HP Vectra XM5 3 User manual

User’s Guide
HP Vectra XM
5/xx Series 3
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User’s Guide
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Welcome to Your HP Vectra PC
Congratulations on the purchase of your new Hewlett-Packard
Personal Computer. Your high-performance HP Vectra PC provides:
•a PentiumTM processor in a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for
easy processor upgrades
•an integrated level-two cache of 256 KB for improved performance
•a main memory of 8 MB, upgradeable to 192 MB
•an Ultra VGA PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) video
controller with 1 MB of video memory (upgradeable to 2 MB)
•an integrated Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
controller on the PCI bus supporting Fast IDE and Standard IDE
•a 32-bit PCI integrated Ethernet LAN controller
•four mass storage shelves:
❒three front-access shelves
❒one internal shelf
•four free slots for accessory boards:
❒one 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slot
❒two 16-bit ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) slots
❒one combination ISA or PCI slot
•one LAN connector, one parallel port, and two serial ports
•preloaded HP utilities to ease system configuration tasks
•BIOS stored in Flash ROM (for easy upgradeability)
•BIOS support for ISA “Plug and Play”
•DMI compliant with preloaded DMI demonstration application
•Designed for WindowsTM 95
•Energy Star compliant.
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Preloaded Software
For your convenience, your HP Vectra PC comes with the following
software:
Software, Utilities,
and Drivers ❒MS-DOS 6.22
❒MS-Windows for Workgroups 3.11
❒HP User Tools
❒Dashboard
❒Mouse Control Center
❒HP Video drivers
❒HP LAN drivers
❒Microsoft network client
❒Novell network client
❒HP IDE Disk drivers (for 32-bit disk access)
❒ISA Plug and Play configuration utility (ICU) and driver
❒Advanced Power Management
❒Desktop Management Interface.
HP recommends that you create master diskettes for your preloaded
software as soon as possible. Refer to chapter 1 for instructions.
Online Guides Additionally, your HP Vectra PC has these online guides preloaded in
the HPutils group in the Windows Program Manager:
❒Discover Your HP Vectra
❒Network Administrator Guide.
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Contents
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Preloaded Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
1 Setting Up Your PC
Unpacking Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting the Mouse, Keyboard, and Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting the Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting the PC for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Creating Master Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Using Your PC
Starting and Stopping Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Introducing the HP Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the HP User Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Some Buttons You May Need To Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Understanding Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Personalizing Your Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Understanding the Desktop Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tips for Using Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3 How to Install Accessories
Inside Your PC
Supported HP Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing and Replacing the Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the Cover after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing and Replacing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Replacing the Power Supply after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Main Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing a Video Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing Accessory Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing Mass Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing a Flexible Disk Drive or a CD-ROM Drive
in the Middle Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installing an IDE Hard Disk Drive in the Rear Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing an IDE Hard Disk Drive in the Bottom Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing a 5.25-inch Drive in the Bottom Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing a 3.5-inch Device in the Bottom Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Completing the Installation of an IDE Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Installing an Upgrade Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing the Security Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4 Troubleshooting Your PC and
Using the SETUP Program
Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
If You Cannot Solve the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
If Your PC Does Not Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
If Your Display is Blank and There Are No Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 60
If an Error Message Appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
If Your Display Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
If Your Keyboard or Mouse Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
If Your Printer Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If the Hard Disk Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If an Accessory Board Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
If Your PC Has a Software Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
If You Have Forgotten Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
If You Can’t Start the SETUP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
If Your Application Software Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
If Power Management Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
If the Date and Time Are Incorrect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using the HP SETUP Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting the SETUP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Understanding the SETUP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5 Technical Information
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Features and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Power Consumption Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
IRQs, DMAs, and I/O Addresses Used by Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Available Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Recycling Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The PC’s Memory Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
The PC’s Rear Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
System Board Connectors, Jumpers, and Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Processor Voltage Selection Jumper (J27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
System Board Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6 Getting Support
Getting Support from your HP Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
HP SupportPack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hewlett-Packard Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
HP BBS Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
HP FAXback on Demand—HP FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
HP Audio Tips (USA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Internet—FTP Library Service/World-Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
HP Forum on CompuServe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Hewlett-Packard Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
If You Need to Contact Hewlett-Packard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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1
Setting Up Your PC
This chapter leads you through the first time installation of your
HP Vectra PC.
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Unpacking Your PC
2English
Unpacking Your PC
1When you receive your PC, unpack all of the components:
•the computer and power cord
•the display and its cables
•the keyboard and mouse
•the manuals.
NOTE The operating system software, drivers, and HP utilities are preloaded
on the hard disk. No diskettes are supplied.
Computer
Power Cord
Computer Typical Display
Mouse
Keyboard Manuals
Display
Power Cord
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Unpacking Your PC
2Place the PC on a sturdy desk with easily accessible power outlets,
and enough space for the keyboard, mouse, and any other
accessories.
3Position the PC so that its rear connectors are easily accessible.
4Place the display on top of the computer. (If you have a large display,
place it next to the computer.)
Installation Tools No tools are required to install your PC. However, if you plan to install a
disk drive or an accessory board inside your PC, you will need a flat-
blade screwdriver. See chapter 3, How to Install Accessories Inside
Your PC, for more information on installing accessories.
WARNING If you are in any doubt that you can lift the display safely, do not try to
move it without help. Refer to the display’s manual for information.
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting the Mouse, Keyboard, and Display
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Connecting the Mouse, Keyboard, and Display
1Connect the mouse, keyboard, and display to the back of the
computer. The connectors are shaped to go in one way only.
2Tighten the display cable attachment screws.
Mouse Keyboard
Display
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting to a Network
Connecting to a Network
Connect the network cable to the RJ-45 UTP (Unshielded Twisted
Pair) LAN connector. Let your Network Administrator know you are
connecting your PC to the network.
NOTE If you need a BNC Coax connector to connect to the network, you can
install an optional BNC Coax adapter accessory board (order D2746A).
Refer to chapter 3, How to Install Accessories Inside Your PC, for
accessory board installation instructions.
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting a Printer
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Connecting a Printer
If you have a printer, connect its cable to the back of the computer and
tighten the attachment screws. Use the connector labeled:
•Parallel (25-pin parallel connector) for a parallel device
•Serial A (9-pin serial connector) for a serial device
•Serial B (9-pin serial connector) for a second serial device.
Parallel Connector Serial Connector
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Connecting the Power Cords
Connecting the Power Cords
1If fitted, remove the label covering the computer’s power connector.
2Connect the power cords to the display and the computer.
3Connect the display’s power cord and the computer’s power cord to
a grounded outlet. (The connectors are shaped to go in one way
only.)
WARNING For your safety, always connect the equipment to a grounded wall
outlet. Always use a power cord with a properly grounded plug, such
as the one provided with this equipment, or one in compliance with
your national regulations.
This PC has been designed to operate on all power systems, including
“IT” power systems. It is disconnected from the power by removing the
power cord from the power outlet. This means the PC must be located
close to a power outlet that is easily accessible.
Display
Power Cord Computer
Power Cord
Grounded Outlet
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1 Setting Up Your PC
Starting the PC for the First Time
8English
Starting the PC for the First Time
Your PC has preinstalled software. This software is initialized the first
time you start the PC. The software initialization takes approximately
three minutes, and:
•sets up the software in your language
•sets up your software to use the hardware installed in your
computer—note that you can change the settings after the software
has been initialized.
To initialize your software:
1Switch on the display and then the PC.
The PC performs a power-on self-test and displays a test screen.
If an error is detected during the power-on self-test, press
to view an explanation of the problem. You may be prompted to
press to start the SETUP program. Follow the screen messages
to correct the error.
NOTE Do NOT switch OFF the PC while the software is being initialized
as this could cause unexpected results during the initialization
routine.
Switch on the Display
Then switch
on the PC
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