Fujitsu N7010 N7010 BIOS Guide - Page 2

LifeBook N Series BIOS N 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 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 There are three ways to enter the BIOS Setup Utility: The SecureCore Menu, the [F2] key, or the Boot Menu. Entering BIOS Setup using the SecureCore Menu When the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. press the [Enter] key or click on the left mouse or touchpad button; the SecureCore Menu will appear. The SecureCore Menu provides shortcuts to the following menus and information screens: ■ BIOS Setup ■ Diagnostic Screen ■ Boot Menu ■ Patent Information ■ System Information ■ Continue Booting Click on BIOS Setup to enter the utility. Entering BIOS Setup using [F2] key To enter the BIOS Setup Utility using the [F2] key: 1. Turn on or restart your notebook. 2. Press [F2] once the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. This will open the main menu of the BIOS Setup Utility with the current settings displayed. Entering BIOS Setup using Boot Menu To enter the BIOS Setup Utility using the Boot Menu: 1. Turn on or restart your notebook. 2. Press [F12] once the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. This will open the Boot Menu. 3. Select and click [Enter]. 2 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 cursor keys: [ ], [ ]. 2. To select a field within a menu or a submenu, use the cursor keys: [ ], [ ]. 3. To select the different values for each field, press the [Spacebar] or [+] to change to the next higher selection 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 the [Esc] key. 6. To go to the Exit menu from any other menu, press the [Esc] key. ■ 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 selection 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 highlighted choice. 7. Pressing the [F9] key resets all items in the BIOS to the default values. 8. Pressing the [F10] key saves the current configuration 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 the system configuration that does not agree with the parameter settings stored in BIOS memory, or there is a failure in the system, 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