Page 3 - C Series BIOS; BIOS SETUP UTILITY; Entering the BIOS Setup Utility; Error message - please run SETUP; P O I N T
3 C 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 condi-tions, therefore there is no need to set or change the BIOS environment to operate your notebook. The BIOS Setup...
Page 4 - If an error message is displayed on the screen, and; C A U T I O N
4 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S 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. 3. If an error message is displayed on the screen, and you want to enter the setup utility, press the [...
Page 5 - MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS; Menu Field; ESC
5 MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS The Main Menu allows you to set or view the current system parameters. Follow the instructions for Navi-gating Through The Setup Utility to make any changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 3 for more information.) The following tabl...
Page 6 - Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu
6 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S System Date: –— –— Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/yearnumeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for year. (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/1998. You maychange each segment of the date separately. Move between t...
Page 7 - Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu
7 Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu The Primary Master submenu identifies what ATA devices are installed. *Note that actual hard drive label shown may vary. Depending on the drive type, information such as cylin-ders, heads and sectors may also be displayed. Figure 2. Primary Master Submenu Ta...
Page 9 - Primary Slave Submenu of the Main Menu; Note that actual drive labels shown may vary.
9 Primary Slave Submenu of the Main Menu The Primary Slave submenu is for the internal CD-ROM drive. The drive type is displayed on this menu as well as the Main menu. Your notebook auto-senses the charac-teristics of the internal CD-ROM Drive installed. You will not need to modify these settings, t...
Page 10 - Exiting from Main Menu
10 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S Exiting from Main Menu When you have finished setting the parameters on this menu, you can either exit from the setup utility, or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from the setup utility, press the [Esc] key or use the cursor keys to go to the Exit me...
Page 11 - ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS; The BIOS configures
11 ADVANCED MENU – SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS The Advanced Menu allows you to: ■ Enable or disable support for Plug & Playoperating systems. ■ Set the I/O addresses for the serial and parallel ports. ■ Set the communication mode for the parallel and infrared ports. ■ Set the features of the...
Page 12 - Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu
12 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Plug & Play O/S: ■ No ■ Yes [Yes] Select Yes if you are using a Plug & Play capable operating system. Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-bo...
Page 13 - Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu; All I/O addresses in Table 5 are in hexadecimal.
13 Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Serial/Parallel Port Configuration submenu provides the ability to set the I/O addresses andinterrupt levels for the serial, infrared, and parallelports of your notebook. Figure 5. Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu C A U...
Page 15 - Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
15 Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu is for setting the parameters of the integrated and external mouse and keyboard. Figure 6. Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu Table 6: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Keyboard/Mouse Submenu of the Advanced ...
Page 16 - Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu; Internal
16 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Video Features Submenu is for setting the display parameters. Figure 7. Video Features Submenu Table 7: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default...
Page 17 - Internal Device Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu
17 Internal Device Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Internal Device Configuration submenu allows the user to configure other internal devices. Figure 8. Internal Device Configuration Submenu Table 8: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Internal Device Configuration Submenu of the Adva...
Page 18 - PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu
18 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S PCI Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu The PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to reserve specific interrupts (IRQs) for legacy ISA devices, and to enable or disable built in PCI device modules. Figure 9. PCI Configuration Submenu Table 9: Field...
Page 19 - IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configuration Submenu; Main
19 IRQ Reservation Submenu of the PCI Configuration Submenu The IRQ Reservation submenu of the PCI Configuration submenu allows the user to mark various IRQs as reserved for use by legacy ISA devices. When an IRQis reserved, the BIOS does not use it for embedded PCI or ISA devices. Figure 10. IRQ Re...
Page 21 - CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
21 CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The CPU Features Submenu configures the system processor. Note that this submenu only appears in certain configurations, based upon the system CPU. Figure 11. CPU Features Submenu Menu Field Options Default Description Processor Serial Number ■ Enabled ■ ...
Page 22 - USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
22 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu The USB Features Submenu configures the system for use with a USB floppy drive. Figure 12. USB Features Submenu Table 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Optio...
Page 23 - Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu
23 Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu The Event Logging Submenu configures event logging features for DMI events. Figure 13. Event Logging Submenu Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Options Default Description Event Log Capaci...
Page 24 - SECURITY MENU – SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES; to be displayed. If this; will be displayed on the screen. To try; Boot sector protection must be set to
24 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S 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 th...
Page 25 - Table 14: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
25 Figure 14. Security Menu Table 14: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Description SupervisorPassword 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 dis...
Page 27 - Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu
27 Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu The Hard Disk Security Submenu is for configuring hard disk security features. Figure 15. Hard Disk Security Submenu Table 15: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Hard Disk Security Submenu of the Security Menu Menu Field Options Default Descriptio...
Page 28 - Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu
28 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu The Owner Information Submenu is for setting owner information. Figure 16. Owner Information Submenu Table 16: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Owner Information Submenu of the Security Menu Menu Field Option...
Page 29 - Exiting from the Security Menu
29 Exiting from the Security Menu When you have finished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, you can either exit from setup utility or move to another menu. If you wish to exit from setup utility, press the Esc key to go to the Exit Menu. If you wish to move to another menu, use the cursor ...
Page 30 - POWER MENU – SETTING POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES
30 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S POWER MENU – SETTING POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES The Power menu allows you to set and change the power management parameters. Follow the instructions for Navigating Through the Setup Utility to make any changes. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page...
Page 31 - Menu field
31 Figure 17. Power Menu Table 17: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Power Menu (for APM operating systems only) Menu field Options Default Description Power Savings: ■ Disabled ■ Customized ■ Maximum Power Savings ■ Maximum Performance [Customized] Sets the power savings parameters to a factory ...
Page 32 - Video Timeout
32 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S Auto SuspendTimeout: ■ Off ■ 5 to 60 minutes [15 Minutes] Sets the length of time without any I/O activity before your note-book goes into Suspend mode. If you choose a factory combinationof parameters this field will display that setting. If you choose tocus...
Page 33 - Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu; Exiting from Power Menu
33 Advanced Features Submenu of the Power Menu The Advanced Features submenu is for setting some non-time related power saving parameters. Figure 18. Advance Features Submenu Exiting from Power Menu When you have finished setting the boot parameters with the Power menu, you can either exit from the ...
Page 34 - BOOT MENU – SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE; Table 19: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Menu
34 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S 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 Thro...
Page 35 - The Boot Device Priority Submenu of the Boot Menu; Exiting from Boot Menu
35 The 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. Figure 20. Boot Device Priority Submenu Exiting from Boot Menu When you have finished setting the boot parameters with the Boot menu, you ca...
Page 36 - INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION
36 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION The Info menu is a display only screen that provides the configuration information for your notebook. The following table shows the names of the menu fields for the Info menu and the information displayed in those...
Page 37 - Table 21: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Info Menu
37 Table 21: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Info Menu Note that some of the parameters reflected below may be different from those on your screen, depending upon system configuration. Menu Field Options Default BIOS Version: –— 1.03 –— BIOS Date: –— 05/25/2001 –— BIOS Area: –— E400h – FFFFh –—...
Page 38 - EXIT MENU – LEAVING THE SETUP UTILITY; Table 22: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Exit Menu
38 L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S 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. (See Navigating Through The Setup Utility on page 3 for more information.) The follow...
