x16 slot bidirectional speed: 8 GB/sec

PCI Express:

 

 

 

connector

one x1

 

 

connector size

36 pins

 

 

connector data width (maximum)

one PCI Express lane

 

 

 

 

PCI Express:

 

connector

one x16

 

 

connector size

164 pins

 

 

connector data width (maximum)

16 PCI Express lanes

 

 

 

 

Drives

 

 

 

Externally accessible

one slimline 3.5-inch media bay (for optional floppy

 

drive or optional Media Card Reader)

 

one slimline 5.25-inch drive bay

 

 

Available devices

Serial ATA drive, USB memory devices, CD drive, DVD

 

drive, DVD+RW drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive,

 

DVD+/-RW, and Media Card Reader

 

 

Internally accessible

one bay for 1-inch high hard drive

 

 

 

 

Connectors

 

 

 

External connectors:

 

 

 

IEEE 1394

one 6-pin powered back-panel connector

 

one 6-pin powered front-panel connector

 

data transfer speeds: 100Mb/s, 200Mb/s, and

 

400Mb/s

 

 

Video

15-hole D-SUB connector

 

 

USB

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

 

compliant connectors

 

data transfer speeds: 1.5Mb/s, 12Mb/s, and 480Mb/s

 

 

Audio

five back-panel connectors for line-in, line-out,

 

microphone, surround sound, and center/Low

 

Frequency Effects (LFE) channel

 

back-panel S/PDIF connector

 

front-panel miniature headphone connector for line-

 

out

 

front-panel microphone connector

 

 

Network adapter

RJ45 connector

 

 

Modem

RJ11 (MDC 1.5) connector

 

 

System board connectors:

 

 

 

IDE drive

one 50-pin connector

 

one 26-pin connector

 

 

Serial ATA

one 7-pin connectors

 

 

Fan

one 5-pin connectors

 

 

PCI Express x1

36-pin connector

 

 

PCI Express x16

164-pin connector

 

 

USB

10-pin header for optional Media Card Reader (3.5-

 

inch bay device)

 

 

MDC

one 12-pin connector

Front-panel audio

one 10-pin header

 

 

Front panel

one 34-pin header

 

 

Power

one 2 x 12 connector

 

 

Processor power

one 2 x 2 connector

 

 

IEEE 1394

one 2 x 5 header — always connected by cable to the

 

front panel; supports front-panel IEEE1394 port

 

 

 

 

Controls and Lights

 

Power control

push button

 

 

Power light

green light — Blinking green in sleep state; solid

 

green for power-on state.

 

amber light — Blinking amber indicates a problem

 

with an installed device; solid amber indicates an

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Dell 5100C specifications Drives, Connectors, Controls and Lights

5100C specifications

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