OptiPlex 5090 Setup Guide
OptiPlex 5090 Setup Guide
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Contents
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Set up your OptiPlex 5090 Small Form Factor
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Steps
1. Connect the keyboard and mouse.
SupportAssist
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computer running at its best by optimizing settings,
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must make system updates. SupportAssist proactively
checks the health of your system's hardware and software.
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information is sent to Dell to begin troubleshooting.
SupportAssist is preinstalled on most of the Dell devices
running Windows operating system. For more information,
see SupportAssist for Business PCs User's Guide on
www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools.
Dell Update
Updates your computer with critical fixes and important
device drivers as they become available.
1. Power Button
NOTE: The power button also works as the diagnostic LED.
2. SD-card reader (optional)
3. Hard-drive activity light
4. Universal audio port
5. One USB 2.0 port with PowerShare
6. One USB 2.0 port
7. One USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port
8. One USB 3.2 Gen 1 port
9. Optical disk drive (optional)
Processors
The following table lists the details of the processors supported by your OptiPlex 5090.
Table 3. Processors
Processors Wattage Core Threa Speed Cache Integrated graphics
1A.2
count d 1A.5 1A.4 1A.9
1A.3 count
Chipset 1A.6
The following table lists the details of the chipset supported by your OptiPlex 5090
Table 4. Chipset
Description Option one Option two
Processors 11 th Generation Intel Core i5/i7 10 th Generation Intel Pentium Gold, Core
i3/i5/i7
Flash EPROM 32 MB 32 MB
Operating system
Your OptiPlex 5090 supports the following operating systems:
● Windows 11 Home, 64-bit
● Windows 11 Home National Academic, 64-bit
● Windows 11 Pro, 64-bit
● Windows 11 Pro National Academic, 64-bit
Memory 1A.7
The following table lists the memory specifications of your OptiPlex 5090.
Memory configurations supported ● 4 GB, 1 x 4 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7, 3200 MHz for 11 th
Generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors
● 8 GB, 1 x 8 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7, 3200 MHz for 11 th
Generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors
● 8 GB, 2 x 4 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7, 3200 MHz for 11 th
Generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors
● 16 GB, 1 x 16 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7, 3200 MHz for 11 th
Generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors
● 16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7 processors, 2933/3200
MHz for 11 th Generation Intel Core i5/ i7 processors
● 16 GB, 4 x 4 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7 processors, 2933/3200
MHz for 11 th Generation Intel Core i5/ i7 processors
● 32 GB, 1 x 32 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7 processors, 2933/3200
MHz for 11 th Generation Intel Core i5/ i7 processors
● 32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz for 10 th Generation
Intel Pentium and Intel Core i3/i5 processors, 2933 MHz
for 10 th Generation Intel Core i7 processors, 2933/3200
MHz for 11 th Generation Intel Core i5/ i7 processors
NOTE: Memory speed varies by different type of DPC (DIMM per Channel) installation.
NOTE: Systems configured with 128 GB memory will only run at 2933MHz.
NOTE: Memory on systems configured with 11 th Generation Intel processors will run at 2933 MHz clock speed when in
Dual-channel mode.
External ports
The following table lists the external ports of your OptiPlex 5090.
Video port
1A.10.F1 ● Two DisplayPort 1.4 ports (rear)
● One DisplayPort 1.4 port (rear, optional)
● One VGA port (rear, optional)
1A.10.F ● One HDMI 2.0 port (rear, optional)
● One USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port with DisplayPort Alt
Mode (rear. optional)
Internal slots
The following table lists the internal slots of your OptiPlex 5090.
SATA ● Three SATA 3.0 slot for 3.5-inch/2.5-inch hard drive and
slim optical drive
M.2 ● One M.2 2230 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth card
● One M.2 2230/2280 slot for SSD/Intel Optane
Ethernet
The following table lists the wired Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) specifications of your OptiPlex 5090.
Wireless module
The following table lists the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module specifications of your OptiPlex 5090.
Frequency bands supported 2.4 GHz/5 GHz 2.4 GHz/5 GHz 2.4 GHz/5 GHz
Encryption ● 64-bit and 128-bit WEP ● 64-bit and 128-bit WEP ● 64-bit and 128-bit WEP
● 128-bit AES-CCMP ● 128-bit AES-CCMP ● 128-bit AES-CCMP
● TKIP ● TKIP ● TKIP
Audio
The following table lists the audio specifications of your OptiPlex 5090.
Storage
Your computer supports one of the following configurations:
M.2 2280 Opal Self-Encrypting solid-state drive PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 Up to 1 TB
RAID 0 (Striped, Performance) volumes benefit from higher performance when drives are matched because the data is split
across multiple drives: any I/O operations with block sizes larger than the stripe size splits the I/O and become constrained by
the slowest of the drives. For RAID 0 I/O operations where block sizes are smaller than the stripe size, whichever drive the
I/O operation targets determine the performance, which increases variability and results in inconsistent latencies. This variability
is particularly pronounced for write operations, and it can be problematic for applications that are latency sensitive. One such
example of this is any application that performs thousands of random writes per second in small block sizes.
RAID 1 (Mirrored, Data Protection) volumes benefit from higher performance when drives are matched because the data
is mirrored across multiple drives: all I/O operations must be performed identically to both drives, thus variations in drive
performance when the models are different, results in the I/O operations completing only as fast as the slowest drive. While
this does not suffer the variable latency issue in small random I/O operations as with RAID 0 across heterogeneous drives, the
impact is nonetheless large because the higher performing drive becomes limited in all I/O types. One of the worst examples of
constrained performance here is when using unbuffered I/O. To ensure that writes are fully committed to non-volatile regions of
the RAID volume, unbuffered I/O bypasses cache (for example by using the Force Unit Access bit in the NVMe protocol) and
the I/O operation will not complete until all the drives in the RAID volume have completed the request to commit the data. This
kind of IO operation completely negates any advantage of a higher performing drive in the volume.
Care must be taken to match not only the drive vendor, capacity, and class, but also the specific model. Drives from the same
vendor, with the same capacity, and even within the same class, can have different performance characteristics for certain
types of I/O operations. Thus, matching by model ensures that the RAID volumes are consisted of a homogeneous array of
drives that deliver all the benefits of a RAID volume without incurring the additional penalties when one or more drives in the
volume are lower performing.
OptiPlex 7080 supports RAID with more than one hard drive configuration.
Capacity 16 GB
Media-card reader
Table 16. Media-card reader specifications
Type One SD 4.0 card slot (Optional)
Power ratings
The following table lists the power rating specifications of OptiPlex 5090.
Input frequency 47 Hz to 63 Hz 47 Hz to 63 Hz
Temperature range
Operating 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F) 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)
GPU—Integrated 1A.9
The following table lists the specifications of the integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) supported by your OptiPlex 5090.
Intel UHD Graphics 610 Two DisplayPort 1.4 ports Shared system memory 10 th Generation Intel Pentium
G6405 processor
Intel UHD Graphics 630 Two DisplayPort 1.4 ports Shared system memory 10 th Generation Intel Pentium
G6505 and Intel Core
1A.9 i3/i5/i7 processors
Intel UHD Graphics 730 Two DisplayPort 1.4 ports Shared system memory 11 th Generation Intel Core
i5-11400 processor
Intel UHD Graphics 750 Two DisplayPort 1.4 ports Shared system memory 11 th Generation Intel Core
i5/i7
GPU—Discrete
The following table lists the specifications of the discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) supported by your OptiPlex 5090.
Relative humidity (maximum) 20% to 80% (non-condensing, Max dew 5% to 95% (non-condensing, Max dew
point temperature = 26°C) point temperature = 33°C)
Vibration (maximum) * 0.26 GRMS random at 5 Hz to 350 Hz 1.37 GRMS random at 5 Hz to 350 Hz
Shock (maximum) Bottom half-sine pulse with a change in 105G half-sine pulse with a change in
velocity of 40.20 cm/sec (20 in./sec) velocity of 105.20 cm/sec (52.5 in./sec)
Altitude range -15.2 m to 3048 m (-49.86 ft to 10000 -15.2 m to 10668 m (-49.86 ft to 35000
ft) ft)
CAUTION: Operating and storage temperature ranges may differ among components, so operating or storing the
device outside these ranges may impact the performance of specific components.
* Measured using a random vibration spectrum that simulates user environment.
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