Exhibit 32.1

    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual report on Form 10K of ATEL Capital  Equipment Fund
IX, LLC, (the  "Company")  for the period ended  December 31, 2004 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  and
pursuant  to  18  U.S.C.   ss.1350,   as  adopted  pursuant  to  ss.906  of  the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, I, Dean L. Cash,  Chief  Executive  Officer of ATEL
Financial Services, LLC, managing member of the Company, hereby certify that:

1. The Report fully complies with the  requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:        3/29/2005



/s/ Dean L. Cash
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Dean L. Cash
President and Chief Executive
Officer of Managing Member