Dell Latitude E6430 (Mid 2012) User Manual download pdf

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Statement of Volatility –

Dell E6230/E6330/E6430/E6430ATG/E6530

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the

problem.

The Dell Latitude™

E6230/E6330/E6430/E6430ATG/E6530 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 Latitude™

E6230/E6330/E6430/E6430ATG/E6530 system board.

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 in

embedded

controller

MEC5055

U51 256K and 2K byte of

embedded Flash memory for

embedded controller BIOS

code, asset tag, and BIOS

passwords.

No N/A

Panel EEDID

EEPROM

Part of LCD

panel

assembly

Non-volatile memory

64K bytes. Stores panel

manufacturing information

and display configuration

data.

N/A

System BIOS U52,U53

Non-volatile memory,

64Mbit (8 MB), 32Mbit (4 MB)

System BIOS and Video BIOS

for basic boot operation, PSA

(on board diags), PXE diags.

N/A

System

Memory –

DDR3

memory

Connectors

JDIMMA and

JDIMMB

Volatile memory in OFF state

(see state definitions later in

text). One or both modules

will be populated. System

memory size will depend on

SoDIMM modules and will be

between 1 GB to 8 GB.

Yes Power off system

System

memory

SPD

EEPROM

On memory

SoDIMM(s) –

one or two

present

Non-volatile memory 2Kbit

(256 bytes). One device

present on each SoDIMM.

Stores memory

manufacturer data and

timing information for

correct operation of system

memory.

N/A

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Description Reference Designator Volatility Description User Accessible for external data Remedial Action (Action necessary to prevent loss of data) R

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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 sys