Computer Systems Corporation Laptop PC BIOS Guide

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LifeBook A Series Notebook BIOS
COMPONENTS MENU
The Components menu allows you to select several of
the settings for your system, including the following:
■
Serial port (COM and IR) settings
■
Parallel (LPT) port settings
■
PS/2 device settings
■
Lid closure and Numlock settings
Figure 11. Components Menu
Menu Field Default Description
Serial Ports --- When selected, opens the
Serial Ports submenu. This
allows you to select the
port addresses and inter-
rupts for the COM and IR
ports. (For more details,
see Serial Ports submenu
later in this section).
LPT Port --- When selected, opens the
LPT Port submenu. This
allows you to select the
port addresses and defini-
tions for the parallel port.
(For more details, see LPT
Ports submenu later in
this section).
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Resume On LA
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PS/2 Device [Checked] When selected, opens the
PS/2 Device submenu.
This allows you to enable
or disable the internal
pointing device. (For
more details, see PS/2
Device submenu later in
this section).
Resume On
LAN
[Unchecked] Enabling this feature
allows the system to
wake up when the inter-
nal LAN receives a special
message (“Magic
Packet”) while in Suspend
mode.
Lan
Controller
[Checked] Allows you to enable or
disable the internal LAN
controller.
Wireless
Controller
[Checked] Allows you to enable or
disable the internal Wire-
less controller.
Modem
Controller
[Checked] Allows you to enable or
disable the internal
modem controller.
LID --- When selected, opens the
LID submenu. This deter-
mines what action the
system should take when
the lid is opened and
closed. (For more details,
see LID submenu later in
this section).
Keyboard
Numlock
--- When selected, opens the
Keyboard Numlock sub-
menu. This determines
whether the numerical
keypads are enabled or
disabled. (For more
details, see Keyboard
Numlock submenu later
in this section).
System Beep [Checked] Enables or disables the
System beep.
Menu Field Default Description
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