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Technical Reference Manual
Product Description - Vectra VL400
This technical reference and BIOS document for Vectra VL400 PCs contains
summary information only. More detailed information on system hardware is
available in the Technical Reference Manual - Vectra Technology.
HP Vectra VL400 PCs
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About this Document This technical reference and BIOS document for Vectra VL400 PCs contains summary information only. More detailed information on system hardware is available in the Technical Reference Manual - Vectra Technology. VL400 Documentation The following documentation is available for the HP Vectra VL400. Quick User’s Guide This paper manual came with your PC but is also available at www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport. Information CD-ROM This CD-ROM contains extensive information about your
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VL400 Bibliography r HP Vectra VL400 user, troubleshooting and upgrading manuals at: www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport r Technical Reference Manual -Vectra Technology www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport r HP Vectra PC Service Handbook Chapter at: www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport. Data sheets can be obtained at: r Pentium Processors www.intel.com/design/pentiumIII/datashts r HP Product Data Sheet www.hp.com/desktops 4
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Contents 1SystemOverview Package Features........................................... 8 Rear Connectors... .................. ... ... ................... 8 Desktop ... ... ... .................. ... ... ................... 9 Minitower .. ... ... .................. ... ... ........... . ...... 10 Small FormFactor. .................. ... ... ........... . ...... 12 Specifications............................................. 14 PhysicalCharacteristics. ... ................. . ... ... ...... ..... 14
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VL400 Minitower.......................................... 37 VL400 SmallFormFactor .................................. 38 4BIOSOverview BIOSSummary........................................... 40 Usingthe HP SetupProgram . ... ................. . ... ... ...... 40 Help Information .. ... .................. ... ... ............... 40 Main Menu ..................... ... ................. . ....... 41 Advanced Menu... ... .................. ... ... ............... 41 Security .. .....................
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1 System Overview This chapter introduces the internal and external features, and lists the specifications of the HP Vectra VL400 PC models.
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1SystemOverview Package Features Package Features Rear Connectors 25-pin Parallel Connector Serial Connector Network (LAN) Mouse connector Keyboard 2USB Multimedia Connectors Connectors Serial Connector Standard Monitor Connector This connector is disabled if the PC has an AGP graphics card. In this case, use the graphics card’s connector. 8
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1 System Overview Package Features Desktop Front panel Disk activity light (yellow) Power on status Keyboard lock On/Off power light (green) status light (amber) button Processor Inside the Desktop Accessory board slots CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Main Memory Floppy disk drive Hard disk drive 9
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1SystemOverview Package Features Rear view Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the desktop. Minitower Front view Keyboard lock Disk activity light status light (amber) Power on (yellow) status light (green) On/Off power button 10
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1 System Overview Package Features Inside the Minitower Floppy disk drive CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Processor Main Memory Hard disk drive Accessory board slots Rear view Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the minitower. 11
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1SystemOverview Package Features Small Form Factor Front panel On/Off power button with power on status light Keyboard lock status light (amber) Disk activity light (yellow) Processor Inside the Small Main Memory Form Factor Accessory board slots CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Floppy disk drive Hard disk drive 12
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1 System Overview Package Features Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the Rear view small form factor. 13
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1SystemOverview Specifications Specifications Physical Characteristics Characteristics VL400 Desktop PC VL400 Minitower PC VL400 SFFactor PC Weight (configuration with 1 CD-ROM 10 kg (22 pounds) 13.4 kg (29.5 pounds) 8 kg (17.6 pounds) drive, excluding keyboard and display) Dimensions Width: 43.5cm (17.13in.) Width: 20.6cm (8.15in.) Width: 36.6cm (14.4in.) Height: 13.5cm (5.32in.) Height: 46.9cm (18.46in.) Height: 10.1cm (3.98in.) Depth: 43cm (16.93in.) Depth: 45.5cm (17.9in.) Depth: 40.7cm (16.
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1 System Overview Specifications Notes Operating temperature and humidity ranges may vary depending on the mass storage devices installed. High humidity levels can cause improper operation of disk drives. Low humidity ranges can aggravate static electricity problems and cause excessive wear of the disk surface. The power consumption and acoustics figures given in the tables above are valid for the standard configuration as shipped. For more information, refer to the product’s data sheet at HP’s
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1SystemOverview Specifications 16
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2 System Features This chapter describes core components of the PC such as processors, chipsets, mass storage devices, graphics controllers, audio controllers, network features and input devices.
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2 System Features VL400 System Board Layout VL400 System Board Layout All HP Vectra VL400 PC system boards have a Socket 370 for a compatible Celeron or Pentium III processor. System Board Power conn. for ISA extension kit Data conn. for ISA extension kit Battery Socket Internal speaker conn. System Board switches PCI Slot 3 WOL (Wake On CD audio conn. LAN) conn. PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 (DT + MT), or Riser card slot (SFF) IDE Status panel AGP Slot (For AGP card or integ. connectors graphics memory
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2SystemFeatures VL400 System Board Layout PCI Mapping VL400 PCI Mapping Table Bus Device PCI Device Slot# 0 0 GMCH: Host bridge 0 2 GMCH: AGP bridge 0 30 ICH: Hub interface to PCI bridge 0 31 ICH: PCI to LPC bridge 0 31 ICH: IDE controller 0 31 ICH: USB controller 0 31 ICH: SMBUS controller 0 31 ICH: AC97 audio controller 12 PCIslot1 1 11 PCIslot2 2 10 PCIslot3 3 20 AGPdevice AGPslot 19
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2 System Features Architectural View Architectural View Processor Celeron orPentium III AIMM graph- Host Bus ics memory extension Memory Bus AGP graphics AGP Bus card (some DT, AGP Slot Main Memory Intel 815 MT models) 133MHz SDRAM Integrated 815 VGA Connector graphics controller 2UATA66Disks Hard Disk Hard Disk USB 1 ICH1 chip 2IDE Drives USB2 3COM 3 PCI Slots 3C320 LAN CD-ROM DVD/CD-RW/Zip PCI Bus Audio CS4299 ISA Bridge on Super I/O Flash BIOS ISA extension 2 ISA Slots kit Serial (2)/Parallel
