RAM overheating

[Qiuli Han]

well....the thing is.....my OS stops responding if they are getting hot....

and, yes, i do see metal heatsinks on both side, with the caution..

if in this case....it is an OS problem not my Mem's problem?

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Peter Domanski <peter.domanski at gmail.com>
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?
> >
> > Or there is something I need to configure in the motherboard BIOS?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> I wouldn't worry about it too much unless your getting merry errors.
> Some brands and types of ram will get hotter then others, this is why
> RDRAM has metal shield covering the chips and a caution sticker on it
> warning people about chips getting very hot.
>
> Good Luck
>
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