Dell PowerEdge 2400 Power Supply Update

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04D290 A00

P/N 4D290 Rev. A00

December 2000

Power Supply Update for Dell™

PowerEdge™ Systems

This document provides updated information for your Dell PowerEdge system power supplies. To

comply with the new European standards for power consumption, Dell Computer Corporation is

changing the power supply in your PowerEdge system to a model with Power Factor Correction (PFC)

features.

The power supplies in the PowerEdge 300, PowerEdge 1400, and PowerEdge 2400 (nonredundant

configuration only) will use the new power supplies. PowerEdge 2400 systems with redundant power

supply configurations are not changing and currently meet the new requirements. Power supplies with

PFC features are more efficient and meet or exceed the current specification. This change will not

impact operating systems or applications running on the system.

The effective date of the regulation requiring the enhanced performance for systems delivered in the

European Union is January 1, 2001. As a part of Dell’s ongoing commitment to exceed standards and

improve the customer experience, Dell will ship the new power supplies with PFC features world-

wide. The transition to the new power supplies will take place in late December in our factory in

Ireland and in January to March in our other factories worldwide. Effective December 22, 2000, the CE

markings will be removed from these systems shipped from our factories in the United States, China,

and Malaysia. Systems not bearing the CE marking cannot be exported to the European Union coun-

tries. Table 1 shows the approximate dates the CE marking will be reapplied indicating that the

transition is complete.

Table 1.

Transition Dates for CE Marking

System

United States

Malaysia

China

PowerEdge 300

February 28, 2001

March 15, 2001

March 22, 2001

PowerEdge 1400

N/A

1

January 15, 2001

January 31, 2001

PowerEdge 2400

February 28, 2001

March 15, 2001

March 15, 2001