Lenovo 569 Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 1. Product overview

This chapter provides information about the computer features, specifications, software programs provided
by Lenovo, and locations of connectors, components, parts on the system board, and internal drives.

Features

This section introduces the computer features. The information covers a variety of models.

To view the information about your specific model, do one of the following:

• Go into the Setup Utility program by following the instructions in Chapter 7 “Using the Setup Utility

program” on page 65. Then, select Main ➙ System Summary to view the information.

• In the Windows environment, click Start, right-click Computer, and select Properties to view the

information.

Microprocessor

Your computer comes with an Intel

Xeon

microprocessor. The processor speed, the number of the

available processor cores, and the internal cache vary by machine type.

Memory

Your computer supports up to eight DDR3 ECC UDIMMs (double data rate 3 error correction code
unbuffered dual inline memory modules) or DDR3 ECC RDIMMs (double data rate 3 error correction code
registered dual inline memory modules).

Internal drives

• Optical drive: DVD-ROM, DVD-R/W, or Blu-ray (optional)

• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive

Note: To support SAS hard disk drives, an optional SAS hard disk drive enablement module or a
RAID-on-Chip (ROC) card is required.

• Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drive

• Solid state drive

Video subsystem

• Two Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express x16 graphics card slots on the system board for

discrete graphics cards

For more information, see “Locating parts on the system board” on page 11.

Audio subsystem

• Integrated high-definition (HD) audio

• Audio line-in connector, audio line-out connector, and microphone connector on the rear panel

• Microphone connector and headphone connector on the front panel

• Internal speaker