Fujitsu LifeBook B Series BIOS Guide LifeBook B Series Model: B6210/B6220 Document Date: 08/08/2007 Document Part Number: FPC58-1519-02 FUJITSU COMPUTER SYSTEMS
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS B 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 normally no need to set or change the BIOS environment to operate your notebook. 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.
B Series BIOS 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.
LifeBook B 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 field’s function and any special information needed to help understand the field’s use. 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.
Main Menu Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/ day/year numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year. (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/2006. You may change each segment of the date separately. Move between the segments with the [Tab] key and/or [Shift] + [Tab] keys.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu The Drive0 submenu identifies what serial ATA/IDE devices are installed. Main Advanced Note: Actual hard drive label shown may vary. Depending on the drive type, information such as cylinders, heads and sectors may or may not be displayed.
Main Menu Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Drive0 Submenu of the Main Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Transfer Mode: ___ [Multiword DMA 2] This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected; it is automatically selected. Selects the method for moving data to/from the drive. Autotype the drive to select the optimum transfer mode. Ultra DMA Mode: ___ [Disabled] This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected; it is automatically selected.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: • Set the communication mode for the parallel port and infrared port. • Select between the display panel and an external CRT display. • Enable or disable compensation for your display. • Configure CPU features. • Configure USB features. Main Advanced • Configure miscellaneous features of the system. • View the event logging information.
Advanced Menu Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Description CPU Features When selected, opens the CPU Features submenu, which allows setting of Intel SpeedStep features. Also allows you to enable and disable the On Battery/AC Optimization. USB Features When selected, opens the USB Features submenu, which allows enabling or disabling USB and SCSI SubClass support.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu is for enabling or disabling the NumLock. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit Keyboard/Mouse Features Numlock: Hot Plug: Internal Pointing Device: Initialization on Resume: Item Specific Help [Auto] [Enabled] [Auto Disabled] [Fast] [On] or [Off] Numlock is On or Off. [On/Padlock Off] Numlock is On, but use with [Fn] for 10-key input.
Advanced Menu Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Video Features Submenu is for setting the display parameters. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Video Features Display Compensation: [Auto] [Enabled] Select display terminal. * This setting is not effective after operating system starts up. Select Item Select Menu -/Space Change Values Enter Select Sub-Menu ▲ F1 Help ESC Exit F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Figure 5.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configurations submenu allows the user to configure other internal devices. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit Internal Device Configurations IDE Controller: Bluetooth(R): LAN Controller: Wireless LAN: Select Item Select Menu [Disabled] IDE port is disabled. [Enabled] IDE port is enabled.
Advanced Menu CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features submenu configures certain features of the CPU in the system.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Features submenu configures the USB capabilities of the system. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit USB Features Item Specific Help Legacy USB Support: [Enabled] SCSI SubClass Support: [Enabled] [Disabled] The feature is disabled. [Enabled] Legacy USB Emulation is enabled and USB devices are available without USB aware OS.
Advanced Menu Miscellaneous Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Miscellaneous Features submenu configures the power button and performance control features of the system. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit Item Specific Help Miscellaneous Configurations Power Button: Wake up on LAN: Force LAN Boot: Auto Save To Disk: Volume Setting: UMA Video Memory Size: Hardware Power Management: Select Item Select Menu Configures the power button.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Table 9: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Miscellaneous Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Volume Setting: • • • • [Middle] Selects the initial volume setting for the system. UMA Video Memory Size: • 64MB • 128MB • 224MB [128MB] Allows you to select the maximum shared video memory size. Video memory is dynamically allocated as needed for running applications by Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT).
Advanced Menu Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Event Logging submenu is for setting up the logs for DMI event logging.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS 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 to view the current data security configuration. Follow the instructions for Navigating through the Setup Utility to make any changes. • Entering a password incorrectly three times in a row will cause the keyboard and mouse to be locked out and the warning [System Disabled] to be displayed.
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 Supervisor Password.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Table 11: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Owner Information: –— –— Submenu for setting Owner information. Security Chip Setting –— –— Submenu for setting the Security Chip features [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Security Panel feature upon Resume from Suspend.
Security Menu Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Security submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit Hard Disk Security Drive0: Set Master Password Set User Password Item Specific Help Clear [Enter] [Enter] Password Entry on Boot: [Enabled] Select Item Select Menu -/Space Change Values Enter Select Sub-Menu ▲ F1 Help ESC Exit F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Figure 12.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information submenu is for setting owner information. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Item Specific Help Owner Information Is: Clear Set Owner Information [Enter] Foreground Color: Background Color: [Gray] [Black] Select Item Select Menu -/Space Change Values Enter Select Sub-Menu ▲ F1 Help ESC Exit F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Figure 13.
Security Menu Security Chip Setting Submenu of the Security Menu The Security Chip Setting Security submenu is for configuring security chip features. Main Advanced PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Security Power Savings Exit Hard Disk Security Security Chip: Clear Security Chip [Enabled] [Enter] Security Chip State: Enabled Activated Select Item Select Menu -/Space Change Values Enter Select Sub-Menu ▲ F1 Help ESC Exit Item Specific Help F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Figure 14.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS BOOT MENU – SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE The Boot Menu is used to select the order in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system. Follow the instructions for Navigating through the Setup Utility to make any changes.
Boot Menu Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu The Boot Device Priority submenu is for setting the order of checking of sources for the operating system. • Be aware of the operating environment when booting from a CD or you may overwrite files by mistake. • A bootable CD-ROM has either a floppy disk or a hard drive format. When a bootable CD-ROM is used, drive allocations change automatically without changing the BIOS setup. If floppy disk format is used, the CD-ROM becomes Drive A.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS Table 16: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu Menu Field Description Boot priority order: 1: Floppy Disk Drive 2: Drive0: 3: CD/DVD Drive 4: NETWORK: 5: 6: 7: 8: Excluded from boot order: : USB MEMORY: : USB HDD: The boot selections determine the order in which the BIOS searches for the operating system during a startup sequence.
Info Menu INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION The Info menu is a display-only screen that provides the configuration information for your notebook. The information, including CPU type and speed, and total memory, displayed on this screen varies according to the unit you purchased. The following table shows the names of the menu fields for the Info menu and the information displayed in those fields. These fields are for information purposes only, and are not editable.
LifeBook B Series Notebook BIOS EXIT MENU – LEAVING THE SETUP UTILITY The Exit Menu is used to leave the setup utility. Follow the instructions for Navigating through the Setup Utility to make any changes.
Exit Menu Table 18: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Exit Menu Menu Field Optional Keyboard Shortcut Description Load Setup Defaults Press the F9 key Selecting Load Setup Defaults will load the factory preset default values for all menu fields, then display the message Load default configuration now? [Yes] [No]. When confirmed the setup utility will return to the Exit Menu. To return to another menu follow the directions in the Navigating through the Setup Utility section.
