HP Vectra VL PC

Series 4


VL 4
  • Desktop or Minitower Package users
  • Full range of Intel Pentium processors
  • Extended Data Output (EDO) DRAM
  • 256-KB pipeline burst-synchronous cache
  • PCI Bus Master Enhanced-IDE controller with PIO Mode 4 support
  • Vectra Ergonomic Power Solution
  • Preloaded HP DMI for easy network management
  • Optimized for use with Windows® 95




PC System Features

  Description
CPU
  • Intel Pentium 100-, 120-, 133-, 150-, 166-, or 200-MHz processor
Package
  • Desktop or minitower
  • HP Windows 95 Keyboard with additional keys and HP-exclusive StartKey
  • Mouse (except on Model 1)
Cache
  • 256-KB, pipeline burst-synchronous cache
Memory
  • 8- or 16-MB standard Extended Data Output (EDO) DRAM, expandable to 128-MB1 through industry-standard 60-ns SIMMs (6 SIMM slots total)
Mass storage shelves
  • Desktop - four shelves (three front-accessible):
    • One front-accessible with standard third-height 3.5-inch floppy drive installed
    • One front-accessible half-height 5.25-inch for 1.2-MB floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, or tape backup
    • One front-accessible, third-height 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch for floppy drive, tape backup, PCMCIA drive, or internal second hard disk drive
    • One internal third-height for 3.5-inch primary hard disk drive
  • Minitower - six shelves:
    • One front-accessible with standard third-height 3.5-inch floppy drive installed
    • Three front-accessible half-height 5.25-inch for 1.2-MB floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, or tape backup
    • Two internal third-height for 3.5-inch hard disk drives (one installed)
Accessory slots
  • Desktop - four slots: One full-length ISA, one short-length, one short-length ISA2, and one PCI or short-length ISA2
  • Minitower - six slots: Three full-length ISA, two full-length PCI, and one PCI or short-length ISA2
Floppy disk drive
  • Third-height, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB floppy drive installed
Hard disk drives
  • High-Performance Enhanced-IDE hard drives (support for four IDE devices in minitower, three in desktop)
Hard disk controller
  • PCI Bus Master Enhanced-IDE controller with PIO Mode 4 support
Built-in I/O
  • Two 9-pin serial ports (16550 UART)
  • One 25-pin parallel port (ECP/EPP bi-directional Centronics supporting IEEE 1284)
  • Mini-DIN keyboard and mouse ports
  • 15-pin VGA connector
  • VESA connector for VGA pass-through

1 To reach maximum memory capacity, original SIMM modules must be replaced with 32-MB SIMMs.

2 Accommodates one short ISA adapter card up to 6.3 inches.



Video Subsystem

  Description
On-board video
  • Integrated 64-bit S3 Trio64 video controller on the PCI bus
  • 1-MB, 60-ns DRAM standard, upgradable to 2-MB
Graphics accelerator card
  • Matrox Millennium PCI graphics card (models D4646B, D4649B, D4650B, D4662B, D4665B, and D4666B)
    • Integrated color space conversion and scaling for high-quality video playback
    • Integrated 3D rendering and texture mapping
    • 2-MB WRAM standard, upgradable to 4-MB or 8-MB1
Drivers
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows 95 drivers preloaded
  • HP-tested OS/2 r and Windows NT drivers available from HP BBS, World Wide Web, CompuServeTM, and America Online
Resolutions
  • HP Ergonomic Mode supported for non-interlaced resolutions for Windows, Windows NT, Windows 95, and OS/2:
    • 640 X 480
    • 800 X 600
    • 1024 X 768
    • 1280 X 1024
    • 1600 X 1200 (with Matrox Millennium card)
  • 256, 64K, or 16.7M colors available, depending on video memory, resolution, and operating system

1 2-MB video upgrade kit (D3557A) offered by HP; 6-MB video upgrade kit offered by Matrox resellers.



Features for Trouble-Free Personal Computing

  Description
Desktop Management
  • Standards-based Desktop Management Interface (DMI) instrumented and enabled
  • Up to 300 locally and network-manageable DMI attributes providing comprehensive information on PC and it's components
  • PC serial number stored in non-volatile memory
  • Customized asset label ("tattoo") of up to 80 characters
  • Remote DMI agents to enable remote PC management with HP OpenView
  • HP TopTOOLS easy-to-use, DMI standards-based desktop management tool for end-users and network administrators for efficient inventory, asset, configuration, and security management
  • HP Vectra Vx Series PCs can be remotely managed by the leading LAN management applications such as:
    • HP OpenView
    • Intel LANDesk Management Suite
    • McAfee Saber LAN Workstation
    • Microsoft Systems Management Server
    • Symantec Norton Administrator for Networks
    • IBM TME10 NetFinity
Ergonomic/environmental design
  • Ergonomic video modes supporting non-interlaced resolutions up to 1280 X 1024 (1600 X 1200 with Matrox Millennium)
  • EPA ENERGY STARSM-certified2
  • Advanced Power Management (APM 1.1) with "standby" and "sleep" modes for reduced power consumption
  • CFC-free; single plastic for easy recycling
Preinstalled software (hard disk drive models)
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11/MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 951, or OS/2 Warp
  • Easy-to-use HP Vectra Pack utilities:
    • Dashboard 2.0 desktop organizer (WfW 3.11)
    • HP User Tool (with WfW 3.11 only)
    • Discover Your HP Vectra (with Windows 95 only)
    • Advanced Power Management
    • DMI demo
    • Plug & Play
Ease of setup and service
  • Snap on/off cover; no screws
  • Flash BIOS (EEPROM) for fast, easy upgrades
  • Free 3-year limited warranty (1-year on-site, next-business-day; 2-year carry-in)
Security
  • User password to access PC, lock keyboard/mouse, protect user settings
  • Administrator password to access PC, protect configuration settings
  • Chassis keylock
  • Floppy and hard drive enable or disable

1 This product contains two Microsoft operating systems. You must make a ONE-TIME selection of the operating system you want to use. Once your selection is made, you may NOT change it unless you purchase a separate license.

2 All models are ENERGY STAR-certified except D4646B, D4649B, D4662B, and D4665B.



Optional Accessories

  Description
Memory upgrades1
  • EDO DRAM (128-MB maximum):
    • 8-MB, 60-ns EDO SIMM Kit (2 X 4MB) (D3646B)
    • 16-MB, 60-ns EDO SIMM Kit (2 X 8MB) (D3647B)
    • 32-MB, 60-ns EDO SIMM Kit (2 X 16MB) (D3648B)
    • 64-MB, 60-ns EDO SIMM Kit (2 X 32MB) (D4543A)
    • 4-MB, Bulk EDO Memory (pack of 20 SIMMs) (D2878A)
    • 8-MB, Bulk EDO Memory (pack of 20 SIMMs) (D2879A)
  • 512-KB pipeline burst-synchronous cache (D4599A)2
Data storage
  • Supported flexible drives:
    • Set of five 3.5-inch hard-disk mounting trays (for non-HP drives) (D2037A)
    • Set of five 5.25-inch DAT/CD-ROM drive mounting trays (for non-HP devices) (D2880A)
  • Supported hard disk drives:
    • 640-MB Enhanced IDE (D2929A)
    • 1.28-GB Enhanced-IDE (D2785A)2
    • 2.5-GB Enhanced-IDE (D2786A)2
    • 8X-speed IDE CD-ROM drive (D4381A)
  • Supported tape drives:
    • HPColorado T1000 800-MB Internal Tape Drive (C4329DA)
    • HP Colorado 1.3-GB Internal Tape Drive QIC-3020 (C4330DA)
Video upgrades
  • 1-MB, 60-ns DRAM upgrade kit for standard models (D3500A)
  • 2-MB WRAM upgrade kit for high-performance models (D3557A)
LAN accessories
  • LAN adapter cards:
    • HP PC LAN Adapter NC/16 (J2405A)
    • HP PC LAN Adapter/16 TP Plus (27247B)
    • HP PC LAN Adapter/16 TL Plus (27252A)
    • HP DeskDirect 10-Mbit PCI LAN Adapter (J2973A)
    • HP DeskDirect 10-Mbit PCI Combo Adapter (J2970A)
    • HP DeskDirect 10/100VG PCI LAN adapter (J2585B)
    • HP DeskDirect 10/100VG ISA LAN adapter (J2573A)
    • HP DeskDirect 10/100TX PCI LAN adapter (J3171A)
Setup and user guides
  • HP Vectra VL4 PC Desktop User Guide (D3645A)
  • HP Vectra VL4 PC Minitower User Guide (D3800A)
Multimedia accessories3
  • HPAudio/CD Accessory  (PnP audio card plus 8X-speed CD-ROM) (D4179A)
Mouse
  • Mouse (C3751B)

1 Memory must be installed in pairs.

2 Available November 1, 1996.

3 Available for resellers only.



Configurations and Models

Name Model Product Number1 Memory External Cache Hard Disk Multimedia (CD-ROM + 16-bit sound card)5 Graphics
Desktop
HP Vectra VL4  5/100 M1280 D4656B2 8 MB 256KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M1280 D3672B2 16 MB 256KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
HP Vectra VL4  5/120 M1280 D3682B2 16 MB 256KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
HP Vectra VL4  5/133 M1280 D3692B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M1280OS/2 D3692S2 16 MB 256 KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500 D4644B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500MXM D4650B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Standard Matrox Millennium
HP Vectra VL4  5/150 M1280 D3695B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500 D4645B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
HP Vectra VL4  5/166 M1280 D3697B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500MXM D4646B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Standard Matrox Millennium
HP Vectra VL4  5/200 M1620 D4648B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.62GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500MXM D4649B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Standard Matrox Millennium
Minitower
HP Vectra VL4  5/100MT M1280 D3804B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M1620 D3810B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.62GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
HP Vectra VL4  5/133MT M1280 D3811B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.28GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500 D4660B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500MXM D4666B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Standard Matrox Millennium
HP Vectra VL4  5/166MT M1620 D4661B2 16 MB 256 KB 1.62GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500MXM D4662B2 16 MB 256 KB 2.5GB Standard Matrox Millennium
HP Vectra VL4  5/200MT M1620 D4664B2 16 MB 256KB 1.62GB Optional S3 Trio64 PnP
M2500MXM D4665B2 16 MB 256KB 2.5GB Standard Matrox Millennium

1 Language option must be specified: for example "ABA" for U.S. English.

2 These models include two Microsoft operating systems: Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. You must make a ONE-TIME selection of the operating system you want to use. Once your selection is made, you may NOT change it unless you purchase a separate license.

3 Model D3692S comes with OS/2 Warp.

4 Software not included.

5 Includes Plug-&-Play audio card, 8X-speed CD-ROM drive, and Matrox Millennium video card.