HP VECTRA VA 6/XXX User manual

Familiarization Guide
HP Vectra VA and XA
6/xxx PCs
HP Vectra VA MT PC
HP Vectra VA PC
HP Vectra XA PC

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Contents
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1 Product Contents
HP Vectra VA PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
HP Vectra VA MT PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HP Vectra XA PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Operations
Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking the System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Replacing the Processor Chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Board Connectors and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accessory Boards that are Supplied with the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A Final Test
Draw a Circle Around Each Correct Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Answers and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Contents
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1
Product Contents
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 solely contains information specific
to the repair of these PCs. For information on the installation of accessories,
see the User’s Guide and the Online documents that are supplied with the
PC.

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1 Product Contents
HP Vectra VA PC
HP Vectra VA PC
1 hard disk drive
Backplane
Flexible disk drive
CD-ROM drive
Vacant slim
Pentium Pro
4 accessory slots
Memory modules
System board
processor
internal shelf
3.5/5.25-inch shelf
Mouse
Keyboard Parallel Port Serial Port A Serial Port B
Display

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HP Vectra VA MT PC
HP Vectra VA MT PC
Pentium Pro processor
Memory modules
Flexible disk drive
CD-ROM drive
2 vacant half height
System board Video controller board
2 hard disk drive
Power supply
internal shelves
Backplane
5.25-inch shelves
Airflow guide
4 vacant accessory slots
Audio controller board
S
Serial port B
Mouse connector
Keyboard connector
Parallel port
Display connector
Processor fan Serial port A
Power supply
Hard disk compartment
and fan Voltage selection switch

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1 Product Contents
HP Vectra XA PC
HP Vectra XA PC
1 hard disk drive
Backplane
Flexible disk drive
CD-ROM drive
Vacant slim
Pentium Pro
Memory modules
System board
processor
internal shelf
3.5/5.25-inch shelf
Audio board (ISA slot)
Matrox board (PCI slot)
3 vacant accessory slots
RJ-45 network
BNC coax hole
Mouse
Keyboard Parallel Port Serial Port A Serial Port B
connector
metal plug
Display connector

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Operations
• procedure for flashing the System BIOS
• procedure for checking the system configuration
• procedures for replacing the system board, power supply, and processor
• layout of the system board and backplane
• layout of the Matrox Millennium video controller board, the audio
controller board and the Enhanced Ethernet Network board.

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2 Operations
Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS
Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS
BIOS upgrades can be downloaded, on to flexible diskette, from the
HP World Wide Web site. Following the instructions which you are given,
you will obtain the flash utility program, PHLASH.EXE, the BIOS file,
GZxxxx.FUL, and a file called platform.bin, on a bootable flexible
diskette.
Insert the flexible diskette into drive A. Re-boot the system. Enter the
command of the form PHLASH GZxxxx.FUL (where xxxx is replaced by the
version number of the BIOS that you have downloaded).
Access HP World Wide
Web Site World-Wide Web URL http://www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
Only use the flash utility program (PHLASH.EXE and platform.bin) that is
supplied with the GZxxxx.FUL file.
Do not switch off the computer until the System BIOS update has been
completed, otherwise irrecoverable damage to the ROM could be
incurred.