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December 2020
Statement of Volatility – Dell OptiPlex 3080 Small Form
Factor
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
The Dell OptiPlex 3080 Small Form Factor 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 OptiPlex 3080 Small Form Factor.
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 memory
in embedded
controller
Microchip
DEC1515H-
D0-I/Z2
EC1
256K bytes Code/Data
SRAM(224KB
optimized for code
performance, 32KB
optimized for code
performance), 64 bytes
Battery Powerd Storage
SRAM
No N/A
System BIOS U2502 Non-volatile memory,
256Mbits(32MB),
System BIOS and
Video BIOS for basic
boot operation, ePSA
(on board diagnostics.)
No N/A
TPM Nuvoton
NPCT750JAB
YX
U9101 16K bytes non-volatile
memory located in the
TPM module.
No N/A
System
Memory –
DDR4 DIMM
memory
Connectors: DIMM1,
DIMM2,
Volatile memory in
OFF state (see state
definitions later in text)
One or two modules
will be populated.
System memory size
will depend on DIMM
modules and will be
between 4GB to 64GB.
Yes Power off system.
System
memory SPD
EEPROM
On memory DIMM(s) Non-volatile EEPROM
memory. (256
bytes).One Device
present on each DIMM.
Stores memory
manufacturer data and
timing information for
correct operation of
system memory.
No N/A