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... supply diagnostic button 12. security-cable slot 16.
drive activity light 10. Front And Back View Of Mini-Tower
1. diagnostic lights (4) 6. expansion-card slots (4) 15. Dell OptiPlex 790
Setup And Features Information
About Warnings
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. optical-drive eject button 8. power connector 13. headphone...
Technical Guidebook - Page 3
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6 MINI TOWER COMPUTER (MT) VIEW
FRONT VIEW
1 Power Button, Power Light
2 Optical Drive Bay (optional)
3 Headphone Connector
4 Microphone Connector
5 Diagnostic Lights (4)
6 Optical Drive (...
Technical Guidebook - Page 5
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V 1.6 DESKTOP COMPUTER (DT) VIEW
FRONT VIEW 1 Optical Drive
2 Optical Drive Eject Button
3 Power Button, Power Light
4 USB Connectors (4)
5 Microphone Connector 6 Headphone ...3 Network Connector
9 Display Port Connector
4 Network Activity Light 10 VGA Connector
5 Serial connector 6 Line-out Connector
11 Line-in/Microphone connector
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Technical Guidebook - Page 6
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6 DESKTOP COMPUTER (DT) VIEW
Number
Name
Number
Name
1
Internal speaker connector(INT_SPKR)
13 PCI connector(SLOT3)
2
Front IO connector(FRONTPANEL)
14 PCI-e 4x connector(SLOT4)
3
Thermal ...
Technical Guidebook - Page 7
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... connector
8 Display Port Connector
3 Link Integrity Light
9 VGA Connector
4 Network Connector
10 USB Connectors (6)
5 Network Activity Light 6 Line-out Connector
11 Line-in/Microphone connector
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Technical Guidebook - Page 8
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6 SMALL FORM FACTOR COMPUTER (SFF) VIEW
Number
Name
Number
Name
1 P1 power connector(POWER)
12 LPC debug connector(LPC_DEBUG)
2 System fan connector(FAN_HDD)
...
Technical Guidebook - Page 9
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16 Line-in/ Microphone Connector
17 Display Port Connector 18 VGA Connector 19 Serial Connector
20 USB Connectors (5) 21 Network Connector 22 Link Integrity Light
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Technical Guidebook - Page 11
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no dedicated LOM
EEPROM
11 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - For more information regarding the configuration of your computer, click ...® Business SP2 (32 and 64 bit), Windows Vista® Ultimate SP2 (32 bit)
Basic Driver support only via Dell.com
FreeDOS for (N-series), Ubuntu® Linux version 10.10 (China only)
Optional
MT
DT
SFF
USFF
Intel Q65 Express...
Technical Guidebook - Page 12
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - NOTE: Processor numbers are not a measure of Dell's relationship products that are a subset of...TXT (vPro™), 95W Intel® Core™ i5 2400S / 2.50GHz, 6M, VT-x, VT-d, TXT (vPro™), 65W Intel® Dual Core Processors
X-GSP X-GSP X-GSP
X-GSP X-GSP X-GSP
X-GSP X-GSP X-GSP
X-GSP X-GSP X-GSP
Intel® Core™ i3 2120 ...
Technical Guidebook - Page 13
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - The entire 16-GB memory range is available to 64-bit operating systems.
Type: DDR3 Synch DRAM Non-ECC Memory DIMM Slots DIMM ...
Technical Guidebook - Page 15
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... drives, GB means 1 billion bytes; DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK -
PCIe x4: GFX, USB 3.0, Serial, Parallel...using DVD+R media provides maximum compatibility. 3 DVD-ROM drives may not be compatible with some existing drives and players; V 1.6 DRIVES AND REMOVABLE STORAGE
Optical Drive: (SFF/USFF require slim-line optical drive) DVD+/-RW2 DVD-ROM3
Media Card Reader: Dell...
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...USFF
2 Front, 5 Rear
16 SFF supports low profile card.
SFF supports low profile card.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6
GRAPHICS/VIDEO CONTROLLER
NOTE: MT supports full height card, DT supports low...DP and DVI
512MB AMD RADEON HD 6350 with dual DVI or dual VGA (adapters convert to dual DVI or dual VGA)
Optional card Optional card
USFF
EXTERNAL PORTS/CONNECTORS...
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... memory size and other factors. 2 DVI and VGA can be used concurrently for multi-monitor display in the x16 slot disables onboard video.
28 The DisplayPort controller does not support multi-monitor display in DOS 3 Populating a discrete graphics card in DOS. ...available system memory(Up to 1.7GB with Celeron/Pentium class CPU-GPU combo] 2. DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK -
Technical Guidebook - Page 29
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6
GRAPHICS/VIDEO CONTROLLER (CONT.)
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6450 Bus ...): Operating Temperature Range Relative Humidity Range Altitude Range
MT
DT
SFF
PCIEx16
625Mhz
800Mhz
20W Yes 32-bit
85Hz
Yes DX11 and OpenGL3 Dual-Link DVI Max: 2560 x 1600/32bpp @ 75Hz DispalyPort Max: 2560 x 1600/32bpp @ 75Hz VGA Max : 1920x1440/32bpp @...
Technical Guidebook - Page 39
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...inches/centimeters (Without Bezel - RW1 External Dimensions inches/centimeters (Without Bezel - using DVD+R media provides maximum compatibility.
W x H x D)
Weight (max)...to 10600m
1 Discs burned with this drive may not be compatible with some existing drives and players; DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6
OPTICAL DRIVES
DVD +/- W x H x D)
Weight (max) pounds/...
Technical Guidebook - Page 42
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...Emulation:
Keyboard Errors: POST HotKeys: Fast Boot:
Enable Enable COM1 AHCI Enable USB Controller Disable Enable Enable (Front USB, Rear Dual USB, Rear Quad USB, PCI Slot) Enable (SATA-0, SATA-1, SATA-2, SATA -3)
Auto
All
Enable Disable Enable Enable
Enable ... the factory Optional User Entry Enable
Enable Enable Enable Enable Thorough
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... mode, the system CPU was measured using the same microphone distances and measurement techniques defined for the Dell OptiPlex 780 MT is as follows1:
Operating ...
26.8
23.9
30.0
26.3
40.7
36.0
Floor- DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6
ACOUSTIC NOISE EMISSION INFORMATION
OPTIPLEX 790 MT
Component CPU Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter
Typical...
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...for this mode, the system CPU was measured using the same microphone distances and measurement techniques defined for the Dell OptiPlex 780 DT is as follows: (all values ...LpA)
Bystander Position
(LpA)
24.9
22.5
24.2
21.8
33.4
30.7
41.2
37.2
Floor- DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - Standing
Operator Position
(LpA)
21.0 21.0 27.1 35.5
Bystander Position
(LpA)
20.9...
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For this mode, the system CPU was measured using the same microphone distances and measurement techniques defined for this... Pressure
(LpA)
(LpA)
Table-Top
Floor-Standing
Table-Top
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ACOUSTIC NOISE EMISSION INFORMATION
OPTIPLEX 790 SFF
Component CPU Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter
Typical Configuration Intel...
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...% utilization with ISO 9296 for this mode, the system CPU was measured using the same microphone distances and measurement techniques defined for the other peripheral device actively seeking. DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 790 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK - V 1.6
ACOUSTIC NOISE EMISSION INFORMATION
OPTIPLEX 790 USFF
Component CPU Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter
Typical Configuration...