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HP Vectra VL6 6 Supplementary Manual

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Familiarization Guide
HP Vectra VL PC
HP Vectra VL
6/xxx Series 6 PC
HP Vectra VL MT PC
This guide is for experienced technicians who have
already completed the HP Vectra PC family training
course. It is a self-paced training guide designed to train
you to repair the PC. It contains information specific only
to the repair of these PCs. For information on the
installation of accessories, see the User's Guide and the
Online documents that are supplied with the PC.

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  • Page 1 HP Vectra VL MT PC This guide is for experienced technicians who have already completed the HP Vectra PC family training course. It is a self-paced training guide designed to train you to repair the PC. It contains information specific only to the repair of these PCs.
  • Page 2 Microsoft®, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a trademark of the Intel Corporation. SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Technology Limited. Hewlett-Packard France Performance Desktop Computing Division 38053 Grenoble Cedex 9 France 1997 Hewlett-Packard Company...

  • Page 3: Vectra Products Comparison

    230 V, 50 Hz: 25 W in suspend mode, 30 W in standby mode HP Vectra VL 6/xxx PC Vectra Products Comparison HP Vectra VL 6/xxx MT PC 4.0 GB IDE or 2.5 GB IDE 6 shelves (4 front access, 2 internal)
  • Page 4 New Package for the Desktop Models New Package for the Desktop Models Front view Front view with cover removed System board switches Video memory Processor Main memory Rear view Security lock hole Retaining brackets Display Keyboard Mouse Parallel activity light...

  • Page 5: Minitower Package

    Minitower Package Front view with cover System board switches removed Processor Video memory Main memory Rear view Voltage selection switch Minitower Package Serial B Serial A Parallel Mouse Keyboard Display...

  • Page 6: System Board And Backplanes

    System Board and Backplanes System Board and Backplanes Most desktop and minitower models are supplied with a Matrox graphics controller on a PCI board, and do not have the integrated graphics controller loaded on the system board. Memory Slots (Items shown in grey are...
  • Page 7 Desktop (front view) PCI slot (shown in white) ISA/PCI combination slot system board slot (shown Desktop (rear view) Minitower (top view) PCI slot (shown in white) ISA/PCI combination slot system board slot (shown (shown in light grey) in dark grey)
  • Page 8 Installing Accessories in the New Desktop Package Installing Accessories in the New Desktop Package The new package for the desktop models involves a number of new procedures. Removing the Cover 2. Press the two tabs down, pivot 1. Press the...
  • Page 9 Installing an ISA board on the rear of the backplane 1. Unscrew the retain- ing bracket at the rear of the computer Installing Accessories in the New Desktop Package 1. Unscrew the retaining bracket 2. Remove the slot cover 5. Replace the retaining bracket.
  • Page 10 Installing Accessories in the New Desktop Package Installing a Hard Disk Drive in the Top Rear Shelf 1. Unscrew the retain- 2. Remove the rear tray by sliding it ing bracket at the rear forward about 1.5 cm (1/2 inch),...
  • Page 11 4. If the drive has a tray, attach the drive on to the tray. (CD-ROM drives do not need a tray. Many zip drives require an HP-supplied tray) 7. Draw the computer’s cables through the front drive bay area and connect the data cable to the rear of each drive 10.
  • Page 12 Installing Accessories in the New Desktop Package Replacing the Pentium II The Pentium II processor is contained on a module which is installed in a socket on the system board. It is held in place by a bracket. There are two...
  • Page 13 Insert the back end of the left-hand bottom panel into its slots in the back panel of the computer, and then push the front end until it clips into place. Installing Accessories in the New Desktop Package Plastic clips...
  • Page 14 Accessories that are Supplied with the PC Accessories that are Supplied with the PC Matrox Millennium II This PCI board is Plug-and-Play. It is supplied with the correct drivers, and Graphics Controller does not require specific configuration when installed in this PC. Board Audio Controller Board This new Plug-and-Play ISA board is supplied with the correct drivers, and...

  • Page 15: Flashing The Latest Version Of The System Bios

    Flashing the Latest Version of the System BIOS BIOS upgrades can be downloaded, on to flexible diskette, from the HP World Wide Web site. Following the instructions which you are given, you will obtain the flash utility programs, PHLASH.EXE pfmhd106.bin Insert the flexible diskette into drive A.

  • Page 16: Complete The Questionnaire To Check Your Understanding

    An 1 GB IDE hard disk drive has been fitted in the second internal shelf, and has been connected to the spare grey IDE connector. b A non-HP tape drive has been fitted in the lower front access shelf, and has been connected to the spare FDD connector.
  • Page 17 4 The client is unable to obtain the performance that is expected from a hard disk drive. What would you suggest might be the problem? a The drive has been installed in the slave position of the primary IDE cable. b The drive has been installed on the secondary IDE cable.

  • Page 18: Answers And Explanations

    Which of the following could be the source of its failure to operate properly? c There is an HP 32 MB memory module in memory socket C1, but socket C2 is empty. d Memory sockets B1 and B2 are empty.
  • Page 19 4 The client is unable to obtain the performance that is expected from a hard disk drive. What would you suggest might be the problem? a The drive has been installed in the slave position of the primary IDE cable. b The drive has been installed on the secondary IDE cable.
  • Page 20 Paper not bleached with chlorine. Manual Part Number D5040-90901 Printed in France - 05/97...

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