Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product A1010 Fujitsu
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1 Fujitsu LifeBook A Series BIOS Guide LifeBook A Series Model: A1010 Doc ument Dat e: 05 /20/ 02 Document Part Numb er: FPC 58-068 1-01 FUJITSU PC CORPORA TION Pine BIOS.
2 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS A Series BIOS SYSTEM CONFIGUR ATION UTILIT Y (SCU ) The BIOS Sy stem C onfiguration Ut ility (SCU) is a progr am tha t set s up th e oper atin g environment for your no tebook.
3 The tr oubl eshoot ing sectio n of th e sys tem U ser’ s G uide lists the message s that may appe ar while using the BIOS. W here ap plicable, possib le solutions ar e included.
4 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS MAIN B IOS SCR EEN – D ISP LAYI NG CUR RENT SY STEM P ARAMETERS W hen the S yst em Configuration U tilit y initially opens , a scr een appe ars which displa ys the curr ent sy stem param- eters. When an i tem is cha nged i n one of the submenus, the change is imm ediately reflected i n the main BIOS screen.
5 STARTUP MENU The Startu p menu allows you t o set basi c information about y our syste m, inclu ding: ■ Change th e sys tem date a nd t ime ■ Enable o r disa ble the b oot logo whe n the sy ste .
6 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS Date and T ime Subm enu The Date and Time submenu of the Startu p menu allows you to adjust or se t the date and time for your system.
7 Set Admin P assw ord Submen u The Se t Admin Password subm enu al lows you to en ter a new adminis trator’ s passwo rd, change an old one, and det ermine when to verif y the pas swo rd .
8 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS MEMORY MENU The M emory Me nu allo ws y ou t o change the am ount of extended mem or y th at the s ystem sha res as Video Me mory .
9 DISKS MENU The Disks menu allows you to set information about your s ystem ’ s hard- and flopp y-disks, including: ■ Enable or di sable inte rnal floppy dis k driv e contro ller ■ Configur e multiple disk ette driv e s, if applicable.
10 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS COMPONENTS MENU The Compo nents men u allows y ou to select seve ral of the settings for your system, incl uding the following: ■ Serial port (COM and IR) settings ■ P arallel (LPT) por t settings ■ PS/2 device settings ■ Lid clos ur e and N umlock settings Figu re 11.
11 Serial Ports Su bmenu The S eria l Ports su bmenu a llows you to sel ect t he p ort addr esse s and inte rrupts for t he COM an d IR ports. Figure 12.
12 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS PS/2 Devic e submen u The PS/2 Device subm enu all ows yo u t o en able or disable the “hot-pl uggability” of PS/2 d evices. It al so allows y ou to dete rmine the conditions unde r which the internal PS /2 port is enabled.
13 EXIT MEN U The Exit M enu pr ovides information about the BIOS, and al lows you to ex it the utili ty , reset d efaults , or res tore the system to the settings it had before entering the SCU .
14 LifeBo ok A Seri es Note book BI OS V ersion Info submenu The V ersion Info subm enu is for disp lay onl y , and indi- cates information abo ut the BIOS on y our system. Figure 22 . Version Info sub menu V e r s i o n Inf o OK Copyri g ht 1983-1999 Insyde Software .
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