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Dell Precision M6800 (Late 2013) User Manual

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Statement of Volatility – Dell Precision Mobile
Workstation M6800

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the
problem.

The Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M6800 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components.
Volatile components lose their data immediately after power is removed from the component. Non-volatile
(NV) components continue to retain their data even after power is removed from the component. The
following NV components are present on the Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M6800 system board.

Table 1.

List of Non-Volatile Components on System Board

Description

Reference
Designator

Volatility Description

User
Accessible
for external
data

Remedial Action
(Action necessary to
prevent loss of data)

Embedded
Flash in
embedded
controller
MEC5075

U51

288 KB of embedded Flash
memory for keyboard
controller BIOS code, asset
tag and BIOS passwords.
4K Boot block protection.

No

N/A

Panel
EEDID
EEPROM

Part of
panel
assembly

Non Volatile memory, 512
bytes.

No

Part of panel
assembly

System
BIOS

U52(8 MB)
U53(4 MB)

Non Volatile memory, 32
Mbit (4 MB) and 64Mbit
(8 MB), System BIOS and
Video BIOS for basic boot
operation, PSA (on board
diags), PXE diags.

No

N/A

Video BIOS On MXM

cards
(nVidia
N15X or
AMD):

Non Volatile memory, 512
kbit (64 KB), Graphics system
BIOS.

No

N/A

System
Memory –
DDR3L
memory

Four
SODIMM
connectors
:

JDIMM1,2,3,
4

Volatile memory in OFF
state

NOTE:

See state definitions later in text.

Two to four modules must
be populated. System
memory size will depend on
SODIMM modules and must
be between 2 GB and 32 GB.

Yes

Power off system

System
memory
SPD
EEPROM

On
memory
SODIMM(s)
– 2-4

Non Volatile memory 512
Bytes.

Stores memory
manufacturer data and

No

N/A