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System Overview

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 500SC Systems Service Manual

	Overview		Service Features
	System Features		Technical Specifications

Overview

The PowerEdge 500SC is available in a tower version only.  Your system provides a reliable platform that can be used for nonmission critical applications such as file and print server, and remote server locations. The system has one Intel® Pentium® III or Intel Celeron™ microprocessor.

The hard drive that boots your operating system has a utility partition containing complete diagnostics for your system. Also, a separate Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD is provided that includes diagnostics software that you can download to a set of diskettes.

This section describes the major hardware and software features of the system. It also describes hardware features that simplify servicing.

System Features

The system offers the following major features:

• Intel® Pentium® III microprocessor with a speed of at least 1 GHz, an external bus speed of 133 MHz, and a 256 KB level 2 cache
  
  

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• Intel Celeron™ microprocessor with a speed of at least 800 MHz with an external bus speed of 100 MHz and a 128 KB level 2 cache
  
  
• A minimum of 64 MB of system memory, upgradable to a maximum of 2 GB by installing combinations of 64-, 128-, 256-, or 512-MB registered PC-133 SDRAM memory modules in the four memory module sockets on the system board
  
  
• Support for up to three one-inch, internal IDE hard drives
  
  
• A 250–330 W power supply
  
  
• 48X CD drive
  
  
• Dual USB ports
  
  
• 9-pin serial port
  
  
• 25-pin parallel port
  
  
• PS/2 compatible mouse and keyboard ports
  
  
• Embedded 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
  
  
• Optional IDE tape backup unit, DVD drive, or internal tape drive
  
  

The system board includes the following built-in features:

• Five PCI slots located on the system board. Two are 64-bit, 33- or 66-MHz slots; three are 32-bit, 33-MHz slots.
  
  
• An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem with an ATI RAGE XL video controller. This video subsystem contains 4 MB of SDRAM video memory (nonupgradable). Maximum resolutions are 1600 x 1200 x 65K colors (noninterlaced). For 640 x 480-pixel, 800 x 600-pixel, 1024 x 768-pixel, and 1280 x 1024-pixel resolutions, true-color is available.
  
  
• Dual IDE controllers.
  
  
• An integrated Intel 10/100 NIC, which provides an Ethernet interface.
  
  
• Server management circuitry that monitors operation of the system fans as well as critical system voltages and temperatures. The server management circuitry works in conjunction with the server management software.
  
  

Standard systems include a diskette drive and one IDE hard drive. It also includes an IDE CD drive in the externally accessible bay.

The following software is included with your system:

• A system setup program for quickly viewing and changing the system configuration information for your system. For more information on this program, see "Using the System Setup Program."
  
  
• Enhanced security features, including a user password and a supervisor password, available through the System Setup program.
  
  
• Diagnostics for evaluating your system's components and devices. For information on using the system diagnostics, see "Running the System Diagnostics" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
  
  

Service Features

The system includes the following service features to make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective, in most cases without tools or service aids:

• System diagnostics are available on the utility partition, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot). The system diagnostics can be downloaded to diskettes from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD.
  
  
• Embedded server management hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if a system cooling fan malfunctions, if a processor overheats, or if a power supply or VRM fails.
  
  

The system chassis simplifies removing and replacing system components. You can replace the microprocessor or DIMMs without removing the system board.

Technical Specifications

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