Introduction; Hardware Features - Dell Inspiron 3800 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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C H A P T E R 1

Introduction

This chapter provides information about the major hardware and software features of
your Inspiron™ portable computer.

Hardware Features

Your computer includes the following hardware features:
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An Intel mobile microprocessor incorporating the latest processor technology.
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An internal Level 1 (L1) cache consisting of 64 kilobytes (KB) of high-speed
memory that resides in the processor core. The microprocessor has either a
128-KB or 256-KB (integrated) Level 2 (L2) cache, or a 512-KB pipelined-burst
static random-access memory (SRAM) (external) L2 cache.
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A minimum of 32 megabytes (MB) of synchronous dynamic random access
memory (SDRAM) system memory, with support for a maximum of 512 MB.
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A media bay in which you can install a variety of modules, including a diskette
drive, CD-ROM drive, CD-RW drive, DVD-ROM drive (on computers running
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Microsoft Windows
drive, second battery, or second hard-disk drive.
NOTES: Your computer was shipped with a diskette drive in the media bay. For
information on removing the diskette drive and installing a different device in the
bay, see "Using the Media Bay" in Chapter 2.
Because the Microsoft Windows NT
technology, the DVD-ROM drive is available only on computers that use the
Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows 2000 operating system.
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A 64-bit hardware-accelerated ATI Mobility-M video controller with 8 MB of video
memory, accelerated graphics port (AGP) 2X, 3D assist, motion compensation,
extended desktop, OpenGL support, and a flicker-free TV-out S-video connector.
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An active-matrix extended graphics array (XGA) or super extended graphics array
(SXGA) thin-film transistor (TFT) color display.
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ESS Maestro-3I audio controller with hardware wavetable support and 3D
surround sound.
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Integrated stereo speakers and microphone.
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98 Second Edition or Windows 2000), Zip drive, LS-120
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operating system does not support DVD
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