Dell OptiPlex 7490 All-In-One Installation Guide
DELL OptiPlex 7490 All-In-One Installation Guide
Regulatory Model: W26C
Regulatory Type: W26C003/W26C004
April 2020
Rev. A00
Notes, cautions, and warnings
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Set up your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One
1. Set up the stand.
Figure 1. Articulating stand
Figure 2. Fixed stand
Figure 3. Height Adjustable Stand
2. Set up the keyboard and mouse.
3. Route the power cable through the stand, then connect the power cable.
4. Press the power button.
5. Finish operating system setup.
For Ubuntu:
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. For more information about installing and configuring Ubuntu, see the knowledge base articles SLN151664 and SLN151748 at www.dell.com/support.
For Windows:
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. When setting up, Dell recommends that you:
- Connect to a network for Windows updates.
NOTE: If connecting to a secured wireless network, enter the password for the wireless network access when prompted.
- If connected to the internet, sign-in with or create a Microsoft account. If not connected to the internet, create an offline account.
- On the Support and Protection screen, enter your contact details.
6. Locate and use Dell apps from the Windows Start menu—Recommended.
Table 1. Locate Dell apps
Views of OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One
Front
- Full HD webcam
- Camera-status light
- Display
- Speakers
- Power button/power-status indicator
- Array microphones
Retractable camera
- Full HD camera
- Infrared camera
- Infrared emitter
- Camera-status light
Left
- SD 4.0 card slot
- USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 capable Type-C port
- Universal audio port
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 port with PowerShare
Right
- Hard-drive status indicator
Back
- Back cover
- Stand cover
- Kensington security-cable slot
- Bottom cover
- Stand
Bottom
- Cable cover screw hole
- HDMI-IN—HDMI 1.4 port
- HDMI-OUT—HDMI 2.0 port
- DP++ 1.4a/HDCP 2.3 port
- RJ-45 Ethernet port
- USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports with Smart Power On
- USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports
- Line-out audio port
- Power connector
- PSU status indicator LED
- Display Built-in Self Test button
This button has two functions:
● When the computer is on, use this button to select the video input-source.
Press the button to switch the display between the internal system display and HDMI input.
● When the computer is off (there is no power; neither is it in sleep state nor hibernate state), use this button to run the built-in selftest for the display.
Press and hold down this button, and then press the power button to turn on the computer. The built-in color pattern for the LCD monitor will appear on the screen.
For more information, see the Troubleshooting section in the Service Manual at www.dell.com/support/manuals. - Service tag label
Inside view of your computer
- Wireless card
- System board
- Camera assembly
- Heat sink
- M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive/Intel Optane PCIe connector
- Processor fan
- Memory modules
- Hard drive
- M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive PCIe connector
- Side-I/O board
- Speakers
- Power-button board
- Microphones
- Coin-cell battery
- Power-supply fan
- Power-supply unit
System board layout
- Power-supply unit (PSU) cable connector
- Coin-cell battery
- Display back-light cable connector
- Camera cable connector
- M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive/Intel Optane PCIe connector
- Processor-fan cable connector
- Memory modules
- Hard-drive connector
- M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive PCIe connector
- Side IO-signal cable connector
- Side IO-power cable connector
- Audio-board cable connector
- Microphone-module cable connector
- Speaker cable connector
- Power-button cable connector
- Display cable connector
- M.2 WLAN connector
- PSU-fan cable connector
- Touchscreen cable connector
- Processor
Specifications of OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One
Dimensions and weight
The following table lists the height, width, depth, and weight of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 2. Dimensions and weight
Processor
The following table lists the height, width, depth, and weight of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Device Guard (DG) and Credential Guard (CG) are the new security features that only available on Windows 10 Enterprise today. Device Guard is a combination of enterprise-related hardware and software security features. When you configure together, it locks a device and it can only run trusted applications. Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to isolate secrets (credentials) and only privileged system software can access the system. Unauthorized access to these secrets can lead to credential theft attacks. Credential Guard prevents these attacks by protecting NTLM password hashes and Kerberos Ticket Granting Tickets
Table 3. Processor
Chipset
The following table lists the details of the chipset supported by your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 4. Chipset
Operating system
Your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One supports the following operating systems:
- Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 LTSC (OEM Only)
- Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
- Windows 10 Pro Education, 64-bit
- Windows 10 CMIT Government Edition, 64-bit
- Kylin Linux Desktop version 10.1 (China only)
- Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS, 64-bit
For more information about Dell OS Recovery image, see How to Download and Use the Dell OS Recovery Image in Microsoft Windows, at Dell support site.
Commercial platform Windows 10 N-2 and 5-year operating system supportability:
All newly introduced 2019 and later commercial platforms (Latitude, OptiPlex, and Dell Precision) will qualify and ship with the most current factory installed Semi-Annual Channel Windows 10 version (N) and qualify (but not ship) the previous two versions (N-1, N-2). The OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One will RTS with Windows 10 version v20H2 at time of launch, and this version will determine the N-2 versions that are initially qualified for this platform.
For future versions of Windows 10, Dell continues to test the commercial platform with coming Windows 10 releases during device production and for five years post-production, including both fall and spring releases from Microsoft.
For additional information about N-2 and 5-year Windows operating system supportability, see the Dell Windows as a Service (WaaS), at Dell support site.
EOML 411
The OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One continues to test the coming Semi-Annual Channel Windows 10 version releases for five years post-production, including both fall and spring releases from Microsoft.
Memory
The following table lists the memory specifications of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 5. Memory specifications
Memory configuration matrix
The following table lists the memory configurations supported for your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 6. Memory configuration matrix
External ports
The following table lists the external ports of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 7. External ports
Internal slots
The following table lists the internal slots of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 8. Internal slots
Ethernet
The following table lists the wired Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) specifications of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 9. Ethernet specifications
Wireless module
The following table lists the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) modules supported on your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 10. Wireless module specifications
Audio
The following table lists the audio specifications of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 11. Audio specifications
Storage
This section lists the storage options on your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Your computer supports one of the following configurations:
Table 12. Storage matrix
The primary drive of your computer varies with the storage configuration. For computers:
- With a M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive
- Without a M.2 drive, the 2.5-inch hard-disk drive is the primary drive
Table 13. Storage specifications
Intel Optane memory
Intel Optane memory functions only as a storage accelerator. It neither replaces nor adds to the memory (RAM) installed on your computer.
- 7th Generation or higher Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor
- Windows 10 64-bit version or higher (Anniversary Update)
- Latest version of Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver
Table 14. Intel Optane memory
Media-card reader
The following table lists the media cards supported by your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 15. Media-card reader specifications
Camera
The following table lists the camera specifications of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 16. Full HD RGB Infrared webcam specifications
Table 17. Full HD RGB Webcam
Power ratings
The following table lists the power rating specifications of OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 18. Power ratings
Power supply connectors
The following table provides information about the power supply connectors of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 19. Power supply connectors
Display
The following tablet lists the display specifications of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 20. Display specifications
GPU—Integrated
The following table lists the specifications of the integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) supported by your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 21. GPU—Integrated
GPU—Discrete
The following table lists the specifications of the discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) supported by your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Table 22. GPU—Discrete
Environmental
Table 23. Environmental specifications
Regulatory
Table 24. Regulatory
Operating and storage environment
This table lists the operating and storage specifications of your OptiPlex 7490 All-in-One.
Airborne contaminant level: G1 as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985
Table 25. Computer environment
* Measured using a random vibration spectrum that simulates user environment.
† Measured using a 2 ms half-sine pulse when the hard drive is in use.
Getting help and contacting Dell
Self-help resources
You can get information and help on Dell products and services using these self-help resources:
Table 26. Self-help resources
Contacting Dell
To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, see www.dell.com/contactdell
NOTE: Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your country.
NOTE: If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.
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