Dell OptiPlex 755 User Manual
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Serial
9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible
Parallel
25-pin connector (bidirectional)
Video
15-pin VGA connector
Network adapter
RJ45 connector
Optional PS/2 with secondary serial port 
adapter 
two 6-pin mini-DINs
USB
two front-panel and six back panel USB 2.0–compliant 
connectors 
Audio
two connectors for line-in/ microphone and line-out; 
two front-panel connectors for headphones and 
microphone 
System board connectors:
SATA
three 7-pin connectors
eSATA
one 7-pin connector
Internal USB
10-pin header for optional media card reader (in 3.5-
inch drive bay) 
Floppy drive
34-pin connector
Serial
12-pin connector for optional secondary PS/2 serial 
port card 
Fan
5-pin connector
PCI Express
one 120-pin (x16) connector
PCI 2.3
two 120-pin connectors
Front panel
40-pin connector
Key Combinations
 
in Microsoft® Windows® XP, brings up the Windows 
Security window; in MS-DOS® mode, restarts 
(reboots) the computer 
starts embedded system setup (during system start-
up only) 
automatically starts the computer from the network 
environment specified by the remote boot 
environment (PXE) rather than from one of the 
devices in the system setup Boot Sequence option 
(during system start-up only) 
displays a boot device menu that allows the user to 
enter a device for a single boot (during system start-
up only) as well as options to run hard drive and 
system diagnostics 
  displays the Management Engine BIOS Extension      Controls and Lights  Power control  push button  Power light  green light — blinking green indicates a sleep mode;  amber light — blinking amber indicates a problem  Power Problems .)  hard drive access light  green  Link light  solid green light indicates network connection  Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)  green light for 10-Mb operation; orange light for 100- Activity light (on integrated network adapter)  yellow blinking light  Diagnostic lights  four lights on the front panel (See  Diagnostic Lights .)  Standby power light  AUX_PWR on the system board      Power    DC power supply:      NOTE:  Power consumption from an AC power source  can be zero when the computer is unplugged from 
settings screen that allows you to modify the settings 
solid green indicates a power-on state. 
with an installed device; solid amber indicates an 
internal power problem (See 
Mb operation; yellow light for 1000-Mb (1-Gb) 
operation 
that power source, but the internal battery does 
draw a minute amount of power from the power 
supply even when the computer is not drawing 
power from the AC power source. 
