Dell Dimension 2400 memory: max 1GB or 2GB?

Hi,

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 (purchased from Dell in July 2004). I
want to upgrade the memory to the maximum but I'm having trouble
finding out what the max is. I'm currently at 512MB (one stick).

- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says 2GB is the max.
- The Dell website today says 2GB is the max.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...m_en/specs.htm

If I can run 2GB, then that's what I will do.

Can someone tell me what the actual max RAM capability is on this
PC?
Has anyone successfully run 2GB in a Dimension 2400 from the year 2004
time period?

Thanks!
- Ted.

Hi!

- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says 2GB is the max.
- The Dell website today says 2GB is the max

Things change over time. Higher density RAM chips become available,
BIOSes are updated, stuff like that.

Has anyone successfully run 2GB in a Dimension 2400 from the year 2004
time period?

Yes. What you want to do is make sure you have the latest BIOS for
your Dimension 2400. Update to the latest BIOS if you don't already
have it. Then you can install your new RAM and make the most use of
it.

William

In
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William R. Walsh typed on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:23:50 -0700 (PDT):
Hi!

- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says 2GB is the max.
- The Dell website today says 2GB is the max

Things change over time. Higher density RAM chips become available,
BIOSes are updated, stuff like that.

Has anyone successfully run 2GB in a Dimension 2400 from the year
2004 time period?

Yes. What you want to do is make sure you have the latest BIOS for
your Dimension 2400. Update to the latest BIOS if you don't already
have it. Then you can install your new RAM and make the most use of
it.

William

Well my two Gateway MX6124 laptops could handle 2GB from 2006 era. And
they came stock with 512MB. Although as I have found out, anything more
than 1GB, Hibernation mode sometimes works and sometimes not. Even that
Microsoft hotfix didn't work. It reports an error that there isn't
enough resources. I finally gave up and disabled Hibernation mode. So
you can expect some trouble sometimes.

--
Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu

Ted wrote:
Hi,

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 (purchased from Dell in July 2004). I
want to upgrade the memory to the maximum but I'm having trouble
finding out what the max is. I'm currently at 512MB (one stick).

- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says 2GB is the max.
- The Dell website today says 2GB is the max.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...m_en/specs.htm

If I can run 2GB, then that's what I will do.

Can someone tell me what the actual max RAM capability is on this
PC?
Has anyone successfully run 2GB in a Dimension 2400 from the year 2004
time period?

Thanks!
- Ted.


2GB... Ben Myers

On Mar 14, 6:29*pm, Ben Myers wrote:
Ted wrote:
Hi,

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 (purchased from Dell in July 2004). *I
want to upgrade the memory to the maximum but I'm having trouble
finding out what the max is. *I'm currently at 512MB (one stick).

- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says 2GB is the max.
- The Dell website today says 2GB is the max.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...m_en/specs.htm

If I can run 2GB, then that's what I will do.

Can someone tell me what the actual max RAM capability is on this
PC?
Has anyone successfully run 2GB in a Dimension 2400 from the year 2004
time period?

Thanks!
- Ted.

2GB... Ben Myers

Thanks everyone for your help. I'll go with the 2GB.

Does the manual say 1GB because back in 2004 the best one could do was
2 x 512MB? In other words, 1GB PC2700 SDRAM wasn't available? Just
curious.

Thanks!

Ted wrote:
On Mar 14, 6:29 pm, Ben Myers wrote:
Ted wrote:
Hi,
I have a Dell Dimension 2400 (purchased from Dell in July 2004). I
want to upgrade the memory to the maximum but I'm having trouble
finding out what the max is. I'm currently at 512MB (one stick).
- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says 2GB is the max.
- The Dell website today says 2GB is the max.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...m_en/specs.htm
If I can run 2GB, then that's what I will do.
Can someone tell me what the actual max RAM capability is on this
PC?
Has anyone successfully run 2GB in a Dimension 2400 from the year 2004
time period?
Thanks!
- Ted.
2GB... Ben Myers

Thanks everyone for your help. I'll go with the 2GB.

Does the manual say 1GB because back in 2004 the best one could do was
2 x 512MB? In other words, 1GB PC2700 SDRAM wasn't available? Just
curious.

Thanks!

Often, the manual for a motherboard or a computer states what is
available at the time the manual was written. Then something new comes
along and the manual (or even on-line documentation) is never updated.

.... Ben Myers

Hi!

Well my two Gateway MX6124 laptops could handle 2GB from
2006 era.

My "herd" of OptiPlex GX400 systems (early 2002) would handle at least
that much, although they are RDRAM based. :-)

Although as I have found out, anything more than 1GB, Hibernation
mode sometimes works and sometimes not.

That sounds like a driver or application specific issue, and not a
fault of the system itself.

So you can expect some trouble sometimes.

My smaller herd of Dimension 2400 systems work very well, despite the
fact that they were a budget box. Hibernation has never failed to work
the few times I've used it.

Windows power management is just that...and it sometimes has a very
interesting view of the world. :-)

William

In
,
William R. Walsh typed on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:46:07 -0700 (PDT):
Hi!

Well my two Gateway MX6124 laptops could handle 2GB from
2006 era.

My "herd" of OptiPlex GX400 systems (early 2002) would handle at least
that much, although they are RDRAM based. :-)

Although as I have found out, anything more than 1GB, Hibernation
mode sometimes works and sometimes not.

That sounds like a driver or application specific issue, and not a
fault of the system itself.

So you can expect some trouble sometimes.

My smaller herd of Dimension 2400 systems work very well, despite the
fact that they were a budget box. Hibernation has never failed to work
the few times I've used it.

Windows power management is just that...and it sometimes has a very
interesting view of the world. :-)

William

I too thought it was a driver issue. Luckily I have two of these
laptops. I even put in a spare hard drive and did a fresh Windows XP
install. Same problem on both machines. If it fails (about 50% of the
time it does), it will then always fail unless you reboot. Then you go
back to a 50/50 chance again. Now I just use standby instead if I plan
on using it later.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

BillW50 wrote:
In
,
William R. Walsh typed on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:46:07 -0700 (PDT):
Hi!

Well my two Gateway MX6124 laptops could handle 2GB from
2006 era.
My "herd" of OptiPlex GX400 systems (early 2002) would handle at least
that much, although they are RDRAM based. :-)

Although as I have found out, anything more than 1GB, Hibernation
mode sometimes works and sometimes not.
That sounds like a driver or application specific issue, and not a
fault of the system itself.

So you can expect some trouble sometimes.
My smaller herd of Dimension 2400 systems work very well, despite the
fact that they were a budget box. Hibernation has never failed to work
the few times I've used it.

Windows power management is just that...and it sometimes has a very
interesting view of the world. :-)

William

I too thought it was a driver issue. Luckily I have two of these
laptops. I even put in a spare hard drive and did a fresh Windows XP
install. Same problem on both machines. If it fails (about 50% of the
time it does), it will then always fail unless you reboot. Then you go
back to a 50/50 chance again. Now I just use standby instead if I plan
on using it later.


A driver issue, but it also implies that the computer BIOSes in many
computers may not be compatible with the hibernation driver, or that the
hibernation driver simply was not born right. As a rule, drivers often
use BIOS services to hibernate and wake-up simply to avoid the messiness
of programming the ports than actually handle hibernation.

My own desktop computer now hibernates properly with its replacement
Intel motherboard, so somebody was talking to somebody else on this,
like maybe Intel wrote the hiberation driver or the Microsofties
actually got the hibernation hardware specs from Intel before writing
the code... Ben Myers

On Mar 15, 7:44*pm, Ben Myers wrote:
Ted wrote:
On Mar 14, 6:29 pm, Ben Myers wrote:
Ted wrote:
Hi,
I have a DellDimension2400(purchased from Dell in July 2004). *I
want to upgrade the memory to the maximum but I'm having trouble
finding out what the max is. *I'm currently at 512MB (one stick).
- The Dell manual that came with my PC says 1GB is the max.
- Crucial says2GBis the max.
- The Dell website today says2GBis the max.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...m_en/specs.htm
If I can run2GB, then that's what I will do.
Can someone tell me what the actual max RAM capability is on this
PC?
Has anyone successfully run2GBin aDimension2400from the year 2004
time period?
Thanks!
- Ted.
2GB... Ben Myers

Thanks everyone for your help. *I'll go with the2GB.

Does the manual say 1GB because back in 2004 the best one could do was
2 x 512MB? *In other words, 1GB PC2700 SDRAM wasn't available? *Just
curious.

Thanks!

Often, the manual for a motherboard or a computer states what is
available at the time the manual was written. *Then something new comes
along and the manual (or even on-line documentation) is never updated.

... Ben Myers

I put the 2 x 1GB PC 2700 in my Dimension 2400 today and it's running
fine. I just thought I'd post my experience and close the loop.

Thanks again to those of you that responded!