Drives, Connectors, Controls and lights – Dell XPS/Dimension XPS Gen 5 User Manual

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connector

one x1

connector size

36 pins

connector data width (maximum)

1 PCI Express lane

PCI Express

 

connector

one x4

connector size

98 pins

connector data width (maximum)

4 PCI Express lanes

PCI Express

 

connector

one x16

connector size

164 pins

connector data width (maximum)

16 PCI Express lanes

Drives 

Externally accessible:

one 3.5-inch drive bays

three 5.25-inch drive bays

Available devices

Serial ATA drive, floppy drive, memory devices, CD
drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, DVD-RW drive, and
DVD and CD-RW combo drive

Internally accessible:

three bays for 1-inch high hard drives

Connectors

External connectors:

IEEE 1394

front and back-panel 6-pin serial connectors

Video

15-pin connector

DVI

28-pin connector

Network adapter

RJ45 connector

PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)

two 6-pin mini-DIN

USB

two front-panel, five back-panel, and one internal
USB 2.0–

compliant connectors

System board connectors:

Primary IDE drive

40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Serial ATA

four 7-pin connectors

Floppy drive

34-pin connector

Fan

three 5-pin connectors

PCI

three 120-pin connectors

PCI Express x1

36-pin connector

PCI Express x4

98-pin connector

PCI Express x16

164-pin connector

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 Lights

").

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.

yellow light — A good connection exists between a 1-
GB (or 1000

-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 when there is activity on the
network. If there is not any network activity, the light
will be off.

Diagnostic lights

four lights on the front panel (See "

Diagnostic

Lights

.")

Standby power light

AUXPWR on the system board

Case Front-Panel Light Color

color options: off (no light), ruby, emerald, sapphire
(default), amber, amethyst, topaz, diamond (See

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