HP dx2700 Service Reference Guide: HP Compaq dx2700 MT/dx2708 MT/dx2700 SFF Bu - Page 5

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Service Reference Guide

Contents

5

Identifying the Chassis, Routine Care, and Disassembly Preparation

5.1

Chassis Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

5.1.1

Microtower (MT)/Small Form Factor (SFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

5.2

Electrostatic Discharge Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

5.2.1

Generating Static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

5.2.2

Preventing Electrostatic Damage to Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

5.2.3

Personal Grounding Methods and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

5.2.4

Grounding the Work Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

5.2.5

Recommended Materials and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

5.3

Routine Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

5.3.1

General Cleaning Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

5.3.2

Cleaning the Computer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

5.3.3

Cleaning the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

5.3.4

Cleaning the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

5.3.5

Cleaning the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

5.4

Service Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

5.4.1

Tools and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

5.4.2

Screws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

5.4.3

Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

5.4.4

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

5.4.5

Lithium Coin Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

6

Removal and Replacement Procedures — Microtower (MT)/Small Form

Factor (SFF) Chassis

6.1

Preparation for Disassembly

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

6.2

Remove the computer access panel and front bezel

(MT chassis and SFF chassis). . . . . . . . 6–2

6.2.1

Access Panel (MT Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2

6.2.2

Front Bezel (MT Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

6.2.3

Removing the Computer Access Panel and Front Bezel

(SFF chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4

6.3

Using the Small Form Factor Computer in a Minitower Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

6.4

Front Drive Bezels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7

6.4.1

Removing a 5.25" Drive Bezel Blank/MT Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7

6.5

Memory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

6.5.1

Installing Memory Modules/MT chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

6.5.2

Installing DDR2-SDRAM DIMMs

- SFF chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

6.6

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11

6.6.1

Expansion Slot Cover Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11

6.6.2

PCI/PCIe Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11

6.6.3

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13

6.6.4

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15

6.7

Cable Management

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16

6.8

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–17

6.8.1

Locating Drive Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–17

6.8.2

Removing a Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–18

6.8.3

Locating Drive Positions - SFF chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19

6.8.4

Removing an Optical Drive or Diskette Drive - SFF chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20

6.8.5

Installing an Optional Optical Drive - SFF chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–21

6.8.6

Upgrading the Hard Drive - SFF chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–24

Section	Page
Contents	4
Installing the Operating System	7
1.1 Microsoft Windows XP/Redflag Linux	7
1.2 Converting to NTFS (Associated with WinXP OS)	8
1.3 HP Software	8
Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features	9
2.1 Power-On Self-Test (POST)	9
2.2 Computer Setup Utilities	10
2.3 Recovering the Configuration Settings	19
Desktop Management	20
3.1 Initial Configuration and Deployment	20
3.2 ROM Flash	20
3.3 Security	22
Serial ATA Drive Guidelines and Features	26
4.1 SATA 1.5 and 3.0 Hard Drives	26
4.2 SATA Hard Drive Cables	27
4.3 SATA SMART Drives	28
4.4 Drive Capacities	28
4.5 SATA BIOS	28
Identifying the Chassis, Routine Care, and Disassembly Preparation	30
5.1 Chassis Designations	30
5.2 Electrostatic Discharge Information	32
5.3 Routine Care	34
5.4 Service Considerations	36
Removal and Replacement Procedures- Microtower (MT)/Small Form Factor (SFF) Chassis	38
6.1 Preparation for Disassembly	38
6.2 Remove the computer access panel and front bezel (MT chassis and SFF chassis)	39
6.3 Using the Small Form Factor Computer in a Minitower Configuration	43
6.4 Front Drive Bezels	44
6.5 Memory	45
6.6 Expansion Cards	48
6.7 Cable Management	53
6.8 Drives	54
6.9 Front I/O Panel Housing Assembly - MT chassis	63
6.10 System Fan	64
6.11 Heatsink - MT chassis	65
6.12 Processor	66
6.13 System Board	68
6.14 Battery	69
6.15 Power Supply	71
Connector Pin Assignments	72
Power Cord Set Requirements	76
POST Error Messages	77
Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics	81

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