RAM overheating on Tyan I5400XT

[qhan]

Hi folks.

My ECC RAM modules are over heating on my i5400XT.

They are reaching 50-60C

The RAMs are from Kingston, 2G, 677.

CPUs are 2 Xeon E5410, they only show 2000Mhz in ubuntu 7.10. not sure if they are related.

CPU Fans are the original fans from the CPU retail box.




the case is Cooler Master Cosmos 1000

From the temperature monitor, the CPU temp are fine, and the RAMs are really hot. They will burn your fingers if you touch them.

Another thing i have noticed is my first CPU has higher temperature than the other one. I dont know if it is normal or not as well.

I am no sure which part is wrong.

is the temperature normal for those RAMs?
or
My CPU cooling fan is not good enough?
or
there is something I can configure inside the motherboard?
or
hardware problem?

Any advises are welcomed

thanks

[qhan]

Alright.....I think I have determined that it is an OS problem + Fan problem

The OS, which is Ubuntu 7.10 is giving out this problem, which freezes around 15 min after power on.

The reason I think could be my profiles, since I keep my /home, and formate and install /.

It can also be the nvidia driver. When I was using the live CD during the install, it never give this problem, and after installation of the OS and the nvidia driver, this problem started happen.

CPU Fan is also a cause, since it is not blowing enough air to the memory steak to cool them down.
In fact, the fan can not cover all the memory in the slots, I think it is just because the fans are for ranks, not for tower cases (which is Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 I am using)

So far, I installed ubuntu 8.10 RC, seems working fine without NVdia driver loaded. I also took 2 mem steak out from the box to make sure that they can be covered by the fan

[Max Spain]

FB-DIMM's run hot, it has nothing to do with how you partitioned your box or your software environment. Just get a fan over them.