HP Xw8400 - Workstation - 4 GB RAM - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Table of contents
1 Product overview
Product features ................................................................................................................................... 2
Exploded view ...................................................................................................................... 2
Front panel components ..................................................................................................... 3
Rear panel components ...................................................................................................... 4
Serial number and COA label location ................................................................................. 4
Product specifications ......................................................................................................................... 6
Power supply and cooling .................................................................................................... 6
Power supply specifications ................................................................................ 7
Power consumption and cooling ........................................................................ 8
System fans and airflow ................................................................................... 10
Resetting the power supply .............................................................................. 10
Power cord requirements .................................................................................. 10
Environmental specifications ............................................................................................ 11
PCI card slot power specification ....................................................................................... 11
Energy Star® ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Energy Star compliance ..................................................................................................... 13
Hyper-Threading Technology ............................................................................................................ 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
Upgrading device drivers .................................................................................. 16
Linux-enabled workstations ............................................................................................... 17
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 17
Installing the Linux operating system ................................................................ 17
Red Hat Activation ............................................................................................ 17
HP software ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Restoring the operating system .......................................................................................................... 19
Restoring the Windows operating system ......................................................................... 19
The RestorePlus! process ................................................................................. 19
Creating a RestorePlus! CD ............................................................. 19
Restoring from RestorePlus! CDs .................................................... 19
Restoring from RestorePlus! on the Recovery Partition ................... 19
HP Backup and Recovery Manager restore points ........................................... 20
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