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Service Reference Card

HP Compaq d240/d248 Series 
Personal Computers

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2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The informa-

tion contained herein is subject to change without notice. HP shall 
not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained 
herein. Intel, Pentium, Intel Inside, and the Intel logo are trademarks 
or registered trademarks of the Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries 
in the U. S. and other countries. 
Product of the United States.

Document Number 355870-001.     1st Edition December 2003.

Key Specifications

System Setup and Boot

Basic system information regarding system information, setup, power management, hardware, 
and passwords is maintained in the Setup Utility held in the system ROM. The Setup Utility is 
accessed by pressing the F10 key when prompted (on screen) to do so during the boot sequence. 
If the screen prompt opportunity is missed, a restart will be necessary.

Processor Type:

Intel Celeron or Pentium 4

RAM Type:

DDR PC2100, PC2700, or PC3200 non-ECC

Maximum RAM Supported:

4 GB

Expansion Bus:

PCI 2.2

Graphics Adapter

Integrated controller. AGP support on select models.

Hard drive interface:

UATA/100

I/O Interfaces:

Serial (1), parallel (1), USB 2.0 (8), diskette drive (1)

Computer Setup Menu

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Option / Description

System 
Information

Lists the following main system specifications:

Product Name

Chipset type

BIOS  Version

BIOS Release Date

Processor Type

Processor Speed

CPU  ID

L1 and L2 Cache Size

Memory Information

FSB Speed

Ratio Status

Ratio CMOS Setting

DDR Frequency

MAC Address

Standard 
CMOS 
Setup

System Time (hh/mm/ss) - Allows you to set system time. (24 hour for-
mat)

System Date (mm/dd/yyyy) - Allows you to set system date.

Floppy Drive A - Calculates size and capacity of diskette drive.

Primary IDE Master - Auto detects which hard drive is the Primary 
Master drive.

Primary IDE Slave - Auto detects which hard drive is the Primary Slave 
drive.

Secondary IDE Master - Auto detects which hard drive is the Secondary 
Master drive.

Secondary IDE Slave - Auto detects which hard drive is the Secondary 
Slave drive.

Advanced 
CMOS 
Setup

Boot Device 
Priority

Specifies the boot order for all devices.

POST Delay 
Time (sec-
onds)

Sets the amount of time before the Setup Utility prompt 
(F10-Setup) appears when the computer boots.

None: POST delay time disable (Default)

5: POST Delay 5 seconds

15: POST Delay 15 seconds

25: POST Delay 25 seconds

35: POST Delay 35 seconds

System Key-
board

Detects if a keyboard is present when the computer 
boots.

Absent: keyboard not detected (default)

Present: keyboard detected

APIC ACPI 
SCI IRQ

Enables or disables the internal I/O APIC and Multipro-
cessor Tables. (Disabling the APIC ACPI SCI IRQ may 
require you to reinstall the operating system.)

Enable: IRQ 20-23 (Default)

Disable: IRQ 01-11

Hyper-
Threading 
Technology

Enables or disables the Intel Hyper-Threading Technol-
ogy. (This item is only selectable with the Intel HHT 
CPU plug-in.)

Enable: Intel HTT function enabled (BIOS auto 
detect)

Disable: Intel HTT function disabled (BIOS auto 
detect)

Internal 
Graphic 
Mode Select

Selects the size of memory for internal graphic adapter.

Disable: Internal graphic memory mode select dis-
able

1MB: Share 1MB

4MB: Share 4MB

8MB: Share 8MB (Default) 

16MB: Share 16 MB

32MB: Share 32 MB

Power Man-
agement 
Setup

ACPI 
Standby 
State

Sets the ACPI Standby State when system goes into 
ACPI Standby Mode.

S1/POS: Power on Suspend

S3/STR: Suspend to RAM (Default)

Computer Setup Menu (Continued)

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Option / Description

Power Man-
agement 
Setup 
(Continued)

Reset on AC/
Power Loss

Sets the system status after AC power loss.

Power Off: System always Powers Off (Default)

Power On: System always Powers On

Last State: System returns to the last state before AC 
power loss

Resume on 
Ring

Sets the Resume on Ring from soft off.

Disable: Ring Resume disable (Default)

Enable: Ring Resume enable

Resume on 
PME

Sets the Resume on PME from soft off.

Disable: PME Resume disable

Enable: PME Resume enable (Default)

Peripheral 
Setup

OnBoard 
LAN

Enables or disables the OnBoard LAN.

Disable: OnBoard LAN disabled

Enable: OnBoard LAN enabled (Default)

OnBoard 
LAN Chip 
Boot ROM

Enables or disables the OnBoard LAN Chip Boot ROM.

Disable: OnBoard LAN Chip Boot ROM disabled

Enable: OnBoard LAN Chip Boot ROM enabled 
(Default)

Init. Graph-
ics Adapter 
Priority

Sets the initial priority of the graphics adapter 
NR146 GV (d240/d248)

PCI/Int-VGA (Default)

Int-VGA/PCI

USB 
Controller

Enables or disables the USB Controller.

Disable: USB Controller disabled

Enable: USB Controller enabled (Default)

USB 1.1 
Device 
Legacy 
Support

Sets the USB 1.1 Device Legacy Support under DOS 
Mode.

Disable: USB 1.1 Device Legacy Support disabled

All Device: All devices are supported

OnBoard 
Serial Port

Sets the OnBoard Serial Port settings

Auto (Default)

Disable

3F8/COM1

2F8/COM2

3E8/COM3

2E8/COM4

OnBoard 
Parallel Port

Sets the OnBoard Parallel Port settings

Auto (Default)

Disable

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Hardware 
Monitor

CPU 
Warning 
Temperature

Warns when CPU temperature exceeds 85°/185°F.

CPU 
Shutdown 
Temperature

System will shutdown when CPU temperature is greater 
than 90°/194°F.

System 
Warning 
Temperature

Warns when system temperature is greater than 60°C/
140°F.

System 
Shutdown 
Temperature

System will shutdown when system temperature is 
greater than 65°C/149°F.

CPU 
Temperature

Detects current CPU temperature

System 
Temperature

Detects current system temperature

CPU FAN 
Speed

Detects CPU FAN speed

Chassis FAN 
Speed

Detects current chassis FAN speed

CPU VID

Detects current CPU voltage

Vccp

Detects current Vccp voltage

+1.5V

Detects current ATX power +1.5V

+2.5V

Detects current ATX power +2.5V

+3.3V

Detects current ATX power +3.3V

+5.0V

Detects current ATX power +5.0V

+12.0V

Detects current ATX power +12.0V

HVcc 
(+3.3VSB)

Detects HVcc voltage 

Password 
Option

Change 
Supervisor 
Password

Allows you to set and change the supervisor password

Password 
Status

Shows password status

Password 
Check

Allows you to set the password check when the supervi-
sor password is set up

 Setup: Password prompt appears when BIOS is exe-
cuted

Always: Password verification is checked every time 
the computer boots (Default)

Load default 
Settings

None

Loads the optimum default values for all of the setup 
options.

Save Set-
tings and 
Exit

None

Exit system with new changes.

Exit With-
out Saving

None

Exit system setup without saving the changes.

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