RAM damaged with 5.2.2.2 settings?
So, my PC went tits up a few days ago, and its down a mates house at the moment, as its only 3 weeks old, so he's finding out whats gone wrong, ready for a replacement.
Basically, its been running perfectly for the 3 weeks I've owned it, stable, nice temps, etc. 8:30pm yesterday I turn it off, 9pm yesterday it wont turn back on, just like that! All I get when I power on, is the power light and hard-drive light come on, and stay on, and the fans turn.
Nowt else. No attempt to boot, can't even get to the BIOS. Monitor doesn't even bother to turn on.
Now, can you damage RAM by running it at a lower latency than the bog standard?
The RAM was a 512mb DIMM of Crucial DDR400, running at 400mhz, with 5.2.2.2 settings. Could this damage it, and would it just go like that, instead of becoming unstable, etc?
Re: RAM damaged with 5.2.2.2 settings?
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Originally posted by Vaul
The RAM was a 512mb DIMM of Crucial DDR400, running at 400mhz, with 5.2.2.2 settings. Could this damage it, and would it just go like that, instead of becoming unstable, etc?
wtf! crucial ram cant do those kind of timings!! do relax it to cas 3..then 3, 3, and 11 ...or somming like that...what vdimm was it? im thinking it was more than 3 vdimm...then it jus blew.. :)
Re: Re: RAM damaged with 5.2.2.2 settings?
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Originally posted by d_fresh1
wtf! crucial ram cant do those kind of timings!! do relax it to cas 3..then 3, 3, and 11 ...or somming like that...what vdimm was it? im thinking it was more than 3 vdimm...then it jus blew.. :)
Well, it was doing those timings, with no problems, for 3 weeks. You reckon it was too much, and thats whats caused the probs?
Anyway, I'll know for sure if it was the RAM or not in a few days. If I did have it on settings that it couldn't handle, would it just go, like that, or would I get a period of instability first?
I thought Crucial was quality...
Oh yeah - I hadn't changed the voltage, it was standard. Also, it was 2.5 CAS, not 2.