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1 HP Vectra 500 Series
System Overview
Principal Features
This section includes the principal features of the system board that are
available on both the desktop and minitower packages:
•
An Enhanced IDE controller with two channels on the PCI bus.
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Rear panel connectors:
❒
1 mouse socket
❒
1 keyboard socket
❒
1 display connector
❒
1 parallel connector
❒
2 serial ports
•
a system ROM (using flash ROM technology) that can be easily updated
with the latest firmware, using the
Phlash.exe
program supplied with the
firmware upgrade. The system ROM contains:
❒
the BIOS (system BIOS, video BIOS and low option ROM)
❒
menu-driven SETUP with context-sensitive help (in U.S. English only)
•
a keyboard/mouse controller and interface.