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Inside the Computer

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX50 Systems

  Key Components

  Computer Cables

Key Components

Inside the Small Form-Factor Computer

1	Hard drive	7	System board
2	3.5-inch floppy drive	8	Power supply
3	CD drive	9	AC power connector
4	Cover release buttons (2)	10	I/O ports and connectors
5	Internal speaker	11	Padlock ring
6	Chassis intrusion switch	12	Heat sink assembly

Inside the Small Desktop Computer

1	Cover release buttons (2)	8	AC power connector
2	Hard drive	9	Padlock ring
3	Internal speaker	10	I/O ports and connectors
4	Chassis intrusion switch	11	Heat sink assembly
5	Expansion-card cage	12	System board
6	Power supply	13	3.5-inch floppy drive
7	Expansion-card slots	14	CD drive

Inside the Small Mini-Tower Computer

1	Cover release buttons (2)	8	AC power connector
2	Hard drive	9	Padlock ring
3	Internal speaker	10	Microprocessor and airflow shroud
4	Chassis intrusion switch	11	Power supply
5	System board	12	3.5-inch floppy drive
6	Expansion-card slots	13	CD drive
7	I/O ports and connectors

Computer Cables

Small Form-Factor Computer

1	CD drive data cable	6	IDE data cable (hard drive)
2	Floppy drive data cable	7	Input/output cable
3	Control panel cable	8	Input/output audio cable
4	CD drive power cable	9	CD audio cable
5	IDE drive power cable (hard drive)

Small Desktop Computer

1	CD drive audio cable	5	Front I/O cable
2	CD drive data cable	6	Front I/O audio cable
3	3.5-inch floppy drive data cable	7	EIDE interface cable (hard drive)
4	Control panel cable

Small Mini-Tower Computer

1	CD drive audio cable	6	Hard drive power cable
2	CD drive power cable	7	Hard drive data cable
3	CD drive data cable	8	Front I/O cable
4	Floppy drive data cable	9	Front I/O audio cable
5	Floppy drive power cable

Cable Colors

Hard drive	Blue pull tab
Floppy drive	Black pull tab
CD drive	Orange pull tab
ATA or IDE	Gray
Control panel	Gray
CD audio	Blue
Computer audio	Black

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