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HP Vectra VL6 8 Supplementary Manual

HP Vectra VL6 8 Supplementary Manual

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Familiarization Guide
HP Vectra VL Desktop PC
HP Vectra VL
6/xxx series 8 PC
HP Vectra VL Minitower PC
This guide is for experienced technicians who have
already completed the HP Vectra PC family training
course. It is a self-paced training guide designed to train
you to repair the PC. It contains information specific only
to the repair of these PCs. For information on the
installation of accessories, see the User's Guide and the
Upgrade and Maintenance Guide (available on HP web-
site at
).
http://www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport

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  • Page 1 HP Vectra VL Minitower PC This guide is for experienced technicians who have already completed the HP Vectra PC family training course. It is a self-paced training guide designed to train you to repair the PC. It contains information specific only to the repair of these PCs.
  • Page 2 SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Technology Limited. Matrox® is a registered trademark of Matrox Electronics Systems Limited. Kensington is a trademark of Kensington Microware Ltd. Hewlett-Packard France Commercial Desktop Computing Division 38053 Grenoble Cedex 9 France 1998 Hewlett-Packard Company...

  • Page 3: Electrostatic Discharge Warning

    Electrostatic Discharge Warning Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage processors, memory, disks, accessory boards and other components. Before installing or replacing a component: 1 Do not take the new component out of its ESD package before connecting your wrist strap and ESD mat to a suitably earthed (grounded) point. 2 Do not forget to use the ESD package provided with the new part to return the old part.

  • Page 4: Care Of Hard Disk Drives

    Any shock may damage the drive and prevent it from functioning correctly. Hard disk drives already installed in HP Vectra PCs are also sensitive to shocks. If the PC’s system unit is knocked or dropped accidentally, this may cause damage to installed hard disk drives.

  • Page 5: Vectra Product Hardware Comparison

    Vectra Product Hardware Comparison (Bold text indicates the features have changed) Component HP Vectra VL 6/xxx series 7 PC Microprocessor Pentium II, 233 MHz, 266 MHz, 300 MHz, or 333 MHz. 32 KB of level-1 cache memory, 512 KB of level-2 cache memory.
  • Page 6 Vectra Product Hardware Comparison Component HP Vectra VL 6/xxx series 7 PC Graphics (integrated) Cirrus Logic Laguna3DA AGP, 2 or 4 MB. Graphics Board Matrox Millenium II PCI card, 8 MB. Operating Systems Windows NT (Service Pack 3 or higher recommended).

  • Page 7: Vectra Products Overview

    Chassis Intrusion Detection. If the cover is removed when the PC is switched off, an alert will be generated when the PC is next switched on. This alert can be monitored with HP TopTools. New Power Glitch Detection. If the power supply momentarily falls below 4.7 Volts, a reset is triggered and the PC automatically reboots.
  • Page 8 Vectra Products Overview Component HP Vectra VL Desktop PC Communication ports 2 x USB connectors, 1 x serial port, 1 x parallel port, keyboard, mouse, 1 x VGA display port. Mass storage 4.3 GB IDE or 6.4GB IDE. (standard models) 5 or 4 shelves (3 front access and 1 or 2 internal).

  • Page 9: Desktop Models Package

    Desktop Models Package Front view Power On/Off Button Front view with cover removed System board switches Main memory Processor Rear view Slot for Kensington® security cable Rear connectors Security lock (inside bezel) Voltage selection Switch (some models) Parallel Mouse Keyboard...

  • Page 10: Minitower Package

    Minitower Package Minitower Package Front view with cover removed Main memory Processor Rear view Voltage selection switch (some models) System board switches Rear connectors Display Serial Keyboard Mouse Parallel...

  • Page 11: System Board And Backplanes

    System Board and Backplanes Status Panel Connector External Battery Connector Battery Socket Intel PCI Set PIIX4E Super I/O Chip NS317 Parallel Port 3V3 Connector SGRAM Graphics Flash 512K SGRAM Chip Serial Connector System Board and Backplanes ® Matrox Multimedia Connectors Display...
  • Page 12 (light gray) PCI slot (white) (light gray) gray) Thermistor (monitors temperature and regulates fan speed) Connector Connector HP External- start Connector Wake On LAN Connector Intrusion Connector (monitored by T opT ools) Thermistor Fan connector Wake On LAN Connector HP External-...

  • Page 13: System Board Switches

    System Board Switches Switch — Processor frequency, see the following table Open Normal operation Closed Clears CMOS (to reload the Setup program defaults) Open Normal operation Closed Clears User and Administrator passwords Open Disables keyboard power-on Closed Normal operation RESERVED --- Should normally be kept in the Open —...

  • Page 14: Key Features

    IDE devices to the Ultra ATA cable in any order and then select the boot order for all bootable drives (including floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, and SCSI drives) with the HP Setup program. Intel 440BX AGPset This Intel chipset is optimized for Pentium II processor-based systems. It supports ACPI for increased manageability across the corporate network.
  • Page 15 These new multimedia connectors enhance the PC’s video capabilities, since they allow a Matrox DVD Video to be connected. Multimedia connectors Key Features...

  • Page 16: Support Features

    To replace it, reverse the procedure. Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from the HP World Wide Web site. Following the instructions which you are given, you will obtain the flash...
  • Page 17 Crisis Recovery Although the BIOS flash process is very well protected, there is always the possibility of a failure (for example, due to a power failure during the BIOS flash). To avoid replacing the motherboard due to corrupted EEPROM, a crisis recovery function has been created to restore the EEPROM contents.
  • Page 18 Support Features Multi boot Another feature of the HP Vectra VL 6/xxx Series 8, is the capability to separate the idea of physical and logical disks, and the possibility to define a boot order independent from the physical connection of the disks to the IDE cable.

  • Page 19: Beep Codes

    Beep Codes If a terminal error occurs during POST, the system issues a beep code before attempting to display the error in the upper left corner of the screen. Beep codes are useful for identifying the error when the system is unable to display the error message.

  • Page 20: Complete The Questionnaire To Check Your Understanding

    Ensure that the problem isn’t described in the product bug-list. d You are electrostatically grounded. 5 The client has installed a third party, 3-pin HP-qualified network board which supports RPO/RWU (also known as Wake On LAN), in the PC. To...
  • Page 21 The power fell below 4.7 Volts, enabling the Power Glitch Detection Feature. Look up TopTools for a report. b There might be a memory failure. Run the HP Setup Program to find Complete the Questionnaire to Check Your Understanding...
  • Page 22 Complete the Questionnaire to Check Your Understanding out what the problem is. c The PC might be infected by a virus. Run a virus check program.

  • Page 23: Answers And Explanations

    Connect the RPO/RWU(Wake On LAN) cable to the Wake On LAN connector on the backplane. If the network board is a 10-pin, HP network card, it must be plugged into the RPO connector on the backplane. The PCI WakeUp connector on the system board is already connected to the backplane.
  • Page 24 Answers and Explanations a Power-on the PC and press F8 while the Vectra logo appears on the display to view the Boot Menu. c Power-on the PC and press F2 while the Vectra logo appears on the display to enter the PC’s Setup program. The Boot Menu gives the order of devices which the PC attempts to start or “boot”...
  • Page 25 Answers and Explanations Feature. Look up TopTools for a report.
  • Page 26 Answers and Explanations...
  • Page 28 Part Number D5908-FAM-ABA...

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