Dell Precision M4800 (Late 2013) - Manual

Statement of Volatility – Dell Precision Mobile
Workstation M4800
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
The Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M4800 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components.
Volatile components lose their data immediately after power is removed from the component. Non-volatile
(NV) components continue to retain their data even after power is removed from the component. The
following NV components are present on the Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M4800 system board.
Table 1. List of Non-Volatile Components on System Board
Description
Reference
Designator
Volatility Description
User
Accessible
for external
data
Remedial Action
(Action necessary to
prevent loss of data)
Embedded
Flash in
embedded
controller
MEC5075 U51 288 KB of embedded Flash
memory for keyboard
controller BIOS code, asset
tag and BIOS passwords.
4K Boot block protection. No N/A
Panel
EEDID
EEPROM
Part of
panel
assembly Non Volatile memory, 512
bytes. No Part of panel
assembly
System
BIOS U52(8 MB)
U53(4 MB)
Non Volatile memory, 32
Mbit (4 MB) and 64 Mbit
(8 MB), System BIOS and
Video BIOS for basic boot
operation, PSA (on board
diags), PXE diags. No N/A
Video BIOS On MXM
cards
(nVidia
N15X or
AMD):
Non Volatile memory, 512
kbit (64 KB), Graphics system
BIOS. No
N/A
System
Memory –
DDR3L
memory
Four
SODIMM
connectors
:
JDIMM1,2,3,
4
Volatile memory in OFF
state
NOTE: See state definitions later in text.
Two to four modules must
be populated. System
memory size will depend on
SODIMM modules and must
be between 2 GB and 32 GB.
Yes Power off system
System
memory
SPD
EEPROM On
memory
SODIMM(s)
– 2-4 Non Volatile memory 512
Bytes.
Stores memory
manufacturer data and
No N/A