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System Features In addition to the standard features found in a traditional personal computer, the Dell OptiPlex GXi systems include the following new and/or advanced features: • Advanced combination ISA and PCI expansion subsystem • Plug and Play ISA expansion-card capability • Enhanced dual-interface EIDE subsystem • Integrated cache memory controller that supports 256 or 512 KB of external pipeline-burst cache memory • Main system memory consisting of 16 to 512 MB of high-speed EDO DIMMs • ECC function when all installed DIMMs are 72-bit parity DIMMs, and the ECC category is set to On in the System Setup program • Built-in SVGA controller attached to the PCI bus with 2-MB video memory • Integrated 16-bit audio controller that provides all the same functions of the Sound Blaster Pro expansion card • Integrated 10- or 100-Mb/sec Ethernet NIC • Integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller with two USB-compliant connectors • Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology (SMART)-compliant hard- disk drives and SMART support in the system BIOS, which warns you at system start-up if a hard-disk drive has become unreliable • New quick-test feature in the diskette-based diagnostics (for more informa- tion about Quick Test, see "Running the Diskette-Based Diagnostics" in Chapter 2). All of these features except the new quick-test feature and the SMART support are briefly described in this chapter. For a complete list of system features, see "Technical Specifications" found later in this chapter. When following the text in this manual, assume that the location or direction relative to the computer is as shown in Figure 1-1. 1-2 Dell OptiPlex GXi Systems Service Manual

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Dell OptiPlex GXi Systems Service Manual
S
ystem Features
In addition to the standard features found in a traditional personal computer, the
Dell OptiPlex GXi systems include the following new and/or advanced
features:
•
Advanced combination ISA and PCI expansion subsystem
•
Plug and Play ISA expansion-card capability
•
Enhanced dual-interface EIDE subsystem
•
Integrated cache memory controller that supports 256 or 512 KB of external
pipeline-burst cache memory
•
Main system memory consisting of 16 to 512 MB of high-speed EDO
DIMMs
•
ECC function when all installed DIMMs are 72-bit parity DIMMs, and the
ECC category is set to On in the System Setup program
•
Built-in SVGA controller attached to the PCI bus with 2-MB video memory
•
Integrated 16-bit audio controller that provides all the same functions of the
Sound Blaster Pro expansion card
•
Integrated 10- or 100-Mb/sec Ethernet NIC
•
Integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller with two USB-compliant
connectors
•
Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology (SMART)-compliant hard-
disk drives and SMART support in the system BIOS, which warns you at
system start-up if a hard-disk drive has become unreliable
•
New quick-test feature in the diskette-based diagnostics (for more informa-
tion about Quick Test, see “Running the Diskette-Based Diagnostics” in
Chapter 2).
All of these features except the new quick-test feature and the SMART support
are briefly described in this chapter. For a complete list of system features, see
“Technical Specifications” found later in this chapter.
When following the text in this manual, assume that the location or direction
relative to the computer is as shown in Figure 1-1.