1 HP Vectra 500 Series

System Overview

Principal Features

This section includes the principal features of the system board that are available on both the desktop and minitower packages:

An Enhanced IDE controller with two channels on the PCI bus.

Rear panel connectors:

1 mouse socket

1 keyboard socket

1 display connector

1 parallel connector

2 serial ports

a system ROM (using flash ROM technology) that can be easily updated with the latest firmware, using the Phlash.exe program supplied with the firmware upgrade. The system ROM contains:

the BIOS (system BIOS, video BIOS and low option ROM)

menu-driven SETUP with context-sensitive help (in U.S. English only)

a keyboard/mouse controller and interface.

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