HP Slim Tower PC manual

Service Reference Card

HP Compaq dx2100 MT Series

Business PC

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Document Number 404568-001. 1st Edition November 2005.

Key Specifications

Processor Type:	Intel Celeron D or Pentium 4
RAM Type:	DDR PC2 4200, non-ECC
Maximum RAM Supported:	4 GB
Expansion Bus:	PCI 2.2
Graphics Adapter	Integrated controller. PCI-e support.
Hard drive interface:	SATA 1.5 Gb/s
I/O Interfaces:	Serial (1), parallel (1), USB 2.0 (6), diskette drive (1)

System Setup and Boot

Basic system information regarding system information, setup, power management, hardware, and passwords is maintained in the Setup Utility held in the system ROM. The Setup Utility is accessed by pressing the F10 key when prompted (on screen) to do so during the boot sequence. If the screen prompt opportunity is missed, a restart will be necessary.

Computer Setup Menu

Heading	Option / Description
System	Lists the following main system specifications:
Information
	•	Product Name	•	Memory Size
	•	SKU number	•	System ROM
	•	Processor Type	•	Integrated MAC Address
	•	Processor Speed	•	UUID
	•	CPU ID	•	System serial number
	•	Cache Size	•	Asset tag number
Standard	Date (mm/dd/yy) - Allows you to set system date.
CMOS
	Time (hh:mm:ss) - Allows you to set system time.
Setup
	PATA Controller - Disables/enables PATA controller
	PATA Ch 0 Master/PATA Ch 0 Slave - Allows you to detect IDE HDD
	size in selected channel, set UIDE on selected channel, set access mode
	on selected channel, view firmware version, and capacities, run SMART
	HDD status, and perform various SMART tests.
	SATA Controller - Disables/enables controller and both SATA and
	PATA channels.
	PATA IDE Mode - Allows you to identify if the PATA device is for the
	primary or secondary channel.
	SATA Port - Displays the SATA Port settings.
	PATA Ch 0 Master/PATA Ch 1 Master - Allows you to detect HDD size
	in selected channel, set extended drive on selected channel, set access
	mode on selected channel, view firmware version, and capacities, run
	SMART HDD status, and perform various SMART tests.
	Floppy Controller - Disables/enables floppy drive controller.
	Drive A - allows you to set floppy drive to None or 1.44, 3.5 in.
	Halt On - Allows you to set POST error behavior.
	POST Delay - Allows you to set a POST delay to 1, 5, 10, 15, or 30
	seconds.
Advanced	Device Boot Disabling - Allows you to restrict a device from booting.
BIOS Fea-
	Removable Device Boot Priority - Allows you to specify the order of
tures
	attached removable devices in the boot sequence.
	Hard Disk Boot Priority - Allows you to specify the order in which
	attached HDDs are booted.
	Optical Drive Boot Priority - Allows you to specify the order in which
	attached ODDs are checked for a bootable operating system image.
	Network Boot priority - Allows you to specify the order in which net-
	work devices are checked for a bootable OS image.
	F9 Boot Menu Display - Disables/enables Boot menu.
	Quick Power On Self Test - Disables/enables system to skip select tests
	while booting.
	First, Second, or Third Boot Device - Allows you to specify boot
	sequence or disable any of the three devices.
	HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability - Disables/enables S.M.A.R.T. Capability
	Boot up Numlock Status - Allows you to turn the default feature on or
	off.
	Security Option - Allows you to set security to determine whether a
	password is needed for booting or when entering Computer Setup.
	Hyper-Threading Technology - Disables/enables hyper-threading if the
	OCS permits it.
	APIC Mode - Disables/enables APIC.
	MPS Version Control for OS - Allows you to select 1.1 or 1.4 MPS table
	version.
	OS Select for DRAM > 64MB -Allows you to select OS2 or Non-OS2.
	Use OS2 only when RAM is greater than 64 MB.
	BIOS write Protection - Disables/enables ROM BIOS upgrading.

Computer Setup Menu (Continued)

Heading	Option / Description
Advanced	PCI Express Root Port Func - Allows you to set PCI Express Port 1
Chipset Fea-	Auto, Enabled, or disabled and also to set PCI-e Compliance Mode to
tures	either v1.0 or 1.0a.
	On-Chip Frame Buffer Size (VGA Setting) - Allows you to set buffer
	size to 1MB or 8 MB.
	DVMT Mode (VGA Setting) - Allows you to set mode to Fixed, DVMT,
	or Both.
	DVMT /Fixed Memory Size (VGA Setting) - Allows you to set memory
	size to 64MB or 128 MB.
	Init Display First (VGA Setting) - Allows you to set initial clock detec-
	tion to PCI slot or Onboard.
	Auto Detect PCI Clk - Disables/enables PCI clock auto detection.
	Spread Spectrum - Disables/enables clock spread spectrum.
Integrated	USB Controller - Disables/enables USB controller.
Peripherals
	USB Legacy Support - Disables/enables USB keyboard and mouse.
	Onboard Audio - Allows you to auto-detect or disable onboard audio.
	Onboard LAN - Disables/enables onboard LAN controller.
	Onboard LAN Boot ROM- Disables/enables Boot ROM onboard on the
	LAN chip.
	Onboard Serial Port 1 - Allows you to select one of these settings: Dis-
	abled, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, or 2E8/IRQ3.
	Onboard Parallel Port - Allows you to select one of these settings: Dis-
	abled, 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, or 3BC/IRQ7.
	Parallel Port Mode - Allows you to set parallel port mode to SPP, EPP,
	ECP, or ECP+EPP.
	ECP Mode use DMA - If parallel port mode set to ECP or ECP+EPP,
	allows you to set DMA channel for ECP mode to 1 or 3.
Power	ACPI Function - Disables/enables ACPI functions. Changing this can
Manage-	make the installed OS unusable.
ment Setup
	ACPI Suspend Type - Allows you to set ACPI suspend to S1 (POS), S3
	(STR) or S1 & S3.
	Soft off by Power Button - Allows you to set power button to instant off
	or 4 second delay.
	Power On After Power-Fail - Allows you to select system power loss
	behavior to Last state, On, or Off.
	MODEM use IRQ - Allows you to set IRQ for modem to NA (disable),
	3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11.
	Resume by PME - Disables/enable the feature.
	Wake on Device S5 - Disables/enables wake device from network.
	Resume by Alarm - Disables/enables RTC alarm.
	Date (of Month) Alarm - If resume by Alarm is enabled, allows you to
	select the day of the month to resume RTC alarm.
	Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm - Allows you to set the time the RTC alarm will
	resume if the Resume by Alarm feature is enabled.
PnP/PCI	Allows you to select whether resources are controlled automatically or
Configura-	manually.
tions
	IRQ Resources - When resources are manually controlled, allows you to
	assign a type to each system interrupt based on the device using it.
	Maximum Payload Size - Allows you to set TLP payload size for the
	PCI-e devices to 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, or 4096 bytes.
PC Health	CPU Temperature - View.
Status
	CPU Fan Speed - View.
	System Fan Speed - View.
	SYS Fan Fault Check - Disable/enable detection of fan failure during
	POST.
Load Opti-	Allows you to reset Computer Setup to factory defaults.
mized
Defaults
Set Supervi-	Allows you to set a password to control access to Computer Setup.
sor Password
Set User	Allows you to set a password to control access to the Computer.
Password
Save & Exit	Allows you to save current settings and exit Computer Setup.
Setup
Exit With-	Allows you to exit Computer Setup without saving changes.
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