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HP Vectra VEi7 Technical Reference Manual

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Technical Reference Manual
Vectra Technology
This manual is a technical reference document for engineers and
technicians providing system level support. It is assumed that the reader
possesses a detailed understanding of AT-compatible microprocessor
functions and digital addressing techniques.
Technical information that is readily available from other sources, such as
manufacturer's proprietary publications, has not been reproduced.
This manual contains summary information only. For additional reference
material, refer to the bibliography inside this document.
HP Vectra VEi 7, VEi 8, VLi 8 and
VLi 8 SF PCs

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  • Page 1 Technical Reference Manual Vectra Technology This manual is a technical reference document for engineers and technicians providing system level support. It is assumed that the reader possesses a detailed understanding of AT-compatible microprocessor functions and digital addressing techniques. Technical information that is readily available from other sources, such as manufacturer’s proprietary publications, has not been reproduced.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Core Components and Technologies Processors ..........8 Intel Celeron (Socket 370) .
  • Page 4 HP 10/100 Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter (D7506A and D7507A) . . LAN Card Ready Program........Input Devices .
  • Page 5 Celeron, Pentium II & Pentium III Processors www.intel.com/design/celeron/datashts www.intel.com/design/pentiumII/datashts www.intel.com/design/pentiumIII/datashts PC Data Sheets www.hp.com/vectra Crystal Audio www.cirrus.com/products/overviews/cs4280.html www.cirrus.com/products/overviews/cs4297.html Intel LAN card www.intel.com/network/products/pro100mgmt.htm Hewlett-Packard white papers are available on a variety of subjects including AGP graphics, SDRAM memory and the Ultra ATA/33 protocol at: www.hp.com/desktop/library/wp.html...

  • Page 7: Core Components And Technologies

    Core Components and Technologies This chapter describes core components of the PCs such as processors, chip sets, mass storage devices, graphics controllers, audio controllers, network features and input devices.

  • Page 8: Processors

    Core Components and Technologies Processors Processors Intel Celeron (Socket 370) ® ™ The Socket 370 Intel Celeron processor has the following features: 128K on-die L2 cache • ™ Intel MMX technology, which gives higher performance for media, • communications and 3D applications. ®...

  • Page 9: Intel Pentium Iii

    Core Components and Technologies Processors Intel Pentium III The Pentium III processor uses the same basic core and L2 cache as the Pentium II. In addition to this, however, it uses 70 new multimedia- oriented instructions known as SSE (streaming SIMD extensions). These SIMD (single instruction multiple data) instructions enable the CPU to perform simultaneous floating point calculations on multiple data.
  • Page 10 Core Components and Technologies Processors The heat sink is supplied with the processor, and is bolted to it by the manufacturer. The processor is held in place by a retention mechanism. Pentium II processors use either a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC) or a Single Edge Contact Cartridge 2 (SECC 2) packaging technology.

  • Page 11: Chip Sets

    Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Chip Sets The Intel 440ZX AGPset (VEi 8, VLi 8 and VLi 8SF PCs) The Intel 440ZX AGPset is used in conjunction with either a Socket 370 Celeron, a Pentium II or a Pentium III processor depending on the model of PC.
  • Page 12 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Features of the Intel 440ZX Chip Processor Local Bus The 440ZX chip monitors each cycle that is initiated by the processor, Interface and forwards those to the PCI bus that are not targeted at the local memory.

  • Page 13: The Piix4E Pci/Isa Bridge Chip (82371Eb)

    Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Read/Write Buffers The 440ZX chip defines a data buffering scheme to support the required level of concurrent operations and provide adequate sustained bandwidth between the DRAM subsystem and all other system interfaces (Host, AGP and PCI). System Clocking The 440ZX chip operates the host interface at 100MHz, the SDRAM/core at 100MHz, PCI at 33 MHz and AGP at 66 MHz.
  • Page 14 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Intel PIIX4E PCI-ISA Bridge Chip Block Diagram Second Level Processor Cache Host Bus Main Memory Host-to-PCI AGP Bus Memory Bus Matrox G200 SDRAM Bridge (440ZX) PCI Bus (3.3V or 5V, 33 MHz) Audio Hard Disk USB 1 PCI Slots USB2...
  • Page 15 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Features of the Intel PXII4E PCI-ISA Bridge Chip PCI Bus Interface This part of the chip is responsible for transferring data between the PCI bus and the ISA expansion bus. It performs PCI-to-ISA, and ISA-to- PCI bus cycle translation.
  • Page 16 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Interrupt Controller The interrupt controller incorporates the functionality of two 82C59 interrupt controllers. The two controllers are cascaded, supporting 15 interrupts (edge/level triggered). Counter / Timer The chip contains a three-channel 82C54 counter/timer. The counters use a division of the 14.318 MHz OSC input as the clock source.

  • Page 17: The Sis 620/5595 Chip Set (Vei 7 Pcs)

    Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets The SiS 620/5595 Chip Set (VEi 7 PCs) The SiS 620/5595 chip set is used in conjunction with a Socket 370 Celeron processor. The SiS 620/5595 chip set is comprised of two chips: the SiS 620 host chip and the SiS 5595 PCI/ISA bridge chip. The SiS 620 is the bridge between three buses: the Processor Local •...

  • Page 18: The Sis 5595 Pci/Isa Bridge Chip

    Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets DRAM (Main Memory) The DRAM controller supports two DIMM slots. The maximum system memory size supported is 512MB. The memory clock frequency can be Controller operated at up to 100MHz and can be in synchronous or asynchronous modes with respect to host bus frequency.
  • Page 19 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets SiS 5595 PCI-ISA Bridge Chip Block Diagram Second Level Processor Cache Host Bus Hard Disk Hard Disk Main Memory Host Bridge Memory Bus BMI IDE Ultra SDRAM & super AGP DMA/33 (SiS620) DVD/Zip CD-ROM PCI Bus (3.3V or 5V, 33 MHz) USB 1 PCI Slots...
  • Page 20 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Features of the SiS 5595 Chip PCI Bus Interface This part of the chip is responsible for transferring data between the PCI bus and the ISA expansion bus. It performs PCI-to-ISA, and ISA-to- PCI bus cycle translation. It supports the Plug-and-Play mechanism. Data buffers are provided to isolate the PCI and ISA buses.
  • Page 21 Core Components and Technologies Chip Sets Counter / Timer The chip contains a three-channel 82C54 counter/timer. The counters use a division of the 14.318 MHz OSC input as the clock source. For tips on where to find more information on the SiS 620/5595 chip set, refer to the bibliography at the beginning of this document.

  • Page 22: Mass-Storage Devices

    Core Components and Technologies Mass-Storage Devices Mass-Storage Devices Ultra-ATA Hard Disk Drives ATA (AT Attachment) is a disk drive implementation designed to integrate the controller into the drive itself, thereby reducing interface costs. Ultra-ATA bridges the gap between the current standard (ATA-3) and the upcoming standard ATA-4.
  • Page 23 Core Components and Technologies Mass-Storage Devices On top of improved timing margins, the protocol of Ultra-ATA also implements a significant feature new to ATA called Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) to provide data protection verification. CRC is calculated on a per-burst basis by both the host and the drive, and is stored in their respective CRC registers.

  • Page 24: Dvd Drives

    Core Components and Technologies Mass-Storage Devices DVD Drives Digital Versatile Disk Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is a medium for the distribution of from 4.7 (DVD) Technology to 17 GB of digital data on a 120-mm (4.75 inch) disc. This huge volume of data (CD-ROMs can store 680 MB) can be used to store up to nine hours of studio quality video and multi-channel surround-sound audio, highly interactive multimedia computer programs, 30 hours of CD-...
  • Page 25 Core Components and Technologies Mass-Storage Devices Audio features of DVD- A DVD-Video disc can have up to 8 audio tracks (streams). Each track can be in one of three formats: Video Dolby Digital (Dolby AC-3): 1 to 5.1 channels • MPEG-2 audio: 1 to 5.1 or 7.1 channels •...

  • Page 26: Agp Graphics Controllers

    Core Components and Technologies AGP Graphics Controllers AGP Graphics Controllers AGP technology was developed as a means of accessing system memory as a viable alternative to augmenting the memory of the graphics subsystem needed for high quality 3D graphics applications. All the PCs covered in this manual support an AGP device (Matrox MGA-G200, 8MB, not upgradeable, or SiS super AGP, 4MB upgradeable to 8MB).
  • Page 27 Core Components and Technologies AGP Graphics Controllers Vibrant Color Quality Vibrant Color Quality Rendering (VCQ) uses 32-bpp color accuracy throughout the rendering pipeline. VCQ is capable of rendering (VCQ) Rendering displayed images in 32-bpp color from source texture maps of up to 32- bpp color.
  • Page 28 Core Components and Technologies AGP Graphics Controllers Full Scene Anti-aliasing Full scene anti-aliasing is a technique where all low resolution aliasing artifacts are removed from the image. This is done in an independent manner, meaning that it is application independent. Full scene anti- aliasing removes "jaggies"...

  • Page 29: Sis Super Agp Graphics (Vei 7 Pcs)

    Core Components and Technologies AGP Graphics Controllers SiS Super AGP Graphics (VEi 7 PCs) SiS super AGP graphics is an integrated 3D graphics system built in to the SiS 620 chip. Super AGP has the following features: Integrated 2D The integrated 2D accelerator is a 64-bit BITBLT graphics engine. It Accelerator supports all 256 raster operations and DirectDraw.

  • Page 30: Crystal Integrated Pci Audio

    Core Components and Technologies Crystal Integrated PCI Audio Crystal Integrated PCI Audio ® The Crystal integrated PCI audio solution in the PC is a two-chip ™ solution made up of the CrystalClear CS4280 PCI audio controller and the CrystalClear CS4297 Audio Codec ‘97. The audio controller interfaces with the PCI bus and performs all digital operations such as sample rate conversions and synthesis.
  • Page 31 Core Components and Technologies Crystal Integrated PCI Audio File Formats File Extension Windows audio files .wav .asx .asf RealAudio and RealVideo streams .ram .rmm AVI (Audio Visual Interleave) video files .avi MPEG video files .mpg .mpeg .m1v .mp2 .mpa .mpe ®...
  • Page 32 Core Components and Technologies Crystal Integrated PCI Audio CS4280 PCI Audio PCI Version 2.1 Bus Master • ® Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 5.0 Interface Features • (WDM) Drivers PC’97 and PC’98 Compliance • MPU-401 interface, FM synthesizer, and Game Port •...

  • Page 33: Network Features

    Core Components and Technologies Network Features Network Features The LAN cards described in this section are qualified for use with your PC. To order one of these products, refer to HP’s Web site at: www.hp.com/go/vectraaccessories HP 10/100 3Com 3C905B-TX Network Interface Card (D7504A and D7505A) This network interface device is integrated on the riser card on some models.

  • Page 34: Lan Card Ready Program

    Core Components and Technologies Network Features HP 10/100 Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter (D7506A and D7507A) Card Features LAN Interface • 32 bits PCI 10/100 BT • RJ 45 LAN port Power Management • RPO (Remote Power-On) and RWU (Remote Wake-Up) for APM Windows 95 and Windows 98 (SR #1 only) •...

  • Page 35: Input Devices

    Core Components and Technologies Input Devices Follow the link from HP’s Support Web site at: LAN Card Ready to access LAN information and www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport drivers tested on your PC. Input Devices Standard HP Keyboard The standard HP keyboard has the following features: Euro symbol available on selected localizations if supported by the •...

  • Page 36: Scrolling Mouse

    Core Components and Technologies Input Devices Scrolling Mouse The HP Scrolling Mouse provides the following benefits: Quicker and smoother scrolling through screens of information • Immediate zooming on data without having to action scrollbars, • menus or buttons Full functionality on supporting applications, including Microsoft •...

  • Page 37: Connectors And Sockets

    Core Components and Technologies Connectors and Sockets Connectors and Sockets IDE and Floppy Disk Drive Connectors IDE Connector Floppy Disk Drive Data Connector Signal Signal Signal Signal Reset# Ground Ground LDENSEL# Ground Microfloppy Ground EDENSEL HD10 Ground INDX# HD11 Ground MTEN1# HD12 Ground...
  • Page 38 Core Components and Technologies Connectors and Sockets Status Panel Connector (where available) and USB Stacked Connector Status Panel Connector USB Stacked Connector Signal Signal Signal Signal Red Led Green Led USB0 Power USB0 Neg. Reset Lock USB0 Pos. Chassis Ground Ground Power Leds USB1 Power...
  • Page 39 Core Components and Technologies Connectors and Sockets Power Supply 3V3 for System and PCI Wakeup Connector Power Supply 3V3 for System PCI Wakeup (J25) Signal Signal Signal Ground Ground Ground Ground + 3V3 Volt supply PCI Wakeup + 3V3 Volt supply + 3V3 Volt supply Ground Power Supply 3V3 and...
  • Page 40 Core Components and Technologies Connectors and Sockets External Audio A Line In jack, Line Out jack and Mic In jack connector are located on the PCs’ rear panel. These external jacks are standard connectors. Connectors Internal Speaker Connector and Package Intrusion Connector (where available) Internal Speaker (J18)
  • Page 41 Core Components and Technologies Connectors and Sockets Socket Pin Layouts Ethernet UTP Connector VGA Connector Keyboard and Mouse Connector Parallel Port Connector Serial Port Connector...
  • Page 42 The Technical Reference Manual contains the following documents downloadable from the Web in PDF format: Introduction & Vectra Product Line Overview • Describes how to use the Technical Reference Manual and provides a brief overview of VEi and VLi PCs. Product Description •...

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