Pci Serial Port Driver For Hp 8200 Elite Windows 7

I have noted in my HP 8200E SFF PC an exlamation mark next to the "other devices" " PCI serial port" in the device manager, on clicking on properties there is message that say the drivers for this device are not installed (code 28), on trying to update driver, windows search says that there are no compatible driver for this device and asked to contact the manufacturer for an updated driver, how can I obtain this driver?the PC look runing OK so far.

Hello, I have a JOB Compaq 8200 elite convertible mini tower. It needs PCI Serial port drivers, PCI Communication Controller drivers and SM Bus drivers. I tried to download them but it says my computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements...

If that link does not work for you, since you are not in the ISA, you can get the Support site from the one in your region by clicking on the Support heading at the top of the forum and then inputting the HP Compaq 8200 Elite Convertible Minitower PC in the model box and selecting the Windows 7 OS.

This page contains the list of device drivers for HP Compaq 8200 Elite Small Form Factor. To download the proper driver, first choose your operating system, then find your device name and click the download button.

If you want to run your Alpha machine without a monitor/graphics card just don'tconnect a keyboard/mouse to the machine. Instead hook up a serial terminal[emulator] toserial port #1. The SRM will talk 9600N81 to you. This can also be really practical fordebugging purposes. Beware: some/most (?) SRMs will also present you with a consoleprompt at serial port #2. The booting kernel, however, will display the boot messages onserial port #1 and will also put the console there. This can be extremely confusing.

The smart power controller is called the RMC. When enabled, typing EscapeEscapeRMC on serial port 1 will bring youto the RMC prompt. RMC allows you to powerup or powerdown, reset the machine, monitor andset temperature trip levels etc. RMC has its own builtin help.

at the serial console. Confusing is the fact that you will get SRM console output onthe graphics console with the console set to serial, but when FreeBSD boots it honors theCONSOLE variable setting and all the boot messages as well asthe login prompt will go to the serial port.

Rawhides are available with a 8 64-bit PCI / 3 EISA slot expansion backplanes (called``Saddle'' modules). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has 1 dedicatedPCI slot and (shared) 3 PCI/EISA slots. PCI0 also has a PCI/EISA bridge that drivesthings like the serial and parallel ports, keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 PCI slots and aSymbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA console cards must be installed in a slot connected toPCI0.

Tincup has 5 64-bit PCI slots, one 1 32-bit PCI slot and one EISA slot (which isphysically shared with one of the 64-bit PCI slots). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0and PCI1. PCI0 has the 32-bit PCI slot and the 2 top-most 64-bit PCI slots. PCI0 also hasan Intel 82375EB PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports,keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 64-bit PCI slots and a Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA consolecards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0.

The AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 machines are enterprise servers. Expect a tall 19"cabinet (8200) or fat (8400) 19" rack. This is big iron, not a hobbyist system.TurboLasers are multi-CPU machines, up to 12 CPUs can be in a single machine. TheTurboLaser System Bus (TLSB) allows 9 nodes on the AS8400 and 5 nodes on the AS8200. TLSBis 256 bit data, 40 bit address allowing 2.1 GBytes/sec. Nodes on the TLSB can be CPUs,memory or I/O. A maximum of 3 I/O ports are supported on a TLSB.

UP1000 SRM can boot off an Adaptec 294x adapter. Under high I/O load conditionsmachine lockups have been observed using the Adaptec 294x. A Symbios 875 based card worksjust fine, using the sym driver. Most likely other cards based on the Symbios chips thatthe sym driver supports will work as well.

ATA and ATAPI (IDE) devices are supported via the ata(4) driverframework. As most people run their Alphas with SCSI disks it is not as well tested asSCSI. Be aware of boot-ability restrictions for IDE disks. See the machine specificinformation.

If you want to boot your Alpha over the Ethernet you will obviously need an Ethernetcard that the SRM console recognizes. This generally means you need a board with an 21x4xEthernet chip as that is what Digital used. These chips are driven by the FreeBSD de(4) (olderdriver) or dc(4) (newerdriver). Some new SRM versions are known to recognize the Intel 8255x Ethernet chips asdriven by the FreeBSD fxp(4) driver.But beware: the fxp(4) driver isreported not to work correctly with FreeBSD (although it works excellently onFreeBSD/x86).

In general the SRM console emulates a VGA-compatibility mode on PCI VGA cards. Thisis, however, not guaranteed to work by Compaq/DEC for each and every card type out there.When the SRM thinks the VGA is acceptable FreeBSD will be able to use it. The consoledriver works just like on a FreeBSD/intel machine. Please note that VESA modes are notsupported on Alpha, so that leaves you with 80x25 consoles.

Where possible, the drivers applicable to each device or class of devices is listed.If the driver in question has a manual page in the FreeBSD base distribution (mostshould), it is referenced here. Information on specific models of supported devices,controllers, etc. can be found in the manual pages.

Note: The device lists in this document are being generated automatically fromFreeBSD manual pages. This means that some devices, which are supported by multipledrivers, may appear multiple times.

With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for SCSI-I, SCSI-II, andSCSI-III peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, tape drives (including DAT,8mm Exabyte, Mammoth, and DLT), medium changers, processor target devices and CD-ROMdrives. WORM devices that support CD-ROM commands are supported for read-only access bythe CD-ROM drivers (such as cd(4)).WORM/CD-R/CD-RW writing support is provided by cdrecord(1),which is a part of the sysutils/cdrtools port in the Ports Collection.

The sis(4) driversupports Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900 and SiS 7016 based Fast Ethernet adapters andembedded controllers, as well as Fast Ethernet adapters based on the NationalSemiconductor DP83815 (MacPhyter) chip. Supported adapters include:

If you want to run your Alpha machine without a monitor/graphicscard just don't connect a keyboard/mouse to the machine. Insteadhook up a serial terminal[emulator] to serial port #1. The SRM willtalk 9600N81 to you. This can also be really practical fordebugging purposes. Beware: some/most (?) SRMs will also presentyou with a console prompt at serial port #2. The booting kernel,however, will display the boot messages on serial port #1 and willalso put the console there. This can be extremely confusing.

The smart power controller is called the RMC. When enabled,typing EscapeEscapeRMCon serial port 1 will bring you to the RMC prompt. RMC allows youto powerup or powerdown, reset the machine, monitor and settemperature trip levels etc. RMC has its own builtin help.

at the serial console. Confusing is the fact that you will getSRM console output on the graphics console with the console set toserial, but when FreeBSD boots it honors the CONSOLE variable setting and all the boot messagesas well as the login prompt will go to the serial port.

Rawhides are available with a 8 64-bit PCI / 3 EISA slotexpansion backplanes (called ``Saddle'' modules). There are 2separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has 1 dedicated PCI slotand (shared) 3 PCI/EISA slots. PCI0 also has a PCI/EISA bridge thatdrives things like the serial and parallel ports, keyboard/mouseetc. PCI1 has 4 PCI slots and a Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA consolecards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0.

Tincup has 5 64-bit PCI slots, one 1 32-bit PCI slot and oneEISA slot (which is physically shared with one of the 64-bit PCIslots). There are 2 separate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has the32-bit PCI slot and the 2 top-most 64-bit PCI slots. PCI0 also hasan Intel 82375EB PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serialand parallel ports, keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 64-bit PCI slotsand a Symbios 810 SCSI chip. VGA console cards must be installed ina slot connected to PCI0.

The AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 machines are enterprise servers.Expect a tall 19" cabinet (8200) or fat (8400) 19" rack. This isbig iron, not a hobbyist system. TurboLasers are multi-CPUmachines, up to 12 CPUs can be in a single machine. The TurboLaserSystem Bus (TLSB) allows 9 nodes on the AS8400 and 5 nodes on theAS8200. TLSB is 256 bit data, 40 bit address allowing 2.1GBytes/sec. Nodes on the TLSB can be CPUs, memory or I/O. A maximumof 3 I/O ports are supported on a TLSB.

UP1000 SRM can boot off an Adaptec 294x adapter. Under high I/Oload conditions machine lockups have been observed using theAdaptec 294x. A Symbios 875 based card works just fine, using thesym driver. Most likely other cards based on the Symbios chips thatthe sym driver supports will work as well.

ATA and ATAPI (IDE) devices are supported via the ata(4) driver framework. As mostpeople run their Alphas with SCSI disks it is not as well tested asSCSI. Be aware of boot-ability restrictions for IDE disks. See themachine specific information.

If you want to boot your Alpha over the Ethernet you willobviously need an Ethernet card that the SRM console recognizes.This generally means you need a board with an 21x4x Ethernet chipas that is what Digital used. These chips are driven by the FreeBSDde(4) (older driver) or dc(4) (newer driver). Some newSRM versions are known to recognize the Intel 8255x Ethernet chipsas driven by the FreeBSD fxp(4) driver. But beware: thefxp(4) driver is reported not towork correctly with FreeBSD (although it works excellently onFreeBSD/x86). 2b1af7f3a8