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HP Vectra VL 5/xxx Series 5 User Manual

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2 System Board

Chip-Set

described on page 37.

RTC

The real-time clock (RTC) is 146818A-compatible. With an accuracy of
20 ppm (parts per million). The configuration RAM is implemented as 256
bytes of CMOS memory.

Serial EEPROM

This is the non-volatile memory which holds the default values for the CMOS
memory (in the event of battery failure, or the user pressing

in Setup).

General Purpose I/O

There are several general purpose I/O pins. Some of these are used on the
HP Vectra to sense the current settings of system board switches (page 31
and page 39).

Description

GPIO number

Reserved (HP security from Little Ben IRQ)

GPIO10

Ratio of processor frequency to processor local bus frequency (as per SW-4)

GPIO11

Auto soft lock

GPIO12

Backplane identification BPID0 (always =0); (see BPID1, below)

GPIO13

Host bus frequency selection, as indicated by SW-1

GPIO14

Host bus frequency selection, as indicated by SW-2

GPIO15

Serial EEPROM clear (as per SW-6)

GPIO16

Ratio of processor frequency to processor local bus frequency (as per SW-3)

GPIO17

Backplane identification BPID1 (desktop=1, minitower=0)

GPIO20

Serial EEPROM data out

GPIO21

Serial EEPROM data in

GPIO22

Serial EEPROM clock

GPIO23

Serial EEPROM chip select

GPIO24

Reserved (for fax or general purpose light)

GPIO25