HP (Hewlett-Packard) XA manuale d’uso

T echnical Reference Manual Hardware and BIOS HP KAYAK XA PC WORKST ATION[...]

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3 Prefa ce This manual is a techni cal reference and BIOS document for eng ineers and technicians provi ding sy stem level support. It i s assumed that the reader possesses a detailed understanding of A T -compati ble microprocesso r functions and digital addressing techniques. T echnical information that is readily available from other sources, su[...]

4 Bibl iogr aphy ❒ HP Kayak XA PC Workstation DT User’s Guide m anual (D4790-900 01). ❒ HP Kayak XA PC Workstation MT User’s Guide manual (D4800-90001). ❒ HP Kayak XA PC Workstation (Desktop and Minitower) Fam iliarization Guide (online - D4790- 90901). ❒ HP Network Adm inistrator’s Gu ide (online). ❒ HP Kayak XA PC Workstation Serv[...]

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Contents 7 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to use [...]

Contents 8 Cache Memor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Devices on the Processor-Local Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Intel Pentium II Mi croproces sor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Main Memory Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Contents 9 PCI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 SCSI In terface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 SCSI / PCI LAN Combo Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 10BT/100TX LAN Controller .[...]

Contents 10 HP I/O Port Map (I/O Address es Used by the Sy stem ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 DMA Channel Control lers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 Inter rupt Contr ol lers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 PCI Interr upt Request Lines . . . . . . . [...]

11 1 System Overview This manual describes the HP Kayak XA PC W orksta tion , and provides detailed sy stem specifications. This chapter introduces the external features, and lists th e specifications and characteristic data of the s y stem. It also summarizes the docum entation which is avai lable.[...]

12 1 System O vervie w Package for the Des ktop Mo dels Packa ge for the Deskto p Mod els Front view (Multi media m odels only) Front vi ew with cover removed F our accessory board slots V ideo memory Main memory modules Har d disk driv e (belo w pow er supply unit) 24X CD-ROM driv e Fle xible disk driv e Rear vie w USB Serial A Pa r a l l e l (All[...]

13 1 System Over view Package fo r the Minit ower Mod els Packa ge for the Min itower Mo dels Front view wit h cover remo ved Hard di sk driv e Main memory M o dules V ideo Memory Upgrade Six access ory boar d slots 24X CD-ROM driv e Serial Pa r a l l e l Mou se K eyboar d Displa y Rear vie w USB (All icons sh o wn here ar e for inf ormation, an d [...]

14 1 System O vervie w HP Kayak XA PC Workstation Overview HP Kay ak XA PC W orkstati on Over view 1. Models with a LAN or LAN/S CSI board only have one int ernal mass sto rage sh elf. 2. Models with a LAN or LAN/SCS I board only have one PC I slot. Componen t Desktop Minit ower Microprocessor 233, 266 o r 300 MHz Pentium II MMX processor with 512 [...]

15 1 System Over view Hardwar e Control P anel Hardw are C ontrol P anel Desktop Ha rdware Contro l Panel P o wer On Status Light Ha rd Disk A cti vity Light V olum e Control Speake r Out for Headset Microphone connector P ow er On/Off Button Netw ork A ctivi ty Light PC L ock A ctivi ty Lig ht Reset Button PC L ock Butto n Minito wer Hardware Cont[...]

16 1 System O vervie w Specifications and Charact eristic Data Specifi cations an d Chara cteristic D ata Physical Characteristics Electrical Specificatio ns Desktop Characteristic Description Weight (excluding display and keyboard) 9 kg (20 pound s) Dimensions Width: 43.5 cm (17.1 inches) Height: 13.2 cm (5.2 inches) Depth: 44.6 cm (17.5 inches) F[...]

17 1 System Over view Specifications an d Char acteristic Dat a Efficiency 70% at maximum power output Output Voltage Regulat ion Min Nom Max 11.0 12.0 13.0 4.8 5.0 5. 25 3.15 3.3 3.6 -4.5 -5.0 -5.5 -10.8 -12.0 -13.2 4.7 5.0 5.3 (5 VStd By) Overvolt age Protect ion Not more than 6.5V for 5V output Not more th an 16V for 12V outpu t Isolation Volt a[...]

18 1 System O vervie w Specifications and Charact eristic Data Power 160 W (200 W peak) Voltage r ange 90-140 Vac 180-264 Vac Frequency range 45 Hz to 66 Hz Maximum input current 5 A Input Surge Cur rent Prot ection Maximum of 90A Safety Groun d Leakage Current > 3.5mA Efficiency 75% at maximum power output Output Voltage Regulat ion Min Nom Max[...]

19 1 System Over view Specifications an d Char acteristic Dat a An attempt to draw too muc h current (such as a short circuit across edge- connector pins, or an accessory board that is not suitable for these PC W orkstations), will cause the overload protection in the power supply to be triggered, and the PC W orkstation could fail to boot. Both po[...]

20 1 System O vervie w Specifications and Charact eristic Data Environmental S pecifications (Desktop and Minitower ) Operating temperature and humidi ty ranges may vary depend ing up on the mass storage devices installed. High humidity le vels can cause improper operation of disk drives. L ow humidity levels can aggravate static e lectricity probl[...]

21 1 System Over view Document ation Docu mentati on The table b elow summariz es the availability of documentation t hat is appropriate to the HP Kayak XA PC W orksta tion s. Only selected publications are available on paper . Most are available as viewable fi les (which can also be printed) from the HP divisi on support servers, and on the HP Sup[...]

22 1 System O vervie w Documentat ion Where to Find the In formation The following table summarizes the availability of information w ithin the HP Kayak XA P C W or kstation documentat ion set. User Guide User Online Familiarization Guide Service Handbook Technical Refe rence Manual Introducing th e computer Product features Key features Key featur[...]

23 1 System Over view Document ation 1. For the a ddr ess, r efer to “Access HP World Wide Web” on page 21 . System board Jumpers, swit ches and connecto rs Jumpers, switches and c on nec tors How to repl ac e Jump ers, switches and connect ors Jumpers, switches and c on nec tors Chip-set details BIOS Basic details Upgrading Technical details M[...]

24 1 System O vervie w Documentat ion[...]

25 2 System Board This chapter describes the components of the sy stem board, taking in turn the components of the Processo r - Local Bus, the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, the Sy stem Management (SM) bus and the I ndustry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus and the AGP Accel erated Graphics Port Cont ro ller .[...]

26 2 System Board System Boar d and Backplane Boards System Boa rd an d Backpla ne Boards Both desktop and minitower models have an AGP graph ics controller built into the sy stem boar d. 1 . Also inclu des: SCSI Led and external SCSI cable detection. 1[...]

27 2 System Board System Boar d and Backplane Boards Desktop Backplane PCI Mapping Table Device # AD [x x] P CI Dev ice Slot # 0 11 440LX P AC 4 15 PIIX4 12 23 J12 3 61 7 J 62 10 21 J10 1 7 18 J7 Rear o f Backplane Boa rd 11 22 (n ot u sed ) Desktop Backpl ane (front vi ew) Slot 1(the top slot). Can be used for a 32-bit PCI board). Slot 2 . Can be [...]

28 2 System Board System Boar d and Backplane Boards Minitower Backplane PCI Mapping Table Device # AD [x x] P CI Dev ice Slot # 0 11 440LX P AC 4 15 PIIX4 12 23 J12 4 61 7 J 63 10 21 J10 2 71 8 J 71 11 22 (n ot u sed ) Minitower Backplane (top view ) Slo ts 5 and 6. These sl ots can be used for ful l-le ngth 16-bit IS A boards . Slot 4. These sl o[...]

29 2 System Board Architectural View Arch itectu ral Vie w Intel P entium II Pr ocessor 440 LX P A C 82443 LX Cirr us A GP CL5465 Main Memory 3 DIMMS (Serial Pr esence Detect) Pr ocessor-L ocal (G TL) Bus (6 4 bit, 66 MHz) PCI/ IS A Bridge (PIIX4 ) 8237 1AB PCI Bu s (32 bit, 33 MHz ) IS A Bus (16 b it, 8.2 5MHz) AD-18 16 Au d i o Interru pt Contr o[...]

30 2 System Board Chip -S et Chi p -S et The Intel AGPset is com prised of two chips. The 440LX P AC chip and the PIIX4chip . • The PAC chip (440LX) is the bridge between four buses: the PL (GTL) bus, the main memory bus, the PCI b us and the AGP (graphic) bus. • The PIIX4 chi p is the b ridge be tween three buses: the PCI bus, the SM bus and t[...]

31 2 System Board Chip- Set AGP Bus Interfa ce A controller for the AG P (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot is integrated in the 440LX P AC chip. The P AC chip supports only a synchronous AGP interface, coupling to the host bus frequency . The AGP charact eristics are described in detai l in “Accelerated Graphi cs Port (AGP) Control ler” on page [...]

32 2 System Board Chip -S et The PIIX4, PCI/ISA Br idge Chip (82371AB) The universal host controller interface (UHCI) chip, known as PIIX4, is encapsulated in a Ball Grid Array (B GA) package. The PIIX4 chip is a mu lti-fun ction PCI device imp lementing a PCI-to-ISA bridge function, a PCI IDE function, a Universal Bus host/hub function, and an Enh[...]

33 2 System Board Chip- Set PCI Bus Interfac e This part of the chip is responsible for transferring data betwee n the PCI bus and the ISA expan sion 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 isol ate the PCI and ISA buses. Refer to page 3 9 for a descri[...]

34 2 System Board Chip -S et and slave controllers are connected. Counter / Timer The chip contains a three-channel 82C54 counter/tim er . The counters use a division of the 14.318 MHz OSC input as the clock source. Serial EE P ROM This is the non-volatile memory which holds the values f or the Setup program (they are no longer sto red in the CMOS [...]

35 2 System Board Devices on t he Processor- Local Bus Device s on th e P rocessor- Loc al Bu s The Processor- Local (PL) bus of the Pentium II processors, also refe rred to as their FSB (Front Side Bus), is im plemented in the GTL+ technology . This technology features open-drain signal drivers that are pulled-up to 1.5 V through 56 ohm resistors [...]

36 2 System Board Devices on the Processor-Local Bus The heat-sink is supplie d with the processor , and is bolted to it by the manufacturer . The mo dule i s held in p lace by a bracket. There are two plastic clip s, one on the top of each pill ar of the bracket, to hold the processor mo dule in place. T o remove the old processor mod ule: 1 Press[...]

37 2 System Board Devices on t he Processor- Local Bus Bus F requ encies Ther e is a 1 4.318 MHz cry stal oscillator on the sy stem board. This frequency is multiplie d to 66 MHz by a phase l ocked loop. This is further scaled by an internal clock multiplier within the pr ocessor . For example, the Pentium II 300 MHz processor multiplies the 66 MHz[...]

38 2 System Board Main Memory Bus Main Memory Bus The memory bus is 72-bits wide, comprised of 64 bits of data and 8 bits of ECC. It is connected to the Main Memory and to the P AC (440LX) chip. There are three 168-pin DIMM slo ts on the sy stem board fo r installing main memory; slots A, B and C. All HP Kayak XA PC W orkstation models are supplied[...]

39 2 System Board Devices on the PCI Bus Device s on th e P CI Bus The distribution of the in terrupt lines is de scribed mo re fully on page 83 . Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) The IDE controller is imple mented as part of the PIIX4 chip (the PCI/ISA bridge). It is driven f rom the PCI bus, and has PCI-Master capabili ty . It supports En hance[...]

40 2 System Board Devices on the PC I Bus It is possible to mix a fast and a slow devi c e, such as a hard disk drive and a a CD-ROM, on the same channel without affectin g the perfo rmance of the fast device. The BIOS determines automatically , the fastest configuration that each device supports. However , in general, the IDE cable is recommended [...]

41 2 System Board Accelerated Gr aphics Port (AGP) Controller Accel erated Graphics Po rt (A GP) Contro ller The AGP technology was developed as a means t o access sy stem memory as a viable alternative to augmenting the memory of the graphics subsy stem needed for high quality 3D grap hics applications. All models of HP Kaya k XA PC W orksta tions[...]

42 2 System Board Accelerated Graphi cs Port (AGP) Contr oller AGP PCI Bus Implement ation In the bel ow diagram, the AGP Bus is viewed as a PCI bus wi t h extra data lines. P entium II P ro cessor 440 LX - De vice 0 Host t o PCI B ridge PCI Bu s # 0 A GP De vice LX-De vice 1 AG P Po r t V irtual PC I-PC I B ridge PCI/IS A Bridge ( PIIX4) PCI B us [...]

43 2 System Board Devi ces on the SM Bus Device s on th e S M Bu s The Sy stem Management (SM) bus is used to monitor several of the hardware functions ( such as voltage levels, temperature, fan speed, DIMM presence and type ) of the sy stem board . It is controlled by the SM bus controller located in the PIIX4 chip . Serial EEPROM This is the non-[...]

44 2 System Board Devices on the SM Bus LM75 Chi p The LM7 5 chip is a temperature sensor and alarm located on the sy stem board. It is used to measure the temperature in one area of the PC W orkstation, and to send an alarm to the processor in case of overheating. This chip incl udes a securi ty mechanism which prevents the sy stem fan from being [...]

45 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus Device s on th e IS A Bu s The Su per I/O Control ler (NS 82317) The Ultra I/O chip (N S 82317) pr ovides the co ntrol fo r two FDD devices, one serial port and one bidirectional multi-mode parallel port. Serial / para llel communi cation s ports The 9-pin serial port (whose pin layo uts are depicted on page[...]

46 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus Audi o Contro ller The HP Kayak XA PC W orksta tion has an audio chip (AD1816) integrated on the sy stem board. This singl e chip is a Plug and Play multimedia audio subsy stem for co ncurrently processing mu ltiple digital streams of 16-bit stereo audio. Host Inte rface The AD1816 audio chip contains all ne[...]

47 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus The headphones jack and the stereo-out (audio) jack can be used interchange ably . The W indows 95 and Wind ows NT operating sy st ems each have integrated drivers ( Dir ections I II ). Flash EEPROM The PC W orkstation uses 256 KB of Flash EEPROM imp lemented using one 8-bit ROM chip. Flash EEPROM is ROM in [...]

48 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus System Board S witches The first two of the sy stem boar d switches se t the frequency of the Processor- Local bus, and the next thr ee the ratio of processor-frequency to Processor- Local-bus-fr equency , as summarized on page 37 . The next five swi tches set the configuration for the PC W orkstation, as su[...]

49 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus The following diagrams show the position of the sy stem board switches on the desktop and m initower models. BIOS Update Crisi s Recovery Procedu re If, for example, during a BIOS update process, the procedure is interrupted by a pow er failure, and the sy stem does not start, then yo u can still r ecover th[...]

50 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus 4 Power on the computer. 5 During the recovery process, short bee ps ar e emitted. The recover process is finished when there is a much longer beep (afte r approximately 1 to 2 minutes). 6 Power off the computer. Press the power ON/OFF butto n (for about 5 seconds), until the ON/OFF light switches off. Set t[...]

51 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus ❒ For the Ultra I/O space: the Serial EEPROM, serial port, parallel p ort and mass storage drives (disable write on Flexible Disk Drive, disable boot on any drive , disable use of any embedded drive) • Advanced Power Managemen t (APM) version 1.2 • Glue logic (such as program mable chip selects) When t[...]

52 2 System Board Devices on the ISA Bus[...]

53 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives This chapter describes the graphics, mass storage and audio devices which are supplied with the computer . It also summarizes the pin connections on the internal and e xternal connectors.[...]

54 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Cirrus 5465 G raphi cs Cont roller Ch ip Cirr us 5465 Graphi cs Co ntrolle r C hip The HP Kayak XA PC W orkstation Desktop and Minitower models are supplied with a Cirr us 54 65 graphics controller chip integrated on the sy stem board (r efer to the architectural view on pag e 29 for its locat ion). Th[...]

55 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives Cirrus 5465 Gr aphi cs Cont roller Ch ip • Green power saving features. • GUI acceleration width (in b its). • Hardware acceleration of graphical use r interface (GU I) operations through a bit-block transfer m echanism. • Hardware cursor . • Integrated programmable, dual-clock synthesizer.[...]

56 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Cirrus 5465 G raphi cs Cont roller Ch ip Connectors The V ideo Electronics Standards Association (VESA) defines a standard video connector , var iously known as the VESA featur e connector , auxiliary connector , or pass- thro ugh c onnector . The graphics co ntroller supports an input/output VESA fea [...]

57 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives Cirrus 5465 Gr aphi cs Cont roller Ch ip Availab le Video Resolu tions The number of colors supported is l im ited by the graphics device and t he video memory . The resolution/color/refresh-rat e combination is limited by a combination of the display driver , the graphics device, and the video memor[...]

58 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives SCSI / LAN Combo Board SCSI / LAN Com bo Boa rd Certain HP Ka yak XA PC W orkstations are supplied wi t h an integ rated SCSI / 10BT/100TX LAN combo board. Because the SCSI / LAN combo board includes two controllers, only one P CI slot is nece ssary for installi ng this board. The PCI and SCSI controll[...]

59 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives SCSI / L AN Co mbo Board 10BT/100TX P CI LAN Connec tor The LAN adapter supports the followi ng two standards: 10 0 VG-AnyLAN, 100 Mbits per second over 4-pair , category-3 , unshielded tw isted pair (UTP), voice grade (VG) cable (IEEE 802.12 standard for Ethernet); 10 BaseT , 10 Mbits per second, IS[...]

60 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives SCSI / LAN Combo Board By default, the internal SCSI bus is configured to run in Ultra-SCSI mod e (providing a maximum band-width of 40 MB/s. The user may configure the SCSI sy stem using t he SCSI Co nfiguration Utility , included in the sy stem BIOS. This utility i s described in mo re detail on p ag[...]

61 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives 10BT/100TX LAN Controller 10 BT/10 0TX LA N Co ntr olle r Certain mod els of the HP Kayak XA P C W orksta tion are supplied onl y with a 10BT/100TX LAN adapter which supports the following stan dards: 100 Mbits per se cond over 2-pair , category-5, unshielded twisted pair (UTP), or shielde d twisted [...]

62 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives 10BT/100TX LAN Controller 10BT/100TX LAN Features Remote Power On Remote Power On (RPO) is available at 10 and 100 Mbits per second. Vstandb y requir ements suppo rting RPO The Vstandby requirements for HP network cards supporting RPO, is: • A power supply able to deliver at least 25 0mA on Vstandby [...]

63 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives 10BT/100TX LAN Controller Installing Two LAN Remote Power On Cards From a pure network standpoint, this is supported and both cards wil l be functional (for example, from the operating sy stem, it will be possible to have two LAN cards up and running at the same time). However , t here are restrictio[...]

64 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Mass-Storage Dr ives Mass-Sto rage Dr ives The IDE controller is described on page 39 . The flexible di sk controller is described on page 45 . Hard Disk Drives A 3.5-inch hard disk dri ve is suppli ed on an i nternal shelf in some models. Flexib le Disk Drives Both desktop and minitower models are sup[...]

65 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives Mass-Storage Driv es CD-ROM Drives Most models have a 24 ✕ Max IDE CD-ROM drive supplied i n a 5.25-inch front-access shelf A T API, supporting A T API commands and with audio playback capability . It can play any standard CD-Audio discs, in addition to CD-ROM discs, conforming to op tical and mech[...]

66 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and S ockets Connect ors a nd S ockets IDE and F lexibl e Disk Drive Co nnectors Statu s Pa nel Co nnector USB Stacked Connecto r IDE C onnector Fle xible Disk Drive Data Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal P in Signal Pin Signal 1 Reset# 2 Ground 1 Gro und 2 LDENSE L# 3 HD7 4 H D8 3 Ground 4 M[...]

67 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and Sockets Power Supp ly Connec tor Battery Pack Co nnector Power Supply 3V3 for System PCI Wakeup Connector Power Supply 3V3 on Back plane Fan Con nector on Back plane ExtSt art Co nnector Power Supply C onnector f or System Board Battery Pack Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal [...]

68 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and S ockets 16-Bit SCSI Con nector 8-Bit SCSI Connect or 16-Bit SCSI Connect or Pin Sign al Pin Signal P in Signal Pin Sign al 1 n ot connected 2 not connected 35 SCD12 36 SCD13 3 n ot connected 4 not connected 37 SCD14 38 SCD15 5 n ot connected 6 not connected 39 SCDP 1 4 0 SCD0 7 n ot co[...]

69 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and Sockets Intern al Audio Connec tors Exter nal Audi o Connec tors On the PC W orkstation there is a Headphone Out jack and Microphone In jack on the Audio Front Panel. A Line In jack, Line Out jack and Mic In jack connector are located on the rear panel. These external jacks are standa[...]

70 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and S ockets VGA DB15 Connector VESA Pass-Thro ugh Connec tor 1. These pins are re served by VESA. VGA DB Connect or Pins Pin Standard VG A DDC2B 1 Analog RED Analog RED 2 Analog GREEN An alog GREEN 3 Analog BLUE Analog BLUE 4 Monitor ID2 Monit or ID2 5 n/c DDC retur n 6 Analog RED return A[...]

71 3 I nterface Dev ices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and Sockets Socket Pin Layout s Ethe rnet U TP Co nnect or Keybo ard an d M ouse Con necto r Seria l Port Con necto r VG A Conn ec tor Para ll el Por t Co nnect or[...]

72 3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives Connector s and S ockets[...]

73 4 HP BIOS The Setup program and BIOS are summarized in the two sections of this chapter . The POST routines are described in the next chapter .[...]

74 4 HP BIOS HP/Phoenix BIOS Su mmary HP/Ph oenix B IOS S ummary The Sy stem ROM contains the POST (power -on self-test) routines, and the BIOS: the Sy stem BIOS, video BIOS (for models wi th an integ rated video controller), and low option ROM. This chapter , and the foll owing one, gi ve an overview of the following aspects: • menu-driven Setup[...]

75 4 HP BIOS HP/Phoenix B IOS Summar y Advanc ed Menu The Advanced Menu does not have the same structure as the Main Menu and Power M enu. Instead of presenting a list of fields, it offers a list of sub-menus. The Advanced Menu contains the followi ng sub-menus: • Memory a nd Cac he. Define how to configure the specified block of memory. • Vide[...]

76 4 HP BIOS HP/Phoenix BIOS Su mmary Security Sub-menus are presented for changing the characteristic and values of the Sy stem Administrator Password , User Password, Hardware Protection and Boot Device Security , the amount of prote ction against the sy stem’ s drives and network connections, and the amount of protection against being able to [...]

77 4 HP BIOS Symbios Log ic SCSI Configu ration Utility Symbios L ogic S CSI C onfigura tion Util ity The Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility l ets you view and change the default configu ration for the host adapter and all SCSI devi ces connected to it, or for individual SCSI devices. If, while using this utility , yo u accidentally disable a[...]

78 4 HP BIOS Symbios Logic SC SI Configu ration Ut ility Starting the S CSI Configu ration Utility Y ou access t he SCSI Configuration Utility by pressing when the message Press F6 to start Configuration Utility... is displ ayed during the PC W orkstation’ s start-up routine. A further message is t hen displayed: Please wait, invoking Configurati[...]

79 4 HP BIOS Power S aving an d Erg onometr y Power Sav ing and Ergonometry Power-On from Space-Bar The power - on from the spac e-bar function is enabled, pr ovided that: • The computer is connected to a Power-On keyboard (recognizable by the Power-On ico n on the space bar). • The computer is running a Windows operating system. • The functi[...]

80 4 HP BIOS BIOS A ddress es BIOS Addresses This section provides a su mmary of the main features of the HP sy stem BIOS. This is software that provides an interface be tween the computer hardware and the operating sy stem. The procedure fo r updating the Sy stem RO M firmware is described on page 50 . System Mem ory Map Reserved memory used by ac[...]

81 4 HP BIOS BIOS A ddress es HP I/O Port Map (I/O Address es Used by the System 1 ) Periphe ral devices, accessory devices and sy stem controllers are accessed via the sy stem I/O space, which is not l ocated in sy stem memory space. The 64 KB of addressable I/O space comprises 8- bit and 16-bit registers (called I/O ports) located in the various [...]

82 4 HP BIOS BIOS A ddress es DMA Cha nnel Cont rollers Only “I/O-to-memory” and “ memory-to-I/ O” transfers ar e allowed. “I/O-to-I/O ” and “memory-to-mem ory” transfers are disallowed by the hardware co nfiguration. The sy stem controller supports seven DMA channels, each with a page register used to extend the addressing rang e o[...]

83 4 HP BIOS BIOS A ddress es Interru pt Contr ollers The Interrupt Requests (IRQ) are numbered sequentially , starting with the master controller , and followed by the slave. PCI Interrupt Request Lin es PCI devices g enerate interrupt requests using up to four PCI interrupt request lines (INT A#, INTB#, INTC#, and INTD#). PCI interrupts can be sh[...]

84 4 HP BIOS BIOS A ddress es[...]

85 5 Power-On Sel f-Test and Error Messages This chapter describes the Power -On Self-T est (POST) routines, which are contained in the co mputer’ s ROM BIOS, the er ror messages which can result, and the su ggestions for corrective action.[...]

86 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Order in Which the Tests are Perform ed Order in Which the Tests are Performed Each time the sy stem is powered on, or a rese t is performed, the POST is executed. The POST process verifies the basic functionality of the sy stem components and initializes cer tain sy stem par ameters. The POST st arts by d[...]

87 5 Power- On Self-T est and Error M essages Order in Wh ich t he Tests are Per form ed The following table li st s the POST checkpoint codes written at the start of each test. Checkpoint Code POST Rout ine Description 02h Verify R eal Mode 03h Disable N on-Maskable Inter rupt (NMI) 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 08h Initialize ch[...]

88 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Order in Which the Tests are Perform ed 2Ah Clear 512 KB base RAM 32h Test C PU bus-clock freq uency 33h In itialize POST Dispatch Manager 34h Test CMOS RAM 35h Initialize alternate ch ipset registers 36h W arm s tar t shu tdown 37h Reinitialize the chipset (MB only) 38h Shad ow system BIOS RO M 39h Reinit[...]

89 5 Power- On Self-T est and Error M essages Order in Wh ich t he Tests are Per form ed 52h Tes t keyboard 54h S et key clic k if enabled 56h E nable keyboard 59h Initialize POST disp lay service 5Ah Dis play pro mpt “P ress F2 to en ter SETUP” 5Bh Disable C PU c ache 5Ch Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB 60h Test extended memor y 62h Test exten[...]

90 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Order in Which the Tests are Perform ed 81h Late POS T device initialization 82h Detect and inst all external R S 232 ports 83h Configu re non-MC D IDE controller s 84h Detect and inst all extern al parallel po rts 85h In itialize PC-compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re-in itialize onboard I/ O ports 87h C on[...]

91 5 Power- On Self-T est and Error M essages Order in Wh ich t he Tests are Per form ed 9Fh D etermine number of ATA and SCSI drives A0h Set time of day A2h C heck key lock A4h Initialize typemati c rate A8h Eras e F2 prompt AAh Scan f or F2 key stroke ACh E nter SE T UP AEh Clear IN POST flag B0h Check fo r error s B2h POS T do ne - p rep are to [...]

92 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Order in Which the Tests are Perform ed The following are for boot block in Flash ROM E0h Initialize the chips et E1h Initialize the br idge E2h Initialize the CPU E3h Initialize system timer E4h Initialize system I/O E5h Check fo rce recover y boot E6h Checksu m BIOS ROM E7h Go to B IOS E8h Set Hug e Segm[...]

93 5 Power- On Self-T est and Error M essages Error Message Summary Error Message Summary The EMU utility (.COM application written in C language) is to provide full screen online he lp messages (localized) on most common POST errors. When an error is generated in POST during the boot process, EM U is run by typing ENTER. The entry point of each EM[...]

94 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Error Message Summary The following table list the err or codes, ca uses and symptoms and the accompanied short message that are displayed in the upper lef t corner of the screen. Code # Cau se / Symptom Short m essage (US) 0000h Any POST err or that is not listed below System error 0010h CMOS Checksum err[...]

95 5 Power- On Self-T est and Error M essages Error Message Summary 0310h Flop py A: not detected (b ut configu red in CMOS) Flexible Disk Dr ive Error 0311h Flop py B: not detected (b ut configu red in CMOS) Flexible Disk Dr ive Error 0305h Flop py A: plugged on Flop py B: connecto r Flexible Disk Dr ive Err or 0306h General failure on floppy cont[...]

96 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Error Message Summary The following table summari zes the most signi ficant of the probl em s that can be reported. 0731h Defec tive SIMM (module 1, bank 3) System Memory Error 0732h Defec tive SIMM (module 2, bank 3) System Memory Error 0800h Found lower cache size t han conf igured System Cache Error 080[...]

97 5 Power- On Self-T est and Error M essages Beep Cod es Beep C odes If a terminal error occurs during POST , the sy stem issues a beep code before attempting to display the erro r in the u pper left corner of the screen. Beep codes are useful for identifying the error when the sy stem is unable to display the error message. 1. If the BIOS detects[...]

98 5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages Lights on the Hard ware Contr ol Panel Lig hts on t he Hardwa re Contr ol Pa nel When the computer is first powered on, the po wer -on light on the status panel i lluminates yellow for about a second before changing to green. This change of color is caused by the execution of an instruction ear ly in the S[...]

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100 Appendix Video Modes Vi deo Mo des Standard VGA Modes NOTE An 8 x 14 font fo r the EGA modes can be provided with a DOS TSR (terminate and stay reside nt ) program. If the TSR has not been loaded when the mode is set, the 8 x 16 font is used with the two bottom rows deleted. This causes truncation of characters with descenders, but does not res[...]

101 Appendix Video Modes Extend ed Video Mod es Mode No. VESA ® No. No. of Colors Char. x Row Cha r. x Cell Resolution Interface Type Pixel Freq. MHz Horizontal Refre sh Vertical Refresh 5E 100 256/256K 80 x 25 8 x 16 640 x 400 Graphics 25 31.5 70 7A - 64K - - 6 40 x 4 00 Graphics 25 31.5 70 5F 101 256/256K 80 x 30 8 x 16 640 x 480 Graphi cs 25 31[...]

102 Appendix Video Modes 5C 103 256/ 256K 100 x 37 8 x 16 800 x 600 Gr aphics 40 37.9 60 5C 103 256/ 256K 100 x 37 8 x 16 800 x 600 Gr aphics 50 48.1 72 5C 103 256/256K 100 x 37 8 x 16 800 x 6 00 Graphics 49.5 46.9 75 5C 103 256/ 256K 100 x 37 8 x 16 800 x 600 Gr aphics 56.25 53.7 85.1 65 114 64K - - 800 x 600 Graphics 36 35.2 56 65 114 64K - - 800[...]

103 Appendix Video Modes 60 105 256/256K 128 x 48 8 x 16 1024 x 768 Gr aphics 65 48.3 60 60 105 256/256K 128 x 48 8 x 16 1024 x 768 Gr aphics 75 56 70 60 105 256/256K 128 x 48 8 x 16 1024 x 768 Gr aphics 78.7 60 75 60 105 256/256K 128 x 48 8 x 16 1024 x 768 Gr aphics 94.5 68.3 85 74 3 117 64K - - 1024 x 768 Graphi cs 44.9 35.5 43i 3 74 117 64K - - [...]

104 Appendix Video Modes NOTE An 8 x 14 font f or mode 55h i s provided with a DOS TS R (terminate and stay resident) program. If the TSR has not been loade d when the mode is set, the 8 x 16 font is used with the two bottom rows deleted. This causes truncati on of characters with descenders, but does n ot restrict program operation nor does it mak[...]

105 Appendix Video Modes Maximum Refresh Rates BIOS Modes Su pported Resolution 170-MHz DAC 230-MH z DAC 1024 x 768 100+ Hz 100+ Hz 1280 x 1024 85 Hz 100+ Hz 1600 x 1200 60 Hz 85 Hz Mode VES A ® Mode No. Cirrus Logic Mode No. dX dY Text bpp 1 Colors Refre sh Rates Mode Type 2 VGA 0 40 25 40 x 25 64, 16 gray 70 V VGA 1 0, 1 40 25 40 x 25 64, 16/8 c[...]

106 Appendix Video Modes VESA 1 01 5F 640 480 8 2 56 60, 72, 75, 85 S, L , T VESA 1 11 64 640 480 16 65K 60, 72, 75, 85 S, L , T VESA 1 12 71 640 480 24 16M 60, 72, 75, 85 S, L , T Cirru s Logic 11D 3 76 640 480 32 16M 60, 72, 75, 85 S, L , T VESA 102 58, 6A 640 6 00 4 16 56, 60, 7 2, 75, 85 S VESA 103 5C 640 6 00 8 256 56, 60, 72, 75, 85 S, L , T [...]

107 Appendix Video Modes 1. 16 bpp is 5:6 :5 (RGB); 24 bpp is 24 bpp packed pixe l ; 32 bpp is 24 bpp packed into a 32-bit dword . 2. “V” indicates VGA co mpatible mode; “S” indicates Super VGA mode; “L” indicates Linear mo de; “T” indicates Tiled mode. 3. VBE v2.0 r eported mode nu mber. VESA 107 6D 1 280 1024 8 256 43i, 60, 70, 71[...]

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