Dell Latitude E5550 Dell /5550 Statement of Volatility - Page 1

Statement of Volatility - Dell Latitude E5550/5550 CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. The Dell E5550/5550 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 E5550/5550 system board. Table 1. List of Non-Volatile Components on System Board Reference Description Designator Volatility Description User Accessible for external data Remedial Action (Action necessary to prevent loss of data) Embedde d Flash in embedde d controller MEC5085 Panel EEDID EEPROM UE2 Part of panel assembly System BIOS UC2, UC3 288 KB of embedded Flash No memory for keyboard controller BIOS code, asset tag and BIOS passwords Non Volatile memory, 512 No bytes. Non Volatile memory, 64 No Mbit (8MB) and 32 Mbit (4MB) for vPro and 64Mbit (8MB) only for non-vPro, System BIOS and Video BIOS for basic boot operation, PSA (on board diags), PXE diags. Video BIOS System Memory - DDR3L memory Embedded Non Volatile memory, 512 No in system kbit (64 KB), Graphics BIOS system BIOS. Two Volatile memory in OFF Yes SODIMM state connectors : NOTE: See state definitions later in text. JDIMM1,2 One to two modules must be populated. System memory size will depend on SODIMM modules and must be between 2 GB and 32 GB. System On System Non Volatile memory 512 No memory memory Bytes. SPD EEPROM SODIMM(s) - 1-2 Stores memory manufacturer data and Dell - Internal Use - Confidential N/A Part of panel assembly N/A N/A Power off system N/A