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The Inspiron 546 comes with a dual core AMD Athlon II X2 215 processor, 4GB of DDR SDRAM, a largish 640GB hard drive, and DVD burner. The system's ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics are integrated. The Inspiron 546 comes with a dual core AMD Athlon II X2 215 processor, 4GB of DDR SDRAM, a largish 640GB hard drive, and DVD burner. The system's ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics are integrated. This system was available new from Staples retail stores. == Integrated Sound ===== Integrated Sound === 5.1 Channel Audio. Via VT1708S integrated 5.1 channel, High Definition Audio.5.1 Channel Audio up to Creative SoundBlaster® X-Fi Xtreme Audio (D)†=== Integrated Video ===The 546's 3D performance is slow. Newer games built on Crytek's CryEngine 2 won't play very well on the system. According to the manual: This product incorporates [[Macrovision]] copyright protection technology. Use of this copyright protection technology is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only.== AMI CMOS Setup Utility Menu =={{:AMI CMOS and BIOS Setup Example 1}}== Troubleshooting ===== Inspiron 546 Won't Power Up, Orange Light on Motherboard ===Dell Inspiron 546 won't power on. When connected to AC, there's an amber light (or orange light) on the motherboard. Pressing power button causes case fan to spin for a brief moment. No other activity. System will not power on nor boot. PSU tests good. With all other peripherals disconnected the system will not boot. There is only a steady amber power light right at power up. Never gose to green. No video or drive lights come on.The Dell Inspiron 546 uses a Dell F896N 0896N Motherboard. This motherboard or mainboard is known to have a higher than usual failure rate. If the PSU has been eliminated as the culprit then the motherboard is likely defective and requires replacement. A new replacement is approximately $50.00 - that is NEW and not REFURBISHED. Replacement of the motherboard typically resolves the issue. Ensure the replacement board is equipped with a new CMOS battery. Old stock may have battery that is end of shelf life. === BIOS / CMOS Settings Lost on Reboot ===All settings including time and date are lost after system is powered off.Replace the [[CMOS]] battery.=== BIOS / CMOS Settings Lost on Reboot - CMOS battery good ===All settings except time and ate are lost after soft reboot or power cycle. Time and Date are retained.Ensure the "service tag" field in the BIOS Setup has a value. If this field is empty, your [[CMOS]] settings in the AMI [[BIOS]] setup will not be retained, with the exception of time and date.# Press F2 on boot to enter CMOS Setup Utility# Select the "System Info" field# The 4th line under System Overview is "Service Tag" - if this field is blank and you are able to edit the field then you need to enter a value. You can obtain a valid entry from Dell or you can enter an arbitrary number. Once this field is populated press the F10 key and select <nowiki>[Ok]</nowiki> to the dialog "Save configuration changes and exit setup?"Once the service tag field has a value the rest of the bios settings will be retained after a save and reboot. They no longer revert to default values, ergo, it is necessary to have a service tag value if you wish to customize other CMOS settings.