Why did my RAM Chip die?

[celerii]

My RAM Chip died..
I've never come accross this kinda thing before. After working fine for 3 months, my crucial DDR RAM chip simply died. This is not to say crucial RAM is bad. After all it's an established brand. What I want to know is why it the RAM chip died.

At first my comp started acting funny... corrupted icons, invalid page faults... then I decided to run SiSoft Sandra Memory benchmark (which worked fine when I first got the system). The result? The comp reset and never finished scandisk... after resetting the comp refused to boot and gave the continuous beeps (no-RAM detected).

The voltage was 2.62 (A-Bit's default BIOS setting 2.55 was too unstable).

Could my Mobo (KG7) be killing the RAM? If not is this phenomenon common? I don't want another RAM chip killed again after 3 months or so...

 

[Imaginer]

I think it maybe the voltage that killed it if those modules are made specifically for 2.55V. If it still has a warranty, I go ahead and replace it.

 

[Loricariidae]

I had a 256MB Crucial DDR module die on me, too - of course, I attributed it to jumping the voltage to 2.7 or a possible power surge problem, but irregardless, Crucial replaced it for me (though I lost out on the shipping to send it to them). Their CS is simply fabulous.

 

[extro]

God wants to reincarnate it as an Athlon XP 1700. It was just its time.