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HP Z840 Workstation

I purchased this card from HP. I cannot find any installation or card configuration manual for the Turbo Dual Pro card. There are manuals online for the Turbo Quad Pro.

  1. I'm looking for explanation for the Jumper pins and settings on the Turbo Dual Pro card
  2. I'm also looking for the instructions to connect the HDD activity cable from the Turbo Dual Pro card to the Z840 motherboard. Where does this cable connect on the Turbo Dual Pro card? The Turbo Quad Pro installation manual says to "see the System Board Overview on the service panel." I cannot find any detailed diagram of the Z840 motherboard to connect the HDD connector.
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the motherboards HD activity jumper is documented on the inside of the removable side cover along with ram install sequence and all I/O ports and PCI-e slot configuration and power connectors

 

the 2 pin jumper is located between  the two rearmost intel "SCU" sata ports on the side that is nearest the case bottom

 

the HP quad and dual ssd cards use the same board design and have the same config switches

 

From the HP z820 service manual:

 

Configuring the LED cables
If more than one of any of the following drives are to be installed in a system, you must configure the LED
cables between the drives and the system board as follows.
To configure the LED cables on a system with two HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pros:
1.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the first PCI drive that is marked HDDACT_OUT.
2.
Connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD activity header on the second PCI drive that is
marked HDDACT_IN.
3.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the second PCI drive that is marked HDDACT_OUT.
4.
Then, connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD LED connector on the system board.
NOTE:
service panel.
To configure the LED cables on a system with an HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro and an HP Z Turbo Drive:
1.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the HP Z Turbo Drive that is marked HDDACT1.
2.
Connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD activity header on the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro that
is marked HDDACT_IN.
3.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro that is marked
HDDACT_OUT.
4.
Then, connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD LED connector on the system board.
 
NOTE: To locate the HDD LED connector on the system board, see the System Board Overview on the service panel

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the motherboards HD activity jumper is documented on the inside of the removable side cover along with ram install sequence and all I/O ports and PCI-e slot configuration and power connectors

 

the 2 pin jumper is located between  the two rearmost intel "SCU" sata ports on the side that is nearest the case bottom

 

the HP quad and dual ssd cards use the same board design and have the same config switches

 

From the HP z820 service manual:

 

Configuring the LED cables
If more than one of any of the following drives are to be installed in a system, you must configure the LED
cables between the drives and the system board as follows.
To configure the LED cables on a system with two HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pros:
1.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the first PCI drive that is marked HDDACT_OUT.
2.
Connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD activity header on the second PCI drive that is
marked HDDACT_IN.
3.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the second PCI drive that is marked HDDACT_OUT.
4.
Then, connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD LED connector on the system board.
NOTE:
service panel.
To configure the LED cables on a system with an HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro and an HP Z Turbo Drive:
1.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the HP Z Turbo Drive that is marked HDDACT1.
2.
Connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD activity header on the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro that
is marked HDDACT_IN.
3.
Connect an LED cable to the HDD activity header on the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro that is marked
HDDACT_OUT.
4.
Then, connect the other end of this LED cable to the HDD LED connector on the system board.
 
NOTE: To locate the HDD LED connector on the system board, see the System Board Overview on the service panel
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I missed that on the inside of the side panel. I was looking for a "jumper" not an "LED".Inside of side panel of Z840, with HDD LED documentationInside of side panel of Z840, with HDD LED documentationZ840 HDD LED locationZ840 HDD LED location

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