1 System Overview

Internal Features

Rear View

External SCSI connector

Keyboard connector

Dual USB (12 Mbps) connectors

Serial port A Serial port B Line Out connector Line In connector Microphone connector

Display connector

Mouse connector

Parallel port

MIDI connector

Internal Features

The core architecture of the HP Kayak XU800 PC Workstation is constructed around: Memory Controller Hub (MCH), Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH), FirmWare Hub (FWH) and the Host bus.

The HP Kayak XU800 PC Workstation can support up to two Pentium III processors. This processor is described on page 65.

The components of the system board are described in chapter 2; the characteristics of the PC Workstation’s video and storage devices are described in chapter 3; mass storage devices are described in chapter 4; the HP BIOS routines are summarized in chapter 5; and the Power-On Self-Test routines are described in chapter 6.

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