Key Combinations, Controls and Lights, Power

Optional PS/2 with secondary serial port	two 6-pin mini-DINs
adapter
	NOTE: This option uses one of the PCI slots.

Optional DVI	36-pin connector
	NOTE: This option uses one of the PCI slots.

USB	two front-panel and five back-panel USB 2.0–
	compliant connectors

Audio	two connectors for line-in and line-out; two front-
	panel connectors for headphones and microphone

System board connectors:

SATA	three 7-pin connectors

Floppy drive	38-pin connector

Serial	24-pin connector for optional second serial port card

Fan	5-pin connector

PCI 2.3	two 124-pin connectors

PCIe-X16	164-pin connector
Internal USB	10-pin connector

Intrusion switch	3-pin connector

Speaker	5-pin connector

Memory modules	four 240-pin connector

Power 12V	4-pin connector

Power	24-pin connector

Battery	2-pin socket

Front panel	40-pin connector

Key Combinations

<Ctrl><Alt><Del>	in Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista®,
	brings up the Windows Security window; in MS-DOS®
	mode, restarts (reboots) the computer

<F2> or <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>	starts embedded system setup (during system start-
	up only)

<Ctrl><n>	starts the RAID setup menu if RAID is turned on in the
	system setup program

<F12> or <Ctrl><Alt><F8>	displays a boot device menu that allows the user to
	enter a device for a single boot (during system start-
	up only) as well as options to run hard-drive and
	system diagnostics


Controls and Lights

Power control	front panel — 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 Power Problems).

Hard-drive access light	front panel — green

Link light	front panel — solid green light indicates network
	connection
Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)	rear panel — green light for 10-Mb operation; orange
	light for 100-Mb operation; yellow light for a 1000-Mb
	(1-Gb) operation

Activity light (on integrated network adapter)	rear panel — yellow blinking light

Diagnostic lights	front panel — Four lights on the front panel. See
	Diagnostic Lights.

Standby power light	AUX_PWR on the system board


Power

DC power supply:

Wattage	280 W

740-DT, 740-MT, DCCY, 740, DCSM specifications

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USB

SATA

Key Combinations

Controls and Lights

Power

740-DT, 740-MT, DCCY, 740, DCSM specifications