Administrator Guide

Statement of Volatility Dell XPS 17 9700
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how
to avoid the problem.
The Dell XPS 17 9700 contains both volatile and non-volatile components. Volatile components lose their data immediately
after power is removed from the component. Non-volatile components continue to retain their data even after power is
removed from the component. The following non-volatile components are present on the XPS 17 9700 system board.
Table 1. List of non-volatile components on XPS 17 9700 system board
Description
Reference
designator
Volatility description
User accessible
for external data
Remedial action
(Action necessary to
prevent loss of data)
Panel EEDID
EEPROM
Part of panel
assembly
Non-volatile memory, 2 MB
No
Part of panel assembly
System BIOS
BIOS1
Non-volatile memory, 256 Mbit
(32 MB), system BIOS,
embedded controller and video
BIOS for basic boot operation,
PSA (on-board diagnostics),
PXE diagnostics
No
N/A
System
Memory –
DDR4
memory
Two
SODIMM
connectors:
DM1; DM2
Volatile memory in OFF state.
System Memory
DDR4 memory
Two SODIMM connectors:
DM1; DM2
RTC CMOS
BBRAM
(battery-
backed up)
Inside
battery pack
BATT1
(RTC pin)
Non-volatile memory, 256
Bytes.
Stores CMOS information.
No
Remove the on-board coin
cell battery and replace it
from battery LDO
Video
memory –
Frame buffer
For DSC
mode using
DGFF
VRAM:
VRAM
1,2,3,4,5,6
(6 GB
GDDR6)
VRAM
1,2,3,4 (4
GB GDDR6)
Graphics modes:
4 GB GDDR6 for Nvidia
N18P-G62
6 GB GDDR6 for Nvidia
N18E-G1-65 MaxQ
No
N/A
GPU ROM
U7901
Non-volatile memory, 8 Mbit
(1 MB)
No
N/A
Hard drives
User
replaceable
SSD1;
SSD2
Non-volatile magnetic media,
various sizes in GB. May also
be SSD (Solid-State Drive).
Yes
N/A
TPM
controller
U9102
Non-volatile memory, 41 Kbytes
flash memory
No
N/A
TYPE-C
PD FW
embedded in
PD controller
U7201
U9401
128 KB of embedded flash
memory for PD controller
No
N/A

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