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User’s Guide

HP Vectra XM

5/xx Series 3

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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 processor in a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for

easy processor upgrades

•an integrated level-two cache of 256 KB for improved performance

•a main memory of 8 MB, upgradeable to 192 MB

•an Ultra VGA PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) video

controller with 1 MB of video memory (upgradeable to 2 MB)

•an integrated Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)

controller on the PCI bus supporting Fast IDE and Standard IDE

•a 32-bit PCI integrated Ethernet LAN controller

•four mass storage shelves:

❒three front-access shelves

❒one internal shelf

•four free slots for accessory boards:

❒one 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slot

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

❒one combination ISA or PCI slot

•one LAN connector, one parallel port, and two serial ports

•preloaded HP utilities to ease system configuration tasks

•BIOS stored in Flash ROM (for easy upgradeability)

•BIOS support for ISA “Plug and Play”

•DMI compliant with preloaded DMI demonstration application

•Designed for WindowsTM 95

•Energy Star compliant.

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Preloaded Software

For your convenience, your HP Vectra PC comes with the following

software:

Software, Utilities,

and Drivers ❒MS-DOS 6.22

❒MS-Windows for Workgroups 3.11

❒HP User Tools

❒Dashboard

❒Mouse Control Center

❒HP Video drivers

❒HP LAN drivers

❒Microsoft network client

❒Novell network client

❒HP IDE Disk drivers (for 32-bit disk access)

❒ISA Plug and Play configuration utility (ICU) and driver

❒Advanced Power Management

❒Desktop Management Interface.

HP recommends that you create master diskettes for your preloaded

software as soon as possible. Refer to chapter 1 for instructions.

Online Guides Additionally, your HP Vectra PC has these online guides preloaded in

the HPutils group in the Windows Program Manager:

❒Discover Your HP Vectra

❒Network Administrator Guide.

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Contents

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Preloaded Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

1 Setting Up Your PC

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

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

Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connecting the Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Starting the PC for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Creating Master Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Using Your PC

Starting and Stopping Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Configuring Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Introducing the HP Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the HP User Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Some Buttons You May Need To Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Understanding Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Personalizing Your Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Understanding the Desktop Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Tips for Using Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3 How to Install Accessories

Inside Your PC

Supported HP Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Removing and Replacing the Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Replacing the Cover after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Removing and Replacing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Replacing the Power Supply after Installing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Main Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing a Video Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Installing Accessory Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring Accessory Boards with Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Installing Mass Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing a Flexible Disk Drive or a CD-ROM Drive

in the Middle Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing an IDE Hard Disk Drive in the Rear Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing an IDE Hard Disk Drive in the Bottom Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Installing a 5.25-inch Drive in the Bottom Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Installing a 3.5-inch Device in the Bottom Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Completing the Installation of an IDE Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Installing an Upgrade Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing the Security Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

4 Troubleshooting Your PC and

Using the SETUP Program

Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

If You Cannot Solve the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

If Your PC Does Not Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

If Your Display is Blank and There Are No Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 60

If an Error Message Appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

If Your Display Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

If Your Keyboard or Mouse Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

If Your Printer Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

If the Hard Disk Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

If an Accessory Board Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

If Your PC Has a Software Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

If You Have Forgotten Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

If You Can’t Start the SETUP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

If Your Application Software Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

If Power Management Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

If the Date and Time Are Incorrect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using the HP SETUP Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Starting the SETUP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Understanding the SETUP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

5 Technical Information

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Features and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Power Consumption Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

IRQs, DMAs, and I/O Addresses Used by Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Available Video Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Recycling Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

The PC’s Memory Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

The PC’s Rear Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

System Board Connectors, Jumpers, and Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Processor Voltage Selection Jumper (J27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

System Board Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

6 Getting Support

Getting Support from your HP Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

HP SupportPack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Hewlett-Packard Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

HP BBS Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

HP FAXback on Demand—HP FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

HP Audio Tips (USA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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