HP Vectra VLI8 SF

[Tarik]

"hudsonsmith" Many Thanks Again for the great links of HP manuals , perfect , things becoming more clear .

Its not 440BX it is 440ZX chipset .

Checked that forum , they are talking about Tower(VLi 8) / Desktop(VLi 8SF) model with Slot Processor , mine one is Desktop model (VLi 8SF) with Socket PPGA 370 (Plasic Pin Grid Array) , Sytem # D9456T (D9456-60201) (KZM-6121 Rev 1.3) . Because of your mentioned manuals it(Tower/Desktop) became very clear .

On the lpv06682.pdf manual , Page 26 mentions about VLi 8SF desktop model with socket PPGA 370 ... Saying can take only Celeron processor . Don't think it is right , as 440ZX chipset supports Celeron, PII, PIII . This Board shows on a sticker that it supports 550 MHz processor with 100 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) , which can only be PIII processors with 100 MHz FSB , as there are no Celerons made/available with 100 MHz FSB with 550 MHz processor speed . Board showing this info on a white sticker on the board surface , most likely this is printed with wrong info for this model (or, right info were not available) .

On the lpv06673.pdf manual , Page 4 & 8 showing support of 600 & 650 MHz PIII Processors with 100 MHz FSB . Their spec ...
SL3XV 650.00 MHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cB0 256 KB 370 pin PPGA/FC-PGA1 1.7 v 6.5 Bus/Core PIII ,
SL5BT 600.00 MHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cD0 256 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.75 v 6 Bus/Core PIII .
Means motherboard also supports 1.7 & 1.75 volt , but not sure if its the PPGA or Slot version board . Couldn't find more info on the Sytem # on the internet to cross-reference and make sure .

If this (VLi 8SF with Socket PPGA 370) board can ONLY support 2.0 volt processors then max it will take is ...
SL3FZ 533.00 MHz 66 MHz 0.25 micron mB0 128 KB PPGA 2.0 v 8 Bus/Core Celeron ,
or, SL3PZ 533.00 MHz 66 MHz 0.25 micron mB0 128 KB 370 pin PPGA/PPGA2 2.0 v 8.1 Bus/Core Celeron .

If board can supply 1.75 volt ALSO then max processor will be ...
SL5XR 1.10 GHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cD0 128 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.75 v 11 Bus/Core Celeron ,
SL5QW 1.10 GHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cD0 256 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.75 v 11 Bus/Core PIII .

If board can supply 1.7 volt ( & 2.0 v only) then max processor will be ...
SL4SD 900.00 MHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cC0 256 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.7 v 9 Bus/Core PIII ,
SL5GA 850.00 MHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cC0 128 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.7 v 8.5 Bus/Core Celeron .

So , i need to find out from those online seller or from other source ... that ... are they using slot or ppga processor on those VLi8SF desktop ?

Thanks .

[dirt894]

Just in case you're having probs with the HP Vectra VLi8 bios and you can not access your operating system at all do this: get this bios file:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...s+OS&tech=BIOS
Crisis recovery flash process.
To be used if your bios is corrupted and you can't boot normally
a. Format a floppy disk under DOS and make it bootable.
b. Copy the required platform.bin, phlash.exe and BIOS image ("hz0110us.FUL").
Add the following line in AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

PHLASH hz0110us.ful /c /pf=b /V /mode=3

that's foreward slash V above by the way
c. Insert the floppy disk, set switch 2 (BIOS CRISIS RECOVERY), power-on the system.
d. Several beeps can be heard during 1-2 minutes.
The long beep at the end means that Bios flashing is finished.
e. Press power button during 5secs to power off the system.
f. Reset switch 2, remove the crisis floppy, and power-on your system again.
Here are switches to use with phlash.exe
/H displays the help screen with all parameters available
/B Binary file to be loaded as platform.bin
/V Compare BIOS image file and flash EEPROM after
flashing
/C BIOS will automatically load CMOS default at
following boot
/P Production mode: no screen ouptuts, no beeps,
auto reboot
/S Silent: no beeps
/EXIT Exit to DOS instead of rebooting
/pf=b Standard flash process. The Bootblock is flashed.
/MODE=3 Updates DMI strings.

Ex: phlash.exe /B=platform.bin /C /V /pf=b

Hope this helps

thank you i will give it a try i did not know that taking the battery out could do that.

[floro]

where could i find a kzm6120 driver?.. is there anybody who can help me? i'm having problem with my mouse when my os was upgraded from win98 to win xp prof.. here's the spec of my pc:
PIII 550 Mhz-processor
KZM6120 - motherboard
82xx - intel chipsets

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers floro

Which particular driver did you have in mind? here is the hp page for your machine XP should have most of the drivers, so which ones do you need?

[regn]

"hudsonsmith" Many Thanks Again for the great links of HP manuals , perfect , things becoming more clear .

Its not 440BX it is 440ZX chipset .


Means motherboard also supports 1.7 & 1.75 volt , but not sure if its the PPGA or Slot version board . Couldn't find more info on the Sytem # on the internet to cross-reference and make sure .

If this (VLi 8SF with Socket PPGA 370) board can ONLY support 2.0 volt processors then max it will take is ...
SL3FZ 533.00 MHz 66 MHz 0.25 micron mB0 128 KB PPGA 2.0 v 8 Bus/Core Celeron ,
or, SL3PZ 533.00 MHz 66 MHz 0.25 micron mB0 128 KB 370 pin PPGA/PPGA2 2.0 v 8.1 Bus/Core Celeron .

If board can supply 1.7 volt ( & 2.0 v only) then max processor will be ...
SL4SD 900.00 MHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cC0 256 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.7 v 9 Bus/Core PIII ,
SL5GA 850.00 MHz 100 MHz 0.18 micron cC0 128 KB 370 pin PPGA 1.7 v 8.5 Bus/Core Celeron .

I run a 800 MHz PIII with 100MHz FSB since about 2 years with a slot adapter. So the core voltage is OK.

But what about memory? specification says: max 2x256 MB. 512 is very little today. did somebody try with 2x512 MB?

regards

[Platypus]

Welcome to WinDrivers regn, and thank you for the thought.

There probably won't be any response though, as the discussion was from four and a half years ago.

[DonJ]

The Product Specs says that it uses PC100 memory. As far as I know, PC100 maxes out at 256MB each. If you can find 512MB's for PC100's, give it a shot and let us know how it goes.