535

between 1 and 16

–— This appears only when Hard Disk is selected. When Hard Disk is selected,

you can change the value. This field is incremented by pressing the [Spacebar]). This field is decremented by pressing the [-] key. You can also change the field by typing in the number.

–— This appears only when Hard Disk is selected. When it is selected, you can

change the value. This field is incremented by pressing the [Spacebar]). This field is decremented by pressing the [-] key. The field can also be changed by typing in the number.

Main Menu

Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

Menu Field Options Default Description

Sectors: • A number

Maximum Capacity:

LBA Format (Logical Block Addressing)

Tota l Sectors:

Maximum Capacity

MultiSector Transfers:

LBA Mode Control:

Transfer Mode:

between 0 and 63

• Display only –— Displays the maximum capacity of the drive calculated from the

–— –— The total number of sectors on your hard disk.

–— –— The maximum capacity of your hard disk.

• Disabled

• 2 Sectors

• 4 Sectors

• 8 Sectors

• 16 Sectors

• Disabled

• Enabled

• Standard

• Fast PIO 1

• Fast PIO 2

• Fast PIO 3

• Fast PIO 4

• Multiword

DMA 1

• Multiword DMA 2

–— This appears only when Hard Disk is selected. When it is selected, you can

[16 Sectors] This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected. Specify the number of

[Enabled] Enables or disables Logical Block Addressing in place of Cylinder, Head, Sector

[Multiword DMA 2]

change the value. This field is incremented by pressing the [Spacebar]. This field is decremented by pressing the [-] key. The field can also be changed by typing in the number.

parameters of the hard disk when Hard Disk is selected.

sectors per block for multiple sector transfer.

addressing. This can’t be changed when Auto is selected.

Selects the method for moving data to/from the drive. Autotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.

Ultra DMA Mode:

• Disabled

• Mode 0

• Mode 1

• Mode 2

• Mode 3

• Mode 4

• Mode 5

A bootable CD-ROM may have a floppy disk format or a hard drive format. When the bootable CD-ROM is used, the drive allocations change automatically without changing the BIOS setup. If a floppy disk format CD-ROM is used, the CD-ROM becomes Drive A. The CD-ROM will only take Drive C: (hard drive format) if the internal hard drive is not present or is disabled. The bootable CD-ROM can never use a C: designation if a formatted internal hard drive is present, since the C: designator is always reserved for the internal hard drive. The boot sequence ignores the new drive designations, but your application software will use the new designations.

Be careful of the operating environment when booting from a CD-ROM or you may overwrite files by mistake.

[Disabled] Selects the method for moving data to/from the drive. Autotype the drive to

select the optimum transfer mode. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.

LifeBook C Series Notebook BIOS

Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

The Secondary Master submenu is for the internal CD-ROM drive. The drive type is displayed on this menu as well as the Main menu. Your notebook auto-senses the characteristics of the internal CD-ROM Drive installed. You will not need to modify these settings; they are displayed for your reference. Note that actual drive labels shown may vary.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

Secondary Master [TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SDR6112F -(SM)]

Type: [Auto]

Item Specific Help

Select ATA/ATAPI drive

installed here. Multi-Sector Transfers: [Disabled] LBA Mode Control: [Disabled] Transfer Mode: [Standard] Ultra DMA Mode: [Disabled]

[Auto]

The BIOS auto-types the

drive on boot time.

Except [Auto]

You enter parameters of

the drive.

[None]

The drive is disabled.

F1 Help ESC Exit

Select Item Select Menu

Figure 3. Primary Slave Submenu

-/Space Enter

Change Values

▲

Select Sub-Menu

F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit

Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Primary Slave Submenu of the Main Menu

Menu Field Options Default Description

Typ e: • Auto

• None

• CD-ROM

• Hard Disk

[Auto] Selects the ATA/ATAPI device type. Select Auto to have the

type automatically identified by the BIOS at POST. If None is selected, all of the following Set-up items do not appear. Select CD-ROM or Hard Disk for appropriate drive type installed at this connection.

Multi-Sector Transfers:

LBA Mode Control:

• Disabled

• 2 Sectors

• 4 Sectors

• 8 Sectors

• 16 Sectors

• Disabled

• Enabled

[Disabled] This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.

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

[Disabled] Enables or disables Logical Block Addressing in place of

Cylinder, Head, Sector addressing. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.

Main Menu

Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Primary Slave Submenu of the Main Menu

Menu Field Options Default Description

Transfer Mode: • Standard

• Fast PIO 1

• Fast PIO 2

• Fast PIO 3

• Fast PIO 4

• Multiword DMA 1

• Multiword DMA 2

Ultra DMA Mode:

• Disabled

• Mode 0

• Mode 1

• Mode 2

• Mode 3

• Mode 4

• Mode 5

[Standard] Selects the method for moving data to/from the drive.

Autotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.

[Disabled] Selects the method for moving data to/from the drive.

Autotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode. This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected.

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 to exit from the setup utility, press the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit menu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor keys.

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