TABLE OF CONTENTS O V E R V I E W Mini Tower Computer (MT) View Desktop Computer (DT) View Small Form Factor Computer (SFF) View 9-10 Ultra Small Form Factor Computer (USFF) View M A R K E T I N G S Y S T E M C O N F I G U R A T I O N S Operating System, Chipset Processor Memory...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 MINI TOWER COMPUTER (M T) VI EW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW Power Button, Power Optical Drive (optional) 10 Power Supply Diagnostic Expansion Card Slots(4) Light Light 2 Optical Drive Bay Optical Drive Eject Button...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 MT System Board Components Number Name Number Name Internal Speaker Connector (INT_SPKR) PCI Connector(SLOT3) Front IO Connector (FRONTPANEL) PCI-e 4x Connector(SLOT4) Intrusion Switch Connector Thermal Sensor Connector(THRM_2) (INTRUDER) SATA 0 Connector(SATA0) System Fan Connector (FAN_HDD)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 D ESK TOP COMP UT ER (D T) VIEW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW Optical Drive Microphone Connector 9 Padlock Ring Expansion Card Slots(4) 10 Security Cable Slot Power Supply Diagnostic Optical Drive Eject Button...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 DT System Board Components Number Name Number Name Internal Speaker Connector PCI-e 1x Connector(SLOT2) (INT_SPKR) Front IO Connector (FRONTPANEL) Intrusion Switch Connector (INTRUDER) Thermal Sensor Connector(THRM_2) Thermal Sensor Connector(THRM_1) SATA 0 Connector(SATA0) System Fan Connector (FAN_HDD)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 SM ALL FORM F ACTOR COMP UTER (SF F ) VIEW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW 9 Padlock Ring Power Supply Diagnostic Optical Drive Microphone Connector Light 2 Optical Drive Eject Button Headphone Connector...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 SFF System Board Components Number Name Number Name P1 power Connector (POWER) LPC debug Connector (LPC_DEBUG) System fan Connector (FAN_HDD) Battery Connector (BATTERY) Internal Speaker Connector (INT_SPKR) P2 Power Connector (12V_PWRCONN) Buzzer (BEEP)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 UL TR A SMALL FO RM F ACTO R COMP UTER (U SFF ) VIEW FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW 10 Wi-Fi Antenna (optional) Line-in/ Microphone 1 Optical Drive Headphone Connector Connector 11 Network Activity Light...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 USFF System Board Components Number Name Number Name Front Panel Connector (FRONTPANEL) SATA 1 Connector(SATA_1) Memory Connector(DIMM_2) SATA 0 Connector(SATA_0) Memory Connector(DIMM_1) P1 Power Connector(POWER1) HDD-ODD Power Connector CPU Fan Connector (FAN_CPU) (HDD_ODD_POWER)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 MARKETING SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS N O T E : O ff e r i n g s m a y v a r y b y c o u n t r y . 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 fi g u r a t i o n o f y o u r c o m p u t e r , c l i c k S t a r t >...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 M EMO RY NOTE: Memory modules should be installed in pairs of matched memory size, speed, and technology. If the memory modules are not installed in matched pairs, the computer will continue to operate, but with a slight reduction in performance. The entire 16GB memory range is available to 64-bit operating systems.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 DRIV ES AND R EM OVABL E ST ORAG E USFF Bays: 5.25-inch Optical Bay Supported (External) Optical Drives Supported (maximum) 1 (slim-line) 1 (slim-line) Hard Drive Bay Supported (Internal) Hard Drives Supported 3.5”/2.5” (maximum) Interface: SATA 2.0...
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Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader NOTE: Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader (MCR) is supported via a F5 to F3 bay converter on the MT and DT and may require a slim line optical drive depending on selectable configuration. MCR is not available on the SFF and USFF.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAPHICS/VI DEO CONTROLLER NOTE: MT supports full height (FH) cards and DT and SFF supports low profile (LP) cards. USFF Intel HD Graphics [with Celeron/Pentium class CPU-GPU com- Integrated on CPU Intel HD Graphics 2000[with iCore Dual/Quad core class CPU-...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 DETAILED ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS S YSTEM DIM ENSI ONS (PH YSIC AL ) NOTE: System Weight and Shipping Weight is based on a typical configuration and may vary based on PC configuration. A typical configuration includes: integrated graphics, one hard drive, one optical drive.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 S YSTEM LEV EL ENVI RONMENT AL AN D OPER AT ING CON DITI ONS USFF Temperature Operating 10° to 30° C (50° to 95° F) Non-Operating (Storage) -40° to 60° C (-40° to 140° F)
POWER NOTE: These form factors utilize a more efficient Active Power Factor Correction (APFC) power supply. Dell recommends only Universal Power Supplies (UPS) based on Sine Wave output for APFC PSUs, not an approximation of a Sine Wave, Square Wave, or quasi-Square Wave. If you have questions, please contact the manufacture to confirm the output type.
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POWER NOTE: These form factors utilize a more efficient Active Power Factor Correction (APFC) power supply. Dell recommends only Universal Power Supplies (UPS) based on Sine Wave output for APFC PSUs, not an approximation of a Sine Wave, Square Wave, or quasi-Square Wave. If you have questions, please contact the manufacture to confirm the output type.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 AUDIO USFF INTEGRATED REALTEK ALC269Q HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO High Definition Stereo support Number of channels Number of Bits / Audio resolution 16, 20, and 24-bit resolution Sampling rate (recording/playback) Support 44.1K/48K/96K/192 kHz sample rates...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS - NET WORK ADAPTER (NIC) (CONT .) INTEGRATED INTEL® 82579 GIGABIT1 USFF ETHERNET LAN 10/100/1000 (CONT.) Environmental Operating temperature 0° C to 85° C (32° F to 185° F)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS – INTEGRAT ED LAN (C ONT .) BROADCOM NETXTREME 10/100/1000 USFF PCIE GIGABIT NETWORKING CARD (CONT.) Environmental Operating temperature 0° C to 55° C (32° F - 131° F)
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS – WIRELESS DELL WIRELESS 1520 PCIE WLAN CARD (MT, DT, SFF) OR USFF HALF MINI-PCIE WLAN CARD (USFF) 802.11N External Connector Type Custom WLAN Antenna Connector Controller Details Electrically compatible with the PCI Express Base Specification Controller bus architecture v1.1 (x1 lane) and PCIe v1.0a.
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 C OMMUNIC ATI ONS – S ERI AL / PAR ALL EL PORT PC IE ADD-IN C AR D N O T E : M T s u p p o r t s f u l l h e i g h t ( F H ) c a r d .
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAPHICS/VI DEO CONTROLLER N O T E : M T s u p p o r t s f u l l h e i g h t ( F H ) c a r d s a n d D T a n d S F F s u p p o r t s l o w p r o fi l e ( L P ) c a r d s .
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 GRAP HICS /V IDE O C ONT ROLLER (C ONT.) 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6670 Bus Type (example integrated or PCIe x16) PCIEx16 GPU core clock 800Mhz Frame Buffer Memory (onboard and shared) Size and Speed...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES 3.5” 1TB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 1,000,204,886,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 3.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 500,107,862,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 3.5” 320GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 320,072,933,376 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 3.5” 250GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 250,059,350,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 128GB SATA SOLID STATE DRIVE Capacity (bytes) 128,035,676,160 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.374 Up to 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0) Interface type and Maximum speed Up to 3Gb/s (SATA 2.0)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HYBRID HDD Capacity (bytes) 500,107,862,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Approximately (3.93 x 2.75 x 0.374 inches) Interface type and Maximum speed...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) N O T E : FIPS certified SED HDD will be made available in Q2 2011. 2.5” 320GB OPAL SED SATA HDD Capacity (bytes) 320,072,933,376 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) 5.87 x 4 x 1 (includes sled)
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 500,107,862,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Approximately (3.93 x 2.75 x 0.374 inches) Interface type and Maximum speed...
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DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 HARD DRIV ES (C ONT .) 2.5” 250GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD Capacity (bytes) 250,059,350,016 Dimensions inches (W x D x H) Approximately (3.93 x 2.75 x 0.374 inches) Interface type and Maximum speed...
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 OPTIC AL DR IVES (CONT .) USFF BLU-RAY WRITER External Dimensions 128.0 mm (5.04in)/ 128.0 mm (5.04in)/ inches/centimeters 148.2mm(6in)/42mm 148.2mm(6in)/42mm 12.7mm (0.5 in)/ 126.1mm 12.7mm (0.5 in)/ 126.1mm (Without Bezel – W x H x (2in)/ 190.5 (max)
MEDI A CARD READER (MCR) NOTE: Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader (MCR) is supported via a F5 to F3 bay converter on the MT and DT and may require a slim line optical drive depending on selectable configuration. MCR is not available on the SFF and USFF chassis.
DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 990 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK —VERSION 1.5 B I OS DE F AU L T S Integrated NIC: Enable System Configuration USB Controller: Enable Serial Port: COM1 SATA Operation: RAID On USB Controller: Enable USB Controller SMART Reporting: Disable Diskette Drive:...
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Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family ATI Radeon HD 6350 The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 MT is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts) Typical Configuration...
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Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family ATI Radeon HD 6350 The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 DT is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts) Typical Configuration...
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Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family ATI Radeon HD 6350 The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 SFF is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts) Typical Configuration...
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8X 12.7 SATA DVDRW Graphics Adapter Intel® HD Graphics Family The Declared Noise Emission in accordance with ISO 9296 for the Dell OptiPlex 990 USFF is as follows: (all values L expressed in bels; 1 bel=10 decibels, re 10 Watts)