Table Of Contents - HP Xw4300 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM Troubleshooting Manual

Table of contents

1 Locating HP resources
Product information .............................................................................................................................. 2
Product support .................................................................................................................................... 3
Product documentation ........................................................................................................................ 4
Product diagnostics .............................................................................................................................. 5
Product updates ................................................................................................................................... 6
2 Setting up the Hardware
Quick setup .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Ventilation, COA label, and serial number label information ............................................... 8
Front and rear panel components ........................................................................................................ 9
Front panel components .................................................................................................... 10
Rear panel components ..................................................................................................... 11
Product recycling ................................................................................................................................ 13
3 Setting up the operating system
Setting up the Microsoft operating system ......................................................................................... 15
Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................................ 15
Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ............................................. 15
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................................................................. 16
Installing with the HP driver CD ......................................................................................... 16
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ................................................ 17
Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 17
Updating the workstation .................................................................................................................... 17
Updating the workstation after first boot ............................................................................ 17
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 17
Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 19
4 Restoring the operating system
Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 20
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 21
Restoring Windows Vista ................................................................................................................... 21
Ordering the RestorePlus! media ...................................................................................... 21
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 21
ENWW
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 17
Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 18
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 19
iii