Feature

Specification

 

 

 

Mini-Tower

one 6–pin connector

 

two 20–pin connector

Small Form Factor

one 6-pin connector

 

• one 10-pin connector

 

• one 12-pin connector

 

• one 20-pin connector

Ultra Small Form Factor

one 14–pin connector

 

20–pin connector

 

one 10–pin connector

Mini-Tower — Thermal Sensor

one 2-pin connector

Processor

one 1150-pin connector

Processor Fan

one 5-pin connector

Service mode jumper

one 2-pin connector

Password clear jumper

one 2-pin connector

RTC reset jumper

one 2-pin connector

Internal speaker

one 5-pin connector

Intruder connector

one 3-pin connector

Power connector:

 

 

Mini-Tower, Small Form Factor

one 8-pin. one 4-pin, one 6-pin,

 

connector

Ultra Small Form Factor

one 8-pin, one 4-pin, and one 4-

 

pin connector

Table 26. Controls and Lights

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

Specification

 

 

 

 

Front of the computer:

 

 

Power button light

White light — Solid white light indicates power-on state;

 

blinking white light indicates sleep state of the

 

computer.

 

Drive activity light

White light — Blinking white light indicates that the

 

computer is reading data from or writing data to the

 

hard drive.

 

Back of the computer:

Link integrity light on integrated network adapter

Green — a good 10 Mbps connection exists between the network and the computer.

Green — a good 100 Mbps connection exists between the network and the computer.

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9020 specifications

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