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User’s Guide

HP Vectra VT

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Notice

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User’s Guide

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Welcome to Your HP Vectra PC

Congratulations on the purchase of your new Hewlett-Packard

Personal Computer. Your high-performance HP Vectra PC provides:

•a PentiumTM Pro processor in a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for

easy processor upgrades

•processor-integrated level-two cache for improved performance

•16 MB of memory, upgradeable to 256 MB

•an Ultra VGA PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) video

controller with 2 MB of video memory (upgradeable to 4 MB)

•an integrated Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)

controller on the PCI bus supporting Fast IDE and Standard IDE

•seven mass storage shelves:

❒five front-access shelves

❒two internal shelves

•six slots for accessory boards:

❒three 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slots

❒two 16-bit ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) slots

❒one combination ISA or PCI slot

•a quad-speed CD-ROM drive

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•an integrated SoundBlasterTM 16 audio interface on the ISA bus

•headphones jack, microphone jack, and volume control on

the front panel

•MIDI/joystick interface connector, audio Stereo In jack, and audio

Stereo Out jack on the rear panel

•Wavetable upgrade connector on the system board

•one parallel port and two serial ports on the rear panel

•System BIOS and Video BIOS stored in Flash ROM (for easy

upgradeability)

•BIOS support for ISA “Plug and Play” accessory board configuration

•Optimized for 32-bit operating systems.

NOTE The advanced processor installed in your HP Vectra PC provides the

best performance when used with 32-bit operating systems and

applications.

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Contents

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1 Setting Up Your PC

Unpacking Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Connecting the Display, Mouse, and Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting the Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connecting Audio Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Starting and Stopping Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing an Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing the Windows NT Workstation Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing the OS/2® Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Using Your PC

Working in Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Repetitive Strain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installing Your Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

What is Displayed on the Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using a Document Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Your HP Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Your Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Your Chair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Your Posture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Your Workspace and Work Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Further Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Summary Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Bibliography of Articles for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Configuring Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using Your CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Ejecting a CD When the Open/Close Button is Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Tips for Using Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3 How to Install Accessories

Inside Your PC

Supported HP Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing and Replacing the Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Replacing the Cover after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Moving the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Replacing the Power Supply after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Main Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing More Memory on the MGA Video Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing Accessory Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Installing Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Installing a Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Completing the Installation of a Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Installing a Drive in a Front-Access Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Completing the Installation of a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

4 Troubleshooting Your PC and

Using the Setup Program

Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

If You Cannot Solve the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

If Your PC Does Not Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

If Your Display is Blank and There Are No Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 82

If an Error Message Appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

If Your Display Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

If Your Keyboard or Mouse Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

If Your Printer Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

If the Hard Disk Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

If an Accessory Board Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

If Your PC Has a Software Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

If You Have Forgotten Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

If You Can’t Start the Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

If the Date and Time Are Incorrect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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If Your PC Has an Audio Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

If the CD-ROM Drive Has a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Using the HP Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Starting the Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Understanding the Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

5 Technical Information

System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Features and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Audio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Power Consumption Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Available Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

IRQs, DMAs, and I/O Addresses Used by Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

The PC’s Memory Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

The PC’s Rear Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

System Connectors and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

System Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Video Adapter Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

System Board Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Recycling Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

6 Hewlett Packard Support and Information Services

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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