RAM overheating

[Kipton Moravec]

Normally commercial temperature chips are rated to 70 degrees C so you
are in spec depending on where you are measuring. The internals are
usually hotter than the external so you may be at 70 or more.

I would find a way to blow some air directly on them, even if you have
to make your own adapter to blow air.  You want the air coming from the
top and blowing out through the spaces. or from the end blowing through
the spaces. Blowing across the top will not work. You can get standing
waves and the air will not move. It is amazing how little air movement
makes a big difference. 

Cooler chips last longer, and are more reliable.

I saw some motherboards last week that had heat sinks for RAM built into
the motherboard, which I thought was weird, but if your memory is that
hot, then I understand why they had it.

Kip

On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 11:44 -0400, Qiuli Han wrote:
> 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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