Dell Inspiron 3000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide - Update

® Inspiron™ 3000 Series Dell Documentation Update

This document updates information contained in the Hardware Features Dell Inspiron 3000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide. Dell Inspiron 3000 series computers now offer the fol-

lowing enhanced features: 32 kilobytes (KB) of internal cache memory.

Microprocessor Options A minimum of 32 megabytes (MB) of synchronous

dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM).

The Dell Inspiron 3000 series portable computer is avail-

The 32 MB consists of 16 MB of nonremovable

able with a 200-, 233-, or 266-megahertz (MHz) Intel®

memory on the system board and a 16-MB

Pentium® microprocessor or a 233- or 266-MHz Intel

3.3-volt (V) memory module in one of the two

Pentium II microprocessor.

memory module sockets on the system board.

All microprocessors used in the Inspiron 3000 series

Memory on any Inspiron 3000 series computer can

incorporate MMX™ technology. Current applications not

be increased up to 144 MB by installing a combina-

designed specifically for MMX technology should gain a

tion of 16-, 32-, or 64-MB, 3.3-V memory modules

slight improvement in performance when run on a system

in the two memory module sockets on the system

with a Pentium microprocessor with MMX technology.

board.

Software written specifically to take advantage of MMX technology (labeled “Designed for Intel MMX”) shows 512 KB of static RAM (SRAM) level 2 (L2) cache even greater improvement in performance, depending on memory. the type of application. In addition, a Pentium micropro-

Cache memory enhances the speed of many micro-

cessor with MMX technology provides twice the amount

processor operations by storing the most recently

of internal cache memory available with the standard

accessed contents of system memory.

Pentium microprocessor.

A 12.1-inch super video graphics array (SVGA) active-matrix color display on the Inspiron 3200 D233ST and on the Inspiron 3000 M200ST and M233ST; a 13.3-inch extended graphics array (XGA) active-matrix color display on the Inspiron 3000 M233XT and M266XT and on the Inspiron 3200 D233XT and D266XT.

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