HP Vectra XU5 Manual

Vectra XU Familiarization Guide Introduction •• 1

HP Vectra XU Series PCs Familiarization Guide

Trademarks

Printed Manual Information

Introduction

Overview

Information Flags

Product Overview and Features

Product Overview

Supported Accessories

Vectra Products Comparison

Product Features

Main features of the System Board

SETUP program

Operating Systems Supported

Documentation

PC Hardware Structure

Packaging

External Connectors and Internal Components

System Board

Accessories

Installing Main Memory

Installing Video Memory

Installing Accessories

Installing Accessory Boards

Configuring the LAN Interface

Installing a Dual Processor

System Board Switches

Troubleshooting and Repair

Product Identification

Field Replaceable Parts

Warranty

Using SETUP to Configure the PC

Power-On Self Tests (POST)

Updating the System ROM

Diagnostic Utility

Vectra XU Familiarization Guide Introduction •• 2

Trademarks

Intel®, SX, DX, DX2, OverDrive, and PENTIUM are U.S.

trademarks of Intel Corporation.

Microsoft®, MS-DOS®, Windows®, Windows NT®,

and LANManager® are U.S. registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation.

IBM AT® and OS/2® are U.S. registered trademarks of

International Business Machines Corporation.

UNIX® is a registered trademark of UNIX System

Laboratories Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries.

Novell® and NetWare® are U.S. registered trademarks

of Novell, Inc.

Vectra XU Familiarization Guide Introduction •• 3

Printed Manual Information

Manual Part Number: D308X+49A-90001

Printed in France 04/94

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Introduction

Vectra XU Familiarization Guide Introduction •• 5

Overview

This guide is for experienced HP Response Center personnel, Customer Engineers, and

reseller technicians. That is, personnel who have already completed the Vectra PC family

training course, or equivalent, and have at least six months experience servicing HP Vectra

PCs.

It is a self-paced training guide designed to train you to install, configure, and repair the PC.

Although you can follow the guide without any equipment, access to a PC is preferable.

Introduction provides an introduction to this guide.

Product Overview

and Features is an introduction to the PC, explaining the difference

between this range of PCs and other Hewlett-Packard PCs.

PC Hardware

Structure describes the package, including installing and removing

accessories.

Troubleshooting

and Repair describes the replaceable parts and the utilities which are

available to troubleshoot the PC. It also includes information

on how to configure the PC using the SETUP program, and

describes the Power-On Self Tests.

Welcome to the familiarization guide.

You will be able to read and understand this guide in less than two hours.

When you have completed it, you will be able to:

•install the PC

•configure the PC using the SETUP program

•repair the PC

•answer basic questions about the PC's features.

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Information Flags

This course has flags that highlight safety instructions and important information. Be sure to

pay special attention to the following symbols and text.

WARNING The Warning symbol highlights text that describes a potential danger to

personnel.

CAUTION The Caution symbol highlights text that describes potential danger to

equipment.

NOTE The Note symbol highlights text that gives special instructions or information.

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Product Overview and Features

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Product Overview

The following table gives an overview of the models and accessories of the HP Vectra XU

Series PCs.

Flexible

Drive A: Product

Number Hard Drive

C: Disk

Controller Video

Controller

Stand-

ard

RAM

Inte-

grated

LAN L 2

Cache

HP Vectra XU 5/75 PC (Cpl: 04/95)

D3081A

D3083A

1.44 MB

D2035A None

540 MB IDE

(D2395-x)**

Integrated

SCSI-2/

IDE

Interface

Integrated

Ultra VGA+

(2MB)

8MB Yes 256 KB*

HP Vectra XU 5/90 PC (Cpl: 07/94)

D3085A

D3086A

D3087A

D3088A

(CPL:

04/95)

1.44 MB

D2035A None

270 MB SCSI

(D2385A)

540 MB SCSI

(D2398A)

540 MB IDE

(D2395-x)**

Integrated

SCSI-2

IDE

Interface

Integrated

Ultra VGA+

(2MB)

8MB Yes 256 KB*

256 KB***

HP Vectra XU 5/90C PC (Cpl: 07/94)

D3091A

D3092A

D3094A

1.44 MB

D2035A 540 MB SCSI

(D2386A)

1 GB SCSI

(D2076B)

540 MB IDE

(D2891B)

Integrated

SCSI-2

IDE

Interface

Matrox

Graphics

Board

Impression

(2MB, up-

gradeable

4 MB)

16 MB Yes 256 KB***

*Asynchronous Cache

**Not available as an accessory

***Burst Synchronous Cache

Flexible

Drive A: Product

Number Hard Drive

C: Disk

Controller Video

Controller

Stand-

ard

RAM

Inte-

grated

LAN L 2

Cache

HP Vectra XU 5/90C PC (Cpl: 07/94)

D3091B

D3092B

D3094B

1.44 MB

D2035A 540 MB SCSI

(D2398-x)*

1 GB SCSI

(D2904-x)*

540 MB IDE

(D2395-x)*

Integrated

SCSI-2

IDE

Interface

Matrox

Graphics

Board

Impression

(2MB, up-

gradeable

4 MB)

16 MB Yes 256 KB**

HP Vectra XU 5 100C PC (Cpl: 05/95)

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D3093A

D3097A

D3098A

D3099A

1.44 MB

D2035A None

540 MB IDE

(D2395-x)*

540 MB SCSI

(D2398-x)*

1GB SCSI

(D2904-x)*

Integrated

SCSI-2

IDE

Interface

Matrox

Graphics

Board

Impression

(2MB, up-

gradeable

4 MB)

16 MB Yes 512 KB**

*Not available as an accessory

**Burst Synchronous Cache

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Supported Accessories

HP Vectra XU Accessories Part

Numbers

Supported Accessories

4 MB Memory Upgrade kit D2690A

8 MB Memory Upgrade kit D2691A

16 MB Memory Upgrade kit D2297A

32 MB Memory Upgrade kit D2298A

Setup Kit (Getting Started and Setting Up Your PC manuals) D3080B

Video Memory upgrades

2MB Video RAM kit for PCI 2+ Matrox card D3095A

2MB Video RAM kit for Impression+ Matrox card (Revision 3) D3095B

Processor upgrade

Pentium 90 Dual Processor Upgrade D3096A

Pentium 100 Dual Processor Upgrade D3096B

Video Displays

Color VGA Display D1197A

Ultra VGA 1600 Display D1199A

Monochrome VGA 14-inch Display D2801A/B

Entry-Level SVGA 14-inch Display D2802A

Super VGA 1024i 14-inch Display D2804A

Ergo 1024 14-inch Display D2805A

Ergo Ultra VGA 15-inch Display D2806A

Ultra VGA 1280 17-inch Display D2807A

Super VGA 14-inch Display (Low Emissions) D2814A

Multimedia Products

HP Sound DSP 16

Mass Storage

Flexible Disk 1.44 MB 3.5-inch D2035A

Flexible Disk 1.2 MB 5.25-inch D2881A

Hard Disk 1 GB SCSI D2076B

Hard Disk 2 GB SCSI D2077A

Input Devices

Mouse C3751A

Keyboard C3756A

For further information about accessories refer to the data sheet, the HP Vectra PC Service

Handbook, or the HP Vectra PC Accessory Service Handbook.

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