connector data width (maximum)

4 PCI Express lanes

 

 

PCI Express

 

 

 

connector

one x16

 

 

connector size

164 pins

 

 

connector data width (maximum)

16 PCI Express lanes

 

 

 

 

Drives

 

 

 

Externally accessible:

 

 

 

 

two 3.5-inch drive bays (FlexBay)

 

two 5.25-inch drive bays

 

 

Available devices

serial ATA drives (2), floppy drive, USB memory

 

devices, CD drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, DVD-RW

 

drive, Media Card Reader, and DVD/CD-RW combo

 

drive

 

 

Internally accessible:

two 3.5-inch hard-drive bays

 

 

Connectors

 

 

 

External connectors:

 

IEEE 1394

one front-panel 6-pin serial connector (with optional

 

card)

 

 

Video

15-pin VGA connector

 

28-pin DVI connector

 

 

Network adapter

RJ-45 connector

 

 

USB

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

 

compliant connectors

 

 

Audio

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

 

microphone, surround, and center/Low Frequency

 

Effects (LFE) channel; two front-panel connectors for

 

headphones/microphone

System board connectors:

 

 

 

Primary IDE drive

40-pin connector

 

 

Serial ATA

four 7-pin connectors

 

 

FlexBay Drive

USB 10-pin header for optional floppy drive or

 

optional Media Card Reader (3.5-inch bay devices)

Fan

two 3-pin and one 5-pin connector

 

 

PCI

three 120-pin connectors

 

 

PCI Express x1

36-pin connector

 

 

PCI Express x4

98-pin connector

 

 

PCI Express x16

164-pin connector

 

 

 

 

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 the power supply inside the computer. If the

 

system cannot boot and there is a solid amber light,

 

this indicates a problem with the system board (see

 

"Power Lights").

 

 

Hard-drive access light

green

 

 

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

green light — A good connection exists between a

 

10-Mbps network and the computer.

 

orange light — A good connection exists between a

 

100-Mbps network and the computer.

 

off (no light) — The computer is not detecting a

 

physical connection to the network.

 

 

Activity light (on integrated network adapter)

yellow light — Blinking indicates activity on the

 

network.

 

 

Diagnostic lights

four lights on the front panel (see "Diagnostic

 

Lights")

Standby power light

AUXPWR on the system board

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

DC power supply:

 

 

 

Wattage

375 W

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