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4   Drivers and Software

Drivers

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Drivers

You can download up-to-date versions of drivers required for VEi 8 PCs 
from the “Software and Drivers” section of HP’s Support web site at 

www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport

.

Software

VEi 8 models come preloaded with the following software. You can 
download the most up-to-date versions from the “Software and 
Drivers” section of HP’s Support web site at 

www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport

.

Operating Systems:

•

Windows NT 4.0 SP4

•

Windows 95 SR#2.5

1

•

Windows 98 RTM

Software:

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DiagTools 

•

On Line doc 

•

SoftOff 

•

TopTools 

•

Viruscan 

•

UFD reader 

•

+ Euro & Y2K patches

BIOS Updates

The system BIOS is identified by the version number HX.07.xx. The 
latest BIOS version for your PC and instructions for updating the BIOS 
can be downloaded from the HP support Web site at: 

www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport

.

1.

The Service Release number may be different on different language 
versions.

Summary of Contents for Vectra VEi 8

Page 1: ...ion Vectra VEi 8 This technical reference and BIOS document for Vectra VEi 8 PCs contains summary information only More detailed information on system hardware is available in the Technical Reference Manual Vectra Technology HP Vectra VEi 8 PCs ...

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Page 3: ... Specifications 12 2 System Features System Board Layout 14 Architectural View 16 Main Memory 17 Processor 17 Setting Bus Frequency Manually 17 Mass Storage Devices 19 Hard Disk Drives 19 Floppy Disk Drives 19 CD ROM and DVD Drives 20 Playing DVD Video Discs 21 8MB Matrox Millennium G200 AGP 2X Graphics Chip 23 Features 23 Video Memory 24 Supported Resolutions 24 ...

Page 4: ...y Boards 27 3 BIOS Overview Award BIOS 30 Using the HP Setup Program 30 Main Menu 31 Advanced Menu 32 Security 33 Power Menu 33 Boot Menu 34 Copying your Setup Configuration to Other VEi 8 PCs 34 Power Saving and Ergonometry 35 Soft Power Down 35 BIOS Addresses 36 System Memory Map 36 HP I O Port Map I O Addresses Used by the System 37 DMA Channel Controllers 38 Interrupt Controllers 39 ...

Page 5: ...v Francais PCI Interrupt Request Lines 39 4 Drivers and Software Drivers 42 Software 42 BIOS Updates 43 ...

Page 6: ...vi Francais ...

Page 7: ...o vectrasupport HP Vectra PC Service Handbook 14th edition to be published HP Support Assistant CD ROM by subscription Data sheets can be obtained at Matrox Millennium G200 AGP graphics controller www matrox com mga products millennium_g200 home htm Intel Chipsets 440ZX AGPSet 82443ZX and PIIX4E PCI ISA Bridge Chip 82371EB www intel com design chipsets datashts Pentium II Pentium III Processors ww...

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Page 9: ...1 System Overview This chapter introduces the internal and external features and lists the specifications of Vectra VEi 8 PCs ...

Page 10: ...wer on Status Light orange in sleep mode Front view PowerOn Off Button Processor Main memory CD ROM drive Floppy disk drive Front view with the cover off Slot for Kensington security cable Two USB Serial Monitor Mouse Keyboard Parallel Rear view Voltage selection Switch Audio jacks MIDI joystick ...

Page 11: ...on Weight excluding display and keyboard 8 7 kg 19 pounds Dimensions Width 41 8 cm 16 5 inches Height 14 0 cm 5 5 inches Depth 37 5cm 14 8 inches Footprint 0 157 m2 1 68 ft2 HP Windows 95 Keyboard 18 3 W by 7 inches D by 1 3 inches H when flat or 18 3 W by 7 inches D by 2 inches H when standing 46 4 cm x 17 8 cm x 3 3 cm 5 1 cm Typical Power Consumption Availability for ISA Accessory Slots 5 V 4 5...

Page 12: ...ned off the time settings are maintained by the battery indefinitely until the battery runs out of power 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 s...

Page 13: ...2 System Features This chapter describes technology in the PC such as the system board processor mass storage devices graphics controllers audio controllers network features and accessory boards ...

Page 14: ...or Slot Battery Socket Intel 440 ZX Host Chip Intel PIIX4e 1 X ISA slot SDRAM Secondary IDE Floppy connector Primary IDE 3 X PCI slots USB SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM Clear CMOS Jumper Power Clear Password Jumper Audio Audio joystick Parallel serial monitor Status panel connector Wake On LAN 1 3 2 Keyboard mouse ...

Page 15: ...15 2 System Features System Board Layout PCI Mapping Table Device PCI Device Slot 0 440ZX 4 Multimedia 7 PIIX4E 15 J1 1 16 J4 2 18 J8 3 ...

Page 16: ...deo BIOS PCI Slots ISA Slot 100 MHz System MGMT SMBUS 2 IDE Ports Ultra DMA 33 2 USB Ports Host Bus 2X AGP Bus Display 3 3V EDO SDRAM Support Primary PCI Bus PCI Bus 0 Graphics Local Memory Video DVD Camera VCR MGAG200 AGP Graphics VMI Video Capture Ultra DMA Controller PCI Bus Interface Interrupt Controller SM Bus Controller ISA Bus Interface Audio ...

Page 17: ...ipped with a single Intel Pentium II 350 or 400 MHz or Pentium III processor 450 or 500 MHz The Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC packaging includes a dedicated 512K level 2 cache and heat sink The processor connects to the system board through a Slot 1 SC242 socket The Pentium III has the same basic core architecture as the Pentium II but has an additional 70 multimedia oriented instructions bri...

Page 18: ...ly if at all or may overheat if it is configured to operate at a higher processor speed than the processor is capable of supporting This can cause damage to the computer Setting the jumpers to operate at a slower speed than the processor is capable of supporting can still cause erratic behavior in some cases and would reduce the instruction throughput in others Processor Frequency jumper only requ...

Page 19: ...r to www hp com go vectraaccessories To find out about Ultra ATA DMA 33 hard disk drive technology refer to the Technical Reference Manual Vectra Technology Floppy Disk Drives All models are supplied with a 3 5 inch floppy disk drive 4 3 GB Ultra ATA 33 8 4 GB Ultra ATA 33 Average seek write time typical 11 0 ms 11 0 ms Average seek read time typical 9 5 ms 9 5 ms Revolutions per minute RPM 5400 5...

Page 20: ...sc CD ROM Mode 2 data disc Photo CD Multisession CD Audio disc Mixed mode CD ROM disc data and audio CD ROM XA CD I CD Extra CD R CD RW If a disk is still in the drive after power failure or drive failure the disk can be reclaimed by inserting a stout wire such as the end of a straightened paper clip into the small hole at the bottom of the door Description HP product number D4384A Disc Diameter 1...

Page 21: ...8 is provided with the DVD accessory The D6935A DVD drive is only able to play DVD video discs from regions 1 and 2 see table below Once a video disc has been played on the device it will then only be able to play video discs with the same region code Description HP product number D6935A Disc Diameter 120 mm Storage Capacity 650 MB to 17 GB depending on disc type Read Mode 5 X max DVD 32 X max CD ...

Page 22: ...2 System Features Mass Storage Devices 22 3 South East Asia No 4 Latin America Australia No 5 Russia Rest of Asia Africa No 6 China No Region Codes Region Supported by the D6935A DVD Drive ...

Page 23: ...obat format from www hp com go vectrasupport Features 128 bit DualBus graphics chip High performance video with full AGP 2X support featuring Symmetrical Rendering Architecture Advanced 2D 3D and software DVD video acceleration High quality 32 bit color 3D rendering engine 8MB of graphics memory non upgradeable High speed 250 MHz RAMDAC with ultra sharp image quality Provides fast screen refresh t...

Page 24: ...le buffer Supported Resolutions Connectors A 15 pin VGA DB connector is located on the rear panel of the PC refer to the system board diagrams on page 14 for its location Resolution 256 colors 8bpp1 1 Bits per pixel 64 000 colors 16bpp 16 7 million colors 24bpp 16 7 million colors 32bpp 640 480 60 85 Hz 60 85 Hz 60 85 Hz 60 85 Hz 800 600 56 85 Hz 56 85 Hz 60 85 Hz 60 85 Hz 1024 768 60 85 Hz 60 85 ...

Page 25: ...ces with the PCI bus and performs all digital operations such as sample rate conversions and synthesis The CS4297 chip mixes and processes all the analog signals All VEi 8 PCs have a Mic In jack Line In jack and Line Out jack located on the rear panel of the PC These external jacks are standard connectors To find out more about Crystal integrated audio refer to the Technical Reference Manual Vectr...

Page 26: ...as an optional Boot ROM for diskless node operation Support of RPO and RWU depends on the operating system To find out more about this network interface card refer to the Technical Reference Manual Vectra Technology HP 10 100 Intel PRO 100 Management Adapter D7506A and D7507A The HP 10 100 Intel PRO 100 Management Adapter is a 32 bit PCI Ethernet Controller with on board Boot ROM to allow pre boot...

Page 27: ... has four accessory board slots three PCI slots and one ISA slot If your PC is equipped with a network interface card for example you can still use two PCI slots and one ISA slot for expansion cards To see the list of accessory boards that can be purchased as accessories for your PC refer to www hp com go vectraaccessories The PCI slots can be used for short 32 bit PCI boards length up to 17 6 cm ...

Page 28: ...ogram You need to know these logical slot numbers if you want to change the PCI slot configuration in the Setup program Logical PCI Slot 3 Logical PCI Slot 2 Accessory Board Connectors Physical Slot 2 PCI Physical Slot 1 PCI Physical Slot 3 PCI Physical Slot 4 ISA Logical PCI Slot 1 Rear of PC ...

Page 29: ...3 BIOS Overview This chapter provides an overview of the Setup program in VEi 8 PCs and other BIOS related information ...

Page 30: ...rom the HP support Web site at www hp com go vectrasupport This section covers The BIOS Setup program Power saving BIOS addresses Using the HP Setup Program The Setup program enables you to modify or view the PC s configuration settings NOTE The Setup program and on screen BIOS error messages are available only in English Press F2 to run the Setup program while the initial Hewlett Packard logo is ...

Page 31: ... number of heads number of sectors access mode PIO mode and Ultra DMA mode where applicable You can also disable the device by selecting None in the Type submenu Primary Slave Displays the Primary IDE Slave device if one is installed Press the Enter key to view or modify settings for the installed IDE device See Primary Master above for details of how to view or change the device configuration Sec...

Page 32: ... a Plug Play operating system such as Windows 95 and Windows 98 Select No if you need the BIOS to configure a non boot device Reset Configuration Data Select Yes to clear the system configuration data On Chip Primary IDE Enable or disable the integrated local bus Primary IDE adapter On Chip Secondary IDE Enable or disable the integrated local bus Secondary IDE adapter Memory Hole at 15M 16M Enable...

Page 33: ...he computer Set User Password This password can only be set once a Supervisor Password has been set The User Password controls access to the system at boot The User should only be able to modify the date time and User Password in Setup but is able to view Setup Password on Boot Enable password entry on boot Power Menu The Security Menu contains the following items General Power Settings Auto Suspe...

Page 34: ...f the devices from which the BIOS attempts to boot the operating system During POST if the BIOS is unsuccessful at booting from one device it will then try the next one on the Boot Device Priority list until an operating system is found To disable booting from a device remove it from the list Copying your Setup Configuration to Other VEi 8 PCs To avoid having to configure the BIOS Setup manually o...

Page 35: ... in the window that appears type A HWCMOS w settings txt and click on OK 6 Reboot the PC for the new settings to be used Power Saving and Ergonometry Soft Power Down When the user requests the operating system to shut down the environment is cleared and the computer is powered off Soft Power Down is available with the Windows NT Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems The hardware to do this i...

Page 36: ... 0009 FFFF Extended BIOS Data Area 000A_0000 000B_FFFF Video RAM or SMRAM not visible unless in SMM 000C 0000 000C 7FFF Video ROM 000C 8000 000F FFFF Adapter ROM RAM memory mapped registers 000E 0000 000F FFFF System BIOS Flash Shadow 1 1 This is for Physical memory As soon as the POST has been completed the E0000 E8000 segment is released for UMBs 10 0000 FF FFFF Memory 1 MB to 16 MB 100 0000 1FF...

Page 37: ... determined partly by the operating system Note that some of the I O addresses are allocated dynamically 1 If configured I O Address Ports Function 0000 000F DMA controller 1 0020 0021 Master interrupt controller 8259 0022 003F Configuration registers 0040 0043 Timer 1 0060 0064 Keyboard controller reset slow A20 0061 Port B speaker NMI status and control 0070 Bit 7 NMI mask register 0070 0071 RTC...

Page 38: ...F COM3 03F0h 03F5 Floppy disk drive controller 03F6 IDE primary channel 03F7 Floppy disk drive controller 03F8 03FF COM1 04D0 04D1 Interrupt edge level control 0678 067B LPT2 ECP 0778 077B LPT1 ECP 0CF8 0CFF PCI configuration space I O Address Ports Function DMA controller Channel Function 0 Free 1 Free if not used for parallel port or audio in Setup1 2 Floppy disk controller 3 Free if not used fo...

Page 39: ...Timer IRQ1 Keyboard Controller IRQ3 If not used for serial port available for PCI devices ISA board USB port audio or video IRQ4 Used by serial port if enabled If not available for PCI devices ISA board USB port audio or video IRQ5 If not used for parallel port available for PCI devices ISA board USB port audio or video IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ8 RTC IRQ9 Available for PCI devices ...

Page 40: ...3 BIOS Overview BIOS Addresses 40 ...

Page 41: ...rivers and Software This chapter lists the drivers and software supplied with VEi 8 PCs These are both preloaded on the PC s hard drive and included on the Diagnostics Recovery CD ROM supplied with the PC ...

Page 42: ... and Drivers section of HP s Support web site at www hp com go vectrasupport Operating Systems Windows NT 4 0 SP4 Windows 95 SR 2 51 Windows 98 RTM Software DiagTools On Line doc SoftOff TopTools Viruscan UFD reader Euro Y2K patches BIOS Updates The system BIOS is identified by the version number HX 07 xx The latest BIOS version for your PC and instructions for updating the BIOS can be downloaded ...

Page 43: ...43 4 Drivers and Software BIOS Updates ...

Page 44: ...nd VLi PCs Product Description The document you are reading A separate document exists for VEi 7 models VEi 8 models and VLi 8 VLi 8SF models providing detailed BIOS information and summary information on the hardware components in the PC Vectra Technology A detailed look at the hardware components in all the PCs in the product line Includes information on processors chip sets graphics controllers...

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