HP VECTRA XW Product manual

Technical Reference Manual
Hardware and BIOS
HP Vectra XW

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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 XW User’s Guide manual (D4514-90001).
❒HP Vectra XW Familiarization Guide (D4514-90901).
❒HP Network Administrator’s Guide (online).
❒HP Vectra Accessories Service Handbook - 6th edition
(5964-8495).
❒HP Vectra PC Service Handbook (Volume 1) - 11th edition
(to be announced).
❒XW/XU Drivers and Documentation CD-ROM (5011-3816).
❒HP Support Assistant CD-ROM (by subscription).
The following Intel®publication provides more detailed information:
❒Pentium Pro Family Developer’s Manual, Volume 1: Specifications,
Intel, 1996, ISBN 1-55512-259-0
❒Pentium Pro Family Developer’s Manual, Volume 2: Programmer’s
reference manual, Intel, 1996, ISBN 1-55512-260-4
❒Pentium Pro Family Developer’s Manual, Volume 3: Operating
System Writer’s Manual, Intel, 1996, ISBN 1-55512-261-2

Contents
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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
1 System Overview
Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Specifications and Characteristic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electrical Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Environmental Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where to Find the Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 System Board
System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Architectural View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Devices on the Processor-Local Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Intel Pentium Pro (P6) Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chip-Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cache Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Optional Second Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Main Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Devices on the PCI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Devices on the ISA Bus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ultra I/O Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Audio Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Little Ben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Other PCI and ISA Accessory Devices under Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . 20
3 Interface Boards and Mass-Storage Drives
HP Integrated OpenGL Interface Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Start Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Video Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Available Video Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
HP PCI Integrated 10/100 BT Interface Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mass-Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Hard Disk Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Flexible Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CD-ROM Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connectors and Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4HPBIOS
Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BIOS Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Product Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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HP I/O Port Map (I/O Addresses Used by the System). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages
Order in Which the Tests are Performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Suggestions for Corrective Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lights on the Status Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Error Message Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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System Overview
This manual describes the HP Vectra XW, and provides detailed system
specifications.
This chapter introduces the external features, and lists the specifications
and characteristic data of the system. It also summarizes the documentation
which is available.

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1 System Overview
Package
Package
Status Panel The status panel has the following features:
❒a power on/off button with integrated on/error status light
❒a press-and-hold RESET button
❒a hard disk activity light.
IDE 8✕CD-ROM
Headphones
Power on/off button
Disk activity light
Volume control
Microphone