User manual SONY VAIO VPC-CA17FX/G

[. . . ] Pressing the Enter key again will select the highlighted choice. 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. This will open the main menu of the BIOS Setup Utility with the current settings displayed. Press the [RIGHT ARROW] or [LEFT ARROW] key to scroll through the other setup menus to review or alter the current settings. [. . . ] Enable or disable the IDE, Bluetooth, and LAN controllers. The following tables show the names of the menu fields for the Advanced Menu and its submenus, 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. Main Advanced BIOS Setup Utility Security Boot Info Exit Keyboard/Mouse Features Video Features Internal Device Configurations CPU Features USB Features Miscellaneous Configurations Event Logging Configures keyboard/ mouse features. Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Keyboard/ Mouse Features Video Features Description Opens the Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu, which allows setting external and internal keyboard and mouse parameters. Opens the Video Features submenu, which allows setting of the display parameters, including routing of video signals to different displays. Opens the Internal Device Configuration submenu, which allows enabling or disabling the IDE, Bluetooth, and LAN Controllers. Opens the CPU Features submenu to allow you to enable or disable AMD VirtualizationTM. Opens the USB Features submenu to allow you to enable or disable legacy USB devices and SCSI SubClass support. F1: Help vv v02. 59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 4. Advanced Menu Esc: Exit Internal Device Configurations CPU Features USB Features 10 Advanced Menu Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu Menu Field Miscellaneous Configurations Event Logging Description Opens the Miscellaneous Configurations submenu to allow you to enable or disable the power button, Wake Up On LAN, control volume settings, and adjust UMA video memory size. Opens the event logging submenu. 11 LifeBook A Series BIOS 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. Main Advanced BIOS Setup Utility Security Boot Info Exit [On] or [Off] Numlock is On or Off. Keyboard/Mouse Features Numlock: [Off] [On/Padlock Off] Numlock is On, but use with [Fn] for 10-key input. * Windows XP preserves Numlock state when the user logs off. F1: Help vv v02. 59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Figure 5. Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu Esc: Exit Table 5: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Keyboard/Mouse Submenu of the Advanced Menu Menu Field Numlock: Options Default [Off] Description Sets the NumLock function state when the computer completes booting. When [On/Padlock Off] is selected, Numlock is on, but [Fn] key must be pressed used for 10-key input. When Both is selected, both the primary and secondary IDE ports are enabled. If you make an error when re-entering the password a Warning will display on the screen. Boot sector protection must be set to [Normal] to install or upgrade an operating system. Main Advanced BIOS Setup Utility Security Boot Info Exit Supervisor Password Is: Clear User Password Is : Clear Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Minimum User Password Length: Password on Boot: On Automatic Wake up: KB Lock on Resume: Boot from Removable Media: Flash Write: Hard Disk Security Owner Information [Enter] [Enter] [0] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [All] [Enabled] Press <Enter> key to set Supervisor Password to enable any password features. Then password entry is required to enter BIOS Setup. F1: Help vv v02. 59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Esc: Exit Figure 12. Security Menu 20 Boot Menu Table 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu Menu Field Supervisor Password is: User Password is: Options ­-- Default Clear Description A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor password is set and Clear when it is not. Set is displayed when the general user password is set, and Clear when it is not. The Supervisor Password may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols). To cancel 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 Supervisor Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility. A User Password may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols). To cancel a password press [Enter] key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field. [. . . ] See "The Boot Device Priority Submenu" below. __ __ CD/DVD Drives Priority __ __ 26 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. Be aware of the operating environment when booting from a CD or you may overwrite files by mistake. A bootable CD-ROM has either a floppy disk format or a hard drive format. When a bootable CD-ROM is used, drive allocations change automatically without changing the BIOS setup. The CD-ROM will only take drive C: (hard drive format) if internal hard drive is not present or is disabled. [. . . ]