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Dell Dimension 8400 User Manual

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x16 slot bidirectional speed — 8 GB/s

 

 

PCI

 

connector

three

connector size

120 pins

connector data width (maximum)

32 bits

 

 

PCI Express

 

connector

one x1

connector size

36 pins

connector data width (maximum)

1 PCI Express lane

 

 

PCI Express

 

connectors

one x16

connector size

164 pins

connector data width (maximum)

16 PCI Express lanes

 

Drives 

Externally accessible:

 

two 3.5-inch drive bays

two 5.25-inch drive bays

Available devices

Serial ATA drive, floppy drive, Zip drive, USB memory
devices, CD drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, DVD-RW
drive, and DVD and CD-RW combo drive

Internally accessible:

two bays for 1-inch high hard drives

 

Connectors

External connectors:

Serial

9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible

Parallel

25-hole connector (bidirectional)

Video

15-hole connector

Network adapter

RJ45 connector

PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)

two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors

USB

two front-panel and six back-panel USB 2.0–
compliant connectors

Audio

five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone,
surround, and center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE)
channel; one front-panel connector for headphones

System board connectors:

Primary IDE drive

40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Serial ATA

four 7-pin connectors

Floppy drive

34-pin connector

Fan

two 5-pin connectors

PCI 2.3

120-pin connector

PCI Express x1

36-pin connector

PCI Express x16

164-pin connector

Telephony (TAPI)

4-pin connector

 

Controls and Lights 

Power control

push button

Power light

green light — Blinking green in sleep state; solid
green for power-on state.

amber light — Blinking amber indicates a problem
with an installed device; solid amber indicates an
internal power problem (see "

Power Lights

").

Hard-drive access light

green

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

green light — A good connection exists between a
10-Mbps network and the computer.