Externally accessible:

Serial (data terminal equipment [DTE])

one 9-pin connector; 16550-compatible on the back

 

I/O panel

 

 

Parallel

one 25-hole connector (bidirectional) on the back I/O

 

panel

 

 

Video

15-hole VGA connector on the back I/O panel

 

 

Integrated network adapter

RJ45 connector on the back I/O panel; 10/100/1000

 

 

PS/2-style keyboard

6-pin mini-DIN on the back I/O panel

 

 

PS/2-compatible mouse

6-pin mini-DIN on the back I/O panel

USB

four USB-compliant connectors on the back I/O

 

panel; two on the front panel

 

 

Internally accessible:

 

 

 

Primary IDE hard drive

44-pin connector

 

 

Fans

two 3-pin connectors

 

 

Key Combinations

 

 

 

<Ctrl><Alt><Del>

restarts (reboots) the computer

 

 

<Ctrl><Alt><\>

toggles microprocessor speeds on 101-key keyboard

 

(in MS-DOS® real mode only)

 

 

<Ctrl><Alt><#>

toggles microprocessor speeds on 102-key keyboard

 

(in MS-DOS real mode only)

 

 

<F2> or <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>

starts embedded system setup (during start-up only)

 

 

<F3>

automatically starts the computer from the network

 

environment specified by the remote boot

 

environment (PXE) rather than from one of the

 

devices in the system setup Boot Sequence option

 

(during start-up only)

<F12> or <Ctrl><Alt><F8>

displays a one-time boot device menu that lets the

 

user enter a device for a single boot (during start-up

 

only)

 

 

<Ctrl><Alt><F10>

launches the utility partition (if installed) during

 

computer start-up

<Ctrl><Alt><D>

launches the hard-drive diagnostics utility during

 

computer start-up

Controls and Lights

 

 

 

Power control

push button

 

 

Power lights

green light on power button—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 internal

 

power problem

 

 

Hard-drive access light

green light

 

 

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

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)

yellow blinking light

 

 

Diagnostic lights

four yellow and/or green lights on back panel

 

 

Standby power light

12V_PWR on the system board

 

 

Power

 

 

 

External DC power adapter:

 

Wattage

150 W

 

 

Heat dissipation

455 BTU/hr (average)

 

 

Voltage

90 to 135 V at 60 Hz; 180 to 265 V at 50 Hz

 

 

Backup battery

3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell

 

 

Physical

 

 

 

Vertical orientation width, depth, and height

3.4 inches (8.5 cm), 9.7 inches (24.2 cm), 9.9 inches

(without stand or cable cover)

(24.7 cm)

 

 

Vertical orientation width, depth, and height

3.4 inches (8.5 cm), 9.7 inches (24.2 cm), 10.9 inches

(with stand)

(27.2 cm)

 

 

Vertical orientation width, depth, and height

3.4 inches (8.5 cm), 12.1 inches (30.2 cm), 10.9

(with stand and cable cover)

inches (27.2 cm)

 

 

Horizontal orientation width, depth, and

9.9 inches (24.7 cm), 9.7 inches (24.2 cm), 3.4 inches

height (without stand or cable cover)

(8.5 cm)

 

 

Weight (without stand or cable cover)

7.2 lbs (3.3 kg)

 

 

Weight (with stand and cable cover)

8 lbs (3.6 kg)

Environmental

 

 

 

Temperature:

 

 

 

Operating

10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)

 

 

Storage

–40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F)

 

 

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Dell SX260 technical specifications Key Combinations, Controls and Lights, Power, Physical, Environmental

SX260 specifications

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