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System Overview Package Features Rear Connectors (all models) Mouse 25-pin Parallel Connector Network (LAN) Keyboard connector Line Out Line In Micr

System Overview Inside the Desktop Main Memory Sockets Hard disk drive CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Accessory board slots Processor covered by fa

System Overview Minitower Front View (yellow) button On/Off power Hard disk drive activity light (amber) Disk activity light Power on status light (gr

System Overview Rear View Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the minitower Small Form Factor Front Panel On/Off power Power on stat

System Overview Inside the Small Form Factor Main Memory Sockets CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Accessory board slots Floppy disk drive Processor c

System Overview Specifications Physical Characteristics Characteristic VL420 Desktop PC VL420 Minitower PC VL420 SFF PC Weight (configuration with

System Overview Power Consumption As an ENERGY STAR partner, HP has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficienc

2 System Features This chapter describes core components of HP Vectra VL420 PCs such as processors, chipsets, mass storage devices, graphics controlle

System Features VL420 System Board Layout The HP Vectra VL420 PC system board features a Socket 478B for a Pentium 4 processor, three DIMM main memory

System Features System Board Components The following diagram shows where the different slots and connectors are located on the system board: Internal

Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to th

System Features Architectural View The following diagram shows the VL420 Intel 845 Chip architecture: Pentium 4 processor System Bus 3.2GB/s AGP Slot

System Features Processors The VL420 is equipped with a socket 478B Intel Pentium 4 processor. The478B PGA Socket processor is connected to the system

System Features PCI Slot Numbers Your PC uses logical slot numbers in the BIOS Setup program. You need to know these logical slot numbers if you want

System Features Mass Storage Devices Hard Disk Drives A 3.5-inch hard disk drive is supplied on an internal shelf in some models. These hard drives ca

System Features Description Loading Type Motorized tray Data Transfer Rate Outer side 7,200 KB/s (48x) Access Time Average stroke (1 / 3) 110ms Ful

System Features Features of the DVD-ROM Drive • Supported CD-ROM formats: • CD-ROM Mode 1 and 2 data disc • Photo-CD Multisession • CD Audio disc •

123456System Features After setting the DVD region (by playing a DVD video for the first time), the DVD region can be changed a further four times; af

System Features Description Write/Read Speed Write CD-R 8X max. Write CD-R/W 8X max. Read 24X max. Sustained Data Transfer Rate (maximum) 3,600 KB/s

123456System Features • Interface: E-IDE/ATAPI, Ultra DMA mode 2 (33.3 MB/s). Description Data Capacity: Capacity DVD-ROM Capacity DVD-RAM Capacity D

System Features Graphics The VL420 offers a choice of graphics solutions: • Nvidia GeForce2 MX graphics card • Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200 graphics card •

Information Roadmap Use the icon in Acrobat Reader to search for information in this PDF. The following types of information are available for HP Bus

System Features Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200 Graphics Card Some VL420 Minitower PC models are supplied with an Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200 64MB graphics card. The

System Features ATI Rage 128 Pro and ATI Rage 128 Ultra Graphics Card Some Vectra VL420 PC models are supplied with an ATI Rage 128 Pro or Ultra graph

System Features Audio The audio solution on the VL420 is the Analog Devices AD1885 integrated AC’97 audio solution. The AD1885 interfaces directly wit

System Features Network All models have an Integrated Intel® Pro/100 VE Network Adapter (10 Base-T/100 Base-TX LAN Interface). An optional 3COM LAN ca

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3 Serviceability This chapter introduces the enhanced serviceability features of HP Vectra VL420 PCs. It shows how easily you can open the PC and remo

Serviceability VL420 Desktop How to remove the hard disk casing How to remove the DVD, CD-RW, or CD-ROM drive How to remove the front panel How to add

Serviceability VL420 Minitower How to remove How to remove the DVD, CD-RW, the floppy drive or CD-ROM drive How to remove the hard disk How to remove

Serviceability VL420 Small Form Factor How to add How to remove the accessory boards retaining clip How to remove the hard disk How to remove the DV

4 BIOS Overview This chapter describes the BIOS features for HP Vectra VL420 PCs.

Discover and use your product See the HP Quick Start card and HP Quick User’s Guide. The Quick Start card provided with your HP Business PC will help

BIOS Overview BIOS Summary HP Vectra VL420 PCs contain an American Megatrends Inc. BIOS (Basic Input Output System). The system ROM contains the POST

BIOS Overview Advanced Menu The Advanced menu allows you to configure the setting of all motherboard components such as IDE devices, LAN, audio and I

BIOS Overview BIOS Addresses This section provides a summary of the main features of the HP system BIOS. System Memory Map Reserved memory used by acc

BIOS Overview I/O Address Ports Function 0000 - 000F DMA controller 1 0020 - 0021 Master interrupt controller (8259) 002E - 002F NS360 Configurati

BIOS Overview DMA controller Channel Function 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Free Free if not used for parallel port in Setup Floppy disk controller Free if not use

BIOS Overview PCI Interrupt Request Lines PCI devices generate interrupt requests using up to eight PCI interrupt request lines. PCI interrupts can be

BIOS Overview Checkpoint Code POST Routine Description D6 Control is in segment 0. To check <CTRL><HOME> key and verify main BIOS checksu

BIOS Overview Checkpoint Code POST Routine Description 24 To do any setup before Int vector init. 25 Interrupt vector initialization about to begin.

BIOS Overview Checkpoint Code POST Routine Description 59 Hit <DEL> message cleared. <WAIT...> message displayed. About to start DMA and

BIOS Overview Checkpoint Code POST Routine Description AA Initialization after E000 optional ROM control is over. Going to display the system configu

Finding Information Use the following table to determine where to locate particular types of information: Type of Information Location • Support phon

BIOS Overview HP e-DiagTools Preboot Diagnostics (Beep Codes) When your PC starts up, its BIOS performs a Power-on Self Test (POST) to test your hardw

The Technical Reference Manual contains the following documents downloadable from the web site www.hp.com/go/support in PDF format: • Introduction &am

Bibliography Datasheets and other information can be obtained at: ❒ Intel Chipsets developer.intel.com ❒ Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology www.dev

Table of Contents System Overview Package Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rear Connectors (all models) . . .

Serviceability VL420 Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 VL420 Minitower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 System Overview This chapter introduces the internal and external features, and lists the specifications of the HP Vectra VL420 PC.