RAM overheating

[Qiuli Han]

 Alright.....I think I have determined that it is an OS problem + Fan
problem

The OS, which is Ubuntu 7.10 is giving out this problem, which freezes
around 15 min after power on.

The reason I think could be my profiles, since I keep my /home, and formate
and install /.

It can also be the nvidia driver. When I was using the live CD during the
install, it never give this problem, and after installation of the OS and
the nvidia driver, this problem started happen.

CPU Fan is also a cause, since it is not blowing enough air to the memory
steak to cool them down.
In fact, the fan can not cover all the memory in the slots, I think it is
just because the fans are for ranks, not for tower cases (which is Cooler
Master Cosmos 1000 I am using)

So far, I installed ubuntu 8.10 RC, seems working fine without NVdia driver
loaded. I also took 2 mem steak out from the box to make sure that they can
be covered by the fan

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Qiuli Han <ivyharry at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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