Memory failed b/c too cold?
 

I've got a question--It's not TEC related per se, but I didn't figure the HSF guys would be dealing with the temps I am. ;)

Have any of you guys ever had a part fail, like memory, due to extreme cold? Say, 4-5c kind of cold?

The reason I ask is b/c I was playing with O/Cing the FSB of my KT7E, and the board started recognizing only 1/4 of my memory. I took it out and warmed it with my hands, to maybe 18-20c, and it still didn't work right.

I swapped in an identical warm stick (~23-25c, 128MB Tonicom microBGA) and the machine worked just fine. After the first stick warmed again, it's working fine now.

Any ideas?

Just in case anyone is wondering:

Window + Box fan - Side door on case + 3.3c Wisconsin evening = 5c board temps under full load.

:D

moisture on the memory contacts?

I'm not sure. I took the memory out, and it looked OK. I also tried moving it to different slots, and it still didn't work.
Also, the relative humidity last night was only 65%, which (according to the local news station) meant the dew point should have been at 28F, or -2.2C, which was several degrees below the temps I was seeing.
Lastly, after I warmed the memory up and put it back in, I didn't seem to have any problems running it for 1.5 hours after that, at 5C.
The only other thing I did differently is that I didn't push the VIO beyond 3.6V for any extended period of time. What confuses me is that I can run at room temperatures with VIO at 4.05V with no problems.

Maybe that was just a fluke?