Chapter 1: Views of Latitude 5550.................................................................................................8
Right....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Left..........................................................................................................................................................................................9
Top.........................................................................................................................................................................................10
Front...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Back.......................................................................................................................................................................................12
Bottom..................................................................................................................................................................................12
Service Tag..........................................................................................................................................................................13
Battery charge and status light .....................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 2: Set up your Latitude 5550.......................................................................................... 14
Chapter 3: Specifications of Latitude 5550..................................................................................16
Dimensions and weight..................................................................................................................................................... 16
Processor............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Chipset..................................................................................................................................................................................19
Operating system.............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Memory................................................................................................................................................................................20
External ports......................................................................................................................................................................21
Internal slots........................................................................................................................................................................21
Ethernet............................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Wireless module.................................................................................................................................................................22
WWAN module...................................................................................................................................................................22
Audio.....................................................................................................................................................................................23
Storage................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Media-card reader.............................................................................................................................................................24
Keyboard............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Keyboard function keys............................................................................................................................................. 25
Camera.................................................................................................................................................................................27
Touchpad.............................................................................................................................................................................27
Power adapter....................................................................................................................................................................28
Battery................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Display..................................................................................................................................................................................30
Fingerprint reader (optional)...........................................................................................................................................31
Sensor ..................................................................................................................................................................................31
GPU—Integrated.............................................................................................................................................................. 32
GPU—Discrete.................................................................................................................................................................. 32
External display support.................................................................................................................................................. 32
Hardware security.............................................................................................................................................................33
Smart-card reader.............................................................................................................................................................33
Contactless smart-card reader................................................................................................................................ 33
Contacted smart-card reader...................................................................................................................................37
Operating and storage environment............................................................................................................................. 37
Dell support policy.............................................................................................................................................................38
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