Table Of Contents - HP 8100 - Elite Convertible Minitower PC Maintenance And Service Manual

Table of contents

1 Product Features ............................................................................................................................................ 1
Convertible Minitower Chassis ............................................................................................................. 1
Front Panel Components ..................................................................................................... 1
Rear Panel Components ..................................................................................................... 2
Small Form Factor ................................................................................................................................ 3
Front Panel Components ..................................................................................................... 3
Rear Panel Components ..................................................................................................... 4
2 Installing and Customizing the Software ...................................................................................................... 5
Installing the Windows Operating System ............................................................................................ 5
Downloading Microsoft Windows Updates ........................................................................................... 5
Installing or Upgrading Device Drivers (Windows systems) ................................................................. 6
Customizing the Monitor Display (Windows systems) .......................................................................... 6
Launching Windows XP from Windows 7 ............................................................................................. 6
Accessing Disk Image (ISO) Files ........................................................................................................ 6
3 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ......................................................................................................................... 8
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................. 8
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities .................................................................................. 9
Computer Setup-File ....................................................................................................... 10
Computer Setup-Storage ................................................................................................ 11
Computer Setup-Security ................................................................................................ 13
Computer Setup-Power ................................................................................................... 18
Computer Setup-Advanced ............................................................................................. 19
Recovering the Configuration Settings ............................................................................................... 22
4 Serial ATA (SATA) Drive Guidelines and Features .................................................................................... 23
SATA Hard Drives .............................................................................................................................. 23
SATA Hard Drive Cables .................................................................................................................... 23
SATA Data Cable .............................................................................................................. 23
SMART ATA Drives ............................................................................................................................ 24
Hard Drive Capacities ........................................................................................................................ 24
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