card size

low profile

 

 

connector size

124 pins

 

 

connector data width

32 bits

(maximum)

 

 

 

PCI Express:

 

 

 

connectors

one x1 and one x16

 

 

power

10 W (x1) and 25 W (x16) maximum

 

 

connector size

36 pins (x1) and 164 pins (x16)

 

 

connector data width (maximum)

one PCI Express lane (x1) and 16 PCI Express lanes

 

(x16)

 

 

 

 

Drives

 

 

 

Externally accessible

one 3.5-inch drive

 

one 5.25-inch drive bay

 

 

Available devices

SATA hard drive, CD drive, DVD drive, DVD +/- RW

 

drive, and CD-RW/DVD Combo drive

 

 

Internally accessible

one bay for a 1-inch-high hard drive

 

 

 

 

Connectors

 

 

 

External connectors:

 

 

 

Video

15-hole VGA connector

 

 

Network adapter

RJ45 connector

 

 

USB

two front-panel and four back-panel USB 2.0–

 

compliant connectors

 

 

Audio

six connectors for line-in and line-out; two front-panel

 

connectors for headphones and microphone

 

 

System board connectors:

 

 

 

SATA

two 7-pin connectors

Floppy drive

34-pin connector

 

 

Fan

5-pin connector

 

 

PCI 2.3

124-pin connector

 

 

PCIe-x1

36-pin connector

 

 

PCIe-x16

164-pin connector

 

 

Internal USB

10-pin connector (supports two USB ports)

 

 

Speaker

6-pin connector

 

 

Memory modules

four 240-pin connectors

Power 12V

4-pin connector

 

 

Power

24-pin connector

 

 

Battery

2-pin socket

 

 

 

 

Controls and Lights

 

Power control

push button

 

 

Power light

green light — Blinking green indicates a sleep mode;

 

solid green indicates a power-on state.

 

amber light — Blinking amber indicates a problem

 

with an installed device; solid amber indicates an

 

internal power problem (see System Lights).

Hard-drive access light

green

 

 

LAN activity light (front panel)

solid green light indicates network connection

 

 

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

green light for 10-Mb operation; orange light for 100-

 

Mb operation

 

 

Network activity light (on integrated network

yellow blinking light

adapter)

 

 

 

Diagnostic lights

Four lights on the front panel. See Diagnostic Lights.

 

 

Standby power light

AUX_PWR on the system board

 

 

 

 

 

 

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