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HP MaxiLife Utility
HP MaxiLife Utility
HP MaxiLife is a hardware monitoring chip which is resident on the system
board. This chip receives data about the various system components via a
dedicated I
2
C bus. If it detects a potential error or that a component is in an
error state (for example, there is a CPU failure), it displays a warning with a
flashing LED and message on its LCD that specifies which component has
the problem.
Due to HP MaxiLife’s system independent design, even if there is a serious
component failure, it remains in operation and is able to indicate what the
problem is via the LCD.
For the HP MaxiLife to work correctly, the PC Workstation must always be
connected to a grounded outlet. This enables the PC Workstation’s
hardware monitoring chip to be active, even if the system has been powered
off.
The following diagram shows where the LCD is located on the HP Kayak
XA-s, XU Series 0301 and 0303, and XW Series U3 and W3 PC Workstations.
The following menus are available on the HP MaxiLife utility when pressing
the menu button:
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System Info
. Obtains information from the BIOS and the system’s
Serial EEPROM from a previously successful boot. This information
includes: product name (HP Kayak XA-s, or XU, or XW) BIOS version,
serial number, the number of processors and speed, size of memory
for each DIMM socket.
Use this button to scroll
through the menu items
Use this button
to validate a
menu item
System info
Boot steps
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