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From: vred on 8 Sep 2009 21:42
Apparently Dell's tech specs are wrong. I put a Q6700 and 8 GB of
memory in my Dimension E520 and it runs great. It seems that if Dell
never sold a computer with a certain configuration they will tell you
that you can't do it. But it doesn't mean that you can't.






On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:09 -0700 (PDT), Victor <v25hall(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Jun 26, 11:15�pm, vred <vre...(a)charter.net> wrote:
>> Thanks. I guess I could upgrade to another Core 2 such as the E7500. I
>> want to upgrade to something thats 64 bit compatible so I can use more
>> memory.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:36:38 -0400, Pen <nos...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
>> >vred wrote:
>> >> I have an E520 that I purchased in 2006 with a 6400 chip. I'd like to
>> >> upgrade to a quad core. Does anyone know if I could put in a �Q9400 or
>> >> some other quad? I could not find any info on the Dell site.
>>
>> >Dell's specs are found here. Seems unlikely
>> >http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dimE520/en/SM_EN/specs....- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>The 520 is limited to 4 gigs ram.Look under tech specs.
>http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/desktops/dimen_e520/pd.aspx?refid=dimen_e520&cs=22&s=dfh
From: RnR on 8 Sep 2009 21:51
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:42:31 -0400, vred <vred24(a)charter.net> wrote:

>Apparently Dell's tech specs are wrong. I put a Q6700 and 8 GB of
>memory in my Dimension E520 and it runs great. It seems that if Dell
>never sold a computer with a certain configuration they will tell you
>that you can't do it. But it doesn't mean that you can't.
>

Does the bios recognize both ??
From: vred on 8 Sep 2009 22:15
Yes, the BIOS shows the Q6700 and the 8GB.


On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:51:04 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:42:31 -0400, vred <vred24(a)charter.net> wrote:
>
>>Apparently Dell's tech specs are wrong. I put a Q6700 and 8 GB of
>>memory in my Dimension E520 and it runs great. It seems that if Dell
>>never sold a computer with a certain configuration they will tell you
>>that you can't do it. But it doesn't mean that you can't.
>>
>
>Does the bios recognize both ??
From: Ben Myers on 8 Sep 2009 22:16
vred wrote:
> Apparently Dell's tech specs are wrong. I put a Q6700 and 8 GB of
> memory in my Dimension E520 and it runs great. It seems that if Dell
> never sold a computer with a certain configuration they will tell you
> that you can't do it. But it doesn't mean that you can't.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:09 -0700 (PDT), Victor <v25hall(a)yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 26, 11:15 pm, vred <vre...(a)charter.net> wrote:
>>> Thanks. I guess I could upgrade to another Core 2 such as the E7500. I
>>> want to upgrade to something thats 64 bit compatible so I can use more
>>> memory.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:36:38 -0400, Pen <nos...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
>>>> vred wrote:
>>>>> I have an E520 that I purchased in 2006 with a 6400 chip. I'd like to
>>>>> upgrade to a quad core. Does anyone know if I could put in a Q9400 or
>>>>> some other quad? I could not find any info on the Dell site.
>>>> Dell's specs are found here. Seems unlikely
>>>> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dimE520/en/SM_EN/specs....- Hide quoted text -
>>> - Show quoted text -
>> The 520 is limited to 4 gigs ram.Look under tech specs.
>> http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/desktops/dimen_e520/pd.aspx?refid=dimen_e520&cs=22&s=dfh

Tech specs are wrong, because the manufacturers never bother to update
them beyond whatever it is they are selling. So a new CPU chip becomes
available, and it does not get a mention in the specs.

There are two indicators of what a given computer model is capable of
doing. The motherboard chipset defines one limit as to the types of CPU
and amount of memory supported. Then the BIOS, cobbled by Dell for us,
may or may not impose other limits by refusing to boot if the CPU is not
one of the ones it supports... Ben Myers
From: RnR on 8 Sep 2009 22:42
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:15:20 -0400, vred <vred24(a)charter.net> wrote:

>Yes, the BIOS shows the Q6700 and the 8GB.
>
>
>

Thanks. You were kinda brave to take this chance but glad it worked
for you. Enjoy it !!
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