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T echnical Reference Manual Product Description - Vectra VL400 This technical reference and BIOS document for V ectra VL400 PCs contains summary information only . More detailed information on sy stem hardware is available in the T echnical Reference Manual - V ectra T echnology . HP Vectra VL400 PCs ...
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3 About this Document This technical reference and BIOS document for V ectra VL400 PCs contains summary information only . More detailed information on sy stem hardware is available in the T echnical Reference Manual - V ectra T echnology . VL400 Documentation The following documentation is available for the HP V ectra VL400. Quick User’s Guide T ...
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4 VL400 Bibliography ❒ HP Vectra VL400 user, troubleshooting and upgrading manuals at: www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport ❒ Technical Reference Manual -Vectra Technology www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport ❒ HP Vectra PC Service Handbook Chapter at: www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport . Data sheets can be obtained at: ❒ Pentium Processors www.intel.com/design/pen ...
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Contents English 5 1S y s t e m O v e r v i e w P a c k a g eF e a t u r e s ........................................... 8 R e a rC o n n e c t o r s .............................................. 8 D e s k t o p ........................... ......................... 9 M i n i t o w e r ................................ .................. 1 0 S m a l ...
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6 English V L 4 0 0M i n i t o w e r .......................................... 3 7 V L 4 0 0S m a l lF o r mF a c t o r .................................. 3 8 4B I O S O v e r v i e w B I O SS u m m a r y........................................... 4 0 U s i n gt h eH PS e t u pP r o g r a m ............................ ...... 4 0 H e l pI n f o r ...
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1 System Overview This chapter introduces the internal and external features, and lists the specifications of the HP Vectra VL400 PC models. ...
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8 1S y s t e m O v e r v i e w Package Features Package Features Rear Connectors 25-pin Parallel Connector Standard Monitor Connector This connector is disabled if the PC has an AGP graphics card. In this case, use the graphics card’s connecto r. Serial Connector Keyboard Mouse Serial Connector Network (LAN) connector 2U S B Connectors Multimedia ...
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9 1 System Overview Package Features Desktop Fr ont panel On/Off power button Power on status light (green) Keyboard lock status light (amber) Disk activity light (yellow) Inside the Deskt op Main Memory CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Hard disk drive Accessory board slots Floppy disk drive Processor ...
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10 1S y s t e m O v e r v i e w Package Features Minitower Rear vie w Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the desktop. Front vie w On/Off power button Keyboard lock status light (amber) Disk activity light (yellow) Power on status light (green) ...
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11 1 System Overview Package Features Inside the Minit o w er Main Memory CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Hard disk drive Accessory board slots Floppy disk drive Processor Rear vie w Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the minitower . ...
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12 1S y s t e m O v e r v i e w Package Features Small Form Factor Fr ont panel On/Off power button with power on status light Keyboard lock status light (amber) Disk activity light (yellow) Inside the Small Fo r m Fa c t o r Main Memory CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or DVD drive Hard disk drive Accessory board slots Floppy disk drive Processor ...
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13 1 System Overview Package Features Rear vie w Location of the voltage switch and power connector on the small form factor . ...
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14 1S y s t e m O v e r v i e w Specifications Specifications Physical Characteristics As an ENERGY S TAR partne r, HP has determined that this product meets the ENERGY S TAR guidelines for energy efficiency ( W indows 2000, Windows 98 and W indows 95 only). Low power consumption (4.8W in suspend mode) can be achieved when Suspend to RAM is activat ...
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15 1 System Overview Specifications Environmental Specifications Operating temperature and humidity ranges may vary depending upon the mass storage device s installed. High humidity levels can cause improper operation of disk drives. Low humidity levels can aggravate static electricity problems and cause excessive wear of the disk surface. Notes Op ...
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16 1S y s t e m O v e r v i e w Specifications ...
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2 System Features This chapter describes core components of the PC such as processors, chipsets, mass storage devices, graphics controllers, audio controllers, network features and input devices. ...
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18 2 System Features VL400 System Board Layout VL400 System Board Layout All HP V ectra VL400 PC sy stem boards have a Socket 370 for a compatible Celeron or Pentium III processo r. System Board DIMM1 DIMM2 System Boar d switches Main memory slots Status panel connector Floppy connect or IDE connector s P o wer supply connect or PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot ...
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19 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s VL400 System Board Layout PCI Mapping VL400 PCI Mapping Table Bus Device PCI Device Slot # 0 0 GMCH: Host bridge 0 2 GMCH: AGP bridge 0 30 ICH: Hub interface to PCI bridge 0 31 ICH: PCI to LPC bridge 0 31 ICH: IDE controller 0 31 ICH: USB controller 0 31 ICH: SMBUS controller 0 31 ICH: AC97 audio controller 12 P C I ...
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20 2 System Features Architectural View Architectural View This block diagram applies primarily to Desktop and Minitower configurations. ICH1 chip A udio CS4299 Processor Celeron or Pentium III Intel 8 15 Main Memory 133MHz SDRAM 3 PCI Slots 2 IS A Slots Memory Bus Host Bus AG P B u s PCI Bus IS A Bridge on IS A extension kit Super I/O Serial (2)/P ...
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21 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Main Memory Main Memory There are two 168-pin DIMM slots on the sy stem board for installing main memory . Y ou can install 133MHz SDRAM modules. These are available in 64, 128, 256 and 512 MB memory modules. Y ou can install only one 512 MB module. A maximum of 512 MB is supported. Y ou can use ECC or non-ECC memory ...
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22 2 System Features Mass Storage Devices 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 can be provided with the PC. T o see which other hard disk drives can be purchased as accessories for the VL400, refer to www.hp.com/ go/pcaccessories . T o find out about Ultr ...
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23 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Mass Storage Devices Features of the CD-ROM Drive (D9444A) •C D - R O M M o d e - 1 d a t a d i s c . • CD-ROM Mode-2 data disc (Mode 1 and Mode 2). • Photo-CD Multisession. • CD Audio disc. • Mixed mode CD-ROM disc (data and audio). • CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW. Description HP product number ...
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24 2 System Features Mass Storage Devices Features of the CD-RW Drive (D9524A) • CD-ROM Mode-1 data disc. • C D - R O MM o d e - 2d a t ad i s c( M o d e1a n dM o d e2 ) . • Photo-CD Multisession. • CD Audio disc. • Mixed mode CD-ROM disc (data and audio). • CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW. Description HP product number D9524A Di ...
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25 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Mass Storage Devices Features of the DVD-ROM Drive (D7521A) •C D - R O M M o d e - 1 d a t a d i s c . • CD-ROM Mode-2 data disc (Mode 1 and Mode 2). • Photo-CD Multisession. • CD Audio disc. • Mixed mode CD-ROM disc (data and audio). • CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW. • DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD A ...
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26 2 System Features Integrated Graphics Controller Integrated Graphics Controller Some models use the integrated Intel® 815 graphics controller for 2D and 3D graphics. The Intel® 815 graphics controller uses Direct AGP and Dynamic V ideo Memory technology . The controller uses 9-10 MB of sy stem memory for graphics purposes. You can also install ...
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27 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Integrated Graphics Controller Connectors A 15-pin VGA DB connector is located on the rear panel of the PC. 15-pin VGA DB Monitor Connector This connector is disabled if the PC has an AGP graphics card. In this case, use the graphics card’ s connector . ...
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28 2 System Features Matrox Millennium G450 AGP 4X or PCI Graphics Card Matrox Millennium G450 AGP 4X or PCI Graphics Card Some Ve c t r a V L 4 0 0 P C models are supplied with a Matrox Millennium G450 AGP 4X graphics controller . Also, there is a PCI version of this graphics card available for the VL400 Small Form Factor . The Matrox Millennium G ...
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29 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Matrox Millennium G450 AGP 4X or PCI Graphics Card Maximum Supported Refresh Rates A A A As s s sp p p pe e e ec c c ct tt tR R R Ra a a at tt ti ii io o o oD D D Di ii is s s sp p p pl ll la a a ay y y yR R R Re e e es s s so o o ol ll lu u u ut tt ti ii io o o on n n n M M M Ma a a ai ii in n n nD D D Di ii is s s ...
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30 2 System Features Audio Audio The Cry stal ® integrated PCI audio solution (not upgradeable) in your PC is a Cry stalClear ™ CS4299 Audio Codec ‘97 version 2.1. The CS4299 interfaces directly with the South Bridge chip and performs all digital operations, such as sample rate conversions and synthesis, as well as mixing and processing all th ...
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31 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Network Network All models have an integrated 3COM 3C920 Fast Etherlink 10/100 Base-TX LAN controller . The integrated 3COM 3C920 is a full duplex LAN controller with automatic 10/100 BT port selection. It supports both AMP and ACPI power management features, such as WOL (W ake On LAN). If you install a LAN card, you ...
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32 2 System Features Network A W ake On LAN (WOL) connector is located on the sy stem board as shown here. It is not required for PCI 2.2-compliant LAN cards such as the 3Com 3C905CTX LAN card but can be useful for other cards for Remote W ake Up ( i nat o k e nr i n ge n v i r o n m e n tf o re x a m p l e ) . For more information on network techn ...
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33 2S y s t e m F e a t u r e s Accessory Boards Accessory Boards The VL400 has four accessory board slots: three PCI slots and one AGP slot (refer to the sy stem board diagram on page 18 for their location). In the minitower and desktop, you can also install the HP T wo ISA Slot Extension Kit (available as an accessory) for two ISA slots. Some mod ...
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34 2 System Features Accessory Boards ...
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3 Serviceability This chapter introduces the enhanced serviceability features of the HP V ectra VL400 PC. It shows how easily you can open the PC and remove or add sy stem components using the serviceability features developed for these PC models. ...
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36 3 Serviceability VL400 Desktop VL400 Desktop 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 EXP ANSION CARDS HARD DISK / FL OPPY CD / DVD ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? S h ow s h ow t o r e m ove t h e ret aining clip S h ows h ow t o re m ove the driv e bay S h ow s h ow t o r e m ove t h eD V D ,C D - R W ,o rC D ...
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37 3 Serviceability VL400 Minitower VL400 Minitower 1 2 2 1 1 C D / D V D / F L O P P Y E X P A N S IO N C A R D S H A R D D IS K ??????? ????? ?? ????? ???? ? ????????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? S h ow s h ow t o r e m ove t h e r etaining clip S h ows h ow t o re m ove the har d disk S h ows h ow to r e m ove t h e DV D , CD-R W , or CD-ROM driv e S ...
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38 3 Serviceability VL400 Small Form Factor VL400 Small Form Factor Floppy CD Hard Disk Drive service-label.fm Page 1 Thursday, March 23, 2000 10:40 AM Remo ving the co v er Sho ws ho w to r emo v e the front panel S h ows h ow to r e m ove t h e h a r d d i s k d ri v e S h ows h ow to r e m ove t h e DV D , C D - RW , or CD-ROM driv e (t op) and ...
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4 BIOS Overview This chapter describes the BIOS features for the HP V ectra VL400 PC models. ...
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40 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Summary BIOS Summary HP V ectra VL400 PCs contain a Phoenix BIOS (Basic Input Output Sy stem), which was customized by Phoenix for use on the VL400. The sy stem ROM contains the POST (power -on self-test) routines, and the BIOS: the Sy stem BIOS, video BIOS, and 3Com LAN boot ROM. The sy stem BIOS is identified by the versio ...
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41 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Summary Main Menu The Main Menu contains the following fields: •S y s t e m d a t e •S y s t e m t i m e •B I O S v e r s i o n •C P U T y p e • CPU Speed •C a c h e R A M •B a s e M e m o r y • Extended Memory T h eM a i nM e n ua l s oc o n t a i n st h e Keyboard Features sub-menu, which enables you to set ...
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42 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Summary • CPU Microcode Update. To update the CPU microcode. You must have Administrator rights to use this facility. Security There are sub-menus for changing the characteristics and values of the sy stem administrator password, user password, Hardware Protection and Boot Device Security , the amount of protection against ...
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43 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Summary Boot Menu The QuickBoot Mode option allows the sy stem to skip certain tests while booting. This decreases the time needed to boot the system . The Boot-time Diagnostics screen enables the user to display either the HP logo or diagnostic’ s screen during POS T. Boot Device Priority allows you to select the order of ...
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44 4 BIOS Overview Power Saving and Ergonometry Power Saving and Ergonometry Soft Power Down Soft Power Down is available with the Windows NT operating sy stem. If users want to shut down their PC, they are able to do so directly from the W indows NT interface. There is no longer any need to phy sically switch off the PC. The hardware to do this is ...
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45 4 BIOS Overview Power Saving and Ergonometry ACPI Power Management Modes (Windows 2000 and Windows98 SE only) •S t a n d b y In Windows 2000 for example, you can enter this low power state by clicking Start Shut Down ,t h e ns e l e c t i n g Stand by and clicking OK .I n this mode, the LED on the PC’s font panel blinks green. There are ...
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46 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Addresses BIOS Addresses This section provides a summary of the main features of the HP sy stem BIOS. This is software that provides an interface between the computer hardware and the operating sy stem. System Memory Map Reserved memory used by accessory boards must be located in the area from C8000h to EFFFFh. HP I/O Port M ...
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47 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Addresses Although the Setup program can be used to change some of the settings, the following address map is not completely BIOS dependent, but is determined partly by the operating sy stem. Note that some of the I/O addresses are allocated dynamically . I/O Address Ports Function 0000 - 000F DMA controller 1 0020 - 0021 Ma ...
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48 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Addresses DMA Channel Controllers Only “I/O-t o-memory” and “memory-t o-I/O” tr ansfers ar e allo wed . “I/O-to-I/O” and “memory-t o-memory” transfer s are disallo w ed by the hardw are configuration. The s ystem contr oller supports s e ven DMA channel s, each with a page register used t o e xtend the addres ...
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49 4 BIOS Overview BIOS Addresses Interrupt Controllers The Interrupt Requests (IRQ) ar e numbered sequentially , st arting with the master controller , and follo w ed b y the sla v e . PCI Interrupt Request Lines PCI devices generate interrupt requests using up to four PCI interrupt request lines (INT A#, INTB#, INTC#, and INTD#). PCI interrupts c ...
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50 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed Each time the sy stem is powered on, or a reset is performed, the POST is executed. The POST process verifies the basic functionality of the sy stem components and initializes certain sy stem parameters. The POST starts by displaying a graphic ...
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51 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed 0Fh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 17h Initialize cache before memory autosize 18 ...
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52 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 40h Set initial CPU speed 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 44h Initialize BIOS interrupts 45h POST device initialization 47h Initialize manager for PCI Option ROMs (Rel. 5.1 and earlier) 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initial ...
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53 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed 67h Initialize Multi Processor APIC 68h Enable external and CPU caches 69h Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area 6Ah Display external L2 cache size 6Ch D isplay shadow-area message 6Eh Display possible high address for UMB recovery 70h Display error messages 72h Check for configuratio ...
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54 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed 8Ch Initialize floppy controller 8Fh Determine number of ATA drives 90h Initialize hard disk controllers 91h Initialize local-bus hard disk controllers 9 2 h J u m pt oU s e r s P a t c h 2 93h Build MPTABLE for multi-processor boards 94h Disable A20 address line (Rel. 5.1 and earlier) ...
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55 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed B6h Check password (optional) B8h Clear global descriptor table B9h Clean up all graphics BAh Initialize DMI parameters BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh C lear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot wit ...
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56 4 BIOS Overview Order in Which the POST Tests are Performed EAh Initialize OEM special code EBh Initialize PIC and DMA ECh Initialize Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize beeper F4h Initialize boot F5h ...
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57 4 BIOS Overview HP e-DiagTools Preboot Diagnostic (Beep Codes) HP e-DiagTools Preboot Diagnostic (Beep Codes) When your PC starts up, its BIOS performs a Pow er-on Self Test (POST) to test your hardware configuration for any problems. If a problem is detected during the POST , an error is displayed on your PC’ s monitor . If, however , your PC ...
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58 4 BIOS Overview HP e-DiagTools Preboot Diagnostic (Beep Codes) ...
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5 Drivers and Software This chapter describes the drivers and software preloaded with HP V ectra VL400 PCs. ...
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60 5 Drivers and Software Drivers Drivers Y ou can download up-to-date versions of drivers required for VL400 PCs from the “Software and Drivers” section of HP’ s Support web site at www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport . Software VL400 models come preloaded with the following software. Y ou can download the most up-to-date versions from the “Softwa ...
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61 5 Drivers and Software BIOS Updates BIOS Updates The sy stem BIOS is identified by the version number IP.xx.xx .T h el a t e s t BIOS version for your PC and instructions for updating the BIOS can be downloaded from the HP support W eb site at: www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport . ...
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The T echnical Reference Manual contains the following documents available on the HP Information CD-ROM or downloadable from the W eb in PDF format: • Introduction & HP Vectra Product Line Overview Describes how to use the Technical Reference Manual and provides a brief overview of the Vectra product line. • Product Description The document ...
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