HP Z230 User Manual

Solving audio problems
Problem Cause Solution
Sound does not come out of the
speaker or headphones.
Software volume control is
turned down.
Double-click the Speaker icon on the taskbar, and then
use the volume slider to adjust the volume.
The external speakers are not
turned on.
Turn on the external speakers.
External speakers plugged
into the wrong audio jack.
See your sound card documentation for proper speaker
connection.
Digital CD audio is
not enabled.
Enable digital CD audio:
1. From the Control Panel, select System.
2. On the Hardware tab, select the Device Manager
button.
3. Right-click the CD/DVD device and select
Properties.
4. On the Properties tab, select Enable digital CD
audio for this CD-ROM device.
Headphones or devices
connected to the line-out
connector have muted the
internal speaker.
Turn on and use headphones or external speakers, if
connected, or disconnect headphones or external
speakers.
Volume is muted. 1. From the Control Panel, select Sound, Speech and
Audio Devices, and then select Sounds and Audio
Devices.
2. Deselect the Mute checkbox.
Computer is in Standby mode. Press the power button to resume from Standby mode.
Noise or no sound comes out of
the speakers or headphones.
1. If you are using digital speakers that have a stereo
jack and you want the system to autoswitch to
digital, use a stereo-to-mono adapter to engage the
auto sense feature, or use multimedia device
properties to switch the audio signal from analog to
digital.
2. If the headphones have a mono jack, use the
multimedia device properties to switch the system to
analog out.
NOTE: If you set digital as the Output Mode, the
internal speaker and external analog speakers no
longer output audio until you switch back to an auto
sense or analog mode.
If you set analog as the Output Mode, external
digital speakers do not function until you change the
output mode back to an auto-sense or digital mode.
Sound occurs intermittently. Processor resources are
being used by other open
applications.
Shut down all open processor-intensive applications.
Workstation appears to be locked
up while recording audio.
The hard drive might be full. 1. Before recording, be sure there is enough free
space on the hard drive.
2. Try recording the audio file in a compressed format.
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HP Z230 Specifications

General

Product type	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C226
ECC	Yes
Memory slots	4x DIMM
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 4 GB
Chassis type	Desktop
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Placement supported	Vertical
Number of 3.5\" bays	1
Water cooling system	No
HDD speed	7200 RPM
RAID levels	0, 1
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Total storage capacity	500 GB
PS/2 ports quantity	2
DisplayPorts quantity	3
Serial ports quantity	-
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	4
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
On-board graphics card ID	0x412
Discrete graphics card model	Not available
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.74 GB
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	11.1
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1150 MHz
Power supply	240 W
Tcase	72.72 °C
Bus type	DMI2
Stepping	C0
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor model	i5-4570
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i5
Processor socket	LGA 1150 (Socket H3)
Processor codename	Haswell
Processor frequency	3.2 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	28 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1333, 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	25.6 GB/s
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Scalability	1S
Processor code	SR14E
Processor ARK ID	75043
Intel TSX-NI version	0.00
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 mm
Graphics & IMC lithography	22 nm
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Thermal solution specification	PCG 2013D
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	384 mm
Width	337 mm
Height	100 mm
Weight	7200 g