Table of contents
1 Product overview
Product features ................................................................................................................................... 2
Component view .................................................................................................................. 2
Front panel components ..................................................................................................... 3
Rear panel components ...................................................................................................... 3
Serial number and COA label location ................................................................................. 4
Product specifications ......................................................................................................................... 6
Power supply ....................................................................................................................... 6
Power supply specifications ................................................................................ 7
Power consumption ............................................................................................ 7
System fans ....................................................................................................... 9
Resetting the power supply ................................................................................ 9
Environmental specifications .............................................................................................. 9
ENERGY STAR ................................................................................................................................. 11
ENERGY STAR compliance .............................................................................................. 11
Hyper-Threading Technology ............................................................................................................. 12
Dual-core CPUs ................................................................................................................................. 13
HP Cool Tools .................................................................................................................................... 14
2 Installing or restoring the operating system
Installing the operating system and software ..................................................................................... 16
Microsoft Windows XP Professional ................................................................................. 16
Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................ 16
Linux-preinstalled workstations .......................................................................................... 16
Starting up the Linux operating system ............................................................. 16
Restoring the Linux operating system ............................................................... 16
Downloading the latest HP driver CD contents ................................ 17
Installing the operating system with the HP driver CD contents ....... 17
Upgrading device drivers .................................................................................. 17
Linux-enabled workstations ............................................................................................... 17
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 17
Installing the Linux operating system ................................................................ 18
HP software ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Restoring the Windows operating system .......................................................................................... 20
The RestorePlus! process ................................................................................................. 20
Creating a RestorePlus! CD .............................................................................. 20
Restoring from RestorePlus! CDs ..................................................................... 20
Restoring from RestorePlus! on the Recovery Partition .................................... 20
HP Backup and Recovery Manager restore points ............................................................................ 21
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