HP Vectra VL800 Product manual

hp vectra vl800
desktop &
minitower
technical
reference manual
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Contents
3
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1VL800Desktop
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Desktop Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front and Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Internal Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Desktop Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Desktop Specifications and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Consumption and Cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power Saving and Ergonometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power Saving Modes and Ergonometry for APM Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Saving Modes and Resume Events for ACPI Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Keyboard Power-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Soft Power Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Where to Find the Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2VL800Minitower
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Minitower Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Front and Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Internal Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Minitower Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Minitower Specifications and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Contents
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Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Electrical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Consumption and Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Saving and Ergonometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Saving Modes and Ergonometry for APM Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Saving Modes and Resume Events for ACPI Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Keyboard Power-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Soft Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Where to Find the Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3SystemBoard
System Board Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Architectural View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Accessory Board Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
AGP Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PCI Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
System Board Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chipset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Memory Controller Hub (82850) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Bus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
AGP 4x Bus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Main Memory Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Input/Output Controller Hub 2 (82801BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Devices on the SMBus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Devices on the Low Pin Count Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Super I/O Controller (NS 87364) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
FirmWare Hub (82802AB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Intel Pentium 4 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cache Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Assigned Device Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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PCI 32 and AGP Interrupts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Interrupt Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4InterfaceCards
Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Matrox Millennium G450 Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
nVIDIA GeForce2 GTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Network Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
3COM NIC (Network Interconnect) LAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
INTEL NIC (Network Interconnect) LAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SCSI Adapter Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Ultra 160 SCSI PCI Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Symbios Configuration Utility (Ultra 160 Card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audio Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sound Blaster Live! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5 Mass Storage Devices
Flexible Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Optical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
IDE 48X CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
12X Video IDE DVD-ROM Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
8X IDE CD-Writer Plus Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6HPBIOS
Introducing the Vectra VL800 BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the HP Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Updating the System BIOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Restoring BIOS Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
If You Forgot the Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Clearing the CMOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Recovering the BIOS (Crisis Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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BIOS Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
HP I/O Port Map (I/O Addresses Used by the System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
DMA Channel Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
7 Tests and Error Messages
Test Sequence and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Basic Pre-boot Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Pre-boot Diagnostics Error Codes (Beep Codes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Post Test Sequence and Post Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Order in Which POST Tests Are Performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Error Message Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
8 Connectors and Sockets
Internal Connector Pin Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
External Rear Panel Connector Pin Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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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
manufacturers’ proprietary publications, has not been reproduced.
This manual contains summary information only. For additional reference
material, refer to the bibliography on the following page.
For all warning and safety instructions, refer to the user guide delivered
with the PC Workstation.
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
Documentation can be downloaded from the HP web site:
www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport.
❒HP Vectra VL800 Desktop User’s Guide
Available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
❒HP Vectra VL800 Minitower User’s Guide
Available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
❒HP Vectra VL800 Desktop & Minitower Troubleshooting Guide
Available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
❒HP Vectra VL800 Desktop PC Service Handbook Chapter
Available in English only.
❒HP Vectra VL800 Minitower PC Service Handbook Chapter
Available in English only.
Extra Information Can Be
Obtained At:
❒Matrox graphics cards
http://www.matrox.com
❒Sound Blaster audio cards
http://www.soundblaster.com
❒NVIDIA graphics cards
http://www.nvidia.com
❒Intel Chipsets. Intel I850 chipset
http://developer.intel.com
❒Intel Pentium 4 Processor
http://developer.intel.com

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1
VL800 Desktop
This chapter introduces the external features of the HP Vectra VL800
Desktop PC, and lists the specifications and characteristic data of the
system. It also provides a summary of the documentation available.
Overview
The HP Vectra VL800 is based on the ATX form factor. The following table
provides an overview of the system.
Feature Description
System Board ATX package, 12in. x 9.6in. or 30.4cm x 24.4cm
Processor Intel Pentium 4 PGA processor.
Socket 423
Processors from 1.3 GHz and upwards
400 MHz (quad pumped 100 MHz), 3.2 GB/s FSB (Front Side Bus)
Cache Memory (integrated
in processor package)
•Level-One: 16 KB code, 16 KB data
•Level-Two: i256 KB
Internal Processor Clock
Speed
1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7 and 2.0 GHz with a quad-pumped 100 MHz FSB
Chipset Intel Chipset (I850) including Memory Controller Hub (MCH) Host Bridge,
Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH2) for input/output sub-system
Super I/O Chip NS 87364
BIOS
(Basic Input/Output System)
Based on Phoenix core including:
•4 M/bits of flash memory
•Support for PCI 2.2 Specification
•Support for RIMM memory modules

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Overview
Firmware - BIOS Flash EEPROM: Intel’s Firmware hub concept
Operating System Most models are preloaded with Windows 2000. Some models are preloaded
with Windows NT® 4.0.
Main Memory
2 pairs of RIMM sockets supporting 2 or 4 PC800 RDRAM memory modules.
Each pair of memory sockets must contain identical memory modules
(identical in size, speed and type). That is, sockets A1 and B1 must contain
identical modules, and sockets A
AA
A2
22
2 and B
BB
B2
22
2 must contain identical modules (or
continuity modules).
If only two RDRAM modules are installed, use the sockets marked A
AA
A1
11
1 and
B
BB
B1
11
1. The other two sockets (A
AA
A2
22
2 and B
BB
B2
22
2) must contain continuity modules
Models are supplied with non-ECC RDRAM modules.
Both ECC and non-ECC modules are available.
Up-to-date memory upgrades are listed on the HP PC Accessories website at:
www.hp.com/go/pcaccessories
Mass Storage Five mass storage shelves supporting:
•One front-access, third-height, floppy disk drive
•Two front-access, half-height, 5.25-inch drives
•Two internal 3.5-inch hard disk drives (one full-height, one half-height).
Optional SCSI Controller LSI Logic Ultra 160 SCSI PCI card
IDE Controller All models include an integrated Ultra ATA-100 controller that supports up to
four IDE devices
Graphics Controllers •nVidia GeForce2 GTS AGP graphics controller with 32 MB graphics memory
•Matrox Millennium G450-Dual monitor AGP graphics controller with 16 MB
SGRAM graphics memory.
Accessory Card Slots One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 4x 32-bit slot supporting standard 1.5V
AGP cards (≤25 W) only.
Hardware protection prevents any 3.3V AGP cards from being used.
Five 32-bit 33 MHz PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slots supporting
all bridges and multi-function PCI devices. All five PCI slots comply with the
PCI Specification 2.2.
PCI slot 5 contains a LAN interface board.
Feature Description

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1 VL800 Desktop
Overview
LAN Card All models are supplied with an HP 10/100BT PCI Ethernet Adapter LAN card
installed in PCI slot 5, supporting Wake-On LAN (WOL) and PCI 2.2
Specification.
Optical Drive
Models have one of these optical drives:
❒IDE 48X CD-ROM
❒IDE 8X 4X 32X CD-RW drive
❒IDE 12X DVD drive.
Standard Audio CrystalClear™ CS4299 Audio Codec 97 version 2.1 integrated on the system
board.
Optional Audio Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! audio card
Loudspeaker Standard in Desktop models
System Board
Connectors:
•One flexible disk drive connector
•Two ATA-100 IDE connectors (for up to four IDE devices)
•One CD-IN audio connector (for use with integrated audio)
•Internal speaker connector (1 for Minitower + 1 for Desktop)
•WOL connector
•Battery socket
•Status panel connectors (1 for Minitower + 1 for Desktop)
•Main power supply connector
•ATX 12V power connector
•Main chassis fan connector
•Processor fan connector
•Chassis intrusion connectors (1 for Minitower + 1 for Desktop).
Feature Description

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1 VL800 Desktop
Overview
Rear Connectors
(color coded)
•Keyboard/Mouse
❒HP enhanced keyboard with mini-DIN connector
❒HP enhanced scrolling mouse with mini-DIN connector
•25-pin parallel
❒Mode: Centronics or bidirectional modes (ECP/EPP)
❒Parallel port: 1 (378h, IRQ 7), 2 (278h, IRQ 5), or Off.
•9-pin serial (two, buffered)
❒Standard: Two UART 16550 buffered serial ports
(both RS-232-C).
❒Serial Ports A and B: 2F8h (IRQ 3), 2E8h (IRQ 3),
3F8h (IRQ 4), 3E8h (IRQ 4), or Off—
(if one port uses 2xxh, the other port must use 3xxh).
•Dual USB connectors
•Audio (Integrated)
❒LINE IN jack (3.5 mm)
❒LINE OUT jack (3.5 mm)
❒MIC IN jack (3.5 mm)
Feature Description

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1 VL800 Desktop
Desktop Package
Desktop Package
The following two diagrams show the front and rear views.
Front and Side Views
Rear View
Front Access Bays, for
5.25-inch drives
3.5-inch 1.44 MB floppy
disk drive
Front Access Cage
Primary Hard Disk
Drive Bay
Power Supply Unit
Rear Fan (actual fan may
differ from one shown)
Secondary
Hard Disk
Drive tray
HP Master Key Lock
Parallel port
Serial port B
Mouse connector
Dual USB
connectors
Serial port A
Keyboard connector
Line Out (headphone or
speaker) connector
Line In
connector
Microphone
connector
Use these audio connectors if the PC does not have a
Sound Blaster card.

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1 VL800 Desktop
Internal Features
Internal Features
The core architecture of the HP Vectra VL800 PC is constructed around the
Memory Controller Hub (MCH), the Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH) and
the Host bus.
The HP Vectra VL800 PC supports a Pentium 4 processor. This processor is
described on page 72.
The components of the system board are described in chapter 3; the
graphics, network and SCSI devices are described in chapter 4; mass storage
devices are described in chapter 5; the HP BIOS routines are summarized in
chapter 6; and the Power-On Self-Test routines are described in chapter 7.

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1 VL800 Desktop
Desktop Front Panel
Desktop Front Panel
The front panel has the following features:
•On/Off LED. There are five states:
Blank. Indicates that the computer is turned off.
Green. Indicates that the computer is turned on and running correctly.
Flashing green. Displayed during system reset, system lock, Standby
mode (Windows 98 and Windows 2000) or Suspend mode
(Windows 95).
Red (fixed or flashing). Indicates a pre-boot error or a Power-On Self-
Test (POST) error, preventing the system from booting.
•Hard disk drive activity LED. Activated during POST and when the
hard disk drive is being accessed.
Power On/Off
Button
Reset Button
Hard Disk
Activity Light

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1 VL800 Desktop
Desktop Specifications and Characteristics
Desktop Specifications and Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Electrical Specifications
System Processing Unit
Weight
(Standard configuration as shipped,
excl. keyboard and display)
10 kilograms (22 pounds)
Dimensions: 45.7 cm max. (D) by 42 cm (W) by 16.2 cm (H)
(18 inches by 16.5 inches by 6.37 inches)
Footprint: 0.19 m2(2.06 sq ft)
Parameter Total Rating Notes
Maximum per
PCI Slots
32-bit 33 MHz
Maximum for
AGP Slot
Input voltage 100 - 127 V
VAC
200 -240 V
Vac
Switch
select
——
Input current (max) 7 A 4 A — — —
Output power 250 W — — —
Input frequency 50 to 60 Hz — — —
Available power 250 W — 60 W combined 25 W (max)
Max current at +12 V 6 A — 0.5 A 1 A
Max current at -12 V 0.3 A — 0.1 A —
Max current at +3.3 V 14 A — 7.6 A 6 A
Vddq1———2A
Max current at +5 V 22 A — 5 A 2 A
Max current at -5 V 0.3 A — — —
Max current at +5Vstdby 2 A — — —
1. Only for I/O buffers.

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If the overload protection in the power supply unit is triggered, all power is
immediately cut. To reset the power supply unit, remove the power cord and
then determine what caused the overload and remedy it. Reconnect the
power cord, then reboot the PC. If an overload happens twice, then there is
an undetected short circuit somewhere.
NOTE When the PC is turned off with the power button on the front panel, the
power consumption falls below the low power consumption (refer to the
below table), but is not zero. The special on/off method used by this PC
extends the lifetime of the power supply. To reach zero power consumption
in “off” mode, either unplug the PC from the power outlet or use a power
block with a switch.
Power Consumption and Cooling
The power consumption and acoustic noise data in the below table are valid
for a standard configuration as shipped (256 MB of memory,
250 W power supply, one hard disk drive, graphics card, LAN card)
All information in this section is based on primary power consumptions.
Power consumption (approximate values) 230 V / 50 Hz and 115 V / 60 Hz
•Maximum operating
•Typical operating
•Suspend (only on Windows 2000 models)
•Off
115W
70 W
<4 W
<4 W
- 392.4 Btu/h1
- 238.8 Btu/h
- 13.6 Btu/h
- 13.6 Btu/h
1. 1 W = 3.4121 Btu/h

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Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature and humidity ranges may vary depending upon the mass
storage devices installed. High humidity levels can cause improper operation of
disk drives. Low humidity levels can aggravate static electricity problems and
cause excessive wear of the disk surface.
Environmental Specifications (System Processing Unit, with Hard Disk)
Operating Temperature +10 °C to +35 °C (+40 °F to +95 °F)
Storage Temperature -40 °C to +70°C (-40 °F to +158 °F)
Over Temperature Shutdown +50°C (+122°F)
Operating Humidity 15% to 80% (relative)1
Storage Humidity 8% to 85% (relative)1
Acoustic noise emission (as defined ISO 7779):
•Operating
•Operating with hard disk access
•Operating with floppy disk access
Sound Power
LwA ≤ 38 dB (4.1 B)
LwA ≤46 dB (4.9 B)
LwA ≤45 dB (4.8 B)
Sound Pressure
LpA ≤30 dB
LpA ≤38 dB
LpA ≤37 dB
Operating Altitude 10000 ft (3100m) max.
Storage Altitude 15000ft (4600m) max.
1.non condensing conditions.

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Power Saving and Ergonometry
Power Saving and Ergonometry
Depending on the operating system, the following power management types
are available:
•No sleeping state: Windows NT 4 (Full On and Off)
•ACPI: Windows 2000 (Full On, Standby, Hibernate, Off).
Windows 2000 Windows NT 4
A
P
M
Full On
Not Supported by
Windows 2000
Supported
Suspend Not Supported by
Windows NT 4
Off Supported
A
C
P
I
Standby (S1 or S3) Supported
(implemented as S3,
Suspend to RAM) Not Supported by
Windows NT 4
(APM only Operating
System)
Hibernate (S4) Supported
Off (S5) Supported

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Power Saving Modes and Ergonometry for APM Systems
Full On Suspend1Off
Processor Normal speed Halted Off
Display On Blanked, <5 W (typical) Off
Hard disk drive Normal speed Halted Off
Power
consumption
Supports up to 250 W <40 W (230V, 50 Hz)
<21 W (115V, 60 Hz)
(plugged in but turned off)
<5 W (average)
Resume events Keyboard, network (RWU),
modem, USB
Space bar or power
button, RPO
Resume delay A few seconds Boot delay
1. Not supported by Windows NT 4.