HP 5/xx Series 4 User manual

User’s Guide
HP Vectra VL
5/xx Series 4
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User’s Guide
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iv Francais
Welcome to Your HP Vectra PC
Congratulations on the purchase of your new Hewlett-Packard desktop
PC. Your high-performance PC provides:
•a PentiumTM processor in a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for
easy processor upgrades
•an integrated level-two cache of 256 KB for high performance
•a main memory of 8 MB or 16 MB, upgradeable to 128 MB
•an Ultra VGA PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) video
controller with 1 MB of video memory upgradeable to 2 MB. Some
models have a Matrox MGA Millennium video adapter board with
2MB as standard, upgradeable to 4MB or 8MB.
•an integrated Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
controller on the PCI bus supporting Fast IDE and Standard IDE
•three front-access drive shelves (one can be used as an internal
shelf)
•one internal drive shelf
•four free slots for accessory boards:
❒one 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slot
❒two 16-bit ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) slots
❒one combination ISA or PCI slot
•one parallel port, and two serial ports
•preloaded HP utilities to ease system configuration tasks
•BIOS stored in Flash ROM
•BIOS support for ISA “Plug and Play”
•pre-installed Operating system and Software.
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Your HP Vectra has other important attributes:
•DMI compliant
•designed for Windows®95
•Vectra Ergonomic Power Solution—Windows 95 soft power-down
using the mouse, and keyboard power-on.
•Energy Star compliant power management.
The PC range described in this manual has a power saving capability
which complies with the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) 30
watt maximum power consumption in sleep mode, with the
exception of those models which are fully loaded multimedia PCs.
The fully loaded multimedia PCs also have energy saving capabilities,
but use slightly more than the maximum 30 watt limit in power
saving mode, required for the Energy Star label approval.
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Contents
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Unpacking Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting the Mouse, Keyboard, and Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting the Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Starting the PC for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Creating Master Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Using Your PC
Starting and Stopping Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The HP Vectra Keyboard for Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
HP Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Accessing HP User Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Personalizing Your Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Desktop Management Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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3 How to Install Accessories In Your PC
Supported HP Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Removing the Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Replacing the Cover after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Moving and Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the Power Supply after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Main Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing a Video Memory Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing Accessory Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play (Windows 3.11) . . . 31
Configuring non-Plug and Play ISA Accessory Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing Mass Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing a Flexible Disk Drive or a CD-ROM Drive
in the Middle Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing an IDE Hard Disk Drive in the Rear Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installing a 3.5-inch Disk Drive in the Bottom Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing a 5.25-inch Drive in the Bottom Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring the Device or Devices you have installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing an Upgrade Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the Security Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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4 The HP Setup Program
Using the HP Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting the Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Understanding the SETUP Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
After Installing an IDE Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5 Troubleshooting Your PC
Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
If Your PC Does Not Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
If Your Display is Blank and There Are No Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 67
If you are Unable to Change any Values in Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
If a POST Error Message is Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
To Clear the CMOS Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Power-On-Self-Test Errors that May Prevent Your PC From Starting . .69
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If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If Your Display Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If Your Display is Blurred or Unreadable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If Your Keyboard or Mouse Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
If Your Printer Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
If the Hard Disk Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
If the Hard Disk Activity Light Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
If the CD-ROM Drive Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
If an Accessory Board Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
If Your PC Has a Software Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
If You Have Forgotten Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
If Your Application Software Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
If Power Management Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
If the Date and Time are Incorrect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Changing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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6 Technical Information
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Power Consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Typical Power Consumption/Availability for ISA Accessory Slots . . . . . .87
Typical Power Consumption/Availability for PCI Accessory Slots. . . . . .87
IRQs, DMAs, and I/O Addresses Used by Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Available Video Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
BIOS Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Windows Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Windows 95 Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
OS/2 Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Video Resolutions for the Matrox MGA Millennium Video Adapter Card,
Valid for Windows 3.11, Windows 95 and OS/2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
The PC’s Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The PC’s Rear Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
System Board Connectors and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
System Board Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Recycling Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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7 Hewlett Packard Support and Information Services
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Your HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
HP SupportPack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
HP Support Assistant CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Hewlett-Packard Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
HP Forum on CompuServe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
HP Forum on America Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
HP BBS Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Internet—FTP Library Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Access HP World Wide Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
HP FAXback on Demand—HP FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
HP Audio Tips (USA only) HP Automated Support Directory. . . . . . . 106
Ordering Drivers and BIOS on Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
HP Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Hewlett-Packard Telephone Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lifeline Telephone Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
HP Network Phone-in Support Service (NPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hewlett-Packard Marketing Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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1
Setting Up Your PC
This chapter leads you through the first time installation of your
HP Vectra PC.
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Unpacking Your PC
2English
Unpacking Your PC
1When you receive your PC, unpack all the components:
•the computer and power cord
•the display and its cables
•the keyboard and mouse
•the manuals.
NOTE The operating system software, drivers, and HP utilities are preloaded
on the hard disk.
Manuals
Mouse
Computer Power Cord
Display Power Cord
Typical Display
Computer
Keyboard
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Unpacking Your PC
2Place the PC on a sturdy desk near to easily accessible power outlets,
with enough space for the keyboard, mouse, and any other
accessories.
3Position the PC so that its rear connectors are easily accessible.
4Place the display on top of the computer. (If you have a large display,
place it next to the computer.)
Installation Tools No tools are required to set up your PC. However, if you plan to install a
disk drive or an accessory board in your PC, you will need a flat-blade
screwdriver. For further information about installing accessories, refer
to chapter 3, “How to Install Accessories In Your PC”.
WARNING If you are in any doubt that you can lift the display safely, do not try to
move it without help. Refer to the display’s manual for information
about the display.
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting the Mouse, Keyboard, and Display
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Connecting the Mouse, Keyboard, and Display
1Connect the mouse, keyboard, and display to the back of the
computer. The connectors are shaped to go in one way only.
2Tighten the display cable attachment screws.
Mouse Keyboard Display
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting a Printer
Connecting a Printer
Connect the printer cable to the back of the computer and tighten the
attachment screws. Use the connector labeled:
•Parallel (25-pin parallel connector) for a parallel device
•Serial A (9-pin serial connector) for a serial device
•Serial B (9-pin serial connector) for a second serial device.
Parallel Connector Serial Connector
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting the Power Cords
6English
Connecting the Power Cords
1If fitted, remove the label covering the computer’s power connector.
2Connect the power cords to the display and the computer.
3Connect the display’s power cord and the computer’s power cord to
a grounded outlet. (The connectors are shaped to go in one way
only.)
WARNING For your safety, always connect the equipment to a grounded wall
outlet. Always use a power cord with a properly grounded plug, such
as the one provided with this equipment, or one in compliance with
your national regulations.
This PC is disconnected from the power by removing the power cord
from the power outlet. This means the PC must be located close to a
power outlet that is easily accessible.
Display
Power Cord
Computer
Power Cord
Grounded Outlet
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Starting the PC for the First Time
Starting the PC for the First Time
Your PC has preinstalled software. This software is initialized the first
time you start the PC. The software initialization takes approximately
three minutes, and:
•sets up the software in your language
•sets up your software to use the hardware installed in your
computer—note that you can change the settings after the software
has been initialized.
To initialize your software:
1Switch on the display and then the PC.
When the PC is switched on, the Vectra Logo is displayed. The PC
performs a Power-On-Self-Test (POST). Press if you want to
view the POST.
If an error is detected during the Power-On-Self-Test, the PC will
automatically display the error. You may be prompted to press
to start the Setup program to correct the error.
NOTE Do NOT switch OFF the PC while the software is being initialized as this
could cause unexpected results.
Switch on the Display
Then switch on the PC
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Starting the PC for the First Time
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2The software initialization routine starts. It displays the software
license agreement, gives you an opportunity to read Working in
Comfort (ergonomic advice for computer users), and then asks
questions about the PC. For example:
•The name of the person who will use the PC and your company
name. (If necessary, the name of the user can be modified later.)
•The current date and time.
•The type of printer (for example, HP LaserJet 4M). This is shown
on the front of the printer. You also need to enter the connection
used by the printer.
•The model number of your display. The display’s model number
is shown on the cover of the manual supplied with the display and
on a label on the rear of the display.
•Depending on which model PC you have, you may also be asked
to select which operating system you want to use, Windows 3.11
or Windows 95.
CAUTION Once you have confirmed your selection of the operating system, you
cannot change that selection. The operating system which you have
NOT chosen will be deleted from the computer’s hard disk.
3While the initialization program is running, you might like to
complete the Warranty Registration card which you will find inside
the back of this manual.
When the initialization routine has finished, click on OK and the PC
will restart.
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