HP (Hewlett-Packard) dx5150 manual

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    Microtower Microtower Microtower Microtower 1. Monitor (sold separately) 6. 2 internal 3.5" bays, 2 external 5.25" bays and 2 external 3.5" bay 2. 2-Button Scroll Mouse 7. 2 full-height PCI slots , 1 x1 PCI-E, 1 x16 PCI-E 3. 2004 Standard Keyboard 8. 250-watt PFC power supply 4. 2 USB 2.0, headphone and microphone 9. 6 USB 2.0, 1 sta[...]

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    1. Monitor (sold separately) 6. 2 USB 2.0, headphone and microphone 2. 2-Button Scroll Mouse 7. 2 LP PCI slots , 1 x1 LP PCI-E, 1 x16 LP PCI-E 3. 2004 Standard Keyboard 8. 200-watt PFC power supply 4. 1 internal 3.5" bays, 1 external 5.25" bays and 1 external 3.5" bay 9. 6 USB 2.0, 1 standard serial port, 1 parallel port, 2 PS/2, 1 R[...]

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    Model Key Model Key Model Key Model Key Example: Example: Example: Example: Pre-Configured Models Pre-Configured Models Pre-Configured Models Pre-Configured Models QuickSpecs HP dx5150 Business PC HP dx5150 Business PC HP dx5150 Business PC HP dx5150 Business PC Standard Features - Select Models (localized by Regions) DA - 12105 Worldwide — Versi[...]

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    Operating System Operating System Operating System Operating System - One of the following Microsoft Windows XP Professional with service pack 2 X X Microsoft Windows XP Home with service pack 2 X X Microsoft Windows XP Professions x64 Edition X X FreeDOS X X SuSE Linux Personal 9.3 OEM (delivered on CDs with system, not pre- installed) X X Process[...]

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    Standard Memory Standard Memory Standard Memory Standard Memory – One of the following 256-MB DDR Synch DRAM PC3200 (400-MHz) Non ECC (1 x 256 DIMM) X X 512-MB DDR Synch DRAM PC3200 (400-MHz) Non ECC (1 x 512 DIMM) X X 512-MB DDR Synch DRAM PC3200 (400-MHz) Non ECC (2 x 256 DIMM) X X 1-GB DDR Synch DRAM PC3200 (400-MHz) Non ECC (1 x 1024 DIMM) X [...]

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    NIC NIC NIC NIC Integrated PCI-E Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet X X Intel Pro 1000 MT NIC LP PCI adapter – X Intel Pro 1000 MT NIC FH PCI adapter X – Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC LP PCI – X Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC FH PCI X – Graphics Graphics Graphics Graphics ATI Radeon 9600 Integrated Graphics with standard[...]

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    Base Unit Contents Base Unit Contents Base Unit Contents Base Unit Contents Microtower Microtower Microtower Microtower Small Form Factor Small Form Factor Small Form Factor Small Form Factor AMD processor, heatsink X X System board with ATI Radeon® XPRESS 200 chipset X X One PATA Cable X X Optional diskette drive with cable X X One SATA Cable X X[...]

  • Page 8

    USB Support USB Support USB Support USB Support (2) Front USB 2.0 Ports (2) Front USB 2.0 Ports (6) Rear USB 2.0 Ports (6) Rear USB 2.0 Ports Interfaces Interfaces Interfaces Interfaces (Legacy) Parallel Port 1 1 Serial Port 1 1 PS/2 Keyboard 1 1 PS/2 Mouse 1 1 VGA/DVI-D Port 1/1 1/1 Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions Chassis Dimensions (H[...]

  • Page 9

    AMD Sempron™ AMD Sempron™ AMD Sempron™ AMD Sempron™ 32-bit/64-bit support 32-bit 32-bit Coprocessor Integrated Integrated CPU Socket Type/Number 939-pin 939-pin CPU Package FC-PGA FC-PGA System Bus Speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz Standard L2 Cache 128-KB or 256-KB, depending on processor 128-KB or 256-KB, depending on processor AMD Enhanced Virus P[...]

  • Page 10

    Hood Sense Header No No Multibay Header No No Multport Header No No NIC supported features: WOL (Wake-On-Lan®) Yes Yes AOL (Alert-On-LAN®) No No SOS - Network based alerting Yes Yes ASF 1.0 (Alert Standards Format) Yes Yes PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment) Yes Yes Power Supply Header Yes Yes Power Switch, Power LED & Hard Drive LED Header [...]

  • Page 11

    Interfaces Interfaces Interfaces Interfaces I/O Chip SMSC LPC47B397 Super I/O SMSC LPC47B397 Super I/O Serial Port / UART Type One Serial Port One Serial Port Parallel Port One Parallel Port One Parallel Port USB 8 USB 2.0 ports (6 rear/2 front) 8 USB 2.0 ports (6 rear/2 front) Infrared Port No No Network RJ-45 RJ-45 Keyboard Yes (PS2 and USB) Yes [...]

  • Page 12

    Power Conservation 'Energy Saver' Power Conservation 'Energy Saver' Power Conservation 'Energy Saver' Power Conservation 'Energy Saver' Energy Star Compliant Yes Yes APM 1.2 Support No No Screen Blanking Yes Yes Hard Disk 'Idle' Mode Yes Yes System Idle Mode Yes Yes Cache Memory Power-Down No No FEM[...]

  • Page 13

    Communications Communications Communications Communications Wireless Wireless Wireless Wireless MT MT MT MT SFF SFF SFF SFF Part Number Part Number Part Number Part Number HP USB Bluetooth transceiver (BT1.2) X X DN650B NICs NICs NICs NICs Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter X X DC194A Intel Pro/1000 MT Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter (ful[...]

  • Page 14

    Monitors Monitors Monitors Monitors TFTs TFTs TFTs TFTs HP L1502 15" TFT Flat Panel Monitor – Analog only X X P9617D#ABA HP L1530 15" TFT Flat Panel Monitor - Analog/Digital & Multimedia X X P9624A#ABA HP L1702 17" TFT Flat Panel Monitor – Analog only X X P9621D#ABA HP L1730 17" TFT Flat Panel Display - Analog/Digital &a[...]

  • Page 15

    Removable Storage Removable Storage Removable Storage Removable Storage Drive Key Options Drive Key Options Drive Key Options Drive Key Options 256-MB HP Drive Key II (USB 2.0) X X DL973B 512-MB HP Drive Key II (USB 2.0) X X ED516AA Diskette and Digital Drives Diskette and Digital Drives Diskette and Digital Drives Diskette and Digital Drives 1.44-[...]

  • Page 16

    Memory Controller is integrated in the Processor (Supports DDR I type memories up to PC3200 (400 Mhz) Memory Controller is integrated in the Processor (Supports DDR I type memories up to PC3200 (400 Mhz) Memory Controller is integrated in the Processor (Supports DDR I type memories up to PC3200 (400 Mhz) Memory Controller is integrated in the Proce[...]

  • Page 17

    Microtower Microtower Microtower Microtower Small Form Factor Small Form Factor Small Form Factor Small Form Factor Quantity Supported Quantity Supported Quantity Supported Quantity Supported Position Supported Position Supported Position Supported Position Supported Controller Controller Controller Controller Microtower Microtower Microtower Micro[...]

  • Page 18

    ROM Features ROM Features ROM Features ROM Features Description Description Description Description Microtower Microtower Microtower Microtower Small Form Small Form Small Form Small Form Factor Factor Factor Factor Instantly Available PC (Suspend to RAM - S3) Allows for very low power consumption with quick resume time Yes Yes Replicated Setup Sav[...]

  • Page 19

    Unit Environment and Unit Environment and Unit Environment and Unit Environment and Operating Conditions Operating Conditions Operating Conditions Operating Conditions Description Description Description Description Microtower Microtower Microtower Microtower Small Form Small Form Small Form Small Form Factor Factor Factor Factor Shock Operating (*[...]

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    DIMM Serial Presence Detect Detects whether or not memory DIMMs are present and their type No No Hard drive serial number, model, and manufacturer Hard drive manufacturer, model, and serial number is stored in the hard drive firmware and reported in ROM based F10 setup No No Monitor serial number, model & manufacturer — No No System serial nu[...]

  • Page 21

    Ultra ATA Integrity Monitoring (CRC Checking) Provides data transfer verification. Provides proactive notification of hard drive data transmission problems and recommendations for enhancing system performance Detects all the following errors types: single bit errors double bit errors an odd number of errors error bursts up to 32-bits long Yes Yes I[...]

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    NIC LEDs (integrated) (Green & Amber) Used to determine NIC status Yes Yes Serviceability Features Serviceability Features Serviceability Features Serviceability Features Description Description Description Description Microtower Microtower Microtower Microtower Small Form Small Form Small Form Small Form Factor Factor Factor Factor Tool-less P[...]

  • Page 23

    AC97 Integrated Realtek AC97 Integrated Realtek AC97 Integrated Realtek AC97 Integrated Realtek ALC655 ALC655 ALC655 ALC655 Audio Audio Audio Audio Type Type Type Type Integrated AC ‘97 Stereo Codec AC ‘97 Stereo Codec AC ‘97 Stereo Codec AC ‘97 Stereo Codec Yes FM Synthesis Support FM Synthesis Support FM Synthesis Support FM Synthesis Sup[...]

  • Page 24

    Broadcom NetXtreme Broadcom NetXtreme Broadcom NetXtreme Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet LAN on Gigabit Ethernet LAN on Gigabit Ethernet LAN on Gigabit Ethernet LAN on Motherboard Motherboard Motherboard Motherboard (LOM) Connector Connector Connector Connector RJ-45 Controller Controller Controller Controller Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express LAN Cont[...]

  • Page 25

    Network transfer rate Network transfer rate Network transfer rate Network transfer rate 10BASE-T (half-duplex) 10 Mbps 10BASE-T (full-duplex) 20 Mbps 100BASE-TX (half-duplex) 100 Mbps 100BASE-TX (full-duplex) 200 Mbps 1000BASE-T, 1000 Mbps Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Operating temperature 32° to 131° F (0° to 55° C) [...]

  • Page 26

    speed. FCC limitations allow a maximum of 53 Kbps during download transmissions. Data Speeds Data Speeds Data Speeds Data Speeds (Upload only) 33,600/31,200/28,800/26,400/21,600/19,200/16,800/ 14,400/12,000/9,600/7,200/4,800/2,400/1,200/300 Data Standards Data Standards Data Standards Data Standards ITU V.90, ITU-T, V.34bis, V.22bis, V.22bis, V.21,[...]

  • Page 27

    Health Health Health Health Bare PCB material compliant to 94V-0 or better (marked as such), Microsoft Windows Me health compliant Other Other Other Other PC'99 compliant, PCI version 2.2, WHQL approved; support for ACPI revision 1.1 QuickSpecs HP dx5150 Business PC HP dx5150 Business PC HP dx5150 Business PC HP dx5150 Business PC Technical Sp[...]

  • Page 28

    Integrated Graphics Integrated Graphics Integrated Graphics Integrated Graphics Radeon XPress200 Radeon XPress200 Radeon XPress200 Radeon XPress200 (Radeon 9600) 3D/2D Controller 3D/2D Controller 3D/2D Controller 3D/2D Controller Full Microsoft® DirectX® 9 based with Shader 2.0 support, full precision floating point pixel pipeline, 2x, 4x, or 6x [...]

  • Page 29

    Board Configuration Board Configuration Board Configuration Board Configuration 64 MB Frame Buffer Specification Specification Specification Specification Description Description Description Description Graphics Chip RADEON X300 SE PCI Express Core clock 325 MHz Memory clock 200 MHz Frame buffer 64 MB DDR Memory I/O 64 bit Memory Configuration 4 pc[...]

  • Page 30

    Compliance Standards Compliance Standards Compliance Standards Compliance Standards EMC Emissions: EMC Emissions: EMC Emissions: EMC Emissions: a) FCC Part 15, Subpart B - Unintentional Radiators, Class B Computing Devices for Home & Office Use b) CISPR22: 1997/EN 55022:1998 - Class B - Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance cha[...]

  • Page 31

    7200 rpm Serial ATA 7200 rpm Serial ATA 7200 rpm Serial ATA 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drives Hard Drives Hard Drives Hard Drives 40-GB 40-GB 40-GB 40-GB Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity 40,020,000,000 bytes Height Height Height Height 1 inch (2.54 mm) Width Width Width Width Media diameter: 3.5 in (8.89 cm) Physical size: 4 in (10.2 cm) Interface[...]

  • Page 32

    160-GB 160-GB 160-GB 160-GB Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity 171,798,691,840 bytes Height Height Height Height 1 in (2.54 cm) Width Width Width Width Media diameter: 3.5 in (8.89 cm) Physical size: 4 in (10.2 cm) Interface Interface Interface Interface Serial ATA Synchronous Transfer Synchronous Transfer Synchronous Transfer Synchronous Transfer[...]

  • Page 33

    Standard Keyboard Standard Keyboard Standard Keyboard Standard Keyboard (PS/2 or USB) Physical Physical Physical Physical characteristics characteristics characteristics characteristics Keys Keys Keys Keys 104, 105, 106, 107, 109 layout (depending upon country) Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions (L x W x H) 18.0 x 6.4 x 0.98 in (45.8 x 16.[...]

  • Page 34

    USB Easy Access USB Easy Access USB Easy Access USB Easy Access Smartcard Keyboard Smartcard Keyboard Smartcard Keyboard Smartcard Keyboard Physical Physical Physical Physical characteristics characteristics characteristics characteristics Keys Keys Keys Keys 104, 105, 106, 107, 109 layout (depending upon country) plus eight programmable keys for I[...]

  • Page 35

    Electrical Electrical Electrical Electrical Operating Voltage Operating Voltage Operating Voltage Operating Voltage + 5VDC ± 10% Power Consumption Power Consumption Power Consumption Power Consumption 15mA System Consumption System Consumption System Consumption System Consumption PS/2 mini-din connector ESD ESD ESD ESD CE level 4, 15 kV air disch[...]

  • Page 36

    48X Max CD-ROM Drive 48X Max CD-ROM Drive 48X Max CD-ROM Drive 48X Max CD-ROM Drive Interface Interface Interface Interface ATAPI IDE Data Buffer Data Buffer Data Buffer Data Buffer 16.6 Mbps Data Transfer Rate Data Transfer Rate Data Transfer Rate Data Transfer Rate Sustained—150 Kbps minimum (audio) Variable (CD)—3,000 to 7,200 Kbps Disk Rota[...]

  • Page 37

    Reference Scanning Reference Scanning Reference Scanning Reference Scanning Velocity Velocity Velocity Velocity 1.2 m/s Recording/Playing Time Recording/Playing Time Recording/Playing Time Recording/Playing Time 80 minutes with CD-R media Read Only Disc Read Only Disc Read Only Disc Read Only Disc Parameters Parameters Parameters Parameters Formats[...]

  • Page 38

    Start-up Time Start-up Time Start-up Time Start-up Time (multi-session) < 30 seconds typical Stop Time Stop Time Stop Time Stop Time < 4 seconds Power Power Power Power Source Source Source Source Four-pin, DC power receptacle DC power requirement DC power requirement DC power requirement DC power requirement 5 VDC ± 5%—100 mV ripple p-p 1[...]

  • Page 39

    Access Times Access Times Access Times Access Times (typical reads, including settling) DVD-ROM Single Layer DVD-ROM Single Layer DVD-ROM Single Layer DVD-ROM Single Layer < 120 ms CD-ROM Mode 1 CD-ROM Mode 1 CD-ROM Mode 1 CD-ROM Mode 1 < 90 ms Full Stroke DVD Full Stroke DVD Full Stroke DVD Full Stroke DVD < 240 ms (seek) Full Stroke CD F[...]

  • Page 40

    Read speed Read speed Read speed Read speed DVD+R/-R/+RW/ -RW/+R DL Up to 8X DVD-ROM Up to 16X CD-ROM, CD-R Up to 40X CD-RW Up to 32X Access time Access time Access time Access time (typical reads, including settling) Random Random Random Random DVD: < 130 ms (typical), CD: < 120 ms (typical) Full Stroke Full Stroke Full Stroke Full Stroke DV[...]

  • Page 41

    1.44-MB Diskette Drive 1.44-MB Diskette Drive 1.44-MB Diskette Drive 1.44-MB Diskette Drive LED Indicators LED Indicators LED Indicators LED Indicators (front panel) 3.5 in (88.9 mm) Read/Write Capacity per Read/Write Capacity per Read/Write Capacity per Read/Write Capacity per diskette diskette diskette diskette (high/low density) Green Drive Supp[...]

  • Page 42

    HP Drive Key II HP Drive Key II HP Drive Key II HP Drive Key II Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions (HxWxD) 0.32 x 0.63 x 2.67 in (0.8 x 1.6 x 6.8 cm) Storage Capacity Storage Capacity Storage Capacity Storage Capacity 256 MB Weight Weight Weight Weight 0.05 lb (0.02 kg) Transfer Rates Transfer Rates Transfer Rates Transfer Rates Read Capab[...]