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HP ZBook 15 G2 Technical White Paper

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HP ZBook 15 G2
Mobile Workstation
Perform on the go
Be productive in the office or in the field. Take advantage of the HP ZBook 15
G2's powerful processing and graphics, simple scalability, and blazing-fast
connectivity to perform and collaborate at the speed of creativity.

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OS/PXE Boot ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Power supply ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Display options ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Multiple display support ................................................................................................................................................... 11
SATA to PCIe Technology transition for SSDs ................................................................................................................... 14

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Mobile Workstation Perform on the go Be productive in the office or in the field. Take advantage of the HP ZBook 15 G2’s powerful processing and graphics, simple scalability, and blazing-fast connectivity to perform and collaborate at the speed of creativity.

  • Page 2: Os/Pxe Boot

    Technical white paper | HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation OS/PXE Boot HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation users may encounter difficulties loading a Windows 7 image onto a system that is pre-loaded with Windows 8. This problem stems from a system conflict in the preboot execution environment (PXE, often pronounced ‘pixie’): Windows 7 does not support Secure Boot, a...
  • Page 3 However, if trying to load a Windows 7 based image on a Windows 8 pre-installed system, there will be issues. In the field, customers are finding that when they tried to image the HP ZBook 15 G2 system as they have in the past via PXE boot, the imaging process caused the system to fail and give three long beeps.
  • Page 4 Technical white paper | HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation Use the up and down arrow keys to select Secure Boot, then use the left and right arrow keys to change the setting to Disable. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Legacy Support, then use the left and right arrow keys to change the setting to Enable.

  • Page 5: Power Supply

    Such a capable system paired with a power supply to provide all of the support it needs often makes the system a hefty load to carry, but the flexibility in configuring an HP Mobile Workstation allows the user to select a smaller, lighter power brick.

  • Page 6: Display Options

    After we give you an overview on the technical bits, we will tell you how to choose the best display for your HP ZBook 15 G2. And, since we know many of you will also dock your HP ZBook and utilize HP ZDisplays we will go over choosing those as well.
  • Page 7 The next step up, wide viewing angle (WVA), measures in at 60/60/50/50. The ultra-wide viewing angle (UWVA) which is also available on our HP ZBook displays measures at 85/85/85/85. Below is a good figure to visually explain the difference and effect that viewing angle has on a display. Viewing angle is important if you have multiple people looking at one display since they need to see the screen clearly at different angles.
  • Page 8 Technical white paper | HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation Refresh rates The refresh rate of a display measures the amount of times the display is updated every second. A higher refresh rate means decreased blurring and ghosting effects when using the display. Ghosting is the effect when an image or video moves on your display and leaves a faint trail.
  • Page 9 Technical white paper | HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation Resolution types Many different resolution displays exist and they all have different titles. The difference in all these displays and names is simply the amount of pixels that the screen can display. Table 1, shown below, outlines the differences in the names and resolutions of displays offered in the market.
  • Page 10 HP ZDisplays While our HP ZBook displays offer so much, we know that you aren’t always going to be using them. Many of you will be using a docking station to connect to our HP ZDisplays at your desk or office. HP ZDisplays offer great expandability to the HP ZBook.

  • Page 11: Multiple Display Support

    HP ZBooks without Docking Station HP ZBook 15 G2, without the use of a Docking Station, supports up to a maximum of four independent displays on SKU with NVIDIA® graphics and five on SKUs with AMD graphics. These four displays are the internal panel plus three external displays connected to the VGA, the DisplayPort (DP), and the Thunderbolt™...
  • Page 12 (two DVI, two DP or one DP and one DVI). When used together with the HP ZBook 15 G2, a maximum of five independent displays are supported. These five displays are the internal panel plus four external displays connected to three display output connectors from the standard or Advanced Docking Station, and the Thunderbolt™...
  • Page 13 Hybrid Graphics By leveraging display outputs from both the integrated Intel® GPU and the discrete GPU, HP ZBook 15 G2 is able to support a large number of independent displays. The usage of both integrated Intel GPU and the discrete GPU is available when Hybrid Graphics is enabled.

  • Page 14: Sata To Pcie Technology Transition For Ssds

    SSDs on the HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation. The HP Z Turbo Drive which is built on the industry standard M.2 form factor is a PCIe based SSD storage device that takes advantage of this opportunity.
  • Page 15 Technical white paper | HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation Introduction to M.2 interface and form factor M.2 is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors. Through different keying the M.2 specification supports multiple functions for add-in cards including such devices as WLAN (Wi-Fi), 3G/ LTE (WWAN), and solid-state drives (SSDs).
  • Page 16 PCIe SSD storage device built on the industry standard M.2 form factor connected to the PCIe bus via the M.2 interface. In an HP ZBook 15 G2 the HP Z Turbo Drive connects to two lanes of PCIe G2 while four lanes of PCIe are utilized in HP Z Desktop Workstations.
  • Page 17 With AMD Graphics, up to any 5 combination of these displays may be active when at least two external DisplayPort displays are used. Multiple displays may be connected to DP 1.2 Hub. DP 1.2 Hub is connected to a DisplayPort connector on the HP ZBook or Docking Station.