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Background

The Dell Vostro 5560 is a smart laptop. The Dell Vostro 5560 (regulatory model - P34F) was released on March 18, 2013. Laptops have been a booming sensation since the first release of it in 1984 and has been an essential for many people’s daily lives.

The Dell Vostro 5560 is also energy efficient which helps the environment and lowers the cost of energy consumption of the equipment. The Dell Vostro 5560 weighs around 4.9 pounds and has a 15.6 inch wide HD display screen. The exterior of the laptop is a brush aluminum finish of the color of graphite silver.

This model is no longer being manufactured as the Dell Vostro series has been discontinued since July 2013. The Dell Vostro series has been replaced by the Dell Inspiron series. The Dell Vostro 5560 was more known for its usage for small businesses as it had been more affordable while still having good security and performance.

This laptop's main features and components are an optical drive and an eject button. This model also has 6 different types of connectors; power connector, network connector, VGA connector, HDMI connector, audio connector, and 2 USB 3.0 powershare connectors.  Some issues that the Dell Vostro 5560 has are troubleshooting and excessive overheating. The Dell Vostro 5560 has not had any recalls despite having issues however, the laptop has been discontinued.

Identification

The Dell Vostro 5560 is a laptop that has a display screen, camera, microphone, power status, and power button in the front view. For the back view of the laptop it has cooling vents and for the sides of the laptop there's a power connector, network connector, SD card reader, optical drive, and optical drive eject button. The model number for the Dell Vostro 5560 is located at the bottom cover of the laptop.

Technical Specifications

Weight and Dimensions

Weight: 2200g

Width: 382.6mm

Depth :245.5 mm

Height: 21 mm

Power

AC Adapter Power: 90 W

AC Adapter Frequency: 50 - 60 Hz

AC Adapter input voltage: 100 - 240 V

Battery

Battery technology: Lithium

Number of Battery cells: 3

Battery Life (max): -h

Audio

Audio System: MaxxAudio 4

Number of built-in speakers: 2

Speakers manufacturer: Waves

Speaker Power: 1.5 W

Built-in subwoofer: Yes

Built-in microphone: Yes

Camera

Front Camera: Yes

Front Camera Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels

Display

Display diagonal: 15.6 “

Display resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels

Touchscreen: No

LED backlight: Yes

Native aspect ratio: 16.9

Graphics

On-board graphics card model: Intel HD Graphics 4000

Discrete graphics card model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Discrete graphics card memory: 2 GB

Discrete graphics memory type: GDDR 3

Number of discrete graphics card supported: 1

Number of discrete graphics card installed: 1

On-board graphics card base frequency: 650 MHz

On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max): 1000MHz

On-board graphics card ID: 0x166

On-board graphics card: Yes

Discrete graphics card: Yes

On-board graphics card family: Intel HD Graphics

Storage

Total storage  capacity: 500 GB

Storage media: HDD⏎
Number of HDDs installed: 1

HDD capacity: 500 GB

HDD interface: SATA

HDD speed: 5400 RPM

HDD size: 2.5 “

Card reader integrated: Yes

Compatible memory cards: SD⏎
Optical drive type: DVD±RW

Memory

Internal memory: 4 GB

Internal memory type: DDR3-SDRAM

Memory clock speed: 1600 MHz

Memory layout (slots x size): 1 x 4 GB

Maximum internal memory: 8 GB

Memory form factor: SO-DIMM

Processor

Processor frequency: 2.4 GHz

Processor family: Intel® Core™ i3

Processor model: i3-3110M

Processor cores: 2

Processor threads: 4

System bus rate: 5 GT/s

Processor cache: 3 MB

Processor cache type: Smart Cache

Motherboard chipset: Intel HM77 Express

Processor front side bus: - MHz

Processor socket: BGA 1023

Processor lithography: 22 nm

Processor operating modes: 64-bit

Stepping: L1

Bus type: DMI

Processor codename: Ivy Bridge

ECC supported by processor:No

Thermal Design Power (TDP): 35 W

Processor series: Intel Core i3-3100 Mobile Series

FSB Parity: No

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes: 16

PCI Express slots version: 2.0

PCI Express configurations: 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Tjunction: 90 °C

CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio): 24

Processor manufacturer: Intel

Additional Resources

Service Manual PDF

Specifications Manual PDF

Setup and Features Information Manual

Dell Vostro 5560 Description Information