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    Service Reference Guide HP Compaq vc4815 Thin Client Document Part Number: 480421-001 Ja nu ary 2008[...]

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    © 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. HP, Hewlett Packard, and the Hewlett-Packard l ogo are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company in th e U.S. and o ther countries. Compaq, and the Compaq lo go are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, W indo ws , and Window s NT ar e U.S. r[...]

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    Product Description Network Firmware .......................................................................................................... 1–1 HP Compaq Thin Client vc4815 Series .......................................................................... 1–2 Serial Number Location ............................................................[...]

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    Contents Upload the Flash Image and system BIOS Up lo a d t h e F la sh i ma g e an d BI OS .................................................................................... 5–1 Thin Client vc4815 Specifications 6-1 iv www.hp.com Service Reference Guide[...]

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    1 Product Description The HP Compaq Thin Client vc4815 Series are Redflag Linux-based terminals that connect over a n etwork to a serv er where all processing and storage occurs. Because of the nature of the products, troubleshooting is significantly sim pler than on a standard PC and previous thin clients. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is Chi[...]

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    Product Description H P C o m p a q T h i n C l i e n t vc4815 S e r i e s Front view - vc4815 1 Power button 3 Flash activity LED 2 Power LED 4 USB ports (2) Service Reference Guide www.hp.com 1-2[...]

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    Product Description Product Description H P C o m p a q T h i n C l i e n t vc4815 S e r i e s Rear View of the vc4815 1 PS/2 connectors (2) 5 Power connector 2 Serial connectors (4) 6 Lock Slot 3 Monitor connector 7 Ethernet RJ-45 connector 4 Univ ersal Serial Bus (USB) connectors (2) 8 Parallel co nnector CA UTION : The vc4815 Series pow er cord [...]

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    Product Description Serial Number Location The serial number is displayed on the side of the unit. Connecting USB Equipment USB mouse devices and ke yboards do not require special drivers and are considered to be plug and play peripherals. Certain USB devices such as printers and modems, however, may require special drivers. For information on requ[...]

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    Product Description Locating Additional Information The following documentation is available to support these products:  Quick Setup  Hardware Reference Guide  Redflag Linux User manual  Customer and Service Notifications, Bulletins and Advisories  Quickspecs ✎ Documentation, white papers, and driv ers are subject to change. For th[...]

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    2 Spare Parts Lists vc4815 S e r i e s S p a r e P a r t s L i s t The spare p arts tables th at follow provid e a listing of th e spare part s available for the Thin Client vc4815 Series. vc4815 Series Spare Parts Table Description Spare Part Number SPS-Base, vc4815 512F/512R Linux 458813-001 SPS-Base, vc4815 1GBF/512R Linux 458814-001 SPS-Base, v[...]

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    3 HP vc4815 Series Setup (F10) Utility U s i n g H P vc4815 S e r i e s S e t u p ( F 1 0 ) U t ility The Setup utility can b e accessed only by turning the computer on or restarting the sy stem. To access the S etup Utility menu, complete the following steps: 1. Turn on or restart the computer. 2. When the F10 <BIOS Setup> message displays i[...]

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    HP vc4815 Series Setup (F10) Utility 4. Use the arrow (up and down, or left and right) keys to select the appropriate heading, then press the Enter key. To return to the Setup Utility menu, press the Esc key. 5. To apply and save changes, select Save Setting and Exit Setup. ✎ If you have made changes that you do not want applied, select Exit with[...]

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    HP vc4815 Series Setup (F10) Utility vc4815 S e r i e s S e t u p U t ility (Continued) He ad in g Opti on Description System Date Allows you to set the date System Time Allows you to set the time. IDE channel 0 Master IDE Channel 1 Master Indicates ATA Flash settings Standard CMOS Features Halt on Allows you to select s ystem response when POST Er[...]

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    HP vc4815 Series Setup (F10) Utility vc4815 S e r i e s S e t u p U t ility (Continued) He ad in g Opti on Description USB Controller Enable/disable U SB controller Integrated Audio Enable/disabl e o nboard AC97 audio controller Network Controller Enable/disabl e o nboard LAN device Onboard Se rial port 1 Onboard Se rial port 2 Onboard Se rial port[...]

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    HP vc4815 Series Setup (F10) Utility HP vc4815 Series Setup (F10) Utility Heading Op tio n Description vc4815 S e r i e s S e t u p U t ility (Continued) He adi ng Option Description Set Supervisor Password Allows you to set and enable the administrative password. ✎ If the administrative password is set, it is required to change the Setup options[...]

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    4 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting POST Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Audible Codes This section covers the front panel LED codes as well as the audible codes that may occur before or during POST that do not necessarily have an e rror code or text message associat ed with them. ✎ If you see flashing LEDs on a PS/2 keyboard look for flashing LEDs[...]

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    Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Audible Codes Possibl e Cause Beeps & LED blink Activity Recommended Action System unable to power on. None System does not power on and LEDs are not flashin g. Press and hold the power button for less th an 4 seconds. If the hard drive LED turns green, the power butto n is working cor rectly. Then, Replace the s[...]

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    5 Reload Flash Image and BIOS System Requirements To create a recovery devi ce for the purpose of reflashin g or restoring the software image on the ROM, you will need the following:  One or more HP Compaq vc4815 Series Thin Clients  USB flash device 512MB Compatible USB flash devices (drive keys) are available from www.diskonk ey.com . This [...]

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    Reload image and system BIOS Hainan Image Reloading 1, Download the Image file *.gho from web. 2, Make a DOS Bootable USB flash dr ive(>=512M). Copy th e image file and ghost.exe (ver11.0.1) to the USB flash drive. 3, Boot from the USB device. Run ghost.exe. System BIOS Update 1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. [...]

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    6 Thin Client vc4815 Specifications S p e c i f i c a t i o n s - vc4815 S e r i e s I t e m D e s c r i p t i o n Processor VIA C7 1G Hz Chipset VIA CN700 + 82 37R Operating System Redflag Linux (Chinese version only) Flash Memory Apacer ADMII seri es 44PIN 180 degree DOM , 512 MB, 1GB, 2GB 2 slots Memory HP 512 MB DDR2 533 SDR AM or DDR2 667 SDRA[...]

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    S p e c i f i c a t i o n s - vc4815 S e r i e s I t e m D e s c r i p t i o n Flash Memory 512 MB , 1GB, 2GB, Apacer ADMII se ri es 44PIN 180 degree DOM Memory System Memory 512 MB DDR-II SDRAM NOTE: 16 MB of system RAM is re served for graphics memory VIA S3 Unichromo Pro VGA integrated Mode Refresh Rates Color Depth 800 x 600 60- 120 Hz 16/32 bi[...]

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    I/O ports and connectors Four USB ports (two in front, two in rear), 4 serial, one parallel, one RJ-45, t wo PS/2 Resident Operating System Redflag Linux Session Allocation Managers/Session Brokers HP PC Session Allocation Manager So ftware for t he Consolidated Cl ient Infrastru cture, Citrix Desktop Broker for Vi rtual Desktop Infr as t ructur e [...]

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    Dimensions H x W x D (approximate) Without stand 235 x 60 x 195 mm Weight (approximate) Without stand 1.9 kg Temperature range on 50° to 104° F (10° to 40° C) Temperature range off -22° to 140° F (-30° to 60° C) Humidity 20% to 80% condensing 10% to 95% non-condensing Environmental Power 1 Worldwi de auto-sensing 100-24 0 VAC, 50-60 Hz, ene[...]

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    Appendix A HP Compaq vc4815 系列串口定义用户指南 HP Compaq vc4815 终端默认具有 4 个串口，分别为串口一、串口二，串口三、 串口四。 定 义 引脚 主口 （串口 1 ） 辅口 1 （串口 2 ） 辅口 2 （串口 3 ） （ TTL ） 辅口 3 （串口 4 ） 1 脚 DCD/ +5V +5V / DCD +5V / DCD +5V / DCD 2 脚 RXD RX[...]

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    HP Compaq vc4815 终端默认出厂设置 定 义 引脚 主口 （串口 1 ） 辅口 1 （串口 2 ） 辅口 2 （串口 3 ） （ TTL ） 辅口 3 （串口 4 ） 1 脚 DCD DCD DCD DCD 2 脚 RXD RXD RXD RXD 3 脚 TXD TXD TXD TXD 4 脚 DTR DTR NC DTR 5 脚 GND GND GND GND 6 脚 DSR DSR NC DSR 7 脚 RTS RTS NC RTS 8 脚 CTS CTS RXD CTS 9 脚 RI R[...]

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    主口（串口 1 ）定义： 定 义 引脚 主口 （串口 1 ） 1 脚 DCD/ +5V 2 脚 RXD 3 脚 TXD 4 脚 DTR/ +12V 5 脚 GND 6 脚 DSR 7 脚 RTS/+12V 8 脚 CTS/RXD （ TTL ） 9 脚 RI/TXD （ TTL ）[...]

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    跳线器默认如上图所示 COMA_JP1 ：更改跳线器将其置左 (2 连接 3) ，可为主口（串口 1 ）的 1 脚取＋ 5V COMA_JP2 ：更改跳线器将其置左 (2 连接 3) ，可为主口（串口 1 ）的 4 脚取＋ 12V COMA_JP3 ：更改跳线器将其置左 (2 连接 3) ，可为主口（串口 1 ）的 7 脚取＋ 12V COMA_JP4 ?[...]

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    辅口 2 （串口 3 ）（ TTL ）定义： 定 义 引脚 辅口 2 （串口 3 ） （ TTL ） 1 脚 +5V / DCD 2 脚 RXD/TXD 3 脚 TXD/RXD 4 脚 NC/DTR 5 脚 GND 6 脚 NC/DSR 7 脚 NC/RTS 8 脚 RXD/TXD(TTL) 9 脚 TXD/RXD(TTL)[...]

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    跳线器默认如上图所示 COMB_JP1 ：更改跳线器将其置右 (2 连接 3) ，可为辅口 2( 串口 3)(TTL) 的 1 脚取 + 5 V COMB_JP2 ：更改跳线器将其置左 (2 连接 3) ，可为辅口 2( 串口 3)(TTL) 的 2 脚取 TXD(RS232) 信号 COMB_JP3 ：更改跳线器将其置左 (2 连接 3) ，可为辅口 2( 串口 3)(TTL) 的 3 ?[...]

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    辅口 1 （串口 2 ）与 辅口 3 （串口 4 ）定义： 定 义 引脚 辅口 1 （串口 2 ） 辅口 3 （串口 4 ） 1 脚 +5V / DCD +5V / DCD 2 脚 RXD RXD 3 脚 TXD TXD 4 脚 DTR/+5V /+12V DTR/+5V /+12V 5 脚 GND GND 6 脚 DSR DSR 7 脚 RTS/+12V RTS/+12V 8 脚 CTS CTS 9 脚 RI RI[...]

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    跳线器默认如上图所示 COMC_JP1 ：更改跳线器将其置下 (2 连接 3) ，可为辅口 1 （串口 2 ）的 1 脚取 +5V COMC_JP2 ：更改跳线器将其置下 (2 连接 3) ，可为辅口 1 （串口 2 ）的 7 脚取＋ 12V COMCD_JP1 ： COMCD_JP1 DTR +5V +5V +12V 辅口 1 第 4 脚 7 连接 9 5 连接 7 3 连接 5 1 连接 3 辅口[...]