HP dx2100 - Microtower PC Service & Reference Manual

Service Reference Card
HP Compaq dx2100 MT Series
Business PC
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2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The informa-
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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
• SKU number
• Processor Type
• Processor Speed
• CPU ID
• Cache Size
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.
• Memory Size
• System ROM
• Integrated MAC Address
• UUID
• System serial number
• Asset tag number
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.
out Saving