I am trying to find the same answer as the original poster. I am certain that it will do more than Pentium 4 and D. It has a chipset 945 P which at Wikipedia under the heading Intel Chipsets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_chipsets#9xx_chipsets_and_3.2F4_Series_chipsets , it says that chipset 945 P will run, Pentium 4, D Celeron D, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme. These two types of Core 2 Duo processors have a FSB of 1066 in compliance with the chipset limit. I don't think they would have a problem with the two core core 2 duo's or core 2 extreme processors. But I wonder if they have the bios to recognise the Q6700 quad core?
shesagordie
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September 21st, 2009 14:00
gtlscot
No, the 9150 supports Pentium 4 or Pentium D processors only and does not support either the Core 2 Duo or Quad core processors.
Bev.
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November 2nd, 2011 15:00
Hello,
I am trying to find the same answer as the original poster. I am certain that it will do more than Pentium 4 and D. It has a chipset 945 P which at Wikipedia under the heading Intel Chipsets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_chipsets#9xx_chipsets_and_3.2F4_Series_chipsets , it says that chipset 945 P will run, Pentium 4, D Celeron D, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme. These two types of Core 2 Duo processors have a FSB of 1066 in compliance with the chipset limit. I don't think they would have a problem with the two core core 2 duo's or core 2 extreme processors. But I wonder if they have the bios to recognise the Q6700 quad core?
Can anyone answer our question?
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November 2nd, 2011 15:00
angels35
Because the 9150 has a Socket LGA 775, does not mean that all LGA 775 processors are compatible, the motherboard is the problem.
The Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors require a different voltage regulator design than what's on the XPS400/Dimension 9150 motherboard.
Hence the reason for the Dimension 9200.
Bev.