Upgraded RAM, now laptop is overheating...

[sv12b]

Upgraded Acer emachine E732 from 2G to 6G of RAM and now it's running hot.
Have cleaned out all dust
have remove RAM to check if it returns to normal heat without it in therre - it did.
RAM now back in and hot again

Could it be defective RAM? It's Corsair DDR3 or is it too much RAM for the laptop?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and please keep it simple - I'm a nurse not an IT tech ()

 

[SpeedTester]

Does your laptop have two slots? If so can you test with one stick in at a time?
And where is this heat coming from?

 

[sv12b]

yes it does have two slots - I will check each one at a time and let you know. Re the heat is coming from the processor I think.

 

[Blain]

Could it be possible that when you cleaned it out a dust ball got lodged somewhere that restricts air flow?
Simply adding memory should not cause an overheating problem (on this planet).

 

[sv12b]

Hi, thanks for the reply. It was overheating before cleaning and it barely had any dust in it, it's not actually that old. Also, the heat also wasn't there when I returned it to the 2G RAM so if it was a dustball - it would keep overheating....

On removing the additional RAM the heat stopped and returning the RAM back made the heat to resume.... to me that's a connection.

I totally agree it shouldn't make a difference and I have thoroughly searched the net to see if this has ever happened on earth before.... not much info so hence I have turned to forum help.

PS Blain - I love that quote from the DoI, have it on my phone, even though I'm not American...

 

[SpeedTester]

Hi, thanks for the reply. It was overheating before cleaning and it barely had any dust in it, it's not actually that old. Also, the heat also wasn't there when I returned it to the 2G RAM so if it was a dustball - it would keep overheating....

On removing the additional RAM the heat stopped and returning the RAM back made the heat to resume.... to me that's a connection.

I totally agree it shouldn't make a difference and I have thoroughly searched the net to see if this has ever happened on earth before.... not much info so hence I have turned to forum help.

PS Blain - I love that quote from the DoI, have it on my phone, even though I'm not American...

Let us know when running with the 4gb stick by itself if it is still overheating.

 

[sv12b]

10:15pm Just having a 'play' now while running 4G in the original 2G slot - seems fairly good so far..... Warm but nothing like before.
Does that mean the 'slot' is faulty?
Also, can I put it in the second one and leave the first empty?

12pm - still running fine with 4G in first slot.

 

[john3850]

Could the extra ram cause the unchip mem controller to run warmer on a i3.

 

[sv12b]

Hi john3850, thank you for your input, could you please also translate that into lay terms - medicine I understand, IT I'm very novice!
Is the i3 the processor? what is an "unchip mem controller"?

Cheers

 

[MaStErGeEk420]

My laptop does the same thing i have two 4gb sticks in and it used to have one 4gb stick the problem most likely is the two sticks being so close together will create more heat. So one thing to help with this is get a cooling pad or make a cooling pad... (pretty fun to make) But yeah if the heat is coming from your processor it could be that you installed two sticks that arn't manufactured to work in duel channel configuration and that is really hard on the motherboard again very unlikely to affect the processor but its not impossible i'd really recommend just reordering a duel channel kit of ram.

 

[Dasa2]

i would remove the hsf clean off the old thermal paste reinstall with new tim and see how it goes
but i guess thats not keeping it simple when it comes to laptops

 

[corkyg]

Are you sure that the added SODIMM was one specified by the laptop's manual? Laptop SODIMMs are not generic. Do not meddle with the other internals, i.e., CPU. The laptop is too new for that.

 

[hhhd1]

try running some temperature monitoring software, like 'hwinfo64' ,and compare which temperature is higher with 2 memory modules installed.

 

[corkyg]

Put in only your original SODIMM (RAM.) Then go to the Crucial Memory finder and let it scan your Acer and tell you what RAM youcan use. You may have incompatible RAM.
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/system...150304152251:s
Then see if your added RAM is a match.