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[Brds7t7]

3 months ago I installed 8GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 in my Dimension 9200 with no issues.

Updating the RAM and moving to an SSD it's made my old Dell fly now.  :emotion-1:

[osprey4]

Hi Brds7t7,

Excellent! Glad to hear you're keeping the 9200 running.

[Philip_Yip]

What OS are you running Windows 7 64 Bit?

I have added a note to this thread here to inform other users that they can upgrade to 8 GB of RAM:

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/w/microsoft_os/4639.dimension-9200-windows-7...

[Brds7t7]

Hi Natacuk,

Yes, running Windows 7 Pro x64.

I was a little cautious when first buying the Ram, as you know, DDR2 is getting expensive now. I was a little worried in case it wouldn't work. But worked fine, so I'm assuming it only says 4GB in the Dell manual just because it's outdated documentation?

Really needed 8GB as I run a few VM's on my system too.

Even though the System was built in 2006, it's still running really well. The only thing I've had to replace was the DVD drive a few years ago.

[Brds7t7]

One thing I have noticed is that in the BIOS it's reporting my Memory speed to be 533mhz, yet all of the sticks I bought were PC2-6400 800mhz.

Are the speeds capped to 533mhz on this type of board/BIOS?

[speedstep]

FSB is Usually based on the CPU Clock and Multiplier.  Dells do not allow overclocking albeit this could be pin modded on some cpus.

[Zippy42]

I am also interested in upgrading a Dell Dimension 9200 running WIN7 64 bit to a total of 8GB RAM in 2GB sticks.

I have been looking at the Crucial Part No.CT25664AA667 as being a possibility. I note though that the same part number is sometimes listed with a suffix of either ".16FHZ" or "M16FG".

I don't understand what these suffix mean or if they are relevant?

If the above part number is not what I should go for could someone kindly please let me know one that they have used successfully.

Thank you

[speedstep]

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?imodule=ct25664aa667

Crucial will not RMA the above ram as it is not verified to run in an XPS 410 / Dimension 9200.

http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/Dell-memory/Dimension+%2F+Dimension+XPS/Dimension+9200-upgrades.html

Memory Type: DDR2 PC2-5300, DDR2 (non-ECC)
Maximum Memory: 4GB
Slots: 4

This ram has been used before note its P2C6400 not PC2 5300 and 1.8v 5-5-5-18 timing

HOWEVER It too Doesn't say works XPS410 / Dimension 9200

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3089474&CatId=2264

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A1499970

Manufacturer Part# : TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX
Dell Part# : A1499970

Compatibility
This product is compatible with the following systems:
XPS 200
XPS 210
XPS 420
XPS 625
XPS 700
XPS 720

[Zippy42]

Thank you for this information. Out of interest though what do the two different suffixes mean for the CT25664aa667?

[speedstep]

Thank you for this information. Out of interest though what do the two different suffixes mean for the CT25664aa667?

I am not Dell.

I am not Crucial.

 No Idea.