HP dx5150 Programming manual

Desktop Management Guide
Business Desktops dx5150 Series
Document Part Number: 375370-003
August 2005
This guide provides definitions and instructions for using security and
HP Client Management Solutions features that are preinstalled on
select models.

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Contents
Initial Configuration and Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Altiris Deployment Solution Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Remote System Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software Updating and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HP Client Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HP Client Foundation Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
HP Client Premium Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
HP System Software Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dantz Retrospect Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Proactive Change Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Subscriber’s Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Retired Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ROM Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote ROM Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FailSafe Boot Block ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Replicating the Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Creating a Bootable Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dual-State Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
World Wide Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Building Blocks and Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Asset Tracking and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Password Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Establishing a Supervisor Password Using
Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Establishing a User Password Using
Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Entering a User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Entering a Supervisor Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing a User or Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Clearing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cable Lock Provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Fault Notification and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Surge-Tolerant Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Thermal Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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HP Client Management Solutions provides standards-based solutions
for managing and controlling desktops, workstations, and notebook
PCs in a networked environment. HP pioneered desktop
manageability in 1995 with the introduction of the industry’s first
fully manageable desktop personal computers. HP is a patent holder
of manageability technology. Since then, HP has led an industry-wide
effort to develop the standards and infrastructure required to
effectively deploy, configure, and manage desktops, workstations,
and notebook PCs. HP Client Management Solutions are an important
aspect of our broad commitment to providing you with PC Lifecycle
Solutions that assist you during the four phases of the desktop PC
lifecycle—planning, deployment, management, and transitions.
The key capabilities and features of desktop management are:
■Initial configuration and deployment
■Remote system installation
■Software updating and management
■ROM flash
■Asset tracking and security
■Fault notification and recovery
✎Support for specific features described in this guide may vary by
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Initial Configuration and Deployment
The computer comes with a preinstalled system software image. After
a brief software “unbundling” process, the computer is ready to use.
You may prefer to replace the preinstalled software image with a
customized set of system and application software. There are several
methods for deploying a customized software image. They include:
■Installing additional software applications after unbundling the
preinstalled software image.
■Using software deployment tools, such as Altiris Deployment
Solution, to replace the preinstalled software with a customized
software image.
■Using a disk cloning process to copy the contents from one hard
drive to another.
The best deployment method depends on your information
technology environment and processes. The PC Deployment section
of the HP Lifecycle Solutions Web site
(http://whp-sp-orig.extweb.hp.com/country/us/en/solutions.html)
provides information to help you select the best deployment method.
The Restore Plus! CD, ROM-based setup, and ACPI hardware
provide further assistance with recovery of system software,
configuration management and troubleshooting, and power
management.
Altiris Deployment Solution Agent
If the computer is running Windows® XP Professional, Altiris
Deployment Solution Agent is pre-loaded on the computer. When
installed, it enables communication with the administrator
Deployment Solution console.
To install Altiris Deployment Solution Agent:
1. Click Start.
2. Click All Programs.
3. Click Software Setup.
4. Click Next.
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Remote System Installation
Remote System Installation allows you to set up the system using the
software and configuration information located on a network server
by initiating the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). The Remote
System Installation feature is usually used as a system setup and
configuration tool, and can be used for the following tasks:
■Formatting a hard drive
■Deploying a software image on one or more new PCs
■Remotely updating the system BIOS in flash ROM (“Remote
ROM Flash” on page 9)
■Configuring the system BIOS settings
To initiate Remote System Installation, press F12 when the
F12 = Network Service Boot message appears in the lower-right
corner of the HP logo screen. Follow the instructions on the screen
to continue the process. The default boot order is a BIOS
configuration setting that can be changed to always attempt to PXE
boot.
HP and Altiris have partnered to provide tools designed to make the
task of corporate PC deployment and management easier and less
time-consuming, ultimately lowering the total cost of ownership and
making HP PCs the most manageable client PCs in the enterprise
environment.
Software Updating and Management
HP provides several tools for managing and updating software on
desktops, workstations, and notebooks:
■HP Client Manager
■HP Client Foundation Suite
■HP Client Premium Suite
■HP System Software Manager
■Dantz Backup and Recovery
■HP Proactive Change Notification
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HP Client Manager
HP Client Manager is available free for all supported HP business
desktop, notebook, and workstation models. SSM is integrated into
HP Client Manager, and enables central tracking, monitoring, and
management of the hardware aspects of HP client systems. HP Client
Manager provides tight integration with HP Instant Support tools to
reduce hardware troubleshooting time. HP Instant support tools can
be used to run diagnostics, system health scan, active chat, access to
the HP Knowledgebase, as well as automated SoftPaq collection. HP
Client Manager also integrates with HP ProtectTools to identify,
inventory, and initialize TPM-enabled client systems.
HP Client Manager provides local alerting. Alerts, such as over-temp
condition, SMART drive failure warnings, and so forth, can be made
to appear on the local user’s machine. The Administrator now has
control over how alerts are handled locally at the client. The
Administrator can control whether the client user can turn alerts on
and off and what the user can do with an alert once it is received. The
Administrator can also choose which alerts, if any, are displayed at
the local HP client.
Use HP Client Manager to:
■Get valuable hardware information such as CPU, memory, video,
and security settings
■Monitor system health to fix problems before they occur
■Automatically collect and remotely distribute SoftPaqs that will
update the hardware's BIOS, drivers, and security settings
■Automate processes to quickly resolve hardware problems
HP Client Manager uses the same Altiris infrastructure as the other
Altiris client lifecycle management solutions. This design provides a
significant benefit for the IT staff, since only one infrastructure needs
to be setup and maintained. Since information is stored in one
database, you get complete and consistent inventory reports as well as
system health and security information. You use a single, consistent
console interface for scheduling and tracking progress of both
hardware and software management tasks for your client systems.
For more information on HP Client Manager, visit
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HP Client Foundation Suite
The Foundation Suite has at its core, the Altiris Migration Suite
which consists of Altiris Inventory Solution and Deployment
Solution. The foundation suite adds a Quickstart page make setup
easier and shorten the time to getting value out of the software. The
foundation suite also includes HP Client Manager and the HP
Systems Insight Manager connector.
HP Client Premium Suite
The Premium Suite has at its core the Altiris Client Management
Suite, Level 1, adds a quickstart page, and the HP value-added
solutions: HP Client Manager, HP Systems Insight Manager
connector, and the HP OpenView Connector.
HP System Software Manager
HP System Software Manager (SSM) is a free utility that automates
remote deployment of device drivers and BIOS updates for your
networked HP business PCs. When SSM runs, it silently (without
user interaction) determines the revision levels of drivers and BIOS
installed on each networked client system and compares this
inventory against system software SoftPaqs that have been tested and
stored in a central file store. SSM then automatically updates any
down-revision system software on the networked PCs to the later
levels available in the file store. Since SSM only allows distribution
of SoftPaq updates to the correct client system models, administrators
can confidently and efficiently use SSM to keep system software
updated.
System Software Manager integrates with enterprise software
distribution tools such as HP OpenView and Microsoft® Systems
Management Server (SMS). Using SSM, you can distribute
customer-created or third-party updates that have been packaged in
the SSM-format.
SSM may be downloaded at no charge by visiting
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Dantz Retrospect Express
Dantz Retrospect Express protects a single Windows desktop or
notebook computer. Retrospect Express allows recovery from data
loss due to viruses, newly installed software, user error, damaged
hardware, hardware upgrades, hackers, and lost or stolen computers.
It offers a choice between simple duplicates or progressive backups
and an intuitive setup wizard to get you up and running in minutes.
Retrospect Express comes with Disaster Recovery built into the
product for the best protection available. Click here to view a list of
hardware manufacturers who bundle Retrospect with their products
and to learn where to buy these products.
Install Retrospect Express and perform your first backup in less than
five minutes. With Retrospect, you can implement a backup plan by
answering a few simple questions. Restores are quick and painless.
When you need to perform a restore via optical CDs, Retrospect
Express automatically locates files even if you do not know which
piece of backup media contains the files.
Duplicate files and folders to an external hard drive with the push of a
button. The duplicate operation copies information from the
computer's hard drive to the external hard drive. (For external hard
drives with a built-in backup button, duplicates can be initiated
simply by pressing the button.) With duplicates, the files and folders
on the external hard drive can be easily viewed, manipulated, and
restored by using Windows Explorer. The duplication process saves
space by overwriting any previous backup data on the external drive
and saves time by copying only files that are new or that have
changed since the last backup.
Back up multiple versions of files and folders. Progressive backups
retain prior versions of files and folders and allow you to roll back a
computer to any prior point in time before a data-corrupting event
occurred. Each time a backup operation is performed, Retrospect
Express creates a restore point, which can contain all the information
a user needs to retrieve files or restore an entire computer (disaster
recovery)—including all operating system files and settings, device
drivers, and applications and their settings. Restore points are
captured quickly and they provide 100% accurate restores to any
point in time that a backup was performed—exceeding the capability
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Backup Express also supports Disaster Recovery, which allows you
to restart and recover your system in the event of a catastrophic
failure (such as a hard drive failure or loss of data to a virus). By
booting from the Disaster Recovery CD, you can return your system
to its previous state before it became unusable.
For more information on Dantz Retrospect Express, visit
http://www.dantz.com/en/products/win_express/index.dtml.
Proactive Change Notification
The Proactive Change Notification program uses the Subscriber's
Choice Web site in order to proactively and automatically:
■Send you Proactive Change Notification (PCN) E-mails
informing you of hardware and software changes to most
commercial computers and servers, up to 60 days in advance.
■Send you E-mail containing Customer Bulletins, Customer
Advisories, Customer Notes, Security Bulletins, and Driver alerts
for most commercial computers and servers.
You create your own profile to ensure that you only receive the
information relevant to a specific IT environment. To learn more
about the Proactive Change Notification program and create a custom
profile, visit http://www.hp.com/go/pcn.
Subscriber’s Choice
Subscriber’s Choice is a client-based service from HP. Based on your
profile, HP will supply you with personalized product tips, feature
articles, and/or driver and support alerts/notifications. Subscriber’s
Choice Driver and Support Alerts/Notifications will deliver E-mails
notifying you that the information you subscribed to in your profile is
available for review and retrieval. To learn more about Subscriber’s
Choice and create a custom profile, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/pcn.
Retired Solutions
The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) introduced the
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) standard almost ten years ago.
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Model (CIM), the DMTF has initiated end-of-life for DMI. Given
other advancements in HP Client Management Solutions, HP
Systems Insight Manager, and Microsoft's implementation of CIM,
known as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), the HP
Insight Management Agent is no longer being provided on new HP
commercial desktop, workstation, and notebook models introduced
after January 1, 2004.
The Insight Management (IM) Agent provided the following features:
■DMI support allowed a client system to be managed by Insight
Manager 7 or other DMI-compliant management applications.
■A Web agent allowed the system to be managed both locally and
remotely by a web browser.
■Health alerting could notify the user locally or be sent to a central
console.
Insight Manager has been replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager
Software (HP SIM). HP SIM uses WMI to retrieve client system
information. The Altiris Connector for HP Systems Insight Manager
is available and enables the HP Client Management Solutions through
the HP SIM console.
ROM Flash
The computer comes with a programmable flash ROM (read only
memory). By establishing a Supervisor password in the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility, you can protect the ROM from being
unintentionally updated or overwritten. This is important to ensure
the operating integrity of the computer.
Should you need or want to upgrade the ROM, you may:
■Order an upgraded ROMPaq diskette from HP.
■Download the latest ROMPaq images from HP driver and support
page, http://www.hp.com/support/files.
ÄCAUTION: For maximum ROM protection, be sure to establish a
Supervisor password. The Supervisor password prevents unauthorized
ROM upgrades. System Software Manager allows the system
administrator to set the Supervisor password on one or more PCs
simultaneously. For more information, visit
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Remote ROM Flash
Remote ROM Flash allows the system administrator to safely
upgrade the ROM on remote HP computers directly from the
centralized network management console. Enabling the system
administrator to perform this task remotely, on multiple computers
and personal computers, results in a consistent deployment of and
greater control over HP PC ROM images over the network. It also
results in greater productivity and lower total cost of ownership.
✎The computer must be powered on, or turned on through Remote
Wakeup, to take advantage of Remote ROM Flash.
For more information on Remote ROM Flash, refer to the HP Client
Manager Software or System Software Manager at
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/im/prodinfo.html.
FailSafe Boot Block ROM
The FailSafe Boot Block ROM allows for system recovery in the
unlikely event of a ROM flash failure, for example, if a power
failure were to occur during a ROM upgrade. The Boot Block is
a flash-protected section of the ROM that checks for a valid system
ROM flash when power to the system is turned on.
■If the system ROM is valid, the system starts normally.
■If the system ROM fails the validation check, the FailSafe Boot
Block ROM provides enough support to start the system from a
ROMPaq diskette, which will program the system ROM with a
valid image.
✎Some models also support recovery from a ROMPaq CD.
When the boot block detects an invalid system ROM, 8 beeps will be
heard. A Boot Block recovery mode message is displayed on the
screen (some models).
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To recover the system after it enters Boot Block recovery mode,
complete the following steps:
1. If there is a diskette in the diskette drive or a CD in the CD drive,
remove the diskette and CD and turn off the power.
2. Insert a ROMPaq diskette into the diskette drive or, if permitted
on this computer, a ROMPaq CD into the CD drive.
3. Turn on the computer.
If no ROMPaq diskette or ROMPaq CD is found, you will be
prompted to insert one and restart the computer.
If a supervisor password has been established, the Caps Lock
light will turn on and you will be prompted to enter the password.
4. Enter the supervisor password.
If the system successfully starts from the diskette or CD and
successfully reprograms the ROM, a rising tone series of beeps
signals successful completion.
5. Remove the diskette or CD and turn the power off.
6. Turn the power on again to restart the computer.
Replicating the Setup
To replicate or copy one setup configuration to other computers of the
same model, HP has provided a Windows-based software utility,
System Software Manager, that can be downloaded from
http://www.hp.com/go/ssm, plus a DOS-based software, CMOS
Save/Load utility, that can be downloaded from
http://www.hp.com/support/files. After logging on to the HP
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Creating a Bootable Device
Supported USB Flash Media Device
Supported devices, such as an HP Drive Key, have a preinstalled
image to simplify the process of making them bootable. If the USB
flash media device being used does not have this image, use the
procedure later in this section (see “Unsupported USB Flash Media
Device” on page 13).
ÄCAUTION: Not all computers can be booted from a USB flash media
device. If the default boot order in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility lists
the USB device before the hard drive, the computer can be booted from a
USB flash media device. Otherwise, a bootable diskette must be used.
To create a bootable USB flash media device, you must have:
■an HP Business Desktop dx5150 Series - Microtower, Small
Form Factor, or Slim Tower.
Depending on the individual BIOS, future systems may also
support booting to a USB flash media device.
■a 256MB HP Drive Key II storage module.
■A bootable DOS diskette with the FDISK and SYS programs. If
SYS is not available, FORMAT may be used, but all existing files
on the USB flash media device will be lost.
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Insert the USB flash media device into one of the computer's
USB ports and remove all other USB storage devices except USB
diskette drives.
3. Insert a bootable DOS diskette with FDISK.COM and either
SYS.COM or FORMAT.COM into a diskette drive and turn on
the computer to boot to the DOS diskette.
4. Run FDISK from the A:\ prompt by typing FDISK and pressing
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5. Enter Choice [5] to display the drives in the system. The USB
flash media device will be the drive that closely matches the size
of one of the drives listed. It will usually be the last drive in the
list. Note the letter of the drive.
USB flash media device drive: __________
ÄCAUTION: If a drive does not match the USB flash media device, do
not proceed. Data loss can occur. Check all USB ports for additional
storage devices. If any are found, remove them, reboot the computer,
and proceed from step 4. If none are found, either the system does not
support the USB flash media device or the USB flash media device is
defective. DO NOT proceed in attempting to make the USB flash media
device bootable.
6. Exit FDISK by pressing the Esc key to return to the A:\ prompt.
7. If your bootable DOS diskette contains SYS.COM, go to step 8.
Otherwise, go to step 9.
8. At the A:\ prompt, enter SYS x: where x represents the drive
letter noted above.
ÄCAUTION: Be sure that you have entered the correct drive letter for the
USB flash media device.
After the system files have been transferred, SYS will return to
the A:\ prompt. Go to step 13.
9. Copy any files you want to keep from your USB flash media
device to a temporary directory on another drive (for example,
the system's internal hard drive).
10. At the A:\ prompt, enter FORMAT /S X: where X represents the
drive letter noted before.
ÄCAUTION: Be sure that you have entered the correct drive letter for the
USB flash media device.
FORMAT will display one or more warnings and ask you each
time whether you want to proceed. Enter Yeach time. FORMAT
will format the USB flash media device, add the system files, and
ask for a Volume Label.
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12. Copy any files you saved in step 9 back to your USB flash media
device.
13. Remove the diskette and reboot the computer. The computer will
boot to the USB flash media device as drive C.
✎The default boot order varies from computer to computer, and it can
be changed in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
If you have used a DOS version from Windows 9x, you may see a
brief Windows logo screen. If you do not want this screen, add a
zero-length file named LOGO.SYS to the root directory of the USB
flash media device.
Unsupported USB Flash Media Device
ÄCAUTION: Not all computers can be booted from a USB flash media
device. If the default boot order in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility lists
the USB device before the hard drive, the computer can be booted from a
USB flash media device. Otherwise, a bootable diskette must be used.
To create a bootable USB flash media device, you must have:
■an HP Business Desktop dx5150 Series - Microtower, Small
Form Factor or Slim Tower.
Depending on the individual BIOS, future systems may also
support booting to a USB flash media device.
■A bootable DOS diskette with the FDISK and SYS programs. If
SYS is not available, FORMAT may be used, but all existing files
on the USB flash media device will be lost.
1. If there are any PCI cards in the system that have SCSI, ATA
RAID or SATA drives attached, turn off the computer and unplug
the power cord.
ÄCAUTION: The power cord MUST be unplugged.
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3. Insert the USB flash media device into one of the computer's
USB ports and remove all other USB storage devices except USB
diskette drives. Close the computer cover.
4. Plug in the power cord and turn on the computer.
5. As soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold the F10 key
until you enter Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title
screen, if necessary.
✎If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must
restart the computer and press and hold the F10 key again to access
the utility.
If you are using a PS/2 keyboard, you may see a Keyboard Error
message—disregard it.
6. Go to Integrated Peripherals > South OnChip IDE Device to
disable the PATA controller, and go to Integrated Peripherals >
South OnChip PCI Device to disable the SATA controller. Exit
setup, confirming the changes.
7. Insert a bootable DOS diskette with FDISK.COM and either
SYS.COM or FORMAT.COM into a diskette drive and turn on
the computer to boot to the DOS diskette.
8. Run FDISK and delete any existing partitions on the USB flash
media device. Create a new partition and mark it active. Exit
FDISK by pressing the Esc key.
9. If the system did not automatically restart when exiting FDISK,
press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot to the DOS diskette.
10. At the A:\ prompt, type FORMAT C: /S and press Enter. Format
will format the USB flash media device, add the system files, and
ask for a Volume Label.
11. Press Enter for no label or enter one if desired.
12. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. Open the
computer and re-install any PCI cards that were previously
removed. Close the computer cover.
13. Plug in the power cord, remove the diskette, and turn on the
computer.

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14. As soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold the F10 key
until you enter Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title
screen, if necessary.
15. Go to Integrated Peripherals > South OnChip IDE Device and
Integrated Peripherals > South OnChip PCI Device and
re-enable the PATA and SATA controllers that were disabled in
step 6.
16. Save the changes and exit. The computer will boot to the USB
flash media device as drive C.
✎The default boot order varies from computer to computer, and it can
be changed in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Refer to the
Computer Setup Guide on the Documentation CD for instructions.
If you have used a DOS version from Windows 9x, you may see a
brief Windows logo screen. If you do not want this screen, add a
zero-length file named LOGO.SYS to the root directory of the USB
flash media device.
Dual-State Power Button
With Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) enabled,
the power button can function either as an on/off switch or as a
standby button. The standby feature does not completely turn off
power, but instead causes the computer to enter a low-power standby
state. This allows you to power down quickly without closing
applications and to return quickly to the same operational state
without any data loss.
To change the power button’s configuration, complete the following
steps:
1. Left click on the Start Button, then select Control Panel >
Power Options.
2. In the Power Options Properties, select the Advanced tab.
3. In the Power Button section, select Standby.

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After configuring the power button to function as a standby button,
press the power button to put the system in a very low power state
(standby). Press the button again to quickly bring the system out of
standby to full power status. To completely turn off all power to the
system, press and hold the power button for four seconds.
ÄCAUTION: Do not use the power button to turn off the computer unless
the system is not responding; turning off the power without operating
system interaction could cause damage to or loss of data on the hard
drive.
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and third-party suppliers, and develop operating system specific
support software, to ensure performance, compatibility, and
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When making the transition to new or revised operating systems,
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all features are supported and functioning properly.
HP has made the task of locating, accessing, evaluating, and installing
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The Web site contains the latest device drivers, utilities, and flashable
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