Dell Precision M6700 (Mid 2012) User Manual

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Description

Reference
Designator

Volatility Description

User
Accessible
for external
data

Remedial Action (Action
necessary to prevent loss of
data)

RTC
CMOS –
BBRAM
(battery
backed up)

UH4

Non Volatile memory, 64
Bytes.

Stores CMOS information.

No

N/A

Video
memory –
frame
buffer

On GFx
cards
(nVidia
N14x and
AMD):

Volatile memory in off state.

2/2/4 GB GDDR5 for nVidia
N14EQ1/EQ3/EQ5 discrete
graphics systems.

2/2 GB DDR3 for nVidia
N14PQ1/PQ3 discrete
graphics systems.

2 GB GDDR5 for AMD
Heathrow discrete graphics
systems.

1 GB GDDR5 for AMD
Chelsea discrete graphics
systems.

No

N/A

LOM
Serial
Flash
Memory

UH4

Non Volatile memory, built in
PCH, for MAC address, LED
mode, WOL settings, PXE
settings.

No

N/A

Hard
drive(s)

User
replaceable -
one or two.

Non Volatile magnetic media,
various sizes in GB. May also
be SSD (solid state flash
drive).

Yes

Low level format

CD-
ROM/RW/
DVD/
DVD+RW/
Diskette
Drives

User
replaceable

Non Volatile optical media.

Yes

Low level format/erase

CAUTION: All other components on the system board lose data if power is removed from the system. Primary power
loss (unplugging the power cord and removing the battery) destroys all user data on the memory (DDR3, 1067 MHz).
Secondary power loss (removing the on-board coin-cell battery) destroys system data on the system configuration
and time-of-day information.

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