RAM overheating

[Qiuli Han]

thanks for the replies

The case is brand new, there is not dust inside

I have check the air flow, it seems alright.

I will run a memory test to check if there is anything wrong on them.

they do all show up in my OS, which is 8GB


I am going to ask around see if I will get anything.

Thanks for the links, Ioannis Vranos

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:

> Karl Larsen wrote:
> > Qiuli Han wrote:
> >> Hi Gang,
> >>
> >> I am running 7.10 on a i5400xt motherboard. Everything seems fine,
> except my
> >> ECC RAMs are overheating....
> >>
> >> All 4 of my RAM modules are reaching 50-60C
> >>
> >> Is it normal or just my cooling system is not really effective?
>
> 04202008 1023 GMT-6
>
> Qiuli, first check your ventilation. Is the front and rear vents clear? Is
> their
> dust building up on them? You have to have air flow through your system.
>
> Second, look at your cables. Can air flow easily through the system? If
> air is
> blocked by cables, esp hard drive cables, things can get hot.
>
> Unless you have a really old system I don't think you can put the ram in
> incorrectly. How much ram do you show you are running right now? If you
> have 1GB
> installed and you have access to 1GB then its working.
>
> It might be a bad stick of ram though.
>
> Wade
>
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