Dell OPTIPLEX 990 Technical Manualbook
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Dell Manuals
  4. Desktop
  5. OptiPlex 990 Desktop
  6. Technical manualbook

Dell OPTIPLEX 990 Technical Manualbook

Hide thumbs Also See for OPTIPLEX 990:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

See also: Service Manual , Setup and Features Information
DELL
TM
OPTIPLEX 990
TM
TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK—
INSIDE THE OPTIPLEX 990

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Related Manuals for Dell OPTIPLEX 990

Summary of Contents for Dell OPTIPLEX 990

  • Page 1 DELL OPTIPLEX 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK— INSIDE THE OPTIPLEX 990...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS O V E R V I E W Mini Tower Computer (MT) View Desktop Computer (DT) View Small Form Factor Computer (SFF) View 9-10 Ultra Small Form Factor Computer (USFF) View M A R K E T I N G S Y S T E M C O N F I G U R A T I O N S Operating System, Chipset Processor Memory...

  • Page 3: Mini Tower Computer (Mt) View

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 MINI TOWER COMPUTER (M T) VI EW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW Power Button, Power Optical Drive (optional) 10 Power Supply Diagnostic Expansion Card Slots(4) Light Light 2 Optical Drive Bay Optical Drive Eject Button...
  • Page 4 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 MT System Board Components Number Name Number Name Internal Speaker Connector (INT_SPKR) PCI Connector(SLOT3) Front IO Connector (FRONTPANEL) PCI-e 4x Connector(SLOT4) Intrusion Switch Connector Thermal Sensor Connector(THRM_2) (INTRUDER) SATA 0 Connector(SATA0) System Fan Connector (FAN_HDD)

  • Page 5: Desktop Computer (Dt) View

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 D ESK TOP COMP UT ER (D T) VIEW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW Optical Drive Microphone Connector 9 Padlock Ring Expansion Card Slots(4) 10 Security Cable Slot Power Supply Diagnostic Optical Drive Eject Button...
  • Page 6 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 DT System Board Components Number Name Number Name Internal Speaker Connector PCI-e 1x Connector(SLOT2) (INT_SPKR) Front IO Connector (FRONTPANEL) Intrusion Switch Connector (INTRUDER) Thermal Sensor Connector(THRM_2) Thermal Sensor Connector(THRM_1) SATA 0 Connector(SATA0) System Fan Connector (FAN_HDD)

  • Page 7: Small Form Factor Computer (Sff) View

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 SM ALL FORM F ACTOR COMP UTER (SF F ) VIEW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW 9 Padlock Ring Power Supply Diagnostic Optical Drive Microphone Connector Light 2 Optical Drive Eject Button Headphone Connector...

  • Page 8: Sff System Board Components

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 SFF System Board Components Number Name Number Name P1 power Connector (POWER) LPC debug Connector (LPC_DEBUG) System fan Connector (FAN_HDD) Battery Connector (BATTERY) Internal Speaker Connector (INT_SPKR) P2 Power Connector (12V_PWRCONN) Buzzer (BEEP)

  • Page 9: Ultra Small Form Factor Computer (Usff) View

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 UL TR A SMALL FO RM F ACTO R COMP UTER (U SFF ) VIEW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW 10 Wi-Fi Antenna (optional) Line-in/ Microphone 1 Optical Drive Headphone Connector Connector 11 Network Activity Light...
  • Page 10 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 USFF System Board Components Number Name Number Name Front Panel Connector (FRONTPANEL) SATA 1 Connector(SATA_1) Memory Connector(DIMM_2) SATA 0 Connector(SATA_0) Memory Connector(DIMM_1) P1 Power Connector(POWER1) HDD-ODD Power Connector CPU Fan Connector (FAN_CPU) (HDD_ODD_POWER)

  • Page 11: Marketing System Configurations

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 MARKETING SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS N O T E : O ff e r i n g s m a y v a r y b y c o u n t r y . F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g t h e c o n fi g u r a t i o n o f y o u r c o m p u t e r , c l i c k S t a r t >...

  • Page 12: Processor

    PROCES SOR NOTE: Global Standard Products (GSP) are a subset of Dell’s relationship products that are managed for availability and synchro- nized transitions on a worldwide basis. They ensure the same platform is available for purchase globally. This allows customers to reduce the number of configurations managed on a worldwide basis, thereby reducing their costs.

  • Page 13: Memory

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 M EMO RY NOTE: Memory modules should be installed in pairs of matched memory size, speed, and technology. If the memory modules are not installed in matched pairs, the computer will continue to operate, but with a slight reduction in performance. The entire 16GB memory range is available to 64-bit operating systems.

  • Page 14: Drives And Removable Storage, System Expansion Slots

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 DRIV ES AND R EM OVABL E ST ORAG E USFF Bays: 5.25-inch Optical Bay Supported (External) Optical Drives Supported (maximum) 1 (slim-line) 1 (slim-line) Hard Drive Bay Supported (Internal) Hard Drives Supported 3.5”/2.5” (maximum) Interface: SATA 2.0...
  • Page 15 Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader NOTE: Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader (MCR) is supported via a F5 to F3 bay converter on the MT and DT and may require a slim line optical drive depending on selectable configuration. MCR is not available on the SFF and USFF.

  • Page 16: Graphics/Video Controller

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAPHICS/VI DEO CONTROLLER NOTE: MT supports full height (FH) cards and DT and SFF supports low profile (LP) cards. USFF Intel HD Graphics [with Celeron/Pentium class CPU-GPU com- Integrated on CPU Intel HD Graphics 2000[with iCore Dual/Quad core class CPU-...

  • Page 17: Communications-Network Adapter (Nic), Wireless

    NOTE: MT supports full height (FH) cards and DT and SFF supports low profile (LP) cards. USFF Dell Wireless 1520 PCIe WLAN card (802.11n) Optional card Dell Wireless 1520 half mini-PCIe WLAN card (802.11n) Optional AUDIO AND S PEAKERS USFF Realtek ALC269Q High Definition Audio Codec...

  • Page 18: Security, Software, Environmental, All-In-One Stands & Mounts, Service And Support

    ProSupport Optional For a copy of our guarantees or limited warranties, please write Dell USA L.P., Attn: Warranties, One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682. For more information, visit www.dell.com/warranty. Service may be provided by third-party. Technician will be dispatched if necessary following phone-based troubleshooting. Subject to parts...

  • Page 19: Detailed Engineering Specifications

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 DETAILED ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS S YSTEM DIM ENSI ONS (PH YSIC AL ) NOTE: System Weight and Shipping Weight is based on a typical configuration and may vary based on PC configuration. A typical configuration includes: integrated graphics, one hard drive, one optical drive.

  • Page 20: System Level Environmental And Operating Conditions

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 S YSTEM LEV EL ENVI RONMENT AL AN D OPER AT ING CON DITI ONS USFF Temperature Operating 10° to 30° C (50° to 95° F) Non-Operating (Storage) -40° to 60° C (-40° to 140° F)

  • Page 21: Power

    POWER NOTE: These form factors utilize a more efficient Active Power Factor Correction (APFC) power supply. Dell recommends only Universal Power Supplies (UPS) based on Sine Wave output for APFC PSUs, not an approximation of a Sine Wave, Square Wave, or quasi-Square Wave. If you have questions, please contact the manufacture to confirm the output type.
  • Page 22 POWER NOTE: These form factors utilize a more efficient Active Power Factor Correction (APFC) power supply. Dell recommends only Universal Power Supplies (UPS) based on Sine Wave output for APFC PSUs, not an approximation of a Sine Wave, Square Wave, or quasi-Square Wave. If you have questions, please contact the manufacture to confirm the output type.

  • Page 23: Audio

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 AUDIO USFF INTEGRATED REALTEK ALC269Q HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO High Definition Stereo support Number of channels Number of Bits / Audio resolution 16, 20, and 24-bit resolution Sampling rate (recording/playback) Support 44.1K/48K/96K/192 kHz sample rates...
  • Page 24 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS - NET WORK ADAPTER (NIC) (CONT .) INTEGRATED INTEL® 82579 GIGABIT1 USFF ETHERNET LAN 10/100/1000 (CONT.) Environmental Operating temperature 0° C to 85° C (32° F to 185° F)
  • Page 25 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS – INTEGRAT ED LAN (C ONT .) BROADCOM NETXTREME 10/100/1000 USFF PCIE GIGABIT NETWORKING CARD (CONT.) Environmental Operating temperature 0° C to 55° C (32° F - 131° F)

  • Page 26: Communications

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS – WIRELESS DELL WIRELESS 1520 PCIE WLAN CARD (MT, DT, SFF) OR USFF HALF MINI-PCIE WLAN CARD (USFF) 802.11N External Connector Type Custom WLAN Antenna Connector Controller Details Electrically compatible with the PCI Express Base Specification Controller bus architecture v1.1 (x1 lane) and PCIe v1.0a.
  • Page 27 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS – S ERI AL / PAR ALL EL PORT PC IE ADD-IN C AR D N O T E : M T s u p p o r t s f u l l h e i g h t ( F H ) c a r d .

  • Page 28: Graphics/Video Controller

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAPHICS/VI DEO CONTROLLER N O T E : M T s u p p o r t s f u l l h e i g h t ( F H ) c a r d s a n d D T a n d S F F s u p p o r t s l o w p r o fi l e ( L P ) c a r d s .
  • Page 29 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT ROLLER (C ONT.) 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6670 Bus Type (example integrated or PCIe x16) PCIEx16 GPU core clock 800Mhz Frame Buffer Memory (onboard and shared) Size and Speed...

  • Page 30: Graphics/Video Controller

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAPHICS/VI DEO CONTROLLER (C ONT.) 512MB AMD RADEON™ HD6350 Bus Type (example integrated or PCIe x16) PCIEx16 GPU core clock 650Mhz Frame Buffer Memory (onboard and shared) Size and Speed 800Mhz Maximum power consumption...

  • Page 31: Hard Drives

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES 3.5” 1TB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 1,000,204,886,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
  • Page 32 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 3.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 500,107,862,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
  • Page 33 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 3.5” 320GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 320,072,933,376 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
  • Page 34 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 3.5” 250GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 250,059,350,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
  • Page 35 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 128GB SATA SOLID STATE DRIVE Capacity (bytes) 128,035,676,160 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.374 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
  • Page 36 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HYBRID HDD Capacity (bytes) 500,107,862,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Approximately (3.93 x 2.75 x 0.374 inches) Interface type and Maximum speed...
  • Page 37 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) N O T E : FIPS certified SED HDD will be made available in Q2 2011. 2.5” 320GB OPAL SED SATA HDD Capacity (bytes) 320,072,933,376 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 (includes sled)
  • Page 38 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 500,107,862,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Approximately (3.93 x 2.75 x 0.374 inches) Interface type and Maximum speed...
  • Page 39 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 250GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 250,059,350,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Approximately (3.93 x 2.75 x 0.374 inches) Interface type and Maximum speed...

  • Page 40: Optical Drive

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 OPTICAL DR IVES USFF DVD +/- RW External Dimensions inches/centimeters 148.2mm(6in)/42mm 148.2mm(6in)/42mm 128.0 mm (5.04)/ 12.7mm 128.0 mm (5.04)/ 12.7mm (Without Bezel – W x H x (2in)/ 190.5 (max) (2in)/ 190.5 (max) (0.5 in)/ 126.1mm (4.97in)
  • Page 41 DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 OPTIC AL DR IVES (CONT .) USFF DVD-ROM (CONT.) Power Source DC Power Requirements 12V, 5V 12V, 5V 1200mA (12V)/ 900mA 1200mA (12V)/ 900mA DC Current 800mA 800mA (5V) (5V) Environmental Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing):...

  • Page 42: Optical Drive

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 OPTIC AL DR IVES (CONT .) USFF BLU-RAY WRITER External Dimensions 128.0 mm (5.04in)/ 128.0 mm (5.04in)/ inches/centimeters 148.2mm(6in)/42mm 148.2mm(6in)/42mm 12.7mm (0.5 in)/ 126.1mm 12.7mm (0.5 in)/ 126.1mm (Without Bezel – W x H x (2in)/ 190.5 (max)

  • Page 43: Media Card Reader

    MEDI A CARD READER (MCR) NOTE: Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader (MCR) is supported via a F5 to F3 bay converter on the MT and DT and may require a slim line optical drive depending on selectable configuration. MCR is not available on the SFF and USFF chassis.

  • Page 44: Bios Defaults

    DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 B I OS DE F AU L T S Integrated NIC: Enable System Configuration USB Controller: Enable Serial Port: COM1 SATA Operation: RAID On USB Controller: Enable USB Controller SMART Reporting: Disable Diskette Drive:...

  • Page 45: Chassis Enclosure And Ventilation Requirements

    The Regulatory Datasheet for this product is located at http://www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Details of Dell's environmental stewardship program to conserve product energy consumption, reduce or eliminate materials for disposal, prolong product life span and provide effective and convenient equipment recovery solutions may be viewed at www.dell.com/environment.

  • Page 46: Environmental Attributes

    Protect developing countries from e-waste exports: Because responsible recycling matters to you, it matters to us. In 2009, Dell was the first in the industry to ban the export of nonworking electronics or electronic waste (e- All configs waste) to developing countries.

  • Page 47: Acoustic Noise Emission Information

    Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family ATI Radeon HD 6350 The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 MT is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts) Typical Configuration...
  • Page 48 Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family ATI Radeon HD 6350 The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 DT is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts) Typical Configuration...
  • Page 49 Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family ATI Radeon HD 6350 The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 SFF is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts) Typical Configuration...
  • Page 50 8X 12.7 SATA DVDRW Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 USFF is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts)

This manual is also suitable for:

Optiplex gm

Table of Contents