On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:14 am, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun 2003-03-16 at 00:01:29 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Should be fine at 50C. If your memory is in 2 sticks, try taking one > > out. If it still crashes, switch them! If it's ok you've found your > > problem. > > I doubt it is a memory problem. I am no hardware expert but had my > share of misc. hardware problems and never had or heard of faulty > memory causing immediate lock-ups. > > I agree with the docs which suggest either bad cooling (fan, bad heat > dissipation, ...) or bad power supply (power supply unit, connector, > motherboard, ...) are probably causes. >
It sounds to me like poor cooling, but bad memory can easily be the problem too. > > > What speed and timings are you running the memory at? Try slowing it > > down to CAS 2.5 or set it to a safer setting in BIOS > > Can this really be the cause of lock-ups? Never had that happen to me. > Yes. Memory that might be fine at CAS 2.5 that doen't like CAS 2 could easily cause the symptoms described. -- Greg
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