Feature

Specification

 

 

Mini-Tower, Small Form Factor

one 164-pin connector

Serial ATA:

 

Mini-Tower

four 7-pin connectors

Small Form Factor

three 7-pin connectors

Memory

four 240-pin connectors

Internal USB:

 

Mini-Tower

one 10-pin connector

Small Form Factor

none

System Fan

one 5-pin connector

Front panel control:

 

Mini-Tower

one 6–pin and two 20–pin connector

Small Form Factor

one 6-pin, one 10-pin, one 12-pin and one 20-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:

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

Green — a good 10 Mbps connection exists between the network

adapter

and the computer.

 

Green — a good 100 Mbps connection exists between the network

 

and the computer.

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Dell T1700 Front of the computer Power button light, White light indicates sleep state of the computer, Adapter Computer

T1700 specifications

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