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  • Page 1

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 1 Overview At A Glance • AMD Athl on  XP proces sors • NVIDI A nForc e2 chi pset with Int egrat ed 64- MB NVIDI A GeFor ce4 MX Graphi cs • I ntegr at ed d ual -mo nitor VGA con necti ons bui lt in with NVIDIA nView M ulti- displa y s[...]

  • Page 2

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 2 Standard Features – Select Models Pre- Configure d Models DE643A#ABA d325m/A2600/40c /256/4U HP d325 Microtow er, nVidia nF orce2 chipset, A MD Athlon XP 260 0+ (2.13GHz ), 256KB ECC L 2 cache, 266MHz Front Side Bus , 256MB PC27 00 DDR (1[...]

  • Page 3

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 3 Standard Features – Custom Compo nents Processor and Speed - One of the followi ng Microtower Slim Tower AMD Athlo n Processors Fron t Side Bus Standard L 2 Cache AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.00-GHz) 266-MHz 256-KB ECC 3 3 AMD Athlon XP 2600+ ([...]

  • Page 4

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 4 Standard Features – Custom Compo nents Keyboa rd Microtower Slim To wer PS/2 Easy Access Keyboard 3 3 Wireless Eas y Access Key board 3 3 Mouse PS/2 2-Button Scr oll Mouse 33 USB Optical Scroll Mouse 33 Wireless Opti cal Scroll Mous e 33 [...]

  • Page 5

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 5 Standard Features – Custom Compo nents Software (Microsoft Windows syste m only) Microtower Slim Tower Norton AntiV irus 2003 33 Microsoft Works v7 .0 (US only) 33 Microsoft Office XP Small Business Editi on 33 Microsoft Office XP Prof es[...]

  • Page 6

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 6 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Base Unit Contents Microtower Slim Tower AMD processo r, heatsink 33 System board wi th NVIDIA nFo rce2 chips et 33 (2) ATA Cables 33 Optional disk ette drive with cabl e 33 Audio cable 33 Quick Setup[...]

  • Page 7

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 7 Standard Features – Base Unit Details System Memory Microtower Slim To wer Type/Speed DDR Synch DRAM P C2700 (3 33-MHz) Non-ECC and DDR Synch D RAM PC2100 (266-M Hz) Non- ECC DDR Synch DRAM P C2700 (3 33-MHz) Non-ECC and DDR Synch DRAM P [...]

  • Page 8

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 8 Standard Features – Base Unit Details System Board (continue d) Microtower Slim Tower Multibay Heade r No No Multport Header No No NIC supporte d features: WOL (Wake-On-La n ®) Yes Yes AOL (Ale rt-On-LA N ®) No No SOS - Network based al[...]

  • Page 9

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 9 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Interfaces Microtower Slim To wer I/O Chip SMSC LPC47B367 Supe r I/O SMSC LPC47B367 Super I/O Serial Port / UART Type One Serial Port One Serial Por t Parallel Po r t One Paralle l Port One Parallel P[...]

  • Page 10

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 10 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Support ed Operat ing Syst em Microtowe r Sl im Tower DOS No No Windows 3.1 No No Windows 95 No No Windows 98 No No Windows NT 4.X No No Windows 2000 / Wi ndows XP Pro d ual-install No No Windows 200[...]

  • Page 11

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 11 Standard Features – Base Unit Details ROM Features Description Microtower Slim Tower Instantly Avai lable PC (Suspe nd to RAM - S3) Allows for ve ry low powe r consumpti on with qui ck resume time Yes Yes ROM Based F10 Setup Allows for r[...]

  • Page 12

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 12 Standard Features – Base Unit Details ROM Features Description Micro tower Slim To wer Master Boot Rec ord Secu rity Allows for detecti on of chang es to MBR and optional res toration, useful in protecti ng from v iruses Yes Yes Remote R[...]

  • Page 13

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 13 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Initi al Conf igurat ion and De ployment Microtower Slim T ower Replicated Setup Saves BIOS settings to diskette or USB di sk-on-key i n human- readable file. Repset.exe utility can then replicate th[...]

  • Page 14

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 14 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Security Featur es of Chassis Microtower Slim T ower Solenoid Hood Lock --- -- Yes Yes Hood Sensor ----- Yes Y es Kensington Lock Sup port ----- Yes Yes Cable Lock Prov ision Allows the user to physi[...]

  • Page 15

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 15 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Serviceability Featu res – System Microtower Slim Tower Dual Colo r Power LE D on Front of Computer Indicates normal ope rations and faul t conditions Yes Yes Blinki ng Power LED Codes A llows for [...]

  • Page 16

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 16 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Serviceability Featu res Microtower Slim Tower Tool-less PCI C ard Removal --- -- Yes Yes Tool-less AGP Card Removal ----- Yes Yes Dual Colo r Power and Ha rd Driv e LED Indicates Normal Operations a[...]

  • Page 17

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 17 Standard Features – Base Unit Details Servic e and Support On-sit e Warranty and Servi ce Note 1 : This three -year (3 -1-1), li mited war ranty and se rvice offe ring deliv ers three years of parts and one yea r of both lab or and on-s [...]

  • Page 18

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 18 After-Market Options Communicatio ns Wireless Microtow er Slim Tow er HP Wireless LAN 8 02.11b WL215 (WiFi) USB 191810-B22 33 HP Wireless LAN 8 02.11b WL220 (WiFi) FH PCI DC756B 33 Net working Intel Pro 1000 MT NIC FH PCI ada pter DC193A 3[...]

  • Page 19

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 19 After-Market Options Multimedia Microtower Slim Tower JBL Platinum Seri es Speakers (carbon ) DE893B 3 PC Comm Station P ro (speaker, headphone , wireless keyboard and mo use) 302002-008 P8815A 33 PC Comm Station (speaker and headphone ) 3[...]

  • Page 20

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 20 M emory HP Business Desktopd325 Series DDR SYNCH DRAM DIMM N ON -ECC M EMORY The HP business desktop d3 25 PC has two memory DI MM slots and sup ports dual channel memo ry configura tions. It is not necess ary to add mem ory in pairs or ki[...]

  • Page 21

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 21 Storage Micro tower Slim Tower Quantity Supported Position Supporte d Controller Microtower Diskette Drive 1 3 Diskette 5.25” Storage D rive Bays 2 1, 2 IDE 3.5” Storage Driv e Bays 3 4, 5, 6 IDE Slim Tower Diskette Drive 1 2 Diskette [...]

  • Page 22

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 22 Technical Specifications – Audio Integrated ADI 1981A Au dio Type Integrated AC97 Stereo Co dec Yes OPL3 FM Sy nthesi s Support Yes Sound Blaster Co mpatibilit y Yes Audio Jacks Mic-In (20-K oh m Input Impedanc e) Line-In (12-K ohm Input[...]

  • Page 23

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 23 Technical Specifications – Communications Manufactur er 3Com Integrated 3Com 3C92 0B-EMB Fast Etherne t Cont roller Connect or RJ-45 Bus 32-bit PCI Media 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Managemen t capabilities ACPI, WOL and DMI 2.0, PXE 2.0, WfM 2.[...]

  • Page 24

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 24 Technical Specifications – Communications Intel Pro 1000 MT NIC Connector RJ-45 Control ler Intel 82540EM Gigabit Co ntroller Memory Integr ated 96Kb frame b uffer memory Dat a rates support ed 10/100/1000 Mbps Complian ce IEEE 802.1A, 8[...]

  • Page 25

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 25 Technical Specifications – Communications Connect or RJ-45 Control ler Broadcom 5782 P CI LAN Control ler Broadc om NetX treme Gi gabit E thernet Memory Integr ated 96Kb frame b uffer memory Dat a rates support ed 10/100/1000 Mbps Compli[...]

  • Page 26

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 26 Technical Specifications – Communications Lucent V.90 56K P CI Win Mod em Data Transmission V.90/K56flex techn ology speeds: 5 6,000 Kbps maximum downstream data, controllerl ess NOTE: 56 Kbps t echnology r efers to dow nload spee ds onl[...]

  • Page 27

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 27 Technical Specifications – Graphics 3D/2D Controller Integrated GeF orce4 MX Graphi cs Processi ng Unit (GPU) Integrated NVIDIA GeFor ce4 MX 64-MB Graphics VGA Controller Integrated Bus Type AGP8X for exte rnal graphic s cards (Inte rnal[...]

  • Page 28

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 28 Technical Specifications – Graphics 3D/2D Controller NV18 128-bit Graphic s Processi ng Unit (GPU) NVIDIA GeFo rce4 MX 440 Graphics Control ler VGA Controller Integr ated Bus Type AGP8X RAMDAC 350-MHz DAC Memory 64-MB 1 28-bit DD R frame[...]

  • Page 29

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 29 Technical Specifications – Graphics 3D/2D Controller Integrated Qua dro4 2D/3D 12 8-bit g raphics proces sor unit (GPU) NVIDIA Quadro4 100 NVS Graphics Controller VGA Controller Integrated i nto the Quadro4 GPU Bus Ty pe AGP 4x or PCI RA[...]

  • Page 30

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 30 Technical Specifications – Hard Drives 160-GB Capacity 160,000 MB 7200 rpm SMART III Ultra ATA/10 0 Hard Drives Rotation al Speed 7200 rpm Interface Ultra ATA/100 Height 1 in/25.4 mm Width 3.5 in/88.9 mm Transfer Rate Synchron ous (Maxim[...]

  • Page 31

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 31 Technical Specifications – Hard Drives 80-GB Capacity 80,000 MB 5400 rpm SMART III Ultra ATA/10 0 Hard Drives Rotation al Speed 5400 rpm Interface Ultra ATA/100 Height 1 in/25.4 mm Width 3.5 in/88.9 mm Transfer Rate Synchron ous (Maximum[...]

  • Page 32

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 32 Technical Specifications – Input/Output Devices Physical charac teristics Keys 104, 105 , 106, 107, 109 layout (depending upon country) pl us eigh t programmabl e keys for Internet , shortcuts , or multimedi a USB Easy Access Sm artcard [...]

  • Page 33

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 33 Technical Specifications – Input/Output Devices Scroll Wheel 8 mm 2-Button Scroll Mouse (PS/2 or USB) Maximum Rotation Sp eed 30 mm/s Swit ch Type Light force micro-switc h Switch Life 1 million operations Mechanical Li fe Minimum 200,00[...]

  • Page 34

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 34 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 48X Max CD-ROM Drive Interface ATAPI IDE Data Buffer 16.6 Mbps Data Transf er Rate Sustained—150 Kbps mi nimum (audio) Variable ( CD)—3,000 to 7,200 Kbps Disk Rotat ion Technol ogy CAV (Cons[...]

  • Page 35

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 35 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 48X/24X/48X CD-RW Drive Orientation Either hori zontal or ve rtical Disc Loadin g Mechan ism Half-height , tray load Interface Type ATAPI IDE Dimens ions—e xte rnal (W x H x D) 7.99 x 5.88 x 1[...]

  • Page 36

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 36 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 48X/24X/48X CD-RW Drive (continued) Data Transfer Mod es ATA PIO mode 4 (16.7MB/s) ; AT A multi-w ord DMA mode 2 (16.7 MB/s); AT A UltraDMA mode 0 (16.7 MB /s) ;ATA Ultra DMA mode 1 (24 MB/s) ; [...]

  • Page 37

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 37 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 16X/40X DVD-ROM with +R Read Dri ve Heigh t 5.25-in, hal f-height Interface Type AT API Dimension s– External, Excludi ng Bezel (W x H) 5.88 x 1.71 in (14 9.5 x 43.5 mm ) Disc Diameter 12 cm, [...]

  • Page 38

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 38 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 48X Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM 5.25-inch, h alf-height , tray-load Color Carbo nite Orientation Either ho rizontal or ve rtical Interface Type ATAPI Dimens ions (W x H x D) 5.77 x 1.71 x 7.36 in (146.5[...]

  • Page 39

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 39 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 48X Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM (c ontinue d) Data Transfer Mod es ATA PIO mode 4 (16.7 MB/s); ATA Mul ti-word DMA mode 2 (1 6.7 MB/s); AT A UltraDMA mode 0 (16.7 MB /s); ATA Ultr aDMA mode 1 (24 MB/s),[...]

  • Page 40

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 40 Technical Specifications – Optical Storage 4X DVD+R/+RW Drive Recording Method Disc-at-once, T rack-at-onc e, and Sessi on-at-once; V ariable Pack et and Fix ed Packet Interface ATAPI ATA/AT API-5 and SFF-8090 Vers ion 5 Disc Recording C[...]

  • Page 41

    QuickSpecs HP Busine ss Desk top d325 Series DA-11 642 North Ameri c a — Vers ion 7 — A ugust 22, 20 03 41 Technical Specifications – Removable Storage 1.44-MB Diske tte Drive L ED Indicato rs (front pan el) 3.5 in. Read/Write Capacity per diskette (high/lo w density) Green Drive Supported 1.44 MB/720 KB Drive Height One Drive Rotatio n One-t[...]