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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 MI N I TOWE R C OMP UTER (MT ) V IEW FRONT VIEW 1 Optical Drive (optional) 2 Optical Drive Eject Button 3 Optical Drive Bay 4 Media Card Reader (optional) 5 USB 2.0 Connectors (2)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 SMA LL FORM FACT OR C O MP UTER (SFF) VIE W FRONT VIEW 1 Optical Drive (optional) 2 Optical Drive Eject Button 3 USB 2.0 Connectors (2) Network Connectivity Light Diagnostic Lights (4)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 U LT RA SMA LL FORM FAC TO R C OMPUTER (USFF) VIE W FRONT VIEW Optical Drive Power Button, Power Light Drive Activity Light Diagnostic Lights (4) Network Connectivity Light WiFi Activity Light (optional)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 MARKETING SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS N O T E : O f f e r i n g s m a y v a r y b y r e g i o n . 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 f i 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 >...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 A DVA NCED SYSTEM M ANA GEAB ILITY MODES N O T E : H a r d w a r e m a n a g e m e n t m o d e o p t i o n s a l l o w y o u t o s e l e c t t h e r i g h t s y s t e m s m a n a g e m e n t f e a t u r e s u p p o r t f o r y o u r e n t e r p r i s e .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 D RIVES AND REM OV AB LE ST ORA GE Bays: 3.5-inch bay (External 19-1 Media Card Reader) 5.25-inch bay (External Optical) Hard Drives Supported (Internal and External) Optical Drives Supported Interface: SATA 3.5” Hard Drives:...
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DVD-ROM Media Card Reader: Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader SYSTEM B OAR D CO NN ECT ORS N O T E : S e e D e t a i l e d E n g i n e e r i n g S p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a x i m u m c a r d d i m e n s i o n s .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT R OLLER N O T E : M T s u p p o r t s f u l l h e i g h t c a r d , D T s u p p o r t s l o w p r o f i l e c a r d o r f u l l h e i g h t c a r d w i t h o p t i o n a l r i s e r . S F F s u p p o r t s l o w p r o f i l e c a r d .
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 DETAILED ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS SYSTEM D IMENS IONS (P HYS ICA L) N O T E : S y s t e m W e i g h t a n d S h i p p i n g W e i g h t i s b a s e d o n a t y p i c a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d m a y v a r y b a s e d o n P C c o n f i g u r a t i o n .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 SYSTEM LEVE L EN VI RO N ME NTA L AND OPERAT ING COND ITI ONS Temperature Operating Non-Operating (Storage) Relative Humidity Maximum vibration Operating Non-Operating Maximum Shock Operating Non-Operating Maximum Altitude Operating Non-Operating 10°...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 P OWER N O T E : T h e s e f o r m f a c t o r s u t i l i z e a m o r e e f f i c i e n t A c t i v e P o w e r F a c t o r C o r r e c t i o n ( A P F C ) p o w e r s u p p l y . D e l l r e c o m m e n d s o n l y U n i v e r s a l P o w e r S u p p l i e s ( U P S ) b a s e d o n S i n e W a v e o u t p u t f o r A P F C P S U s , n o t a n a p p r o x i - m a t i o n o f a S i n e W a v e , S q u a r e W a v e , o r q u a s i - S q u a r e W a v e .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 A UD IO INTEGRATED ADI 1984A HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO High Definition Stereo support Number of channels Number of Bits / Audio resolution Sampling rate (recording/playback) Signal to Noise Ratio Analog Audio Dolby Digital Digital out (S/PDIF)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 C OMMUNI CAT IONS - NET WO RK ADAPTER ( NIC ) ( CONT. ) INTEGRATED INTEL® 82567 GIGABIT1 ETHERNET LAN 10/100/1000 (CONT.) Environmental Operating temperature Operating humidity Operating System Driver Support Manageability (examples WOL, PXE) Management Capabilities Alerting This term does not connote an actual operating speed of 1 Gb/sec.
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 C OMMUNI CAT IONS – I NT EG RATED LA N ( CONT.) BROADCOM NETXTREME 10/100/1000 PCIE GIGABIT NETWORKING CARD (CONT.) Environmental Operating temperature Operating humidity Operating System Driver Support Manageability (examples WOL, PXE) Management Capabilities Alerting (example ASF 2.0)
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802.11g Data Rates supported 802.11n Data Rates supported Encryption Operating temperature Operating humidity Operating System Driver Support DELL WIRELESS 1510 PCIE MINI PCIE WLAN CARD (802.11N) External Connector Type Controller Details Controller bus architecture WLAN standards supported 802.11b Data Rates supported 802.11a Data Rates supported...
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N O T E : N a t i v e D i s p l a y P o r t o n s y s t e m i s n o t s u p p o r t e d w i t h o p t i o n a l w i r e l e s s c a r d o n t h e D T a n d S F F c h a s s i s . DELL WIRELESS 1520 PCIE MINI PCIE WLAN CARD (802.11N)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT R OLLER N O T E : M T s u p p o r t s f u l l h e i g h t c a r d , D T s u p p o r t s l o w p r o f i l e c a r d o r f u l l h e i g h t c a r d w i t h o p t i o n a l r i s e r . S F F s u p p o r t s l o w p r o f i l e c a r d .
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT R OLLER (C ONT.) 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT330 Bus Type (example integrated or PCIe x16) GPU core clock Frame Buffer Memory (onboard and shared) Size and Speed...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT R OLLER (C ONT.) 256MB AMD RADEON™ HD 3450 GRAPHICS DUAL DVI OR VGA AND TV OUT Bus Type (example integrated or PCIe x16) GPU core clock...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT R OLLER (C ONT.) 256MB AMD RADEON™ HD 3470 GRAPHICS W/ DUAL DP Bus Type (example integrated or PCIe x16) GPU core clock Frame Buffer Memory (onboard and shared) Size and Speed...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES 3.5” 160GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks Power Source...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 3.5” 250GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD (CONT.) Environmental Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Temperature Range Relative Humidity Range Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature Altitude Range Environmental Non-Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Temperature Range Relative Humidity Range...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 3.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 3.5” 1TB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 3.5” 80GB SATA 10000 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 3.5” 160GB SATA 10000 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 160GB FULL DISK ENCRYPTION SATA HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 250GB FIPS FULL DISK ENCRYPTION SATA HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 64GB SATA SOLID STATE DRIVE Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed MTBF Average Seek Time Performance: Sequential Read/ Write Performance: SYSmark ‘07 Overall Score...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 128GB SATA SOLID STATE DRIVE Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed MTBF Average Seek Time Performance: Sequential Read/ Write Performance: SYSmark ‘07 Overall Score...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 160GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 250GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 HARD DRI VES (CON T.) 2.5” 320GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed Internal buffer size Average Seek Time Rotational Speed Logical Blocks...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 OPTIC AL D RIVES DVD +/- RW External Dimensions inches/centimeters 148.2mm(6in)/42mm (2in)/ (Without Bezel – W x H x 190.5 (max) Weight (max) pounds/ kilograms Interface type and speed SATA 1.5Gbit/s Disc Capacity Standard...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 OPTIC AL D RIVES (C ONT. ) DVD-ROM (CONT.) Power Source DC Power Requirements 12V, 5V 1200mA (12V)/ 900mA DC Current Environmental Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Operating Temperature 5C to 50C Range Relative Humidity Range...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 OPTIC AL D RIVES (C ONT. ) BLU-RAY WRITER External Dimensions inches/centimeters 148.2mm(6in)/42mm (2in)/ (Without Bezel – W x H x 190.5 (max) Weight (max) pounds/ kilograms Interface type and speed SATA 1.5Gbit/s Disc Capacity...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 B IOS DE FA ULTS Drives System Configuration Video Performance Virtualization Support Security Diskette drive: SATA Operation; SMART Reporting: SATA-0: SATA-1: External SATA: Integrated NIC: USB Controller: Parallel Port: Parallel Port Address: Serial Port #1:...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0 B IOS DE FA ULTS ( CO NT. ) Power Management Maintenance Post Behavior AC Recovery: Auto On Time: Low Power Mode: Remote Wake Up: Suspend Mode: Fan Control Override: Service Tag: Asset Tag:...
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Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 780 MT is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Typical Configuration Operating Mode...
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Component Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 780 DT is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Operating Mode Idle...
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Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 780 SFF is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Typical Configuration Operating Mode...
Memory HDD (#, capacity) RMSD Graphics Adapter The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell Optiplex 780 USFF is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Typical Configuration Operating Mode...