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Statement of Volatility
Dell Precision 5540
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
The Dell Precision 5540 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 Precision 5540 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
MEC5106
UE3 320KB of SRAM No N/A
System
BIOS
UH8
Non Volatile memory, 256 Mbit
(32 MB), System BIOS and
Video BIOS for basic boot
operation, PSA (on board
diags), PXE diags.
No
N/A
System
Memory
DDR4 -
SODIMM
Two Channel
SODIMM
JDIMM1
JDIMM2
Max Capacity is 32GB.
Yes
N/A
System
memory
SPD
EEPROM
Embedded in
system BIOS
UH8
No
N/A
RTC
CMOS
BBRAM
UH2 Non Volatile memory, 256
Bytes.
Stores CMOS information.
No N/A
Video
memory
frame
buffer
UV23 ~ 26 8 Gb per density. Total is 32Gb No N/A
Intel ME
Firmware
Embedded in
system BIOS
UH8
Non Volatile memory, 256 Mbit
(32MB) for vPro and non-vPro,
Intel ME firmware for system
configuration, security and
protection
No N/A
Hard
drive(s)
JNGFF2
Support M2 type
SSD(SATA/PCIE interface).
Yes N/A

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