Statement of Volatility Latitude 7310

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Latitude 7310 — Statement of Volatility

The Dell Latitude 7310 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately after power is removed from the component. Non-volatile (NV) components continue to retain their data even after power is removed from the component.

The following NV components are present on the Latitude 7310 system board.

Table 1. List of Non-Volatile components on system boardNV components on system board
Description Reference Designator Volatility Description User Accessible for external data Remedial Action (Action necessary to prevent loss of data)
SSD drives. M.2 - 2230 Non Volatile magnetic media, various sizes in GB. SSD (solid-state flash drive). No Low-level format
System BIOS/EC UE1 Non-Volatile memory, 256 Mbit (16 MB), and Video BIOS for basic boot operation, PSA (on board diagnostics), PXE diagnostics. No Not applicable
Thunderbolt EEPROM UT2 Non-Volatile memory, 8 Mbit (1 MB) (Thunderbolt FW) No Not applicable
USB-Type C Power Delivery U6 Non-Volatile memory , 8 Mbit (1 MB) for USB type-C PD F/W No Not applicable
LCD Panel EEDID EEPROM Part of panel assembly Non-Volatile memory, Stores panel manufacturing information, display configuration data. No Not applicable
System Memory - DDR4 memory Four pcs on board DDR4 memory: UD1, UD2, UD3, UD4, UD5, UD6, UD7, UD8 Volatile memory in OFF state (see state definitions later in text) Four pcs on board DDR4 memory. System memory size depends on chip size and must be between 4 GB. , 8 GB 16 GB, and 32 GB Yes Power off system
RTC CMOS UC1 (PCH) Non-Volatile memory 256 bytes Stores CMOS information No Not applicable
Video memory - frame buffer For UMA platform: Using system memory Volatile memory in off state. UMA uses main system memory size that is allocated out of main memory. No Power off system
Intel ME Firmware Combine on BIOS ROM. Non-Volatile memory, Intel ME firmware for system configuration, security, and protection No Not applicable
Security Controller Serial Flash Memory U1 (upsell USH daughter board) Non-Volatile memory, 128 Mbit (16 Mbyte) No Not applicable
TPM Controller U Z12 Non-Volatile memory, 384 Kbytes. No Not applicable
ISH Combine on BIOS ROM. No Not applicable
Touch screen Embedded Flash N/A Non-Volatile memory No Not applicable
Digital IMVP8 controller PU602 Non-Volatile memory, 4096 bit (512 B) Digital IMVP8 controller No Not applicable
HDMI PROTOCOL CONVERTER SPI ROM UV32 Non-Volatile memory (2M-bit) No Not applicable
NOTE: All other components on the system board lose data if power is removed from the system. Primary power loss (unplugging the power cable and removing the battery) destroys all user data on the memory ( LP DDR3, 2133 MHz), system data on the system configuration and time-of-day information.

In addition, to clarify memory volatility and data retention in situations where the system is put in different ACPI power states the following is provided (those ACPI power states are S0, Modern standby, S4 and S5):

  • S0 state is the working state where the dynamic RAM is maintained and is read/write by the processor. Modern standby is a standby mode state that is different from S3 mode. In this state, the dynamic RAM is maintained.
  • S4 is called "suspend to disk" state or "hibernate" mode. There is no power. In this state, the dynamic RAM is not maintained. If the system has been commanded to enter S4, the operating system writes the system context to a non-volatile storage file and leave appropriate context markers. When the system is coming back to the working state, a restore file from the non-volatile storage can occur. The restore file has to be valid. Dell systems can go to S4 if the operating system and the peripherals support S4 state. Win 7 and Win 8 support S4 state.
  • S5 is the "soft" off state. There is no power. The operating system does not save any context to wake up the system. No data remains in any component on the system board, that is cache or memory. The system requires a complete boot when awakened. Since S5 is the shut off state, coming out of S5 requires power-on which clears all registers.

The following table shows all the states that are supported by Latitude 7310:

Table 2. List of states supported by Latitude 7310Supported states
Model Number S0 Modern standby S4 S5
Latitude 7310YesYesYesYes

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