HP Z8 G4 Maintenance And Service Guide

Solving software problems .................................................................................................................................................. 72
7 POST error messages and diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes ................................................................................. 73
POST numeric codes and text messages ........................................................................................................................... 73
Interpreting system validation diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes .......................................................... 78
8 Password security and resetting CMOS .............................................................................................................................................. 80
Resetting CMOS and/or the password jumper .................................................................................................................. 81
Changing a Setup or Power-on password ......................................................................................................................... 83
Deleting a Setup or Power-on password ........................................................................................................................... 83
9 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) .......................................................................................................................................... 84
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ................................................................................................................... 84
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ................................................................................. 85
Downloading the latest HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows version ............................. 85
Downloading HP Hardware Diagnostics Windows by product name or number
(select products only) ................................................................................................................... 85
Installing HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows ......................................................................................... 85
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI ....................................................................................................... 86
Starting HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI .............................................................................. 86
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI to a USB device ......................................... 86
Downloading the latest HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI version ................ 87
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI by product name or
number (select products only) ............................................................................... 87
Using Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI settings (select products only) ................................. 87
Downloading Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI ...................................................... 87
Downloading the latest Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI
version ....................................................................................................................... 87
Downloading Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI by product
name or number ...................................................................................................... 87
Customizing Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI settings ........................................ 88
10 System backup and recovery ............................................................................................................................................................. 89
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 ..................................................................................................... 89
Creating recovery media and backups ........................................................................................................... 89
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ............................................................... 89
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................................... 90
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................ 91
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ................................................................................... 91
What you need to know before you get started ................................................. 91
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .................................... 92
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HP Z8 G4 Specifications

General

Display included	No
Keyboard included	Yes
Power supply	1125 W
Operating system architecture	64-bit
Audio chip	Realtek ALC221
Product type	Workstation
Market positioning	Business
Motherboard chipset	Intel C622
Chassis type	Tower
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Number of 3.5\" bays	4
Number of 5.25\" bays	2
PCI Express x8 slots	3
Headphone outputs	1
HDMI ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	8
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Card reader integrated	-
Total storage capacity	1000 GB
Memory slots	24x DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory channels	Hepta-channel
Memory clock speed	2666 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	- GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 8 GB
Tcase	77 °C
Stepping	U0
Processor cache	11 MB
Processor model	4108
System bus rate	- GT/s
Processor socket	LGA 3647 (Socket P)
Processor threads	16
Processor codename	Skylake
Processor frequency	1.8 GHz
Processor cache type	L3
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	48
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	2400 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR3GJ
Processor ARK ID	123544
Intel TSX-NI version	1.00
Processor package size	76.0 x 56.5 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE4.2

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	551.2 mm
Width	215.9 mm
Height	444.5 mm
Weight	22400 g