DELL OPTIPLEX 960 TM TM TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK INSIDE THE OPTIPLEX 960 V.
TABLE OF CONTENTS OV E R V I E W 3 Mini Tower Computer ( MT ) View 4 Desktop Computer ( DT ) View 6 Small Form Factor Computer ( S FF ) View 8 M A R K E T I NG S Y S T E M C O N F I G U R A T I O N S Operating System, Chipset 10 Processor 11 Advanced System Manageability Modes, Deployment Mode Options 12 Memory 12 Drives and Removeable Storage 13 System Board Connectors, Graphics/Video Controller 15 External Ports/Connectors 15 Communications—Network Adapter ( NIC ) 16 Communication
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE DELL OPTIPLEX 960 ™ ™ Professional users seeking a sophisticated, powerful desktop need to look no further than the OptiPlex 960. The stylish new OptiPlex 960 delivers advanced technologies to tackle any challenge without missing a beat.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE M I N I T OW E R C OM P U T E R ( M T ) V I E W BACK VIEW FRONT VIEW Hard Drive Activity Light 7 Optical Eject Button Drive 1 Power Supply Built in Self Test Button 5 Power Cable Connector 2 Link Integrity Light 8 Optical Drive Filler Panel 2 Power Supply Status Light 6 Back-panel Connectors 3 Wi-FI Light (optional) 9 Flex Bay (for optional floppy drive or memory card reader) 7 Expansion-card Slots (4) 4 Diagnostic Lights 10 USB 2.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE M I N I T OW E R C OM P U T E R ( M T ) V I E W ( C O N T . ) BACK PANEL CONNECTORS 1 PS/2 Mouse Connector 8 Line-out Connector 2 Parallel Connector 9 Line-in/Microphone Connctor 3 Serial Connector 10 USB 2.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE D E S K T OP C OM P UT E R ( D T ) V I E W FRONT VIEW 1 Power Button, Power Light 6 Bezel 2 5.25” Drive Bay 7 Microphone Connector 3 Headphone Connector 8 3.5” Drive Bay 4 USB 2.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE D E S K T OP C OM P UT E R ( D T ) V I E W ( C O NT . ) BACK PANEL CONNECTORS 1 PS/2 Mouse Connector 8 Line-out Connector 2 Parallel Connector 9 Line-in/Microphone Connctor 3 Serial Connector 10 USB 2.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE S M A L L F OR M F A C T O R C O M P UT E R ( S F F ) V I E W FRONT VIEW 1 Power Button, Power Light 6 Headphone Connector 2 5.25” Drive Bay 7 Microphone Connector 3.5” Flex Bay for Floppy 3 Drive (optional) or Media Card (optional) 8 USB 2.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE S M A L L F OR M F A C T O R C O M P UT E R ( S F F ) V I E W ( C O N T . ) BACK PANEL CONNECTORS 1 PS/2 Mouse Connector 8 Line-out Connector 2 Parallel Connector 9 Line-in/Microphone Connctor 3 Serial Connector 10 USB 2.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE 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 yo u r c o m p u t e r , c l i c k S t a r t > H e l p a n d S u p p o r t a n d s e l e c t t h e o p t i o n t o v i e w i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t yo u r c o m p u t e r .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE PROCESSOR NOTE: Global Standard Products (GSP) are a subset of Dell's rel ationship products that are m anaged for a v a i l a b i l i t y a n d s yn c h r o n i z e d t r a n s i t i o n s o n a w o r l d w i d e b a s i s . T h e y e n s u r e t h e s a m e p l a t f o r m i s a v a i l a b l e f o r p u r c h a s e g l o b a l l y.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE A D V A NC E D S Y S T E M M A NA G E A B I L I T Y M O D E S 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 yo u t o s e l e c t t h e r i g h t s ys 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 yo u r e n t e r p r i s e .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE M E M OR Y ( C O N T . ) MT DT SFF 2GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 800MHz, (4 DIMM) X X X 2GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 800MHz, (2 DIMM) X X X 1GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 800MHz, (2 DIMM) X X X 1GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 800MHz, (1 DIMM) X X X 800MHz Memory configurations (Cont.) 1 The total amount of available memory will be less than 4GB. The amount less depends on the actual system configuration.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE D R I V E S A N D R E M OV A B L E S T O R A GE ( C O NT . ) MT DT SFF X X X X X X X X X X X X DVD+/-RW 2 SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s DVD-ROM3 SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s Combo Drive CD-RW SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s 3.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE S Y S T E M B OA R D C ON NE C T O R S NOTE: See Detailed Engi neering Specifications for maximum card dimensions support. MT DT SFF PCI Slot(s): number of 2 2 1 PCIe x16 Slot: number of 1 1 1 PCIe x1 Slot: number of 1 1 0 Flexbay 1 1 1 Serial ATA (SATA) 4 3 3 GR A P H I C S / V I D E O C O NT R OL L E R NOTE: M T supports full height card, DT supports l ow profile card or full height card with optional ri ser. SFF supports low profile card.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE E X T E R NA L P O R T S / C O NN E C T O R S ( C O N T .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE KE Y B O A R D A N D M O US E MT DT Dell USB Entry QuietKey Keyboard Optional Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard Optional Dell Smart Card USB Keyboard Optional Dell Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse Optional Dell USB Entry Optical Mouse Optional Dell USB Premium 5 Button Mouse Optional Dell Laser Mouse Optional Dell Palmrest Optional Dell Logo Mouse Pad Optional SFF SECURITY MT Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE DETAILED ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS S Y S T E M D I M E NS I ON S ( P HY S I C A L ) N O T E : S ys 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 yp 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 configuration. MT DT SFF 32.62 15.08 8.00 25.3lbs/ 11.5kg 16.5lbs/ 7.5kg 13.0lbs/ 5.9kg Height inches/centimeters 16.06in/40.80cm 15.61in/39.65cm 11.40in/28.96cm Width inches/centimeters 7.36in/18.70cm 4.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE S Y S T E M L E V E L E N V I R O N M E NT A L A N D OP E R A T I N G C O N D I T I O NS MT DT SFF Temperature Operating 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F) Non-Operating (Storage) -40° to 65° C (-40° to -149° F) Relative Humidity 20% to 80% (non-condensing) Maximum vibration Operating 5 to 350 Hz at 0.0002 G2/Hz Non-Operating 5 to 500 Hz at 0.001 to 0.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE POWER (CONT.) APFC BTUs/h (based on PSU max wattage) 3.3v CMOS battery (type and estimated battery life) 560 BTU MT EPA 153.5 BTU APFC 477 BTU DT SFF APFC EPA EPA 153.5 BTU 433 BTU 153.5 BTU 3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell. Minimum est.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE C O M M UN I C A T I O NS - L A N NOTE: M T supports full height card, DT supports l ow profile card or full height card with optional ri ser. SFF supports low profile card. INTEGRATED INTEL® 82567 GIGABIT ETHERNET LAN 10/100/1000 MT External Connector Type DT SFF RJ45 Data Rates supported 10/100/1000 Mbps Controller Details Controller bus architecture (example PCIe 1.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE C O M M UN I C A T I O NS - I N T E G R A T E D L A N ( C O NT . ) BROADCOM NETXTREME 10/100/1000 PCIE GIGABIT1 NETWORKING CARD (CONT.) MT IEEE standards compliance (example 802.1P) SFF 802.3, 802.2, 802.3x, 802.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE C O M M UN I C A T I O NS – M O D E M V.92 DATA/FAX CONTROLLERLESS MODEM MT Power Requirements Chipset Dimensions of full height card inches/centimeters (L X H) DT SFF +3.0V~+3.6V, 116.6mW max Conexant SmartHSFs/LF (CX11256 & CX20493) L: 5.25'/13.325cm H: 4.73'/12.002cm L: 5.26'/13.366cm H: 3.12'/7.923cm Dimensions of low profile card inches/centimeters (L X H) C O M M UN I C A T I O NS – W I R E L E S S INTERNAL INTEL 5300 802.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE GR A P H I C S / V I D E O C O NT R OL L E R NOTE: M T supports full height card, DT supports l ow profile card or full height card with optional ri ser. SFF supports low profile card.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE GR A P H I C S / V I D E O C O NT R OL L E R ( C O NT .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE GR A P H I C S / V I D E O C O NT R OL L E R ( C O NT . ) 256MB NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300 GE (CONT.) MT DT SFF Environmental Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Operating Temperature Range 10°-50° C Relative Humidity Range 5-90% RH Altitude Range 0-20,000 ft. 1 DMS-59 to VGA or DMS-59 to DVI adaptors required.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S 3.5” 80GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 80,026,361,856 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s Internal buffer size 8 MB Average Seek Time 8.5 ms Rotational Speed Logical Blocks 7200 rpm 156,301,488 Power Source DC Power (Max) Idle 7.0W, Active 10.0W DC Current 5V (.8A) and 12V (1.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) 3.5” 160GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD (CONT.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) 320GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 320,072,933,376 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s Internal buffer size 16 MB Average Seek Time 8.5 ms Rotational Speed Logical Blocks 7200 rpm 625,142,448 Power Source DC Power (Max) Idle 7.0W, Active 10.0W DC Current 5V (.8A) and 12V (1.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) 3.5” 80GB SATA 10000 RPM HDD (CONT.) Environmental Non-Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Temperature Range Relative Humidity Range Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature Altitude Range -400C to 700C 5% to 95% non-condensing 380C -1000 ft to 40000 ft 160GB SATA 10000 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed 150,039 MB 5.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) 2.5” 80GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD (CONT.) Power Source DC Power (Max) DC Current Idle 1.0W, Active 3.25W 5V (.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) 2.5” 20GB SLC SOLID STATE SATA HDD Capacity (bytes) Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Interface type and Maximum speed 20,014,718,976 2.75 x 3.94 x 0.374 SATA 3.0 Gbps Internal buffer size 32 MB Average Seek Time 0 Rotational Speed 0 Logical Blocks 39,091,248 Power Source DC Power (Max) DC Current 0.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE HA R D D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) 2.5” 32GB SLC SOLID STATE SATA HDD Environmental Non-Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Temperature Range Relative Humidity Range Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature Altitude Range -55 to 95 C 0 C to 55 C / 90~98% RH 38 C -200 to 10,600 m 2.5” 160GB FULL DISK ENCRYPTION SATA HDD Capacity (bytes) 160,041,885,696 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE OP T I C A L D R I V E S DVD +/- RW1 MT DT SFF 148.2mm(6in)/42mm (2in)/ 190.5 (max) 148.2mm(6in)/42mm (2in)/ 190.5 (max) 128.0 mm (5.04)/ 12.7mm (0.5 in)/ 126.1mm (4.97in) 800g 800g 170g SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.5Gbit/s SATA 1.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE OP T I C A L D R I V E S ( C O NT . ) DVD-ROM (CONT.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE B I O S D E F A UL T S BIOS Factory Defaults (All chassis unless noted) Drives SATA-1: USB Enable Enable SATA-2: Enable 1 SATA-3 : Enable External SATA: Enable SATA Operation: RAID On SMART Reporting: Disable Integrated NIC: Enable Integrated Audio: Enable USB Controller: Enable Rear Quad USB: Enable Rear Dual USB: Enable Front USB: Enable PCI Slots: Enable LPT Port Mode: PS/2 Serial Port #1: Auto Video Primary Video: Auto Performance M
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE C H A S S I S E N C L OS U R E & V E N T I L A T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S ENCLOSURE VENTILATION If your enclosure has doors, they need to be of a type that allows at least 30% airflow through the enclosure (front and back). ENCLOSURE MINIMUM CLEARANCE Leave a 10.2 cm (4 in.) minimum clearance on all vented sides of the computer to permit the airflow required for proper ventilation.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE OptiPlex 960 MT Component Typical Configuration High-end Configuration CPU E8400 Q9450 Memory 2 GB DDR2 800 MHz 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz HDD (#, capacity) 160 GB 3.5” 7200 RPM SATA2 2 RMSD DVD +/- RW DVD +/- RW Graphics Adapter Intel G45 Integrated Adapter AMD HD3470 250 GB 3.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE OptiPlex 960 DT Component Quiet Configuration Typical Configuration High-end Configuration CPU E8400 E8400 Q9450 Memory 2 GB DDR2 800 MHz 2 GB DDR2 800 MHz 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz HDD (#, capacity) 80 GB 2.5” 7200 RPM SATA2 160 GB 3.5” 7200 RPM SATA2 250 GB 3.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 960 TECHNICAL GUIDE OptiPlex 960 SFF Component Quiet Configuration Typical Configuration High-end Configuration CPU E8500 E8500 Q9450 Memory 2 GB DDR2 800 MHz 2 GB DDR2 800 MHz 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz HDD (#, capacity) 80 GB 2.5” 7200 RPM SATA2 160 GB 3.5” 7200 RPM SATA2 250 GB 3.
