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Specifications

Dell™ Dimension™ 3100/E310 Service Manual

Processor
Processor type	Intel® Pentium® 4 with Hyper-Threading technology NOTE: Not all Pentium 4 processors support Hyper-Threading technology. Intel Celeron® D processors
Level 1 (L1) cache	At least 16 KB (dependent upon your computer configuration)
Level 2 (L2) cache	At least 256 KB (dependent upon your computer configuration) pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM

Memory
Type	400- and 533-MHz DDR2 unbuffered SDRAM
Memory connectors	two
Memory capacities	256 MB, 512 MB, or 1 GB non-ECC
Maximum memory	2 GB
BIOS address	F0000h

Computer Information
Chipset	Intel 915GV
RAID support	RAID 1 (mirroring)
DMA channels	eight
Interrupt levels	24
BIOS chip (NVRAM)	4 Mb
NIC	Integrated network interface capable of 10/100 communication
System clock	800-MHz data rate

Video
Type	Integrated

Audio
Type	HDA

Expansion Bus
Bus type	PCI 2.3 PCI Express x1
Bus speed	PCI: 33 MHz PCI Express: 500 MB/s bidirectional speed
PCI
connectors	two
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

Drives
Externally accessible:
	one 3.5-inch drive bay (FlexBay) two 5.25-inch drive bays
Available devices	Serial ATA drives (up to 2), floppy drive, USB memory devices, CD drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, DVD-RW drive, DVD and CD-RW combo drive, and media reader
Internally accessible	two bays for 1-inch high hard drives

Connectors
External connectors:
Video	15-hole connector
Network adapter	RJ45 connector
USB	two front-panel and four back-panel USB 2.0-compliant connectors
Audio	three connectors for line-in, line-out, and microphone; one front-panel connector for headphones
System board connectors:
Primary IDE drive	40-pin connector on PCI local bus
Serial ATA	two 7-pin connectors
FlexBay Drive	USB 10-pin header for optional floppy drive or optional Media Card Reader (3.5-inch bay devices)
Fan	one 5-pin connector
PCI 2.3	two 120-pin connectors
PCI Express x1	36-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 the power supply inside the computer. If the system cannot boot and there is a solid amber light, this could indicate a problem with the power connections for the CPU on the system board (see "Power Problems" in your Owner's Manual).
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. orange light — A good connection exists between a 100-Mbps network and the computer. off (no light) — The computer is not detecting a physical connection to the network.
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:
Wattage	230 W
Heat dissipation	785 BTU/hr NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated based upon the power supply wattage rating.
Voltage (see the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide for important voltage setting information)	90 to 135 V and 180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz
Backup battery	3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell

Physical
Height	41.4 cm (16.3 inches)
Width	18.8 cm (7.4 inches)
Depth	45.7 cm (18.0 inches)
Weight	12.7 kg (28 lb)

Environmental
Temperature:
Operating	10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Storage	–40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F)
Relative humidity:
Operating	20% to 80% (noncondensing)
Storage	5% to 95% (noncondensing)
Maximum vibration:
Operating	0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 0.5 octave/min
Storage	0.5 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1 octave/min
Maximum shock:
Operating	bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 20 inches/sec (50.8 cm/sec)
Storage	27-G faired square wave with a velocity change of 200 inches/sec (508 cm/sec)
Altitude:
Operating	–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
Storage	–15.2 to 10668 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)

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