HP zbook 15 G3 User Manual

Hard drive/solid-state drive not recognized
Symptom
Hard drive is not recognized during
POST
Possible causes
Loose connection, faulty hard drive, faulty drive conguration/BIOS setting.
Troubleshooting steps
1. Perform a hard reset (8. Hard reset on page 89).
2. Reset BIOS to default.
3. Verify hard drive connection and ex cable. Reseat hard drive and cable connection. For
multiple storage devices, keep the primary drive with the operating system and remove
other devices.
4. Use the HP Hardware Diagnostics tool to verify the drive is recognized and test it.
5. If the hard drive fails diagnostics, record failure and have the drive replaced.
6. Identify when the issue is related to software. If the hard drive passes diagnostics, test
the drive on a veried working computer. If the failure follows the drive, reinstall the
operating system to make sure software is not an issue.
7. Test with a veried working hard drive. If it is still not recognized, the system board is
faulty.
NOTE: If the drive is seen in BIOS and Diagnostics, try a secure erase prior to replacing a
drive as this may resolve related issues.
No boot to operating system (no read/write error)
Symptoms
●
Post error message: Boot Device
not found (3F0)
●
Hang when booting to operating
system
Possible causes
Operating system, loose connection, faulty hard drive, BIOS conguration, Secure Boot.
Troubleshooting steps
1. Verify if Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS. Secure Boot prevents legacy boot devices from
starting the computer, including bootable CDs and DVDs. For more information, see HP
PCs - Secure Boot (Windows 8).
2. Reset BIOS to default. Be sure that BIOS Boot Mode in Boot Option is set up properly
for bootable device and its operating system (i.e., UEFI Native for Windows 8).
Another example, choosing Legacy Boot Order for an UEFI device will cause "Boot
Device not found (3F0)" error.
3. Verify hard drive connection and ex cable. Reseat connection. For multiple storage
devices, keep the primary drive with the operating system and remove other devices.
4. Use PC Hardware Diagnostics tool to test. Record failure code and have the hard drive
replaced.
5. If there is no error, reinstall the operating system using HP Restore.
6. Test with a veried working operating system hard drive, if available.
Note If there is a hard drive POST error message, see POST Error Messages and User Actions
on page 139.
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HP zbook 15 G3 Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Mobile workstation
Product color	Black
Cable lock slot	Yes
Country of origin	China
Bus type	DMI3
Stepping	R0
Tjunction	100 °C
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	i7-6700HQ
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-6700 Mobile series
Processor socket	BGA 1440
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Skylake
Processor frequency	2.6 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	35 W
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.5 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3L-SDRAM, LPDDR3-SDRAM, DDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1866, 2133, 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	34.1 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	64 GB
Motherboard chipset	Intel CM236
Pointing device	Touchpad
Recovery operating system	Windows 10 Pro
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Memory slots	4x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 4 GB
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
SSD interface	PCI Express
Storage media	SSD
Total storage capacity	256 GB
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC, SDXC
Number of SSDs installed	1
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
On-board graphics card ID	0x191B
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® Quadro® M2000M
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Discrete graphics card memory	4 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR5
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.7 GB
On-board graphics card OpenGL version	4.4
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	12.0
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1050 MHz
Number of displays supported (on-board graphics)	3
Battery capacity	90 Wh
Number of battery cells	9
AC adapter power	150 W
Number of built-in speakers	2
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	4.0
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
HDMI version	1.4
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Processor code	SR2FQ
Processor ARK ID	88967
Processor package size	42 x 28 mm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX 2.0
Intel Smart Response Technology version	1.00
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) version	0.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	264 mm
Width	386 mm
Height	26 mm
Weight	2590 g