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1 HP Vectra 500 Series
System Overview
Principal Features
This section includes the principal features of the system board that are
available on both the desktop and minitower packages:
• An Enhanced IDE controller with two channels on the PCI bus.
• Rear panel connectors:
❒ 1 mouse socket
❒ 1 keyboard socket
❒ 1 display connector
❒ 1 parallel connector
❒ 2 serial ports
• a system ROM (using flash ROM technology) that can be easily updated
with the latest firmware, using the Phlash.exe program supplied with the
firmware upgrade. The system ROM contains:
❒ the BIOS (system BIOS, video BIOS and low option ROM)
❒ menu-driven SETUP with context-sensitive help (in U.S. English only)
• a keyboard/mouse controller and interface.