OT: interesting thing about corrupt RAM chips

[chef 3746]

The other day I was checking my server, for some reason it kept freezing during video playback when I was watching something directly from the machine.

 

To my dismay the RAM chips where SMOKING HOT.

 

I quickly google some answers, but when it comes to hardware issues with computers it can really be a needle in a hay stack.

 

Everyone had a different idea about what is causing issues.

 

I wasn't about to take my frankinstine of a computer into the local PC shop for them to look at it. No one should see my worthless piece of crap computer.

 

I read one particular internet thread that mentioned corrupted RAM over heating.

 

I tested each RAM chip, one at a time, letting them run the PC on their own, before testing the next one.

 

Sure enough, one RAM chip over heated.

 

Now with that chip removed, my Server PC runs fine.

 

I turned the fan up from the boot menu donut runs high all the time (the PC is a piece of crap, it will only be a matter of time before it actually does die).

 

Just thought it might come in handy for someone with similar problems in the future.

 

Ben

[politby 88]

My FB-DIMM DDR2 sticks run at 70C. And that's normal...

 

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