HP Vectra VEi 7 Product manual

Technical Reference Manual
Product Description - Vectra VEi 7
This technical reference and BIOS document for Vectra VEi 7 PCs contains
summary information only. More detailed information on system hardware is
available in the Technical Reference Manual - Vectra Technology.
HP Vectra VEi 7 PCs

Contents
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1 System Overview
System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
VEi 7 Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Physical Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 System Features
System Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Architectural View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Main Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mass Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Floppy Disk Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CD-ROM and DVD Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing DVD Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
SiS Super AGP 3D Integrated Graphics Accelerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Video Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Supported Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HP 10/100 3Com 3C905B-TX Network Interface Card (D7506A) . . . . . 25
HP 10/100 Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter (D7504A) . . . . . . . . . 25
Accessory Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3 BIOS Overview
Phoenix BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the HP Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Copying your Setup Configuration to Other VEi 7 PCs. . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Saving and Ergonometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Soft Power Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
BIOS Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Memory Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
HP I/O Port Map (I/O Addresses Used by the System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
DMA Channel Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Interrupt Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PCI Interrupt Request Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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4 Drivers and Software
Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
BIOS Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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About this Document
This technical reference and BIOS document for Vectra VEi 7 PCs
contains summary information only. More detailed information on
system hardware is available in the Technical Reference Manual -
Vectra Technology.
VEi 7 Bibliography
❒HP Vectra VEi 7 & VEi 8 User’s Guide manual (D8110-90001)
HP Vectra VEi 7 & VEi 8 Troubleshooting and Upgrade Guide
manual (D8110-UPG-ABA)
www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
❒Technical Reference Manual -Vectra Technology
www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
❒Technical Reference Manual - Product Line Overview
www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
❒HP Vectra PC Service Handbook - 14th edition (to be published).
❒HP Support Assistant CD-ROM (by subscription).
Data sheets can be obtained at:
❒SiSChipsets.SiS620andSiS5595PCI/ISABridgeChip(includes
information on the integrated super AGP graphics controller)
www.sis.com/tw/products/pentium2/s620.htm
❒Celeron Processors
www.intel.com/design/celeron/datashts
❒Product Data Sheet
www.hp.com/vectra

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1
System Overview
This chapter introduces the internal and external features, and lists the
specifications of Vectra VEi 7 PCs.

1 SystemOverview
System Overview
10
System Overview
VEi 7 Package
Hard Disk
ActivityLight
Power on
Status Light
(orange in
sleep mode)
Front view
PowerOn/Off
Button
Processor
Main memory
CD-ROM drive
Floppy disk drive
Front view (cut-away)
Video memory
Slot for Kensington®
security cable
Two USB Serial Monitor Mouse Keyboard Parallel
Rear view
Voltage selectionSwitch
Audio jacks
MIDI/joystick