I jsut sold two 2GB DDR2 800, 4GB DDR2 are rather common too.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I misspoke. I shouldn't have said it wasn't possible to do 64-bit. What
> isn't possible is to have more than 4GB of RAM. My Dell XPS-410 also
> has an Intel PC965 chipset. The chipset supports a maximum of 8GB of
> RAM. However, the memory required is DDR2 PC2 which was never made in
> more than 1GB modules. Since the XPS-410 only has 4 memory sockets the
> max memory supported is 4GB. Putting 64-bit Win7 on the machine might
> increase the available memory by a small amount but wouldn't be worth it.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/12/2013 8:43 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>> All Core 2 and Intel Chipset support 64bit so your hardware is ok. The
>> problem is to find proper drivers but it is not so difficult as most will
>> be
>> available on the web. Just checked my old Intel 965 chipset also has Win
>> 7
>> 64 driver to download but I just want to stay with my 32 bit XP for a
>> while
>> as now my strategy is to upgrade only when needed.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>> The reason I bought it was the low price, the fact that it had Win7
>>> installed rather than Win8 and also had 8GB of RAM. The old Dell was
>>> forever destined to be 32 bit. No way to upgrade to 64 bit other than
>>> buying a new motherboard that would likely be a bad fit in a custom Dell
>>> case. It will stay 32 bit and may become a dedicated Linux machine one
>>> of these days.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
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