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Main PLL  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
HP MaxiLife Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
The LCD Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Devices on the ISA Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

The Super I/O Controller (NS 97317) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Audio Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Flash EEPROM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
BIOS Update Crisis Recovery Procedure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Other ISA Accessory Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

3. Interface Boards and Mass-Storage Drivers

ELSA GLoria AGP Graphics Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Video Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Available Video Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

HP V

ISUALIZE

fx OpenGL 3D Graphics Hardware Accelerator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Graphics Board Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

SCSI/LAN Combination Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

PCI Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
SCSI Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
SCSI/PCI LAN Combo Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
10BT/100TX LAN Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
10BT/100TX LAN Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Remote Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

HP FastRAID2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Mass-Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Flexible Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
CD Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Connectors and Sockets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

4. HP BIOS

HP/Phoenix BIOS Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Using the HP Setup Program  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Sub-BIOS Systems for SCSI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Booting from a Device Connected to the LAN+SCSI Combo Board  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Default Settings You Can Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Starting the SCSI Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

BIOS Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

System Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
HP I/O Port Map (I/O Addresses Used by the System)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

5. Tests and Error Messages

MaxiLife Test Sequence and Error Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Basic Pre-boot Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Summary of Contents for X Class 500/550MHz

Page 1: ...P VISUALIZE Personal Workstation X Class Technical Reference HP VISUALIZE Workstations Printed in USA April 1999 Manufacturing Part Number A5014 90020 Edition E0499 Copyright 1999 Hewlett Packard Company ...

Page 2: ...this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett Packard Company Adaptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec Incorporated CI O ArrayConfig ARO RAIDport SCSISelect and Array1000 are trademarks of Adaptec Incorporated ELSA and GLoria Synergy are registered trademarks of ELSA AG Aachen and or ELSA Inc Santa Clara Microsoft Win...

Page 3: ...36 Chipset 37 Host Bridge Controller 82443GX 37 The PIIX4E PCI ISA Bridge Chip 82371EB 41 PIIX4E 82371EB 42 Hot Bus 45 Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor 45 Cache Memory 47 Optional Second Microprocessor 48 Main Memory Bus 49 Mixing Memory Modules 50 Error Correcting Code Operation 50 Devices on the PCI Bus 51 Ultra Wide 16 bit Small Computer System Interface SCSI Controller 51 Integrated Drive Elec...

Page 4: ...SCSI Interface 76 SCSI PCI LAN Combo Board Features 77 10BT 100TX LAN Controller 78 10BT 100TX LAN Features 79 Remote Power On 79 HP FastRAID2 81 Mass Storage Drives 84 Hard Disk Drives 84 Flexible Disk Drives 84 CD Drives 84 Connectors and Sockets 88 4 HP BIOS HP Phoenix BIOS Summary 98 Using the HP Setup Program 98 Sub BIOS Systems for SCSI Controllers 101 Booting from a Device Connected to the ...

Page 5: ...and Warranty Regulatory Information 137 FCC for USA only 137 HP Hardware Warranty 140 Three Year Limited Hardware Warranty 140 Limitation of Warranty 141 Limitation of Liability and Remedies 141 Obtaining On Site Warranty Service 141 Customer Responsibilities 142 Obtaining Parts Warranty Service 142 HP Telephone Support Services 142 HP Software Product License Agreement and Software Product Limite...

Page 6: ...6 Contents ...

Page 7: ... Figure 2 7 MaxiLife Chip Architecture 58 Figure 3 1 ELSA GLoria Synergy AGP Graphics Board 69 Figure 3 2 HP VISUALIZE fx Video Board without an installed texture module 71 Figure 3 3 Graphics Board Architecture 73 Figure 3 4 SCSI LAN Combo Board Connectors 75 Figure 3 5 SCSI Part of the SCSI LAN Combo Board 76 Figure 3 6 HP FastRAID2 Board 81 Figure 3 7 Ethernet UTP Connector 94 Figure 3 8 Socket...

Page 8: ...8 Figures ...

Page 9: ...vices on the PCI Bus 51 Table 2 9 Devices on the SMBus 55 Table 2 10 Devices on the ISA Bus 61 Table 2 11 Audio Chip Specifications 62 Table 3 1 Support 3D Video Resolutions 70 Table 3 2 Available Video Resolutions 74 Table 3 3 SCSI Interface Connectors 76 Table 3 4 SCSI PCI LAN Combo Board Features 77 Table 3 5 10BT 100TX LAN Adapter Internal Connectors 78 Table 3 6 10BT 100TX LAN Features 79 Tab...

Page 10: ...e 4 4 HP I O Port Map 105 Table 4 5 Summary Of How The DMA Channels Are Allocated 106 Table 4 6 The Relationship of the Legacy Interrupts to the APIC Controller 107 Table 5 1 Basic Pre boot Diagnostics 112 Table 5 2 Post Test Sequence and Post Error Codes 114 Table 5 3 Run Time Errors 115 Table 5 4 Main Menu Diagnostics 120 Table 5 5 Error Codes Causes and Symptoms 129 Table 5 6 Summary of the Mos...

Page 11: ... and BIOS information for the engineers and technicians that support the HP VISUALIZE X Class Personal Workstation It is assumed that the reader possesses a detailed understanding of AT compatible microprocessor functions and digital addressing techniques ...

Page 12: ...tion will occasionally make reference to HP Kayak PC Workstations HP Kayak XU or HP Kayak XW This is particularly true during the initial Power On Self Test and when you see MaxiLife LCD messages Bibliography The following document is available for the HP VISUALIZE Personal X Class Workstation HP VISUALIZE Personal X Class Workstation User s Guide For more information you can go to the following w...

Page 13: ... replace the cover on the Personal Workstation before switching it on To avoid electric shocks do not open the power supply There are no user serviceable parts inside This HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation is a class 1 laser product Do not attempt to make any adjustment to the laser units Important Ergonomic Information It is strongly recommended that you read the ergonomic information before usin...

Page 14: ...rd unpacking and installation Stand on a static free mat Wear a static strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge is discharged from your body to ground Create a common ground for the equipment you are working on by connecting the static free mat static strap and peripheral units to that piece of equipment Keep uninstalled printed circuit boards in their protective antistatic bags H...

Page 15: ...15 1 System Overview ...

Page 16: ...VISUALIZE Personal X Class Workstations and provides detailed system specifications This chapter introduces the external features and lists the specifications and characteristic data of the system It also provides a summary of the documentation available ...

Page 17: ...nnot be mixed with Unbuffered modules There are four DIMM sockets supporting 512 MB Registered 100 MHz ECC SDRAM1 memory modules to a maximum of 2 GB 128 MB 256 MB or 512 MB1 of unbuffered 100 MHz ECC SDRAM Mass Storage Two third height 3 5 inch floppy disk drive front access openings one for the floppy disk drive and one free Three half height 5 25 inch drive front access openings Two 3 5 inch ha...

Page 18: ...CI slot Support for WOL compatible LAN boards One PCI slot slot 4 used for the LAN Ultra Wide SCSI board with RPO2 capability One AGP slot used for the video adapter One RAID PCI slot Communications Two USB A B connectors two Serial Ports and One Parallel Port CD Drive Models include either an IDE CD RW or 32 speed IDE CD ROM Audio Includes an integrated 16 bit hi fi audio processor with music syn...

Page 19: ...access shelves including CD drive Headphone Jack Microphone Jack Four spare screws these are to be used to secure the system board in place only Two internal mass storage Power Supply Unit Up to six accessory boards can be installed One AGP slot Four 32 bit PCI slots One combination slot ISA PCI shelves 3 5 inches wide Upper shell 1 inch high Lower shelf 1 6 inches high Serial Ports A and B Parall...

Page 20: ...che memory This Personal Workstation can support up to two Pentium III Xeon processors This processor is described in the section Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor in the chapter System Board The components of the system board are described in the chapter System Board The characteristics of the Personal Workstation s video disk and networking devices are described in the chapter Interface Boards an...

Page 21: ... pressing this button is equivalent to NT Lock Workstation If HP Lock is not install then this feature will not work On Off LED This light has four states Blank Indicates that the computer is off Green Indicates that the computer is turned on and running correctly Red Indicates that there is a Power On Self Test POST error Red flashing indicates that there is a MaxiLife Diag Alarm error Amber Indi...

Page 22: ...cm W by 51 cm H 16 38 inches D by 10 63 inches W by 20 08 inches H Footprint 0 09 m2 0 95 sq ft Table 1 4 Electrical Specifications Parameter Total Rating Notes Maximum per PCI Slot Maximum for ISA Slot Maximum for AGP Slot Input Voltage 100 127 Vac 200 240 Vac Selected automatically Input current max 12 A 6 A Output Power 350 W Input Frequency 45 Hz to 66 Hz Available Power 350 W 85 W combined1 6...

Page 23: ...the low power level refer to Table 1 5 but is not zero The special on off method used by this Personal Workstation extends the lifetime of the power supply To reach zero power consumption in off mode either unplug the Personal Workstation form the power outlet or use a power block with a switch Max current at 5 Vstdby 0 72 A 1 PCI and AGP power electrical specifications must be respected For examp...

Page 24: ...Consumption Operating 85 W average Idle 75 W average Off 6 5 W average Table 1 6 Environmental Specifications Environmental Specifications System Processing Unit with Hard Disk Operating Temperature 5 C to 40 40 F to 104 F Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Over Temperature Shutdown 50 C 122 F Operating Humidity 15 to 80 relative 1 Storage Humidity 8 to 80 relative 1 Acoustic noise emi...

Page 25: ...ed off Soft Power Down is available with the Windows NT when the Soft Power Down utility is used Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems Table 1 7 Power Saving Full On Standby1 1 Available only on Windows 95 Suspend1 Shutdown Processor Normal Speed Normal Speed Halted Halted Display On Blanked 30 W on models with integrated graphics Blank 5 W typ Blank 5 W typ Hard Disk Drive Normal Speed Norm...

Page 26: ...at HP WWW Site see address below Paper based HP VISUALIZE Personal X Class Workstation User s Guide PDF file PDF file A5014 90013 HP VISUALIZE fx Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide PDF file PDF file A5021 90011 HP VISUALIZE fx Texture Module Installation Guide PDF file PDF file A5021 90010 HP VISUALIZE Personal X Class Workstation Service Handbook PDF file PDF file A5014 90039 Network Adminis...

Page 27: ... install mass storage devices Configuring Accessories Installing devices Fields and their Options within Setup Basic Complete list Repairing the Personal Workstation Troubleshooting Basic MaxiLife hardware diagnoses Service Notes Advanced Technical Information Basic Advanced System Board Jumpers switches and connectors Jumpers switches and connectors Chip set details BIOS Basic details Technical d...

Page 28: ...ide us this URL http www hp com go visualizesupport Peripheral Devices Audio Accessories Refer to the Audio User s Guide for information on setting up and configuring audio accessories LAN Accessories Refer to the LAN Administrator s Guide for information on setting up and configuring LAN cards and systems Table 1 9 Where to Find the Information User s Guide Service Handbook Technical Reference Ma...

Page 29: ...e components of the system board taking in turn the components of the Host Bus the Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI bus the System Management SM bus the Industry Standard Architecture ISA bus and the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Controller ...

Page 30: ...tec AIC7880 MaxiLife ASIC used for hardware monitoring VRM 1 J42 VRM 2 J36 VRM3 J30 Processor Fan J33 External Battery J8 System Board Switches 1 Wide 16 bit SCSI Connector J14 Status Panel J4 Hard Disk Drive Fan J3 LCD Status Panel J7 Mem 1 X6 Mem 2 X5 Mem 3 X4 Mem 4 X3 Rear Panel Connectors Processor 1 Slot Processor 2 Slot BOOT PROC DUAL PROC RAIDport J23 Power Supply Connectors J17 J10 Mic In ...

Page 31: ...2T PCI Slots ISA Slot Serial EEPR CK4 D Memory Bus 72 bit ECC 100 MHz 800 MB sec data transfer rate SMBus Clock Clock Address 32 Control Data 64 IDE USB 1 USB 2 Combination Slot AGP Bus 32 bit 66 MHz 2X 528 MB sec data transfer rate Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor optional second proces sor with L2 cache mem SMBus SMBus Video BIOS Graphics Local Mem IDE Control 2 x USB Control LCD RAID 1 The grap...

Page 32: ...g and falling edges of the clock which brings the maximum bandwidth to 528 MB s 66 MHz x 2 double clock x 4 bus width 32 bit The different AGP modes include Basic AGP 66 MHz PCI like Bandwidth 265 MB s Pipelined AGP 66 MHz pipeline Sideband AGP 66 MHz pipeline sideband signals Full AGP 133 MHz equivalent 66 MHz with double clocking pipeline sideband signals Bandwidth 528 MB s The AGP bus interface...

Page 33: ...rted to the system through the two Presence Detect pins of each PCI slot These pins code the following cases No accessory board in the PCI slot 7W maximum PCI board in the PCI slot 15W maximum PCI board in the PCI slot 25W maximum PCI board in the PCI slot This information is reported in the BIOS setup screen If the total power used in the PCI slots exceeds 85W the BIOS will display a warning duri...

Page 34: ...id Port A FastRaid port is provided on the system board through the ARO RAIDport connector This connector aligned with the PCI slot 3 is to be used by a specific PCI accessory board called the ARO board This board uses the ARO connector on the system board to directly connect a SCSI hardware accelerator to the embedded Adaptec AIC 7880 controller The SCSI hardware accelerator chip located on the A...

Page 35: ...nfiguration stored in serial EEPROM Retain CMOS configuration Clear CMOS and reload default values in Setup Off Off 7 Off On Enable or disable User and System Administrator Passwords stored in EEPROM Enable passwords Disable Clear User and System Administrator passwords 8 Off On Keyboard power on Disable keyboard power on Enable keyboard power on On 9 Off1 On 1 Automatic processor frequency is not...

Page 36: ...ard System Board Switches System Board Switch Boxes There are two types of system board switch boxes that may be used on the HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstations Figure 2 4 Two Types of System Board Switch Boxes OFF ON OFF ON ...

Page 37: ...ontroller is contained in a 492 pin Ball Grid Array BGA package The following table shows the features that are available in the Host Bridge Controller Table 2 2 Features Available in the Host Bridge Controller Feature Feature Processor Host Bus Support Optimized for Pentium processor at 100 MHz system bus frequency Supports full Symmetric Multiprocessor SMP Protocol for up to two processors I O A...

Page 38: ... clock gating reduces average power dissipation Static STOP CLOCK support Power on Suspend mode Suspend to DRAM ACPI compliant power management PCI Bus Interface PCI Rev 2 1 3 3V and 5V 33 MHz interface compliant PCI Parity Generation Support Data streaming support from PCI to DRAM Delayed Transaction support for PCI DRAM Reads Supports concurrent CPU AGP and PCI transactions to main memory Suppor...

Page 39: ...erency of data for that particular memory range will be maintained by the software The chip can support one or two Pentium III Xeon processors at up to 100 MHz FSB clock frequency Refer to the section Host Bus in this chapter for a description of the devices on the Host Bus PCI Bus Interface The Host Bridge Controller provides the interface to a PCI bus interface operating at 33 MHz This interface...

Page 40: ...l QWord writes require a read modify write cycle when ECC is enabled The memory bus is 72 bits wide comprised of 64 bits of data and 8 bits of ECC Refer to the section Main Memory Bus in this chapter for more detail on the main memory Read Write Buffer The Host Bridge defines a data buffering scheme to support the required level of concurrent operations and provide adequate sustained bandwidth bet...

Page 41: ...am using the PIIX4E chip Figure 2 5 System Block Diagram Using the PIIX4E Chip PCI ISA Bridge PIIX4E PCI Bus 3 3V or 5V 32 bit 33 MHz 132 MB sec data ISA EIO Bus 5V 16 bit 8 25 MHz 16 MB sec data BIOS PCI Slots USB USB General Purpose I O 30 SMBus Hard CD RO Combina RAID Adaptec AIC7880 16 bitSCSI Controller Interrupt Control PCI Bus Interface DMA Control ISA Bus Interface SMBus Control IDE Contro...

Page 42: ... from 0 V Suspend Interrupt Controller Based on TWo 82C59 15 Interrupt support Independently programmable for Edge Level sensitivity Supports Optional I O APIC Serial Interrupt Input Power Management Logic Global and Local Device Management Suspend and Resume Logic Supports Thermal Alarm Support for external microcontroller Full support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI Revision ...

Page 43: ...gement SM bus is a two wire serial bus provided by the PIIX4E controller It runs at a maximum of 16 kHz The SMBus Host interface allows the CPU to communicate with SMBus slaves and an SMBus Slave interface that allows external masters to activate power management events The bus also monitors some of the hardware functions of the main board both during boot up and run time All accesses to the bus a...

Page 44: ...des single demand block can perform three different types of transfer read write and verify The address generation circuitry supports a 24 bit address for DMA devices Interrupt Controller Based on two 82C59 interrupt controllers The two interrupt controllers are cascaded so that 14 external and two internal interrupts are possible In addition PIIX4E supports a serial interrupt scheme It also suppo...

Page 45: ...e to the 440GX 85 ohm on the system board between the two processor slots The bus is routed with a star topology Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor The Pentium III Xeon processor has several features that enhance performance Single Edge Contact Cartridge S E C C package technology first introduced on the Pentium II processor This packaging technology allows Pentium III Xeon processors to implement t...

Page 46: ...label on the upper side of the processor Processors supplied with the Hewlett Packard accessory kit are checked to ensure that the Level 2 cache voltage is the same for all processors and they have the same frequency speed and Level 2 cache memory size It should be noted that Pentium III processors for Slot 1 are not compatible with Pentium III Xeon processors for Slot 2 This means that you cannot...

Page 47: ...ing this may also cause erratic behavior in some cases and would reduce the instruction throughput in others Cache Memory There can be either two integrated circuits core 1 cache 512 KB L2 cache or three integrated circuits core 2 cache 1 MB L2 cache sealed within a single Pentium III package One of these contains the Level 2 L2 cache memory chip the other contains the processor which itself inclu...

Page 48: ...IZE Personal Workstations support Symmetric Multi Processing SMP When adding a second processor you must ensure that a the multi processing choice has been made in the system Setup b the operating system supports multi processors In the case of Windows NT it might be necessary to perform an upgrade from the MPS uniprocessor to the MPS multi processor version NOTE The system Setup allows a choice b...

Page 49: ...buffered memory may be installed Memory upgrades are available in single 64 MB 128 MB or 256 MB unbuffered ECC SDRAM modules Or alternatively the existing unbuffered memory modules may be replaced by Registered ECC SDRAM memory modules Memory can be upgraded to a maximum of 2 GB using multiples of 512 MB Registered or unbuffered ECC SDRAM memory modules 4 x 512 MB Both the 512 MB Registered and un...

Page 50: ... The ECC detects single and dual bit errors It can correct single bit errors during SDRAM reads The corrected data is transmitted to the requester PCI or CPU but not written back to the SDRAM A double bit error would cause an NMI to be generated and the PC Workstation to be halted If more bits are faulty within any given 72 bit line the effect is the same as it would have been without error correc...

Page 51: ... bus is configured to run in Ultra SCSI mode providing a maximum band width of 40 MB s The user may configure the SCSI system using the SCSISelect utility included in the system BIOS This utility is described in more detail in the SCSI User s Guide Table 2 8 Devices on the PCI Bus PCI Device Device Name Device Number Function IDSEL AD xx Chipset Interrupt Connection INTA INTB INTC INTD PL PCI Brid...

Page 52: ...device The BIOS automatically determines the fastest configuration that each device supports However in general the IDE cable is recommended for CD ROM drives and the SCSI cables for hard disk drives Universal Serial Bus USB Controller The USB controller is implemented as part of the PIIX4E chip It is accessed through the PCI bus and provides support for the two stacked USB connectors on the back ...

Page 53: ...AID board could occupy PCI Slot 3 with the RAIDport A diagram showing the PCI slots that are available for HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation models is in the section System Board Overview in this chapter Plug and Play HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstations have a PnP level 1 0A BIOS and meet the Windows 95 Required level for Plug and Play Accessory boards which are Plug and Play are automatically conf...

Page 54: ...er rate to 528 MB s as two 32 Bit words are transferred in each clock period 2 x 32 bits x 66 MHz AGP specific transactions always use pipelining The other two mechanisms can combine independently to pipelining which leads to the following operating modes FRAME based AGP Only the PCI protocol is used 66 MHz 32 Bits 3 3V 264 MB s peak transfer rate 1 X AGP with pipelining sideband addressing can be...

Page 55: ...IX4E chip The following devices are connected to the SMBus PIIX4E SMBus Master Controller 16 kHz maximum DIMM sockets SDRAM clock buffer Serial EEPROM One LM75 temperature sensor MaxiLife for hardware management bus master controller 400 kHz maximum LCD status panel CPUs serial EEPROM Processor Information ROM PIROM CPUs thermal sensors Table 2 9 Devices on the SMBus Device SMBus Address PIIX4E SM...

Page 56: ...turing related data date module built or first installed etc SDRAM Clock Buffer The I2C port of the SDRAM clock buffer is connected to the SMBus It can be used to stop the unused clocks Serial EEPROM This is the non volatile memory which holds the default values for the CMOS memory in the event of battery failure When installing a new system board the Serial EEPROM will have a blank serial number ...

Page 57: ...ital ADC with 5 entries and an additional glue logic for interrupt control fan regulation and a status panel control MaxiLife downloads its code in 96 milliseconds from an I2C serial EEPROM The total firmware MaxiLife 8051 code running in RAM size is 8 KB As it exceeds the 2 KB program RAM space a paging mechanism will swap code as it is required based on a 512 byte buffer The first 2 KB pages of ...

Page 58: ...ssages in the chapter Tests and Error Messages for detailed information about the different test sequences and error messages MaxiLife Architecture The MaxiLife chip continuously monitors temperature and voltage sensors located in critical regions on the system board This chip receives data about the various system components via a dedicated I2C bus which is a reliable communications bus to contro...

Page 59: ... presence To view the test results for each system component press button If no errors are detected a screen will display a smiling face If an error is detected an error screen appears indicating the problem Using MaxiLife When the Computer Is Powered Off NOTE MaxiLife is powered by VSTBY This means that it is functional as soon as the power cord is plugged in For MaxiLife to work correctly the Pe...

Page 60: ...anel describing the type of error memory processor that occurred For example the message DIMM FOUND 0 would be displayed if no memory modules could be located You can then choose whether to continue viewing the results of the remaining tests NOTE If the Diags program is run when the system is off it returns to the Off state when exiting the test session On Off transitions are accompanied with a Pl...

Page 61: ...dard mode PC XT PC AT and PS 2 compatible Bidirectional mode PC XT PC AT and PS 2 compatible Enhanced mode enhanced parallel port EPP compatible High speed mode MS HP extended capabilities port ECP compatible FDC The integrated flexible disk controller FDC supports any combination of two of the following tape drives 3 5 inch flexible disk drives 5 25 inch flexible disk drives It is software and re...

Page 62: ...trol logic and all interface configuration logic Audio Chip Specifications The audio chip is driven from the ISA bus and has the following specifications Table 2 11 Audio Chip Specifications Feature Description Digitized Sounds 16 bit and 8 bit stereo sampling from 4 kHz to 55 2 kHz Programmable sample rates with 1 Hz resolution Hardware Full Duplex Conversion 16 bit software based real time audio...

Page 63: ...sh EEPROM Updating the system ROM The System ROM can be updated with the latest BIOS firmware This can be downloaded from HP s World Wide Web site http www hp com go visualizesupport To download a BIOS upgrade connect to the HP Web site and follow the on screen instructions to download the flash utility programs Before updating the System ROM it is necessary to disable the PSWRD switch on the syst...

Page 64: ...TE Setting Switch 10 to the Closed position also enables the MaxiLife firmware crisis block if the power cord is unplugged after approximately 30 seconds In this case the LCD status panel is not available and the screen is blank 2 Turn off the computer Set Switch 10 to the Closed position 3 Insert the DOS bootable diskette 4 Turn on the computer 5 During the recovery process short beeps are emitte...

Page 65: ... accessory board that is not Plug and Play is described in the User s Guide that is supplied with the Personal Workstation NOTE The Windows NT 4 0 operating system is not Plug and Play Information given above is only applicable for Plug and Play operating systems for example Windows 95 ...

Page 66: ...66 Chapter2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus ...

Page 67: ...s and Mass Storage Drivers This chapter describes the video mass storage audio and network devices which are supplied with the Personal Workstation It also summarizes the pin connections on internal and external connectors ...

Page 68: ...2D performance and high power 3D hardware acceleration Multi screen support for Windows NT with PCI ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics boards Supports 16 10 wide format monitors Specifications Supports basic AGP mode 66 MHz Serial EEPROM video BIOS interface up to 64 KB AGP ATX form factor compliant PERMEDIA 2A graphics processor Pixel clock maximum frequency of 250 MHz 3D coprocessor Integrated GLINT D...

Page 69: ...ata structures Frame Buffer double buffer Z Buffer and T Buffer Texture Buffer The Frame Buffer holds one frame steady on the screen while the next one is being processed while the Z buffer stores depth information for each pixel Display connector Permedia 2A Graphics processor 4 MB SO_DIMM installed memory chips 73 172 1 mm 1 MB SGRAM memory chips installed on the graphics board 1 MB SGRAM memory...

Page 70: ...e the 3D video resolutions which are supported Table 3 1 Support 3D Video Resolutions Resolution Max Refresh Rate Hz Z Buffer Double Buffering 256 Colors Hi Color 32 768 TrueColor 16 7 million 640 480 pixels 60 70 75 80 85 100 60 70 75 80 85 100 60 70 75 80 85 100 800 600 pixels 60 70 75 80 85 100 60 70 75 80 85 100 60 70 75 80 85 100 1024 768 pixels 60 70 75 80 85 100 60 70 75 80 85 100 60 70 75 ...

Page 71: ... for the HP VISUALIZE fx2 and fx4 video boards used in the previous HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation models These two texture modules cannot be interchanged The HP VISUALIZE fx is a full length PCI accessory board which includes two connectors one for the AGP slot and one for the PCI slot It is secured in place by two accessory board slot screws and one for the support bracket To improve the shoc...

Page 72: ...uires special stereo device Anti aliased points and vectors HP Color Recovery Dithering and HP Occlusion Culling Extension Graphics Board Architecture The HP VISUALIZE fx Open GL 3D graphics hardware accelerator is actually made up of several graphics boards The main board contains the bridge chip which provides the interface to the AGP bus two geometry accelerators frame buffer memory two rasteri...

Page 73: ...RAM modules installed on the main board of the HP VISUALIZE fx Open GL graphics hardware accelerator This memory contains image data and depth data comprised of 48 bit image planes 24 bit double buffered 8 bit overlay planes 24 bit Z buffer 4 bit Window ID 4 bit stencil AGP Bus Bridge Chip VGA PCI Board 2 X Raster izer Frame Buffer Memory RAMDAC Texture Memory 32 MB SDRAM Main Board 2 x Texture Ma...

Page 74: ...tional lights in addition to ambient lighting Handles alpha and texture coordinates Provides full acceleration for OpenGL pipelines Is capable of efficient parallelism Texture Module The texture module containing 16 MB or 32 MB of texture memory depending on your Personal Workstation model can be installed on the HP VISUALIZE fx Open GL graphics hardware accelerator as an accessory Installation of...

Page 75: ...Narrow SCSI cable is provided The following diagram shows the SCSI LAN Combo board connectors Figure 3 4 SCSI LAN Combo Board Connectors PCI Interface The PCI interface operates as a 32 bit DMA bus master The connection is made through the edge connector The signal definitions and pin numbers conform to the PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 1 standard The PCI interface conforms to the PCI uni...

Page 76: ...CSI connector Non shielded 68 pin high density right angle receptacle Internal connector at the end of the board Connectors J3 and J9 cannot be connected to any devices at the same time If they are this results in a badly terminated SCSI bus Refer to the previous page for further details J7 External wide SCSI connector Shielded 68 pin high density right angle receptacle Protrudes through the rear ...

Page 77: ... utility is described in more detail in the section Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility in the chapter HP BIOS SCSI configured automatically SCAM support is provided at level 2 for Plug and Play However hot swap is not supported The controller is BIOS Boot Specification BBS compliant SCSI PCI LAN Combo Board Features Table 3 4 SCSI PCI LAN Combo Board Features Interface Features PCI Interface...

Page 78: ...he Remote Power On feature must be installed further from the processors than any other supplementary LAN adapter card How to use the Remote Power On feature is described in detail in the User s Guide provided with the PC Workstation External Start connector which enables LAN activity the SCSI LED activity on the front panel for SCSI hard disk drive accesses and external SCSI cable detection The e...

Page 79: ...ter 10BT 100TX LAN Features Remote Power On Remote Power On RPO is available at 10 and 100 Mbits per second Vstandby requirements supporting RPO The Vstandby requirement for the HP network card supporting RPO is a power supply able to deliver at least 720 mA on Vstandby output This is the case for all HP VISUALIZE systems Table 3 6 10BT 100TX LAN Features Feature Description LAN Controller AMD PCN...

Page 80: ...sible to have two LAN cards up and running at the same time However there are restrictions due to the remote manageability boot features implementation To support these features an internal cable is required between the LAN card and the system board However only one card can be attached to this cable so that remote manageability features are supported on one card only The problem is that with the ...

Page 81: ...ining configuration utilities drivers and the CI O Array Management software Note that the CI O Array Manager is also known as the HP RAID Manager and contains the ArrayConfig utility imbedded in it The Accessory Kit along with the RAIDport connector and firmware on the system board of the PC Workstation provide the components necessary to implement FastRAID2 The ARO2 adapter increases the perform...

Page 82: ...disk fails the data is still available on the mirrored drive The RAID 1 configuration also provides an improvement in performance using the cache on the ARO2 adapter It does not however provide the same throughput as the RAID 0 configuration In addition because data is mirrored the storage capacity of your drives is only half of the physical capacity of the drives One of the above modes may be sel...

Page 83: ...r Host bus data transfer rate if cache enabled Up to 133 MB per second Device protocol Ultra wide 16 bit SCSI Advanced HP FastRAID2 features User defined rebuild priority User defined verify priority Array status monitoring and event notification Adjustable stripe width Array support Drives can be configured for FastRAID2 levels 0 and 1 Drives can also be supported in non array environments Operat...

Page 84: ...ess shelf of models CD Drives IDE 32X CD ROM Drive Some models1 have a 32X Max IDE CD ROM drive supplied in a 5 25 inch front access shelf ATAPI supporting ATAPI commands and with audio playback capability It can play any standard CD Audio disks in addition to CD ROM disks conforming to optical and mechanical standards as specified in the Red and Yellow Book Some of the IDE 32X CD ROM features inc...

Page 85: ...ull CAV1 14X to 32X 1 CAV Constant Angular Velocity Burst Transfer Rate PIO mode 4 16 6 Mbytes s maximum Single Word DMA Mode 2 8 3 Mbytes s maximum Multi Word DMA Mode 2 16 6 Mbytes s maximum Access Time Average Stroke 1 3 110 ms Full Stroke 180 ms Data Error Rate Less than 10 12 Mode 1 Less than 10 9 Mode 2 2 2 It is assumed that raw error rate of disk is 10 3 in the worst case This excludes ret...

Page 86: ... Drive Description Disk Data Capacities Listed capacity 74 minutes Data capacity 530 MB for CD RW Data capacity 618 MB for CD R Performance Buffer Size 768 KB 991 kB or 975 KB depending on the writing mode used Average seek time 1 3 stroke 150 ms Data transfer rate recording 150 KB s sustained 1X speed 300 KB s sustained 2X speed 600 KB s sustained 4X speed on CD R media Data transfer rate reading...

Page 87: ...isk Finalization Time 2X 2 minutes maximum Media Compatibility CD RW Media CD RW and CD ROM drives with MultiRead CD R Media CD ROM CD R and CD RW drives Supported Disks 120 mm and 80 mm CD R write once media 120 mm CD RW ReWritable media 1 CD ROM disk loaded read and calibrated 2 After power on or CD ROM disk loaded Table 3 10 HP CD RW Drive Description ...

Page 88: ...10 7 Ground 8 INDX 9 HD4 10 HD11 9 Ground 10 MTEN1 11 HD3 12 HD12 11 Ground 12 DRSEL0 13 HD2 14 HD13 13 Ground 14 DRSEL1 15 HD1 16 HD14 15 Ground 16 DTEN0 17 HD0 18 HD15 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 7 20 Orientation key 19 Ground 20 STP 21 DMARQ 22 Ground 2 21 Ground 22 WRDATA 23 D10W 24 Ground 3 23 Ground 24 WREN 25 D10R 26 Ground 4 25 Ground 26 TRK0 27 IORDY 28 CSEL 27 Ground 28 WRPRDT 29 DMACK 30...

Page 89: ...Ground 41 SCD1 42 SCD2 9 Ground 10 Ground 43 SCD3 44 SCD4 11 Ground 12 Ground 45 SCD5 46 SCD6 13 Ground 14 Ground 47 SCD7 48 SCDP 15 Ground 16 Ground 49 Ground 50 INT_DEV EXT_DEV 17 TERMPWR3 18 TERMPWR4 51 TERMPWR1 52 TERMPWR2 19 RESERVED2 20 Ground 53 RESERVED1 54 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 55 ATN 56 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 57 BSY 58 ACK 25 Ground 26 Ground 59 RST 60 MSG 27 Ground 28 Ground 61...

Page 90: ...ound 8 SCD3 9 Ground 10 SCD4 11 Ground 12 SCD5 13 Ground 14 SCD6 15 Ground 16 SCD7 17 Ground 18 SCDP 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 INT_DEV 23 RESERVED1 24 RESERVED3 25 OPEN 26 TERMPWR 27 RESERVED2 28 RESERVED4 29 Ground 30 Ground 31 Ground 32 ATN 33 Ground 34 Ground 35 Ground 36 BSY 37 Ground 38 ACK 39 Ground 40 RST 41 Ground 42 MSG 43 Ground 44 SEL 45 Ground 46 C_D 47 Ground 48 REQ 49 Ground 5...

Page 91: ...ply Connector for System Board 16 pin Battery Pack Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 9 VCC3 1 GROUND1 1 VBAT 10 GROUND4 2 VCC1 2 11 VCC4 3 GROUND2 3 NC 12 GROUND5 4 VCC2 4 Ground 13 VCC5 5 GROUND3 14 GROUND6 6 12 Volt supply 15 5V STDBY 7 12V_NEG 16 PWR GOOD 8 5V_NEG Table 3 16 Power Supply Connector 14 pin and Wake On LAN Connector Power Supply Connector for System Board 14 pin Wake On L...

Page 92: ...ux ConnectorCD Audio Connector Aux Connector Pin Signal I O Pin Signal I O 1 Analog Ground 1 Analog Ground 2 CD Right Channel IN 2 AUX Right Channel IN 3 Analog Ground 3 Analog Ground 4 CD Left Channel IN 4 AUX Left Channel IN Audio Front Panel Connector Front Panel Microphone Connector Pin Signal I O Pin Signal I O 1 Analog Ground 1 MIC Signal Power tip IN 2 Key Way 2 Analog Ground 3 Front Panel ...

Page 93: ... jack connector are located on the rear panel These external jacks are standard connectors Table 3 19 Status Panel Status Panel Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 LCK_LED_K 2 LAN_LED_K 3 Ground 4 PWR_LED_A 5 6 ON_OFF_C 7 ON_OFF 8 RED LED_A 9 HDD_LED_K 10 HDD_LAN_LOCK_A 11 _RESET 12 NC 13 _LOCK 14 OPEN_DETECT Table 3 20 LCD Panel LCD Panel Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SCL_5V 2 VSTDBY SIO 3 SDA_5V 4 BT_LCD 1 5 LCD_...

Page 94: ...1 Analog RED Analog RED 2 Analog GREEN Analog GREEN 3 Analog BLUE Analog BLUE 4 Monitor ID2 Monitor ID2 5 n c DDC return 6 Analog RED return Analog RED 7 Analog GREEN return Analog GREEN 8 Analog BLUE return Analog BLUE 9 n c VCC supply optional 10 Digital ground Digital ground 11 Monitor ID 0 Monitor ID 0 12 Monitor ID 1 Data SDA 13 HSYNC HSYNC 14 VSYNC VSYNC 15 n c Clock SCL ...

Page 95: ...nectors and Sockets Figure 3 8 Socket Pin Layouts 9 pin Serial Port Connectors Port B left Port A right 25 pin Parallel Port Connector MIDI Joystick Connector Keyboard right and Mouse left Connec 3 5 mm Audio 15 pin VGA Display Connec tor USB Connectors 1 Red ...

Page 96: ...96 Chapter3 Interface Boards and Mass Storage Drivers Connectors and Sockets ...

Page 97: ...97 4 HP BIOS The Setup program and BIOS are summarized in the two sections of this chapter The POST routines are described in the chapter Test and Error Messages ...

Page 98: ...section make reference to the HP Kayak Workstation For an explanation of this see the section Special Notice for Users in the Preface of this document Using the HP Setup Program To run the Setup program press F2 while the initial Kayak logo is displayed immediately after restarting the Personal Workstation Alternatively press Esc to view the summary configuration screen By default this remains on ...

Page 99: ...s at the specified address External and Internal SCSI 16 8 bit Symbios Interface Enables or disables the integrated SCSI Symbios interface refer to the section Sub BIOS Systems for SCSI Controllers in this chapter Integrated Network Interface Enables or disables the integrated network interface This feature must be enabled when an ethernet card is installed Integrated USB Interface Enable or disab...

Page 100: ... Boot Devices Security Selects whether the computer can be started over the network It also selects which devices are to be used for booting up the system The option Disabled prevents unauthorized use of a device to start the computer Boot Menu Select the order of the devices from which you want the BIOS to attempt to boot the operating system During POST if the BIOS is unsuccessful at booting fro...

Page 101: ... BIOS which is described in detail in the section Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility in this chapter Booting from a Device Connected to the LAN SCSI Combo Board On models with the HP FastRAID accessory installed in order to boot from a device connected to the LAN SCSI Combo board the Adaptec Array1000 BIOS must first be disabled from the main BIOS setup To disable the Adaptec Array1000 BIOS ...

Page 102: ...e memory test lets you recover and configure settings Default Settings You Can Change The following two tables show the configuration settings that can be changed The first table shows the global settings which impact the host adapter and all SCSI devices connected to it The second table shows the device settings which apply to individual devices Table 4 1 Global Settings that Impact the Host Adap...

Page 103: ...ress F6 to start Configuration Utility is displayed during the PC Workstation s start up routine A further message is then displayed Please wait invoking Configuration Utility before the Main menu of the Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration utility appears The Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility is described in detail in the User s Guide supplied with the Personal Workstation ...

Page 104: ...em Memory Map 0000 0000 0000 03FF Real mode IDT 0000 0400 0000 04FF BIOS Data Area 0000 0500 0009 FC00 Used by Operating System 0009 FC00 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 VGA ROM 000C 8000 000F FFFF Adapter ROM RAM memory mapped registers BIOS 000E 0000 000F FFFF 128 KB BIOS Flash Shadow 0001 0000 000F ...

Page 105: ...isters 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 and CMOS data 0080 Manufacturing port POST card 0081 0083 008F DMA low page register 0092 PS 2 reset and Fast A20 00A0 00A1 Slave interrupt controller 00C0 00DF DMA controller 2 00F0 00FF Co processor error 0130 013F AD1816 sound system 0170 01...

Page 106: ...The following table summarizes how the DMA channels are allocated 0778 077B LPT1 ECP 0CF8 0CFF PCI configuration space 8000 PIIX4E Power Management I O Space 8400 NS317 ACPI Registers 8800 PIIX4E SMBus I O Space Table 4 5 Summary Of How The DMA Channels Are Allocated DMA controller Channel Function DMA 0 AD1816 Capture DMA 1 AD1816 Playback DMA 2 NS317 Flexible disk controller DMA 3 NS317 LPT ECP ...

Page 107: ...perating system Note that some of the I O addresses are allocated dynamically Table 4 6 The Relationship of the Legacy Interrupts to the APIC Controller I O APIC Input IRQ Interrupt Request Description INTIN0 PIIX4E INTR INTIN1 IRQ1 NS317 Keyboard Controller INTIN2 IRQ0 PIIX4E System Timer INTIN3 IRQ3 NS317 COM2 COM4 INTIN4 IRQ4 NS317 COM1 COM3 INTIN5 IRQ5 AD1816 LPT2 INTIN6 IRQ6 NS317 Flexible Di...

Page 108: ...mplemented using the I O APIC controller 82093AA and allows the operating system to perform Symmetric Multi Processing SMP operations refer also to item 2 above For further information about Multi Processing refer to the section Configuring Setup For Multi Processing in the chapter System Board NOTE In PIC mode and virtual wire mode the PCI interrupts are routed inside the 82C59 to ISA interrupts ...

Page 109: ... chapter describes the MaxiLife firmware test sequences and error messages the Power On Self Test POST routines which are contained in the computer s ROM BIOS the error messages which can result and the suggestions for corrective action ...

Page 110: ...CPU Socket for missing terminator or NO RAM will be detected both during pre boot diagnostics and POST where the BIOS boot process will abort after beeping The MaxiLife LCD status panel will display the error Some errors such as the RAM type error are only detected during POST sequence and will entail the same abort process Finally while the Personal Workstation is working fan and temperature cont...

Page 111: ...pply are not connected If an Error Power is displayed the likely cause could be that the power supply is not connected or the VRM is installed with an unpopulated CPU socket unsupported configuration CPU Board is not connected or the system board needs replacing Control of the CPU Board Error RAM type No Dimms are detected Number and Compatibil ity of DIMMs Installed DIMMs arenot compatible This i...

Page 112: ...rocessor system check that the VRM is not plugged into the terminator socket The error message could also show Power CPU1 and Power CPU2 Test of the correct power signals to the CPU The power supply may be OK whereas the VRM is not POWER Check that the VRM processor and terminator are correctly installed Check that the VRM is not plugged on a socket with a terminator this could be the likely cause...

Page 113: ... as the one that appears on the Personal Workstation screen If the POST issues several error codes only the last one is visible on the LCD status panel Compatibility of DIMMs The BIOS checks that the inserted DIMMs are both compatible with one another and compatible with the Front Side Bus frequency RAM TYPE Check the installed memory modules This error occurs when mixing incompatible memory modul...

Page 114: ...eck that the RAM is correctly installed Check that the CPU is firmly inserted The BIOS then executes the Power On Self Test POST sequence In this phase MaxiLife waits for any error messages that the BIOS may issue POST XXXX If the screen is working you can obtain the meaning of the error by typing Enter at the end of the POST Or you can check the list of errors available on the HP World Wide Web s...

Page 115: ...rror 1 Temperature I O slot Power errors Fan CPU Board PLL Run Time error 2 Temperature disk Temperature CPU Fan disk Fan I O slot CPU error If both fan for disks and I O slot are not connected both are run time error 1 only the Fan disk run time error 2 will be displayed Main Menu The main menu is displayed when any of the LCD buttons from are pressed MaxiLife LCD status panel can be accessed eve...

Page 116: ...ailable If the system stops during the start up the last successful boot step POST code is displayed on the LCD When Boot Steps is selected the POST step will be shown on the LCD status panel during the subsequent boot processes To ensure that MaxiLife is ready to display the first POST codes as soon as possible the Pre boot diagnostics are not executed when the system is booted with the Boot Step...

Page 117: ...te by pressing the LCD key labelled Back When GO is selected the main power supply is started but the Personal Workstation is not allowed to do a normal boot The purpose of this is to allow only these devices that can be tested to answer the diagnostic request from MaxiLife Components are tested in sequence when the Next button is pressed When they have all been checked a diagnostic screen is show...

Page 118: ...Power On COMPONENT Next Diagnostics Done FAIL Exit Diagnostics Done OK Exit Diags Exit Next Go System info Boot steps Next Go Next Ente Power on Back Go ON Request for Super I O NS317 chip Ente Please Wait OFFRequest for Super I O NS317 chip Test failure Test OK Final diagnostic screen could be Please Wait ...

Page 119: ...artly inserted in the proces sor slot closest side to the VRM then the displayed mes sage will indicate a Power CPU 1 error Processor VRM The Processor has not been inserted correctly in the pro cessor slot The displayed message will indicate a CPU socket error Processor The Processor has been cor rectly installed in the proces sor slot However the VRM is not installed The displayed message will i...

Page 120: ...w Power CPU1 and Power CPU2 Test of the correct power signals to the CPU The power supply may be OK whereas the VRM is not POWER Check that the VRM processor and terminator are correctly installed Check that the VRM is not plugged in a socket with a terminator this could be the likely cause Check or replace the VRM Check the power supply unit connectors Check frequency of the system board PLL BOAR...

Page 121: ...t the POST does not detect when a hard disk drive has been otherwise changed During the POST the BIOS and other ROM data is copied into high speed shadow RAM The shadow RAM is addressed at the same physical location as the original ROM in a manner which is completely transparent to applications It therefore appears to behave as very fast ROM This technique provides faster access to the system BIOS...

Page 122: ...nt 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 17h Initialize cache before memory autosize 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 26h Enable A20 line 28h Auto...

Page 123: ...OS values 40h Set initial CPU speed 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 44h Initialize BIOS interrupts 45h POST device initialization 47h Initialize manager for PCI Option ROMs Rel 5 1 and earlier 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh Display QuietBoot screen 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright no...

Page 124: ...and CPU caches 69h Setup System Management Mode SMM area 6Ah Display external L2 cache size 6Ch Display shadow area message 6Eh Display possible high address for UMB recovery 70h Display error messages 72h Check for configuration errors 74h Test real time clock 76h Check for keyboard errors 7Ah Test for key lock on 7Ch Set up hardware interrupt vectors 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Dis...

Page 125: ...ze PS 2 8Ch Initialize floppy controller 8Fh Determine number of ATA drives 90h Initialize hard disk controllers 91h Initialize local bus hard disk controllers 92h Jump to UsersPatch2 93h Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards 94h Disable A20 address line Rel 5 1 and earlier 95h Install CD ROM for boot 96h Clear huge ES segment register 97h Fixup Multi Processor table 99h Check for SMART drive 9...

Page 126: ... descriptor table B9h Clean up all graphics BAh Initialize DMI parameters BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handling The follo...

Page 127: ...uge Segment E9h Initialize Multi Processor EAh Initialize OEM special code EBh Initialize PIC and DMA ECh Initialize Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize beeper F4h Initialize boot F5h Clear Huge segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS Checkpoi...

Page 128: ...n for more details on POST prompts Category 2 if the error is only a warning i e key stuck the POST should prompt Enter View System Error for 2 seconds then boot Refer to autoconfig specification for more details on POST prompts Category 3 if the error occurs because a device has been unplugged or removed the POST should prompt If errors are reported because one or more of the listed components ha...

Page 129: ...PnP issue ISA P1P Error 0030h Unsupported CPU speed switch setting Wrong CPU Speed Setting 0040h Serial number corrupted bad checksum or null Invalid Personal Workstation Serial Number 0041 Product flag not initialized or bad Invalid Internal product type 0050h Fan not connected according to CPU Fan Not Connected 0060h RPO initialization failure Remote Power On Error 0100h Keyboard stuck key Keybo...

Page 130: ...DD 0 self test error IDE Device 0 Error 0511h HDD 1 self test error IDE Device 1 Error 0512h HDD 2 self test error IDE Device 2 Error 0513h HDD 3 self test error IDE Device 3 Error 0520h HDD 0 not detected but configured in CMOS IDE Device 0 Error 0521h HDD 1 not detected but configured in CMOS IDE Device 1 Error 0522h HDD 2 not detected but configured in CMOS IDE Device 2 Error 0523h HDD 3 not de...

Page 131: ...ive SIMM module 1 bank 3 System Memory Error 0732h Defective SIMM module 2 bank 3 System Memory Error 0800h Found lower cache size than configured System Cache Error 0801h Cache self test failure System Cache Error 0900h Lan Chanteclerc self test failure Integrated LAN Error 0901h Lan Chanteclerc not detected but enabled in Setup Integrated LAN Error 0A00h Plug and Play video auto setting failure ...

Page 132: ...e HDD type Auto parameters Resource Allocation Conflict PCI device 0079 on system board Clear CMOS Video Plug and Play interrupted or failed Re enable in Setup and try again You may have powered your computer Off On too quickly and the computer turned off Video plug and play as a protection System CMOS checksum bad run Setup CMOS contents have changed between 2 power on sessions Run Setup for conf...

Page 133: ... 4 1 2Ch RAM failure on address line xxxx1 1 If the BIOS detects error 2C or 2E base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits 1 3 4 3 2Eh RAM failure on data bits xxxx1 of low byte of mem...

Page 134: ...134 Chapter5 Tests and Error Messages Beep Codes ...

Page 135: ...135 A Regulatory Information and Warranty ...

Page 136: ...CI 21 AS NZ 3548 1992 Supplementary information The product herewith complies with the requirements of the following Directives and carries the CE marking accordingly the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC both amended by the Directive 93 68 EEC 1 The product was tested in a typical configuration with Hewlett Packard Personal Computer Systems 2 This device complies wi...

Page 137: ...lett Packard s FCC Compliance Tests were conducted with HP supported peripheral devices and HP shielded cables such as those you receive with your system Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Hewlett Packard could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice for Canada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Reg...

Page 138: ...ält Batterien und Akkumulatoren gehören nicht in den Hausmüll Sie verden vom Hersteller Händler oder deren Beauftragten kostenlos zurückgenommen um sie einer Verwertung bzw Entsorgung zuzuführen Noise Declaration for Germany Lärmangabe nach Maschinenlärmverordnung 3 GSGV Deutschland LpA 70 db am Arbeitsplatz normaler Betrieb nach EN27779 11 92 Notice for Japan This equipment is in the Class B cate...

Page 139: ...s many parts as possible are reused The remainder is recycled Special care is taken for batteries and other potentially toxic substances which are reduced into non harmful components through a special chemical process If you require more details about HP s product take back program contact your dealer or your nearest HP Sales Office ...

Page 140: ...enter or a participating Authorized HP Personal Computer Dealer Repair Center during the second and third years of use If HP receives notice of above defined defects during the warranty period HP will either at its option repair or replace products which prove to be defective Should HP be unable to repair or replace the product within a reasonable amount of time the customer s alternate exclusive ...

Page 141: ... TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY The foregoing limitation of liability shall not apply in the event that any HP product sold hereunder is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be defective and to have directly caused bodily injury death or property damage provided that in no event shall HP s liability for property damage exceed the greater of 50 000 or the purchase price of the specifi...

Page 142: ...ponsibilities The customer may be required to run HP supplied diagnostic programs before an on site visit or replacement part will be dispatched The customer is responsible for the security of its proprietary and confidential information and for maintaining a procedure external to the products for reconstruction of lost or altered files data or programs The customer must provide access to the prod...

Page 143: ...DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU MUST NOW EITHER REMOVE THE SOFTWARE FROM YOUR HARD DISK DRIVE AND DESTROY THE MASTER DISKETTES OR RETURN THE COMPLETE COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE FOR A FULL REFUND PROCEEDING WITH CONFIGURATION SIGNIFIES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE LICENSE TERMS HP Software Product License Agreement UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED BELOW THIS HP SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE AGREEME...

Page 144: ... or deliver them to the third party SUBLICENSING AND DISTRIBUTION Customer may not lease sublicense the software or distribute copies or adaptations of the software to the public in physical media or by telecommunication without the prior written consent of Hewlett Packard TERMINATION Hewlett Packard may terminate this software license for failure to comply with any of these terms provided Hewlett...

Page 145: ...ies of the software product Notice of Warranty Claims Customer must notify HP in writing of any warranty claim not later than thirty 30 days after the expiration of the warranty period Limitation of Warranty HP makes no other express warranty whether written or oral with respect to this product Any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose is limited to the 90 day dur...

Page 146: ...146 AppendixA Regulatory Information and Warranty HP Hardware Warranty ...

Page 147: ...erated Graphics Port AGP 54 audio 62 DMA 44 enhanced USB 44 flexible disk FDC 61 IDE 43 interrupt 44 keyboard 62 main memory 40 mouse 62 PIIX4E SMBus master 56 SMBus 43 sub BIOS system for SCSI 101 Super I O 61 Ultra Wide 16 bit SCSI 51 77 Universal Serial Bus USB 52 Counter Timer 44 Customer responsibilities 142 D Declaration of conformity 136 Diagnostics pre boot 110 DIMM sockets 56 DMA controll...

Page 148: ...drivers 67 Mass storage drives 84 MaxiLife architecture 58 MaxiLife test sequence 110 MaxiLife utility HP 57 Memory bus main 49 Memory modules mixing 50 Menu Advanced 99 Boot 100 LCD 59 Main 98 115 Power 100 Security 100 Messages error 109 test 109 Microprocessor optional second 48 Mouse controller 62 Multi processing configuring setup 48 O Operating system boot phase 115 Operating systems 128 Ove...

Page 149: ...ns personal workstation 22 Sub BIOS system for SCSI controller 101 Super I O controller 61 Support service HP telephone 142 Switches system board 35 Symbios Logic configuration utility 102 Symmetric multi processing 48 System architectural view 31 System board 29 44 128 133 System board switches 35 System clocking 40 System ROM updating 63 T Telephone support service HP 142 Test messages 109 Test ...

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