HP Vectra VE5 4 Product manual

Technical Reference Manual
Hardware and BIOS
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Preface
This manual is a technical reference and BIOS document for engineers and
technicians providing system level support. It is assumed that the reader
possesses a detailed understanding of AT-compatible microprocessor
functions and digital addressing techniques.
Technical information that is readily available from other sources, such as
manufacturer’s proprietary publications, has not been reproduced.
This manual contains summary information only. For additional reference
material, refer to the bibliography, on the next page.
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this manual to identify
specific numeric elements:
❒Hexadecimal numbers are identified by a lower case h.
For example, 0FFFFFFFh or 32F5h
❒Binary numbers and bit patterns are identified by a lower case b.
For example, 1101b or 10011011b
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Bibliography
❒HP Vectra VE 5/xxx Series 4 User’s Guide (D5570-90001).
❒HP Vectra VE 5/xxx Series 4 Familiarization Guide (D5570-90901).
❒HP Vectra VE 5/xxx Series 4 Online User’s Guide (online).
❒HP Network Administrator’s Guide (online).
❒HP Vectra Accessories Service Handbook - 7th edition
(5965-4074).
❒HP Vectra PC Service Handbook (Volume 1) - 12th edition
(to be announced).
❒HP Support Assistant CD-ROM (by subscription).
The following Intel®publication provides more detailed information:
❒Pentium Microprocessor Data Sheet (241595-002)
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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
1 System Overview
Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Where to Find the Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 System Board
System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Architectural View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chip-Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bridge Chip (SiS5581) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Super I/O Chip (NS87317) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Devices on the Processor-Local Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The Intel Pentium Microprocessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cache Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Main Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Devices on the PCI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Devices on the ISA Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Super I/O Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives
S3 Trio 64V2 Graphics Controller Chip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Video Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Available Video Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Audio Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mass-Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hard Disk Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Flexible Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CD-ROM Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connectors and Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4 Summary of the HP/Phoenix BIOS
HP/Phoenix BIOS Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power Saving and Ergonometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
HP Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power-On from Space-Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
HP Off and Soft Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Remote Power-On (RPO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Advanced Power Management (APM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
BIOS Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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System Memory Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Product Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
HP I/O Port Map (I/O Addresses Used by the System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages
Order in Which the Tests are Performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Error Message Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lights on the Status Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sonovision ITEP Documentation Project Checklist
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System Overview
This manual describes the HP Vectra VE 5/xxx Series 4 PC, and provides
detailed system specifications.
This chapter introduces the external features, and summarizes the
documentation which is available.
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Package
(All icons shown here are for information, and do not necessarily appear on
the PC).
(Multimedia models only)
activity light
status light
Front view
Processor
Main memory
Hard disk drive
24✕CD-ROM drive
Flexible disk drive
Front view with cover
removed
Rear view Retaining brackets
Security lock hole
USB
Serial
Parallel Mouse
Keyboard
Display
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