Software And Firmware - HP Vectra VT6 Supplementary Manual

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3 Troubleshooting and Repair

Software and Firmware

The System ROM consists of a 256 KB flash programmable EEPROM.

Updates can be obtained from the HP Bulletin Board System (BBS) and can

be loaded (flashed) using the HP6Init program (

). This

HP6Init.EXE

program should be run from a bootable floppy disk.

The System ROM contains the following:

• power-on self-test (POST)

• Setup program

• BIOS

• security support.

Also mentioned here, though not implemented on the System ROM, are the

video BIOS, operating system drivers, and diagnostic utilities.

POST

When the PC is started, the initial "Vectra" screen, as shown below, is

displayed. Under normal circumstances, the power-on self-test (POST, also

referred to as the HP System Hardware Test) does not show its results on

the screen. POST will even run successfully in the absence of a keyboard, and

test the rest of the system.

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