Is it possible to have heat-related memory faults?

[imported_Tick]

Anyone heard of this?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Absolutely. All components are subject to thermal failure, memory is just as sensitive.

By high temps I assume you mean high case temps. Get more ventilation around the area.

- M4H

 

[corkyg]

Yes - excessive heat can cause memory problems. That is why many high performance memory units use heat spreaders. SOmetimes excessive heat can be caused by dust and dirt memory modules. If nothing else, power down, remove the memory modules and wipe them clean. Replace and power on. You can buy heat spreaders for most memory modules. Example:
Heat

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Yes - excessive heat can cause memory problems. That is why many high performance memory units use heat spreaders. SOmetimes excessive heat can be caused by dust and dirt memory modules. If nothing else, power down, remove the memory modules and wipe them clean. Replace and power on. You can buy heat spreaders for most memory modules at cyberguys

Dust and dirt? Yeah, those can really get into contact areas when they're plugged in. :roll: Reseating the memory is the valid part of that logic.

- M4H

 

[imported_Tick]

Alright... The problem seems to have disipated. I'm getting a new case and a vapochill soon, so that SHOULD solve my heat problems. Thanks all.

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Yes - excessive heat can cause memory problems. That is why many high performance memory units use heat spreaders. SOmetimes excessive heat can be caused by dust and dirt memory modules. If nothing else, power down, remove the memory modules and wipe them clean. Replace and power on. You can buy heat spreaders for most memory modules. Example:
Heat

Most of the reviews I've seen on the heat speaders seem to indicate that they are mostly there for show and don't really dissipate all that much heat. RAMBUS memory was the only type that really ever needed the spreaders, as it accessed the memory in such a way that a single chip could get really hot and the spreader was designed to even out the temperature of the module. Of course, all the folks using DDR and SDRAM were jealous of how cool the RAMBUS speaders looked and just HAD to have them. The only time I think you'd need the spreaders is if you were running some insanely high voltage on the DIMMs. In normal usage, most modules don't get too terribly hot at least compared to the processor and video card temps.

 

[imported_Kensai]

It's possible and does happen. I've had my memory run at nearly 60C once..

 

[IntegraGSR]

get some ramsinks