"smart card authentication smart card reader not present " my hp xw4600 workstation shows me that msg it freezes the boot I did reset the on board battery but nothing changed , I have no smar

read the code the blink codes tell the story,
red lights where,
1: power button LED green? (can be red) and beeps
2: Monitor LED lamps?
3: caps lock on keyboard blink.
4: is the COIN cell dead? 2.9v to 3.3vdc good, lower volts is bad , as most are this old !!!

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the service manual covers all this! ever heard of HP and there REAL pages,,???
why not read that?
(do the fans all spin, if not PSU is dead.
PSU fan is first. does it.
CPU fan , huge fan on heatsink must spin.
the stock GPU card has no fan (ASUSc card but mine does. at ATI card.as fan right on the express 16 card.
does the DVD drive eject work.
if any of the above fail the PSU is bad.
but we strip off all loads from the MOBO
to prove its not some part shorted. first.
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the front LED on this PC has flash codes
mine flashes in sleep mode, or w10 power off.
w10 never turns power fully off, it uses hibernate to turn off, (unless i cure that, ask)
the factory manual starting on page 111 cover this.
fully.

i own this beast so .....
code 2 red is overheated.clean the PC and all fans.
code 3 red, processor errors CPU.
code 4 PSU dead or shorts on load buses of same.
we call them power rails, we bench test the PSU
or read page 111 , how.
code 5 = GPU RAM failure, this PC has on board, GPU chip only X16 slot card, replace it. or the DDR2 rams are bad.
code 6 = GPU card bad.
code 7= BIOS ROM, put in a new coin cell first.!!!
Code 8= BIOS, always do nee COIN cell first.
code 9 = cant boot hdd, hdd bad or software gone, or corrputed, PC can now boot to a linux live CD or USB stick proving now PC is ok,
only hdd and OS suspected now. code 9
coin.
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page 111 is here, 24/7 !

http://h50146.www5.hp.com/lib/doc/manual/workstation/hp_workstation/WS_UG_xw4600_STRG_453080-001_screen.pdf



http://h50146.www5.hp.com/lib/doc/manual/workstation/hp_workstation/WS_UG_xw4600_STRG_453080-001_screen.pdf

Although it is from another model...
See HP Compaq dc5700 Business PC Computer Setup F10 Utility

Reset the settings of the BIOS but make sure you know the parameters you need.

I have this PC (workstation actual), in my storage , retired it.
nonpaged. ,, what does this mean? (RAM ERROR sure)
bluescreen ,
my guess the BSOD , blue screens of Deathh?
this means the OS has crashed from OS corruption,
there are many causes of corruption.
bad hdd tops list
or virus infected
or bad GPU video drivers bad too.
what I do is run full HDD tests first. smart tests must pass
if the OS still runs awhile, reload the OS
or go to hp.com get the full diagnostics?

It's probably connected on one of internal USB branches. Try to plug it in another, if not work... there must be a device hardware error.
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I'm only guessing here, but did you set it up for Smart Card Authentication? If so I guess if the card reader hardware fails then so does Authentication unless replaced. Anyway I'm keen to hear the perfect solution for your Laptop problem.

Whoa! Wait a minute................

Let me see if I have this straight................

You plugged an additional SATA harddrive into the motherboard.
(Via a SATA data cable)

THEN you removed the original harddrive?

Post back in a Comment to clarify

Regards,
joecoolvette

I have one too love mine, its now a server.
the Z400 or z600 are even more cool,l best of the best.
so did you just find these Enterprise workstation, its not a PC.
its a work station, Ill explain it .

this WS if reset or out of the box new boots to thin net.
that means it boots from another server using the built in ethernet chip, PXE. and will not boot to hdd. by default , OOBE

learn to use BIOS, the book on this great workstation covers that.
you must turn off PXE first the set the boot order any way you wish. HDD, CD, USB drives, SD mem, and PXE (no dont)
is the coin cell RTC new and fresh, most dont last this long
and is job 1, after about 7 years old. (5 lowest)

mine can boot to linux ubuntu 16 on USB stick or CD or DVD
a fact
and mine runs windows 10 64bit fast.
I even run a p410 HP RAID card and huge array. in it no issues

here is a page that shows lots of 4500 tricks and secrets

http://pcdied.com/intel-magic/xw4600.html


see bios photo NIC PXE , see DO THIS.

An out of the box HP xw4600 has a NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 video card which uses a DVI cable. You have to make sure your monitor supports DVI. A WHITE connector is for DVI while a BLUE connector is for VGA. Some monitors have both while many older models only support VGA.

The best option is to re-install Card reader drivers.
Here is the link for the driver for your notebook.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3429268&prodNameId=3429270&swEnvOID=1093&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=wk-54621-1

let me know if it resolves the issue.

Pl switch the machine off and put 2-3 pounds of pressure with your palm on the keyboard closer to the spacebar.. this will fix it..
it is caused by the weakening of the adhesive of the wires below the keyboard.
Long term option - get the keyboard opened by the an professional and cleaned properly..and fixed back neatly...