Serial ATA drive, USB memory devices, CD drive, DVD drive, DVD+RW drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive, DVD+/-RW, and Flash Card Reader
Internally accessible
one bay for 1-inch high hard drive
Connectors
External connectors:
Serial
9-pin, 16550C-compatible connector
IEEE 1394
one 6-pin powered back-panel connector (not present on all computers) one 6-pin powered front-panel connector (with optional Flash Card Reader)
Video
15-hole D-SUB connector
USB
two front-panel and five back-panel USB 2.0–compliant connectors
Headphone
front-panel miniature connector for line-out
Audio
five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, surround, and center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel; S/PDIF back panel connector (S/PDIF connector not present on all computers)
Network adapter
RJ45 connector
Modem
RJ11 (MDC 1.5) connector
System board connectors:
IDE drive
one 40-pin connector
Serial ATA
one 7-pin connectors
Fan
one 5-pin connectors
PCI Express x1
36-pin connector
PCI Express x16
164-pin connector
USB
8-pin header for optional Flash Card Reader (3.5-inch bay device)
MDC
one 12-pin connector
Front-panel audio
one 10-pin header
Front panel
one 34-pin header
Power
one 2 x 10 connector
Processor power
one 2 x 2 connector
IEEE 1394
one 2 x 5 header for optional Flash Card Reader (3.5-inch bay device)
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 an installed device; solid amber indicates an internal power problem (see "Power Problems" in your Dell Dimension Owner's Manual).
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 blinking light
Diagnostic lights
four lights on the back panel (See "Diagnostic Lights" in your Dell Dimension Owner's Manual.)
Standby power light
AUX_PWR on the system board
Activity light (optional Flash Card Reader)
green blinking light
Power
DC power supply:
Wattage
160 W
270 W
Heat dissipation
460.7 BTU/hr
Voltage (See the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide for important voltage setting information.)
fixed-voltage power supply — 110 V at 50/60 Hz
manual selection and auto-sensing power supplies — 90 to 135 V at 50/60 Hz; 180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz; 100 V at 50/60 Hz for Japanese computers
Backup battery
3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell
Physical
Height
32.3 cm (12.7 inches)
Width
9.6 cm (3.8 inches)
Depth
35.6 cm (14.0 inches)
Weight
7.4 kg (16.4 lb)
Environmental
Temperature:
Operating
10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
NOTE: At 35°C (95°F), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft).
Storage
–40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F)
Relative humidity
20% to 80% (noncondensing)
Maximum vibration:
Operating
0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 0.5 octave/min
Storage
0.5 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1 octave/min
Maximum shock:
Operating
bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 50.8 cm/sec (20 inches/sec)
Storage
27-G faired square wave with a velocity change of 508 cm/sec (200 inches/sec)
