RAM Heatsink peeling away?

[Addikt]

So in an effort to figure out what's wrong with my computer I've been looking at pretty much every component. So far I have it narrowed down to either a faulty PSU, mobo, or RAM. One thing I noticed while inspecting my hardware is that the heatsink on my RAM has started to peel away from the sticks. I'm not sure why, but I think it may be a heat issue since when I touch the modules they are what I would consider hot.

What I have installed is some OCZ Platinum running at 2.0 volts, I have an ASUS P5W DH DX mobo, and that's the voltage that I've needed to run it at just to keep it stable. This system has gone a full 5 years without any issues and I've been running into a bunch of them now.

The question is, OCZ has a lifetime warranty on their modules, but I'm wondering if there are any other steps I should take before requesting an RMA. Personally, I think that the spreader peeling away should be enough, after all I don't overclock. Everything in my system is stock.

So far I've been getting random sluggish behaviour, BSODs, and write failures as well. I thought that this was a hard drive issue, but I've since replaced the hard drive and I am still seeing the same symptoms.

Should I just go ahead and RMA my RAM, or are there other diagnostics and such I should do beforehand?

Thanks.

 

[pcgeek11]

So far I've been getting random sluggish behaviour, BSODs, and write failures as well. I thought that this was a hard drive issue, but I've since replaced the hard drive and I am still seeing the same symptoms.

Should I just go ahead and RMA my RAM, or are there other diagnostics and such I should do beforehand?

Thanks.

Run Memtest over night and see if you get any fails....

 

[narzy]

Personally I'd RMA it. But if you want to try and fix it yourself you can use thermal epoxy (I don't recommend this) But you'd have to make sure you get all of the previous adhesive off. http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm