HP (Hewlett-Packard) VM647AA manual

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    HP Z220 SFF, Z220 CMT, Z420, Z620, and Z820 Workstations Maintenance and Service Guide[...]

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    Copyright Information © Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P 669531-002 Second Edition: July 2012 Warranty Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in conn ection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material[...]

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    About this guide This guide provides service and maintenance inform ation, technical details and configuration guidance for the HP Z220 SFF, Z220 CMT, Z420, Z6 20, and Z820 Workstatio ns. IMPORTANT: Removal and replacement procedure s are now available in videos on the HP website. Go to the HP Customer Self Re pair Services Media Library at http://[...]

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    iv About this guide[...]

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    Table of contents 1 Ha rdware o verview ......... ........ .......... ......... .......... ......... .......... ......... .......... ........ ........... .. 1 HP Z220 SFF W orkstation c omponents .... ......... ............ ......... ........... ......... ............ ......... ............ 1 HP Z220 S FF Workstatio n front panel components .......[...]

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    Environmental specific ations ............. ............ ........... .......... .............. ........... ............ ........... .... .. 37 ENERGY ST AR qualific ation ........... .............. ..................... .............. .................... ............... ..... 37 Ensuring proper ventilation .... ............ .......... .......... .[...]

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    Changing a pow er-on or s etup passw ord ..................................... 72 Deleting a power-o n or setup pa ssword .......... ......... ........ ....... ..... 73 Nat ion al k ey boa rd d eli mit er cha rac ter s .... ............ .......... ............. 73 Clearing passwords ..... ........... ......... ........ ......... ........... .......[...]

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    Drive install ation and cabling scenarios ...................................................... 95 HP Z220 SFF Workstations — SATA cable connection guidelines . . . 95 HP Z220 CMT Workstations — SATA cable connection guidelines ................................................................................ 95 HP Z420 Workstations — Intel AH[...]

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    Troubles hooting a problem ..... .............. ..................... .............. ................ 122 Instant Su pport and Active Chat ........... ............................... .................. ... 122 Customer Advisories , Customer and Security Bulletins, and Cus tomer Notices 122 Product Cha nge Notifications .............................[...]

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    POST e rror messages ........ ..................................................... ............................... 153 5 Configur ing password secur ity and res etting CMOS ...... .................... ............................ 158 Prepar ing to configure pa sswords .................. ................... ............................. ...........[...]

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    Index . .......... ................. .......... ................. ........... .................. ................. ........... ......... ...... 185 xi[...]

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    1 Hardware overview This chapter presents an overview of workstatio n hardware components. It includes these topics: Topics HP Z220 SFF Works tation components on page 1 HP Z220 CMT Workstation components on page 8 HP Z420 Workstation components on page 15 HP Z620 Workstation components on page 23 HP Z820 Workstation components on page 30 Environme[...]

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    HP Z220 SFF Workstation front panel components Figure 1-1 Front panel components Table 1-1 Component descri ption 1 Optical drive 5 Optional media card reader (shown) or optional second hard disk drive 2 Power button 6 Hard drive or optical drive activity light 3 USB 2.0 ports (4, black) 7 Headphones connector 4 Microphone or headphones connector ([...]

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    HP Z220 SFF Workstation rear panel components Figure 1-2 Rear pa nel components NOTE: The labels for the rear panel connectors use industry-standar d icons and colors. Table 1-2 Component desc riptions 1 RJ–45 network connect or 7 DisplayPort (DP) 2 Serial port 8 VGA (monitor) (blue) 3 PS/2 mouse connector (green ) 9 PS/2 keyboard connec tor (pur[...]

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    HP Z220 SFF Workstation chassis components For complete and current information on supported accessories and components for the computer, see http://partsurfer.hp.com . The following image shows the components of a typical computer layout. Drive configurations can vary. Figure 1-3 Chassis components Table 1-3 Component desc riptions 1 Access panel [...]

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    HP Z220 SFF Workstation system board component The following illustration and table identify computer system board components. Figure 1-4 System board comp onent locations Table 1-4 System board comp onent descriptions I/O SATA Power 1 Display Port 13 AHCI 3Gb/s 20 Battery 2 Front audio 14 AHCI 6Gb/s 21 CPU power 3 Front speaker NOTE: Only the port[...]