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L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s B I O S
E Series BIOS
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
The Built-in Operating System (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, so normally there is 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.
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 with a prompt below it. This will open the
main menu of the BIOS Setup Utility with the
current settings displayed.
3. Press the 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:
1. To select a menu, use the left and right cursor keys:
[
], [
].
2. To select a field within a menu or a submenu, use the
up and down cursor keys:
3. To select the different values for each field, press the
[Spacebar] or [+] to change to the next higher selec-
tion and [F5] or [-] to go to the next lower selection.
4. To activate a submenu press the [Enter] key.
5. To return to a menu from a submenu, press [Esc].
6. To go to the Exit menu from any other menu,
press the [Esc] key.
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[ ], [ ].
P O I N T S
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 selec-
tion 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 high-
lighted choice.
7. Pressing the [F9] key resets all items in the BIOS to
the default values.
8. Pressing the [F10] key saves the current configura-
tion 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 system configuration that
does not agree with the parameter settings stored in your
BIOS memory, or there is a system failure, the system
beeps and/or displays an error message after the Power
On Self Test (POST). If the failure is not too severe, it
will give you the opportunity to modify the settings of
the setup 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.
P O I N T S
If your notebook emits a series of beeps that sounds
like a code and the display is blank, refer to the
Troubleshooting Section in the 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 opened.
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