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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. (See Navigating Through 
The Setup Utility on page 2 for more information.)

The following tables show the names of the menu fields 
for the Boot menu and its submenu, 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.

Figure 16.  Boot Menu

Table 16: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Menu

Menu Field

Options

Default

Description

QuickBoot:

Disabled

Enabled

[Enabled]

Turns on and off booting with a truncated set of Power On Self Test. 
(Fewer tests mean faster turn on.)

Boot-time
Diagnostic Screen:

Disabled

Enabled

[Disabled]

Turns on and off display of test results instead of Fujitsu logo screen 
during Power On Self Test.

Preboot Execution 
Environment:

Disabled

Enabled

[Disabled]

Turns on and off the preboot execution environment feature.

Boot Device
Priority

This menu allows setting up the source for the operating system.
See “The Boot Device Priority Submenu” in the following section. 

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

F1

 Help

ESC

 Exit

Select Item

Select Menu

  

Main

    

Advanced

    

Security

    

Power Savings

    

Boot

Item Specific Help

[Disabled]

All diagnostic tests

will be done.

[Enabled]

Some diagnostic tests

may be skipped while

booting to speed up.

Quick Boot: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Boot Time Diagnostic Screen: 

[Disabled]

Preboot Execution Environment: 

[Disabled]

Boot Device Priority

▲ 

-/Space

Enter

F9

 Setup 

Defaults

F10

  Save and Exit

Change Values

Select   Sub-Menu

▲ 

[Enabled]

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Summary of Contents for Lifebook E4000

Page 1: ...1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series BIOS Guide LifeBook E Series Models E4000 Document Date 05 16 03 Document Part Number FPC58 0920 01 F U J I T S U P C C O R P O R A T I O N ...

Page 2: ...other menu press the Esc key 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 bee...

Page 3: ... 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 M a i n M e n u ...

Page 4: ...ted in the following table may vary depending upon your system s configuration Menu Field Options Default Description System Time 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 System Date Sets ...

Page 5: ...isplay the type of device on this ATA ATAPI interface if there is one Pressing the Enter key selects the Secondary Master submenu allowing additional device configuration options for this interface Language English US Japanese JP English US The default setting differs between the US European and the Japanese model Selects the display language for the BIOS Table 1 Fields Options and Defaults for th...

Page 6: ... Addressing LBA Total Sectors The total number of sectors on your hard disk Maximum Capacity The maximum capacity of your hard disk CHS Format Cylinders Heads Sectors Cylinders A number between 0 and 65 535 This item is active only when Hard Disk is selected as the type This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typ ing in the number PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exi...

Page 7: ...y the number of sectors per block for multiple sector transfer LBA Mode Control Disabled Enabled Enabled Enables or disables logical Block Addressing in place of Cylinder Head Sector addressing This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Multiword DMA 1 Multiword DMA 2 Multiword DMA 2 Selects the method for moving data to f...

Page 8: ...is item appears only when Hard Disk is selected as the type This field is changed by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typing in the number Heads A number between 1 and 16 This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected as type You can change the value by incrementing pressing the Spacebar or by typing in the number Sectors A number between 0 and 63 This item appears only when Hard Disk i...

Page 9: ...place of Cylinder Head Sector addressing This option cannot be changed when Auto is selected Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Multiword DMA 1 Multiword DMA 2 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 Multi word DMA is automatically set to ...

Page 10: ...vanced Menu Menu Field Description Serial Parallel Port Configurations When selected opens the Serial Parallel Port Configurations submenu which allows the user to modify settings for serial infrared and parallel ports Keyboard Mouse Features When selected opens the Keyboard Mouse Features submenu which allows setting keyboard and mouse parameters Video Features When selected opens the Video Featu...

Page 11: ...disable legacy USB and SCSI SubClass support Miscellaneous Configurations When selected opens the Miscellaneous Configurations submenu to allow you to enable or disable the power button and the Wake Up On LAN feature and to select the volume setting Event Logging When selected opens the event logging submenu Table 4 Fields Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Description A d v a n...

Page 12: ...itations P O I N T S To prevent IRQ and address conflicts avoid changing the default settings If you must change the settings you can call 1 800 8Fujitsu for technical assistance 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 t...

Page 13: ...Q 4 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 3 Allows user to set the infrared port interrupt when the infrared port is Enabled I O Address 400 43F 480 4BF 500 53F 580 5BF 400 43F Allows user to set the infrared port interrupt when fast infrared FIR is Enabled DMA Channel DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 3 Allows user to set the infrared port DMA Channel when fast infrared FIR is Enabled Parallel Port Disabled Enabled Auto Enabled Confi...

Page 14: ...vice controlling the mouse cursor on the screen Always Enabled makes the pointing device always enabled whether there is an external mouse or not Always Disabled makes the pointing device always disabled Auto Disabled disables the internal pointing device when an external pointing device is connected to the PS 2 port Manual Setting allows the device to be enabled or disabled using a Hot Key Initia...

Page 15: ...es or disables compensation which controls spacing on the display When enabled displays with less than pixel resolution 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 will still cover the entire screen A resolu tion below 800 x 600 will fill the screen but due to the low resolu tion will appear blocky and may not be acceptable F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Chang...

Page 16: ...m controller LAN Controller Disabled Enabled Auto Enabled Enables or disables the LAN controller When Auto is selected and AC power is applied the LAN is always enabled When Auto is selected and battery power is applied the LAN is enabled only when the link is active F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advanced...

Page 17: ...on When Maximum Battery is selected CPU speed is optimized for battery operation When Automatic is selected the CPU speed is determined by the power source used On AC Maximum Performance Battery Optimized Automatic Maximum Performance When Maximum Performance is selected CPU speed is maxi mized When Battery Optimized is selected CPU power require ments are optimized for battery operation When Auto...

Page 18: ...e without a USB aware OS When Disabled is selected Legacy USB support is disabled SCSI SubClass Support Disabled Enabled Disabled When Enabled is selected support is provided for USB devices that belong to the SCSI subclass of the Mass Storage class e g USB Memory Key F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change Values Select Sub Menu Main Advance...

Page 19: ...ou to turn off system power with the power button Wake up on LAN Disabled Enabled Disabled Selecting Enabled allows the system to wake up when the internal LAN device receives a specific signal while in power off state Selecting Disabled disables this feature Volume Setting Off Minimum Middle Maximum Middle Selects the initial volume setting for the system F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu ...

Page 20: ...ts System Boot Event Disabled Enabled Disabled Turns event logging on and off for DMI system boot events Clear All Event Logs No Yes No When set to Yes all event logs will be cleared at next boot Mark Events as Read Enter Enter Allows you to mark all events currently in the event log as having been read F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Space Enter F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Change...

Page 21: ...yed If this happens restart the computer by turning off and on the power with the power switch and use the correct password on reboot If you make an error when re entering the password a Warning will be displayed on the screen To try again press the Enter key and then retype the pass word Press the Esc key to abort the password setting process If the Power Management Security is Enabled and the Pa...

Page 22: ...ancel a password press the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password field and in the Re enter New Password field When a User Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility Minimum User Password Length 0 Supervisor can set password length 0 to 8 for user password User can not set a password shorter than the minimum length Password on Boot Disabled First B...

Page 23: ... up to seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers no symbols Passwords are NOT case sensitive When a Primary Master Pass word is set it must be used to access the primary hard drive if it is used in another system Note that the password will not take effect until the system has been rebooted Set Secondary Master Password ___ Enter Sets changes or cancels the Secondary Master Pa...

Page 24: ...wner information i e name Foreground Color Black Blue Green Cyan Red Magenta Brown White Gray Light Blue Light Green Light Cyan Light Red Light Magenta Yellow Bright White Gray Set foreground color Background Color Black Blue Green Cyan Red Magenta Brown White Gray Light Blue Light Green Light Cyan Light Red Light Magenta Yellow Bright White Black Set background color F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item ...

Page 25: ... with a truncated set of Power On Self Test Fewer tests mean faster turn on Boot time Diagnostic Screen Disabled Enabled Disabled Turns on and off display of test results instead of Fujitsu logo screen during Power On Self Test Preboot Execution Environment Disabled Enabled Disabled Turns on and off the preboot execution environment feature Boot Device Priority This menu allows setting up the sour...

Page 26: ...esignations however your application software will use the new designations PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item Select Menu Main Advanced Security Power Savings Boot Item Specific Help Keys used to view or configure devices Enter expands or collapses devices with a or Ctrl Enter expands all Shift 1 enables or disables a device Space or moves the device up or down d removes a dev...

Page 27: ...arameters listed in the following table may be different depending upon the system configuration Menu Field Default Menu Field Default BIOS Version 1 05 L1 Cache 64 KB BIOS Date 05 06 2003 L2 Cache 1024 KB BIOS Area E400h FFFFh Total Memory 512 MB CPU Type Intel R Pentium R M Memory Slot 1 512 MB DDR SDRAM CPU Speed 1 40 GHz Memory Slot 2 None PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility F1 Help ESC Exit Select Item...

Page 28: ...lts 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 Discard Changes Selecting Discard Changes will load the previous values in BIOS memory for all menu fields ...

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