CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Experts" and to the
use of our reports dated October 9, 2000 and February 1, 2002, with respect to
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund IX, LLC, dated September 15, 2000 (except Notes 1
and 4, as to which the date is December 27, 2001), as restated, with respect to
ATEL Financial Corporation and subsidiary, and dated September 13, 2002, with
respect to ATEL Financial Services LLC and subsidiary in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-47196) and the
Prospectus and related Supplement dated August 31, 2002 of ATEL Capital
Equipment Fund IX, LLC for the registration of 15,000,000 limited liability
company units.

                                                      /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Francisco, California
September 26, 2002