Dell T5500 specifications Drives, Connectors, Controls and Lights

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Drives

Externally accessible

One 3.5-inch drive bay (FlexBay)

 

Two 5.25-inch drive bays

 

 

Internally accessible

Two 3.5-inch SATA drive bays

Available devices

Up to two of the following 5.25-inch devices: SATA

 

DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo, DVD +/- RW Blu-ray™drive,

 

HD/DVD Combo Blu-ray drive

 

One 3.5-inch USB media card reader

 

internal 1.44 MB 3.5 inch drive

 

external USB 3.5 inch drive

 

internal USB Flash Reader

 

Up to four 3.5 inch SATA or SAS hard drives (hard

 

drives may be placed in 5.25 inch bays with an

 

optional adapter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External connectors:

 

 

 

 

 

Video

(Depending on video card)

 

DVI connector

 

Display port

 

 

 

Network adapter

RJ-45 connector

 

 

USB

USB 2.0 compliant

 

Two internal connectors

 

Two in front

 

 

Six at the back

Audio

Stereo support integrated (5.1 channel support)

 

NOTE: 5.1 channel support comes

 

from an add-in card only.

 

 

Serial

One 9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible

 

 

PS/2

Two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors

 

 

 

 

System board connectors:

 

 

 

 

 

Serial ATA

Five 7-pin SATA connectors

 

 

Internal USB device

One 10-pin connector that can support two USB ports

 

 

 

 

Fans:

 

 

 

 

 

Front fan

One 7-pin connector

 

 

Card cage fan

One 7-pin connector

 

 

HDD fan

One 5-pin connector

 

 

PCI

One 120-pin connector

 

 

PCI-X

One 188-pin connector

 

 

PCI Express x8

Two 164-pin connectors (physical x16 connector)

 

 

PCI Express x16

Two 164-pin connectors

Front panel control (USB included)

One 10-pin connector

 

 

Front panel audio HDA header

One 10-pin connector

 

 

Processor

One connector

 

Second connector on optional riser

 

 

Memory

Six 240-pin connectors

 

Three 240-pin connectors on optional riser

 

 

Power 12 V

One 4-pin connector

 

Second 4-pin connector on optional riser

 

 

Power

One 24-pin connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controls and Lights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front of the computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power button

Push button

 

 

 

 

Power light

Amber light

Solid amber indicates a problem with an

 

installed device; blinking amber indicates an internal

 

power problem

 

Green light

Blinking green in sleep state; solid

 

green for power-on state

 

 

 

Drive activity light

Green light

A blinking green light indicates the

 

computer is reading data from or writing data to the

 

SATA hard drive or CD/DVD

 

 

 

Link integrity light

Green light

Solid green indicates a connection to an

 

active network

 

Off (no light)

System is not connected to a network

 

 

 

 

Back of the computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

Green

A good connection at 10Mbs exists between

 

the network and the computer

 

Orange

A good connection at 100Mbs exists

 

between the network and the computer

 

Yellow A good connection at 1000Mbs exists

 

between the network and the computer

 

Off The computer is not detecting a physical

 

connection to the network

 

 

 

 

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T5500 specifications

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