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Arcturius · 12-05-2001, 11:22 PM

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?

12-05-2001, 11:22 PM	#1
Arcturius Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Posts: 294	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? __________________ Everything aircooled (I honestly don't know why you guys let me stay a member...) Always folding: WXP Pro: KD7R + Palomino 1800+ W2K3: 4x P3 Xeon 500 512KB (4 clients) Linux boxes: none Had to put them to use doing real work.