Help->killed my RAM

[russr]

I think I killed my stick of Crucial 256mb pc2100. How? I used CPUCool to change the FSB and I think it damaged it. The POST says the memory has failed and I can't even start up the computer w/o it crashing. I even clocked down to 100mhz fsb still nothing. I tried placing it in another slot and that didn't work either.

Since this comes under "misuse", I can't use the Crucial lifetime warranty.

Any idea what RAM i should get...one that won't die at 150+mhz fsb?

PS: Using Epox 8k7a, Athlon Tbird 1.2@1.4ghz (150x9.5), Windows XP.

 

[SpeedTester]

I'm sure Crucial will give you another stick. The memory might have been defective
to start with and pushing it to it's limit mighta finished it.

 

[russr]

Should I try calling them and asking them? I don't really want to lie to them though, so if I tell them I tried overclocking it, they right away might be like "oh that voids your warranty".

 

[SpeedTester]

Just tell them it stopped working, thats not lieing. The whole reason I buy Crucial
is because of their lifetime warrantee (and their memory rocks). Many people here have their memory at a much higher
setting without any problems, thats what leads me to you having a "Defective stick"

 

[russr]

well witholding the truth is essentially the same as lying. Even though I don't know for sure whether I broke it or not, in all likelihood I did, and I'll them that.
I think what screwed it up is when I used CPUCool to overclock and read the PLL of the clock generator. CPUCool warns that it can damage the hardware, so I think that's what did it.

I'll most likely have to buy another one 🙁

 

[russr]

should I just get pc2700?