Technical overview: dell™ inspiron™ 5000 series, New features, Hardware overview – Dell Inspiron 5000 User Manual
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Technical Overview: Dell™ Inspiron™ 5000 Series
New Features
Most of the core technology implemented in the Inspiron 5000 series existed previously on other Dell portable computers. The Inspiron 5000 series has the following
new key features:
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A 3-spindle, 7.5-pound chassis (15-inch liquid crystal display [LCD]) with an internal diskette drive, removable hard-disk drive, and swappable media bay
device.
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An available Intel® Pentium®-III processor with Intel SpeedStep
TM
technology.
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An integrated MiniPCI socket for an optional internal modem.
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Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) automatically installs in Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) mode, without any setup switches.
Hardware Overview
Processors (Inspiron 5000)
Intel Celeron™: 466 MHz, 450 MHz, and 500 MHz
Intel Pentium III: 450 MHz and 500 MHz
Intel Pentium III with SpeedStep technology: 600/500 MHz and 650/500 MHz
Processors (Inspiron 5000e)
Intel Celeron: 600 MHz and 650 MHz
Intel Pentium III with SpeedStep technology: 650 MHz, 700 MHz, and 750 MHz.
System chip set
Intel 82440BX AGP Set:
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82443BX PCI AGP controller—Integrated with the processor on the MMC-2 mobile module
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82371MB PIIX4E—Located on the system board