HP Vectra VL 5/xxx 5 manual Little Ben, Other PCI and ISA Accessory Devices Under Plug and Play

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2 System Board

Devices on the ISA Bus

Updating the BIOS Before Considering Replacing the System Board

If the computer is faulty, but it starts up correctly, and the fault is not clearly due to the system board hardware, then it is advisable to check the BIOS version number. The BIOS version number can be found from the summary

screen, or the Setup program, obtained by pressing or , respectively, when the computer has just been restarted, as described in Chapter 4.

If it is not the current version of the BIOS, the System ROM should be flashed with the new version, as described on the previous page. The computer should then be re-run to see if this has cleared the problem.

Little Ben

Little Ben is an HP application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), designed to be a companion to the Super I/O chip. It is described on page 73.

Other PCI and ISA Accessory Devices Under Plug and Play

Plug and Play is an industry standard for automatically configuring the computer’s hardware. When you start the computer, the Plug and Play system BIOS can detect automatically which hardware resources (IRQs, DMAs, memory ranges, and I/O addresses) are used by the system-based components.

All PCI accessory boards are Plug and Play, although not all ISA boards are. Check the accessory board’s documentation if you are unsure.

The computer is PCI 2.1 compliant, and PnP 1.1 compliant. This meets the “Windows 95 Required” level for Plug and Play. Accessory boards which are Plug and Play are automatically configured by the operating system (Windows 95) or by the BIOS (other operating systems).

In general, in a Plug and Play configuration, resources for an ISA board have to be reserved first (using a utility under Windows 95 or ICU for DOS/ Windows) and then you can plug in your board. If you want to install an ISA board when running a non Plug-and-Play operating system, such as Windows for Workgroups, you have to reserve the resources for the board using the ICU (for Windows). Failure to do so may lead to resource conflicts.

The procedure for installing an ISA accessory board that is not Plug and Play in Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 is described in the User’s Guide that is supplied with the computer.

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Contents Technical Reference Manual Hardware and Bios Novell and Netware are registered trademarks of Novell Inc Conventions PrefaceIii Bibliography Contents S3 Trio 64V2 Graphics Controller Chip Matrox MGA Millennium Graphics Controller BoardConnectors and Sockets Power Saving and ErgonometryBios Addresses Mass-Storage DrivesPower-On Self-Test and Error Messages ViiiSystem Overview Package Desktop PackageFront view of VL Rear view of XAMinitower Package Line Mic Out SpkrPlan view of the Chassis Base of the Desktop Package Specifications and Characteristic Data Physical CharacteristicsSystem Overview Specifications and Characteristic Data Status PanelEnvironmental Specification Electrical Specification For the desktop modelsFor the minitower models Input voltage 100-127Vac 90-140Documentation Where to Find the Information System Board System Board Architectural View PL/PCI Bridge Chip 82439HX Chip-SetPL Bus Interface Data Path PCI Bus InterfaceController System Board Chip-Set PCI/ISA Bridge Chip 82371SB Super I/O Chip 37C932 Serial / parallelDescribed on Serial EepromBytes of Cmos memory Backplane boards Desktop front view Desktop rear viewMinitower top view System Board Backplane boardsPCI/ISA combination slots PCI slots normalISA slots full length ISA slots short length Devices on the Processor-Local Bus Intel Pentium MicroprocessorMMX Technology By Intel, are supportedBus Frequencies Summarized onCache Memory Main MemoryError Correcting Code Operation Devices on the PCI Bus Integrated Drive Electronics IDEMode Cycle time ns 480 150 120 Transfer rate MB/s 13.3 16.7 Three DMA modes allow the following transfer ratesHeads per Bytes perUniversal Serial Bus USB Controller Super I/O Controller Devices on the ISA BusSerial Eeprom Flash Eeprom the System ROM Updating the System ROMNext System Board SwitchesRetained Other PCI and ISA Accessory Devices Under Plug and Play Little BenInterface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Video Memory S3 Trio 64V2 Graphics Controller Chip100% compatible with IBM VGA display standard Video Modes Standard VGA ModesExtended modes supported by the video Bios are Extended Video Modes with 1 MB DramExtended Video Modes with 2 MB Dram Resolution Number of colors Available Video ResolutionsMemory Connectors TroubleshootingGraphics processor chips Bottom half of upgrade socket Matrox MGA Millennium Graphics Controller BoardVideo Memory 1152 882 is not preset on HP displays 640 x 256, 64K, 16M 200 800 x 1024 x 120 1280 x 110 1600 xNumber 256 64 K 16.7 M 640 MB, 200 Hz 800Video Bios 1024 768 800 6001600 1280HP Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Network Board SramProcessing Lapp Look-Ahead PacketDrivers HP Enhanced Ethernet Network Board Audio Controller MA capability of the special RPO power supplyInterface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Audio Controller Any of the parameters Operating system, and does not need such driversMass-Storage Drives Hard Disk DrivesFlexible Disk Drives CD-ROM DrivesConnectors and Sockets Audio Board Connectors TRST# CHCHK# PwrGood RemoteOn Supply+5 V supply Supply Reserved +12 V supply Ground Ground Data +Summary of the HP/Phoenix Bios HP/Phoenix Bios Summary Summary of the HP/Phoenix Bios HP/Phoenix Bios SummarySystem RAM 32 MB Processor type Pentium Bank a MB EDO 3F8H Serial aBank B None 2F8H Serial BSetup Program Configuration MenuSummary of the HP/Phoenix Bios Setup Program Main MenuEnables or disables Appears in a different color, and cannot be changedExit Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Previous ValuesSecurity Menu Power Menu Power Saving and Ergonometry Power-On from Space-BarSoft Power Down Summary of the HP/Phoenix Bios Power Saving and ErgonometryRemote Power-On RPO Magic PacketActivity within the Setup Program Little Ben Signal Address Description Index 11h, bit When set, computer mains button is disabledNetwork board still active ModeAdvanced Power Management APM Summary of the HP/Phoenix Bios Power Saving and Ergonometry Summary of the HP/Phoenix Bios Power Saving and Ergonometry Desktop Management Interface DMI HP LockSystem Memory Map Bios AddressesProduct Identification HP I/O Port Map I/O Addresses Used by the System1 067Bh Parallel port 2 if ECP mode is selected 022Fh Audio interface 1 Soundblaster024Fh Audio interface 2 Soundblaster 026Fh Audio interface 3 SoundblasterDMA Channel Controllers Interrupt ControllersPCI Interrupt Request Lines Reserved read as Bit DescriptionPossible values are 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Order in Which the Tests are Performed Tests the LEDs on the control panelTo abort Process to abortChecksums. Test failure causes error codes to display Error code to display and the boot process to abortCauses an error code to display Test failure causes an error code to displayFailure causes an error code to display Ports. Test failure causes an error code to displaySystem will be configured for use Configured for useError Message Summary Beep Codes Lights on the Status Panel
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