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Studio XPS 9000, memory upgrade
Out of the blue my CPU fan failed. CPU was hitting 100 degrees. I used my table fan to cool it until i bought a 15$ fan on eBay and fixed it. Fan failure message went away. But Still the temperature was hitting 60 to 70. PC costs are extremely high. So decided to upgrade the CPU. I have upgraded the CPU to x5690. Temperature dramatically dropped to 30s and 40s. Speed was significantly higher. My question is about memory upgrade. Earlier i had i7 960 which allows a maximum memory of 24 GB. I was using 6 x 2 = 12GB in 6 slots. Now that i have x5690 which theoretically allows you to have 288 GB, i want to increase this to like 64 GB. Can i use 4x16 GB ECC, 10600 DIMM?
redxps630
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March 5th, 2022 06:00
https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/Studio-XPS-435T-9000-upgrade-capabilities-beyond-design/td-p/6088083
RoHe
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March 4th, 2022 13:00
@jnaveen1980 - Did you mean Studio XPS 9000?
If that's what you meant, Crucial says the max is 24 GB. Doesn't mean more won't work, but 24 GB is probably the most that Dell validated.
It has to be NON-ECC RAM, and 16 GB modules might be pushing your luck...
JOcean
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March 4th, 2022 11:00
9000 is a series, unless you have a really old system, and not an exact model number. And in general though the CPU may support it, the BIOS may have limitations.
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March 19th, 2022 12:00
Thanks all for your responses. I originally bought ECC RAM 2 x 8 GB. It was not even booting. Then only i realized it was registered. SO i returned it and to be on the safer side bought 2x8GB Non-ECC RAM this time. works perfectly fine. Ordered 4 more.
RoHe
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March 19th, 2022 17:00
I suspected that was your problem. It's exceedingly rare that a consumer PC can use ECC RAM.
Glad you got it sorted!
BTW: Why are you using 2 different user names?
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March 25th, 2022 10:00
I was unable to login into other account. So i thought of creating one. Now i am back. Now i upgraded it to 48 GB RAM. BIOS/windows recognize it.