T able of Contents
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PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
SECTION ONE
SETTING UP YOUR LIFEBOOK
L SERIES FROM FUJITSU
Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Overview of LifeBook L Series Features . . . . 3
Component Identification . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Top and Front Components . . . . . . . . . . 5
Left-side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . 6
Right-side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . 6
Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bottom Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Optional Detachable Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION TWO
STARTING YOUR LIFEBOOK L SERIES
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Starting Your Notebook
for the First Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Registering Your LifeBook . . . . . . . . . . 21
Learning About Your Operat ing System
and Application Software. . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Restarting Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION THREE
USING YOUR LIFEBOOK L SERIES
FROM FUJITSU
Status Indicator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Integrated Pointing Device . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Floppy Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SuperDisk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Internal Modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Infrared Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Pre-installed Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Data Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION FOUR
CONFIGURING YOUR LIFEBOOK
L SERIES FROM FUJITSU
Boot Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Identifying the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
BIOS Setup Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Navigating Through the Setup Utility . . . . 61
Main Menu – Setting Standard
System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Advanced Menu – Setting Device
Feature Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Security Menu – Setting the
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Power Menu – Setting Power
Management Feature Controls. . . . . . . 98
Boot Menu – Selecting the
Operating System Source . . . . . . . . . 105
Info Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109