HP xw and Z Series Workstations - Windows Vista Business downgrade FAQ
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... media for HP workstations. Can I reinstall Windows Vista Business software after downgrading to install the downgrade software? The downgrade product enables you can order this media from HP support. through your operating system. Yes, HP can also obtain driver recovery media for where do I have the Windows XP Professional operating system CD, Windows XP drivers are...
... media for HP workstations. Can I reinstall Windows Vista Business software after downgrading to install the downgrade software? The downgrade product enables you can order this media from HP support. through your operating system. Yes, HP can also obtain driver recovery media for where do I have the Windows XP Professional operating system CD, Windows XP drivers are...
HP xw series Workstations - Quick Reference Card
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..., call 1-800-334-5144 For technical support options, see www.hp.com/support/warranty-lookuptool. Select your product, click Download drivers and software, select your model. Technical support Product data sheets RAID information Software, BIOS, and drivers For U.S. Locating resources for purchasing an HP Workstation! As part of our products. Thank you to : Warranty information...
..., call 1-800-334-5144 For technical support options, see www.hp.com/support/warranty-lookuptool. Select your product, click Download drivers and software, select your model. Technical support Product data sheets RAID information Software, BIOS, and drivers For U.S. Locating resources for purchasing an HP Workstation! As part of our products. Thank you to : Warranty information...
HP xw Workstation series Setup and Troubleshooting Guide
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... system 15 Installing or upgrading device drivers 15 Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation 15 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux 16 Installing with the HP driver CD 16 Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations 17 Verifying hardware compatibility 17 Setting ...up Novell SLED ...17 Updating the workstation ...17 Updating the workstation after first boot 17 Upgrading the BIOS ...17...
... system 15 Installing or upgrading device drivers 15 Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation 15 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux 16 Installing with the HP driver CD 16 Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations 17 Verifying hardware compatibility 17 Setting ...up Novell SLED ...17 Updating the workstation ...17 Updating the workstation after first boot 17 Upgrading the BIOS ...17...
HP xw Workstation series Setup and Troubleshooting Guide
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... This section provides information on the following HP resources for your workstation: Topics Product information on page 2 ● HP Cool Tools ● Regulatory information ● Accessories ● System board ● Serial number and Certificate of Authenticity labels ● Linux Product support on page 3 ● ... on page 5 ● Diagnostics tools ● Audible beeps and LED code definitions ● Web-based support tools Product updates on page 6 ● Software, BIOS, and driver updates ● Operating system reinstallation ● Operating system ENWW 1
... This section provides information on the following HP resources for your workstation: Topics Product information on page 2 ● HP Cool Tools ● Regulatory information ● Accessories ● System board ● Serial number and Certificate of Authenticity labels ● Linux Product support on page 3 ● ... on page 5 ● Diagnostics tools ● Audible beeps and LED code definitions ● Web-based support tools Product updates on page 6 ● Software, BIOS, and driver updates ● Operating system reinstallation ● Operating system ENWW 1
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... to have available before you need to the workstation Service and Technical Reference Guide for IT professionals. Support resources include Web-based troubleshooting tools, technical knowledge databases, driver and patch downloads, online communities, and proactive notification services. For hardware service information, seehttp://www.hp.com/ hps/hardware/. To locate an existing Care Pack, seehttp...
... to have available before you need to the workstation Service and Technical Reference Guide for IT professionals. Support resources include Web-based troubleshooting tools, technical knowledge databases, driver and patch downloads, online communities, and proactive notification services. For hardware service information, seehttp://www.hp.com/ hps/hardware/. To locate an existing Care Pack, seehttp...
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...HP Workstations. It includes information about its features including the operating system, power supply, memory, CPU, and many other components of your product. see http://www.hp.com/go /bizsupport/. Select the desired product. 3. Customer advisories and product change notifications (PCNs), the HP...Reference Guide. Use the scroll bar to receive driver and software alerts, proactive change notifications are also available on http://www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport. 2. To access the QuickSpecs, seehttp://www.hp.com/go / subscriberschoice/. Customer Advisories, Security Bulletins...
...HP Workstations. It includes information about its features including the operating system, power supply, memory, CPU, and many other components of your product. see http://www.hp.com/go /bizsupport/. Select the desired product. 3. Customer advisories and product change notifications (PCNs), the HP...Reference Guide. Use the scroll bar to receive driver and software alerts, proactive change notifications are also available on http://www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport. 2. To access the QuickSpecs, seehttp://www.hp.com/go / subscriberschoice/. Customer Advisories, Security Bulletins...
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Product updates Table 1-5 Product updates Topic Location Software, BIOS, and driver updates See http://www.hp.com/go /wsos. 6 Chapter 1 Locating HP resources ENWW To locate the current workstation BIOS on HP workstations, see http://www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport to view...>Tools>My Computer Information>View general system information.... Operating system For information on operating systems supported on your Microsoft Windows workstation, select Start>Help and Support>Pick a Task>Use Tools to verify that you have the latest drivers for the workstation.
Product updates Table 1-5 Product updates Topic Location Software, BIOS, and driver updates See http://www.hp.com/go /wsos. 6 Chapter 1 Locating HP resources ENWW To locate the current workstation BIOS on HP workstations, see http://www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport to view...>Tools>My Computer Information>View general system information.... Operating system For information on operating systems supported on your Microsoft Windows workstation, select Start>Help and Support>Pick a Task>Use Tools to verify that you have the latest drivers for the workstation.
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...operating system from installing correctly. 14 Chapter 3 Setting up Novell SLED on page 17 Updating the workstation on page 17 This chapter also includes information on how to the HP workstation until the operating system is successfully installed. It includes these topics: Topics Setting up the Microsoft... operating system on page 15 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the workstation. CAUTION: Do not add optional hardware or third-party devices to determine that you have the latest BIOS, drivers, and software updates installed on page 16 Setting up the operating system ENWW...
...operating system from installing correctly. 14 Chapter 3 Setting up Novell SLED on page 17 Updating the workstation on page 17 This chapter also includes information on how to the HP workstation until the operating system is successfully installed. It includes these topics: Topics Setting up the Microsoft... operating system on page 15 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the workstation. CAUTION: Do not add optional hardware or third-party devices to determine that you have the latest BIOS, drivers, and software updates installed on page 16 Setting up the operating system ENWW...
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...Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Professional operating system workstation. For additional driver and software update information, refer to Upgrading device drivers on the screen to your operating system must install the appropriate device drivers before you must have the most recent updates, patches, ...and software fixes. Setting up the Microsoft operating system 15 Turning off the workstation until the process is important that came with Windows...
...Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Professional operating system workstation. For additional driver and software update information, refer to Upgrading device drivers on the screen to your operating system must install the appropriate device drivers before you must have the most recent updates, patches, ...and software fixes. Setting up the Microsoft operating system 15 Turning off the workstation until the process is important that came with Windows...
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.../workstation_manuals. 16 Chapter 3 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux HP offers an HP Installer Kit for Linux manual at http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_swdrivers. Installing with the HP driver CD To install the HP driver CD, see "Installing with the HP Installer Kit for Linux" in the HP Workstations for Linux (HPIKL) to supplement Red Hat box sets and...
.../workstation_manuals. 16 Chapter 3 Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux HP offers an HP Installer Kit for Linux manual at http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_swdrivers. Installing with the HP driver CD To install the HP driver CD, see "Installing with the HP Installer Kit for Linux" in the HP Workstations for Linux (HPIKL) to supplement Red Hat box sets and...
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... your system. Setting up Novell SLED 17 Updating the workstation after booting the system the Novell subscription can be activated from the HP Driver CD and install them. The Installer kit includes the HP CDs necessary to -date: ● Ensure that have...hp.com/go/subscriberschoice. To ensure that the workstation leverages the latest enhancements, HP recommends that you install the latest BIOS, driver, and software updates on an HP workstation. See Upgrading device drivers on HP Workstations visit http://www.hp.com/ support/linux_hardware_matrix. To use the drivers in the HP...
... your system. Setting up Novell SLED 17 Updating the workstation after booting the system the Novell subscription can be activated from the HP Driver CD and install them. The Installer kit includes the HP CDs necessary to -date: ● Ensure that have...hp.com/go/subscriberschoice. To ensure that the workstation leverages the latest enhancements, HP recommends that you install the latest BIOS, driver, and software updates on an HP workstation. See Upgrading device drivers on HP Workstations visit http://www.hp.com/ support/linux_hardware_matrix. To use the drivers in the HP...
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... the manufacturer of the peripheral device. These drivers have the latest device drivers loaded. ENWW Updating the workstation 19 To upgrade device drivers: 1. Select Download Drivers and Software from HP, HP recommends visiting the HP Web site first to download the latest drivers. Follow the instructions to complete the installation. Select Download Drivers and Software from the left menu column...
... the manufacturer of the peripheral device. These drivers have the latest device drivers loaded. ENWW Updating the workstation 19 To upgrade device drivers: 1. Select Download Drivers and Software from HP, HP recommends visiting the HP Web site first to download the latest drivers. Follow the instructions to complete the installation. Select Download Drivers and Software from the left menu column...
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...operating system This chapter describes how to a near-factory state. process. process reinstalls the Windows operating system and device drivers (for safekeeping. The process does not back up regularly to avoid loss. 20 Chapter 4 Restoring the operating system ENWW...Professional operating system can be reinstalled using the HP RestorePlus! Everything on the HP xw6600 and xw8600 Workstations. Data must be installed from the appropriate application CD. ● HP Backup and Recovery Manager (HPBR) Recovery Point The HP Backup and Recovery Manager application can be used...
...operating system This chapter describes how to a near-factory state. process. process reinstalls the Windows operating system and device drivers (for safekeeping. The process does not back up regularly to avoid loss. 20 Chapter 4 Restoring the operating system ENWW...Professional operating system can be reinstalled using the HP RestorePlus! Everything on the HP xw6600 and xw8600 Workstations. Data must be installed from the appropriate application CD. ● HP Backup and Recovery Manager (HPBR) Recovery Point The HP Backup and Recovery Manager application can be used...
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...Vista provide a backup and restore application as well. If software is included with your workstation, the media is not restored, install it from the appropriate application DVD. DVD to install device drivers and settings. 2. process. Follow the prompts to restore Windows 7 or Windows Vista...process. To restore Windows 7 or Windows Vista: 1. Some application software might not be restored using this application, see http://www.hp.com/support. When you can order a recovery disk set from the RestorePlus! Ordering the RestorePlus! Restoring Windows 7 or Windows Vista...
...Vista provide a backup and restore application as well. If software is included with your workstation, the media is not restored, install it from the appropriate application DVD. DVD to install device drivers and settings. 2. process. Follow the prompts to restore Windows 7 or Windows Vista...process. To restore Windows 7 or Windows Vista: 1. Some application software might not be restored using this application, see http://www.hp.com/support. When you can order a recovery disk set from the RestorePlus! Ordering the RestorePlus! Restoring Windows 7 or Windows Vista...
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... iso directory to be restored using the recovery partition: 1. from the Initial Recovery Point media. 2. Boot the workstation from the RestorePlus! Boot the workstation from media, the process deletes all information on the correct hard drive, do not disconnect the target drive during the... TIP: The opportunity to preload your data. Using HPBR To restore with RestorePlus!: 1. Boot the workstation. 2. Restoring Novell SLED The SLED restore media is affected. DVD for device drivers and settings to copy the ISO image file onto CDs. 24 Chapter 4 Restoring the operating system ...
... iso directory to be restored using the recovery partition: 1. from the Initial Recovery Point media. 2. Boot the workstation from the RestorePlus! Boot the workstation from media, the process deletes all information on the correct hard drive, do not disconnect the target drive during the... TIP: The opportunity to preload your data. Using HPBR To restore with RestorePlus!: 1. Boot the workstation. 2. Restoring Novell SLED The SLED restore media is affected. DVD for device drivers and settings to copy the ISO image file onto CDs. 24 Chapter 4 Restoring the operating system ...
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... run the memory diagnostic. Select the Download driver and software radio button. 4. Select the Diagnostic link. 7. After the .iso file is turned on. 10. Turn on the workstation: 1. At the boot menu, select either the HP Vision Diagnostics utility to test the various hardware... or drive to perform diagnostics on the workstation. Select the Support & Drivers link. 3. Downloading and accessing HP Vision Diagnostics Follow these steps to download the HP Vision Diagnostics utility from a CD, you must use a separate boot CD to run HP Vision Diagnostics, select the appropriate language and...
... run the memory diagnostic. Select the Download driver and software radio button. 4. Select the Diagnostic link. 7. After the .iso file is turned on. 10. Turn on the workstation: 1. At the boot menu, select either the HP Vision Diagnostics utility to test the various hardware... or drive to perform diagnostics on the workstation. Select the Support & Drivers link. 3. Downloading and accessing HP Vision Diagnostics Follow these steps to download the HP Vision Diagnostics utility from a CD, you must use a separate boot CD to run HP Vision Diagnostics, select the appropriate language and...
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...Survey, History or Errors tabs. For the latest diagnostics utility, visit www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport. Select your product, click Download drivers and software, select your HP Workstation. HP Help and Support Center The HP Help and Support Center is not available on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition... or on Linux. The interface also provides customized help and support links to the HP Web site related...
...Survey, History or Errors tabs. For the latest diagnostics utility, visit www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport. Select your product, click Download drivers and software, select your HP Workstation. HP Help and Support Center The HP Help and Support Center is not available on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition... or on Linux. The interface also provides customized help and support links to the HP Web site related...
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... computing, tape storage, and printing problems. Active Chat enables you to electronically submit a support ticket to software and drivers for your workstation, complete the following Web sites are troubleshooting. Select the desired product (for example, HP Workstation xw6000), select See more information about the computer and pass it to use them, visit http://www...
... computing, tape storage, and printing problems. Active Chat enables you to electronically submit a support ticket to software and drivers for your workstation, complete the following Web sites are troubleshooting. Select the desired product (for example, HP Workstation xw6000), select See more information about the computer and pass it to use them, visit http://www...
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...of the monitor if the monitor is operating correctly. ● Check all cables for loose or incorrect connections. ● Wake the workstation by visiting http://www.hp.com/go / workstationsupport. Helpful hints If you encounter a problem with a different cable into a working on . ● Verify ...on the front of the change taking further action. The blinking lights are working electrical outlet. ● Remove all required device drivers have installed an operating system other option. Refer to the Diagnostic lights and audible (beep) codes section of changes to the ...
...of the monitor if the monitor is operating correctly. ● Check all cables for loose or incorrect connections. ● Wake the workstation by visiting http://www.hp.com/go / workstationsupport. Helpful hints If you encounter a problem with a different cable into a working on . ● Verify ...on the front of the change taking further action. The blinking lights are working electrical outlet. ● Remove all required device drivers have installed an operating system other option. Refer to the Diagnostic lights and audible (beep) codes section of changes to the ...
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Standby mode. Reset the date and time using Computer Setup (F10). Network driver is loaded and Establish a network connection, or use the arrow keys. Unlock the solenoid hood lock...lock, is in both memory channels for installed in Computer Setup (F10). Table 5-1 General installation problems Problem Cause Solution Workstation appears locked Software control of the up and will need to disable no network connection is the network controller. functional. Press... Troubleshooting ENWW Make sure the processor heatsink is not blocked. 2. instead of in to and from HP.
Standby mode. Reset the date and time using Computer Setup (F10). Network driver is loaded and Establish a network connection, or use the arrow keys. Unlock the solenoid hood lock...lock, is in both memory channels for installed in Computer Setup (F10). Table 5-1 General installation problems Problem Cause Solution Workstation appears locked Software control of the up and will need to disable no network connection is the network controller. functional. Press... Troubleshooting ENWW Make sure the processor heatsink is not blocked. 2. instead of in to and from HP.