adapted from the Dell™
Dimension™ XPS Service Manual
aka XPS v2 aka "Dimension XPS ()"; purchased April 22, 2004
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Official Support Pages can be found here.
from the Dell™ Dimension™ XPS Service Manual
Memory | |
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128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, or 1 GB non–ECC my system has: four modules of 512 MB non-ECC: PC3200 ( Max. supported for this type of board, e.g. IP-4PCI2E : 533/800MHz , 184pin DDR333/400 DIMM x 4 up to 4GB, support ECC )
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4 GB [ recommended 3 GB setup (slots 1, 3, 2, 4): more on PAE (how to enable): "PAE mode enables processors to address more than 4 GB of memory" > link | |
Case | |
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System Board | |
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Computer Information |
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[ Clock Speed -- |
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note: this is a Dell proprietary system board: , but see this tech notice from Intel |
PCI Bus Interface:
— Supports PCI Revision 2.3 Specification at 33 MHz
— 6 available PCI REQ/GNT pairs
— One PCI REQ/GNT pair can be given higher
arbitration priority (intended for external 1394
host controller)
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Video | |
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AGP 8X -> |
Audio | |
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five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, surround, and center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel |
Expansion Bus | |
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Drives |
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Notes: * you can use both Serial ATA and IDE hard drives in this system. * SATA is limited to 150 mbps (that is, "3Gbs" SATA speed is not available) |
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Hard Drive | Maxtor 6Y120M0 "120 BB" 111.757 GB |
Optical Drive 1 : DVD Driver (reader only) | HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B |
ATA-100 Ultra DMA hard drive, |
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Connectors |
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two front-panel and six back-panel USB 2.0–compliant connectors |
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one front-panel connector for microphone; one front-panel connector for headphones |
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five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, surround, and center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel |
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one front-panel 6-pin serial connector; one back-panel 6-pin serial connector |
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MORE INFO:
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Controls and Lights | |
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green light on power button—blinking green in sleep state; solid green for power-on state | |
green light for 10-Mb operation; orange light for 100-Mb operation; yellow light for 1000-Mbps (or 1-Gbps) operation | |
Power | |
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fixed-voltage power supply—110 V at 50/60 Hz manual selection and auto-sensing power supplies—90 to 135 V at 50/60 Hz; 180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz; 100 V at 50/60 Hz for Japanese computers | |
Physical | |
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Environmental | |
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NOTE: At 35°C (95°F), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft). | |
bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 20 inches/sec (50.8 cm/sec) | |
nonoperating (half-sine pulse) 105 G, 2 ms nonoperating (faired-square wave) 27 G with a velocity change of 508 cm/sec (200 inches/sec) | |
Desired video upgrade:
eVGA GeForce 6800 GT / 256MB DDR3 / AGP 8X / VGA / DVI / TV Out / Video Card
[$300 as of May 2005]
6800 GT: $370 (with bundled software)
BFG
GeForce 6800 GT OC 256MB GDDR3/8x-AGP/TV-Out/DVI (Retail Box) [$400 as
of May 2005]