Dell Optiplex 7020 Quick Reference Guide Statement Of Volatility
2014-11-13
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Statement of Volatility – Dell OptiPlex 7020 CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. The Dell OptiPlex 9020 contains both “volatile” and “non-volatile” (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. Non-volatile components continue to retain their data even after the power has been removed from the component. The following volatile and NV components are present on the Dell OptiPlex 7020 motherboard: Embedded Flash memory in embedded controller SMSC5555 System BIOS UO1 96K bytes non-volatile memory. 2K bytes non-volatile memory for keyboard controller. No Remedial Action (action necessary to lose data) N/A SPI_1, SPI_3 Non-volatile memory, 64M bits (8MB), 32Mbits (4MB) System BIOS and Video BIOS for basic boot operation, PSA (on board diagnostics.) No N/A TPM UF2 4K bytes non-volatile memory located in the TPM module. No N/A System Memory – DDR3 DIMM memory Connectors : DIMM1, DIMM2, DIMM3, DIMM4 Yes Power off system. System memory SPD EEPROM On memory DIMM(s) – one, two, three, or four present Volatile memory in OFF state (see state definitions later in text) One to four modules will be populated. System memory size will depend on DIMM modules and will be between 1GB to 8GB. Non-volatile EEPROM memory. 2K bits (256 bytes). One Device present on each DIMM. Stores memory manufacturer data and timing information for correct operation of system memory. No N/A Description Reference Designator Volatility Description User Accessible for external data Page 1 Reference Designator RTC CMOS BATTERY Volatile battery back-backed CMOS memory 256 bytes. Stores CMOS information. No Video memory – type – see next column UMA architectureuses system DDR3. Volatile memory in off state. UMA uses main system memory size allocated out of main memory. No Enter S3-S5 state below. Hard drive User replaceable Non-volatile magnetic media, various sizes in GB. Yes Low level format. CD- User replaceable Non-volatile optical/magnetic media. Yes Low level format/erase. ROM/RW/ DVD/ DVD+RW/ Diskette Volatility Description User Accessible for external data Remedial Action (action necessary to lose data) Removing the on board Coin Cell battery. Description Drives CAUTION: All other components on the system board lose data if power is removed from the system. Primary power loss (unplugging the power cord and removing the battery) destroys all user data on the memory (DDR3). Secondary power loss (removing the on-board coin-cell battery) destroys system data on the system configuration and time-ofday information. In addition, to clarify memory volatility and data retention in situations where the system is put in different ACPI power states the following is provided (those ACPI power states are S0, S1, S3, S4 and S5): S0 state is the working state where the dynamic RAM is maintained and is read/write by the processor. S1 state is a low wake-up latency sleeping state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chip set) and hardware maintains all system contexts. S3 is called “suspend to RAM” state or stand-by mode. In this state the dynamic RAM is maintained. Dell systems will be able to go to S3 if the OS and the peripherals used in the system supports S3 state. Linux and Windows 7 support S3 state. S4 is called “suspend to disk” state or “hibernate” mode. There is no power. In this state, the dynamic RAM is not maintained. If the system has been commanded to enter S4, the OS will write the system context to a non-volatile storage file and leave appropriate context markers. When the system is coming back to the working state, a restore file from the non-volatile storage can occur. The restore file has to be valid. Dell systems will be able to go to S4 if the OS and the peripherals support S4 state. Windows 7 support S4 state. S5 is the “soft” off state. There is no power. The OS does not save any context to wake up the system. No data will remain in any component on the system board, i.e. cache or memory. The system will require a complete boot when awakened. Since S5 is the shut off state, coming out of S5 requires power on which clears all registers. Page 2 The following table shows all the states supported by Dell OptiPlex 7020 Model Number Dell OptiPlex 7020 S0 X S1 S3 X S4 X S5 X Page 3