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Specifications

Dell™ Latitude™ D520 User's Guide

Processor

Processor type

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor, Intel Core Duo

 

processor, Intel Core Solo processor, or Intel

 

Celeron® M processor

 

 

L1 cache

32 KB (internal)

 

 

L2 cache

up to 4 MB (on die), depending on your Intel Core

 

processor, and 1 MB for Celeron M processor

 

 

External bus frequency

533 or 667 MHz

 

 

 

 

System Information

 

 

 

System chipset

Intel 945GM or Intel 940GML

 

 

Data bus width

64 bits

 

 

DRAM bus width

64 bits

 

 

Processor address bus width

36 bits

 

 

 

 

PC Card

 

 

 

CardBus controller

O2Micro OZ711EZ1 (PC Cards and 34-mm

 

ExpressCards)

 

(support for USB ExpressCards through adapter in

 

CardBus slot)

PC Card connector

one (supports one Type I or Type II card and one 34-

 

mm ExpressCard with adapter)

 

NOTE: You must use an adapter with the 34-mm

 

ExpressCard before you insert the card into the PC

 

Card connector.

 

 

Cards supported

3.3 V and 5 V PC Cards

 

1.5 V ExpressCards (with adapter)

PC Card connector size

68 pins

 

 

Data width (maximum)

PCMCIA 16 bits

 

CardBus 32 bits

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

Memory module connector

two user-accessible SODIMM sockets

Memory module capacities

256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2 GB

 

 

Memory type

533/667-MHz DDRII SDRAM

 

 

Minimum memory

256 MB

 

 

Maximum memory

up to 4 GB for 945GM chipset, and up to 2 GB for

 

940GML chipset

 

 

Ports and Connectors

 

 

 

Serial

9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible,

 

16-byte buffer connector

 

 

Video

15-hole connector

 

 

Audio

microphone miniconnector, stereo

 

headphones/speakers miniconnector

 

 

S-video TV-out

7-pin mini-DIN connector (optional adapter cable(s)

 

with S-video and composite video connectors)

 

 

USB

four 4-pin USB 2.0-compliant connectors

 

 

Infrared sensor

sensor compatible with IrDA Standard 1.1 (Fast IR)

 

and IrDA Standard 1.0 (Slow IR)

 

 

Modem

RJ-11 support

 

 

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Dell D520 specifications Specifications

D520 specifications

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