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to check if it's a dodgy mb slot or ram, nothing more
" The supposedly defected one is in slot 3 now and is detected as well. Could be the RAM slot 4?"
Maybe but its a long shot.I would think RAM is just stuffed hard to say if one stick or both at a guess would think both.also did you add RAM heatsinks?never add heatsinks less it was made with them years ago added RAMheat sinks they looked just like that few months later RAM died ofcause it had lifetime warranty but 99% sure myself adding heatsinks cause'd this problem.didnt re add them still going today on a old PC today.
Anyrate i would buy/find/steal some new RAM...had to buy some last week as i was getting BSOD once every 48hours cost me $60 aus dollars to get 2x2GB of cosair 1600mhz DDR3 1 was using had lifetime warranty but cause could'ent send it back and still use PC so had to buy.Hopfully RAM is the problem and its simple as just replacing it.
As for temps.There playable atm but on a hot summers day might change but case has great airflow so cant see it happing.With a push pull heatsink and Airflow in case with many fans temps should'nt be much higher then room temp when doing nothing.would suggest buy some artic silver 5 thermal paste and reaplly it might add 10years - to a lifetime on your Chip.
last thing you have 1-2 fans blowing air into Pc?not all set to out
Maybe but its a long shot.I would think RAM is just stuffed hard to say if one stick or both at a guess would think both.also did you add RAM heatsinks?never add heatsinks less it was made with them years ago added RAMheat sinks they looked just like that few months later RAM died ofcause it had lifetime warranty but 99% sure myself adding heatsinks cause'd this problem.didnt re add them still going today on a old PC today.
Anyrate i would buy/find/steal some new RAM...had to buy some last week as i was getting BSOD once every 48hours cost me $60 aus dollars to get 2x2GB of cosair 1600mhz DDR3 1 was using had lifetime warranty but cause could'ent send it back and still use PC so had to buy.Hopfully RAM is the problem and its simple as just replacing it.
As for temps.There playable atm but on a hot summers day might change but case has great airflow so cant see it happing.With a push pull heatsink and Airflow in case with many fans temps should'nt be much higher then room temp when doing nothing.would suggest buy some artic silver 5 thermal paste and reaplly it might add 10years - to a lifetime on your Chip.
last thing you have 1-2 fans blowing air into Pc?not all set to out
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that's what i as referring to as well, by alternating you can see if any sticks are indeed defective or if it's the mb ram slot, standard test via elimination.
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Nope, no RAM heatsinks. I'll see how this goes and if needed get some new RAM. For some reason RAM is ridiculously cheap in Singapore, like 8gb for $99 lol.
TBH I'm not so keen on applying thermal paste. Not sure how to do it and I may just spoil something.
TBH I'm not so keen on applying thermal paste. Not sure how to do it and I may just spoil something.
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No no, I already did that and can more or less safely assume that slot 4 is the problematic one. RAMs 1 and 2 are working on slots 2 and 3, while neither worked on slot 4.
The alternating thing I'm talking about is Soul's suggestion to put the RAMs in 1 and 3, as opposed to the current slots 2 and 3 that I'm putting them in
"Can't fit in slot 1 with that big fan over it.."
Also just a thought with a Push pull heat sink like you have as in.1 fan is pushing air though fins other is pulling it out to cool faster.you only need 1 fan to push.
as you temps are high i would leave both(there not huge think limit is 70oC but with cooling you have anything over room temp i would question at a idle)
it would also push air into case not out as you would need to set one of the left to push air and take the one on the right covering RAM slot off.so bad idea but its fine if you just wanted to test other RAM slot.
Also just check both fans on heatsink are not set to push air in to fins on heatsink.1 in 1 out
Also just a thought with a Push pull heat sink like you have as in.1 fan is pushing air though fins other is pulling it out to cool faster.you only need 1 fan to push.
as you temps are high i would leave both(there not huge think limit is 70oC but with cooling you have anything over room temp i would question at a idle)
it would also push air into case not out as you would need to set one of the left to push air and take the one on the right covering RAM slot off.so bad idea but its fine if you just wanted to test other RAM slot.
Also just check both fans on heatsink are not set to push air in to fins on heatsink.1 in 1 out
"TBH I'm not so keen on applying thermal paste. Not sure how to do it and I may just spoil something"
Lol I was once like you said the same thing on a PC forum.But really very easy youtube has many many videos showing you how u can do it from woe to go.
anyrate like i said temps are not huge and very playable think soulrave said max was 90oC
Lol I was once like you said the same thing on a PC forum.But really very easy youtube has many many videos showing you how u can do it from woe to go.
anyrate like i said temps are not huge and very playable think soulrave said max was 90oC
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I didnt actually read the whole thing, since it looks like you've figured out it may be the RAM?
Anyways, just wanted to let you know, since I also have an AMD card, your temp isn't that bad, although my fan speed even under performance rarely goes pass 45% lol.
During complete idle my card's temp sits around 40-50C aswell (although during idle fan speed is only 20-25%), during just normal desktop activity it's around 50-60C (with fan at 20-30%) and during performance it's around 65-75%.
Anyways, I can't find the link now since it's been quite awhile, but it was on the AMD forums, the card is rated at 100-105C max temp. So yeh, don't worry too much about idle temp. As long as the temperature during performance it isn't going into the 90C zone (though you should keep it under 80-85C), even though 90C is just "hot" and your card will operate just fine around those temp, but extended exposure to those temperature zone will hurt your card and shorten it's lifespan.
And... yeh.. 95C+ is pretty much borderlining thermal shut down.
EDIT: just wanted to ask, how you can stand the noise level of your GPU fan at 65%? ><, when my fan hits 40% ish speed it sounds like I have a jet engine inside my case.
Also wanted to add, you should look into extra cooling/ventilation, as Soulrave mentioned and even though those temperature isn't bad, however at 65% fan speed you should be getting a lot lower temperatures during idle.
When I set my fan speed to 65% my idle temperature drops from 40C~ down to 27C~.
Anyways, just wanted to let you know, since I also have an AMD card, your temp isn't that bad, although my fan speed even under performance rarely goes pass 45% lol.
During complete idle my card's temp sits around 40-50C aswell (although during idle fan speed is only 20-25%), during just normal desktop activity it's around 50-60C (with fan at 20-30%) and during performance it's around 65-75%.
Anyways, I can't find the link now since it's been quite awhile, but it was on the AMD forums, the card is rated at 100-105C max temp. So yeh, don't worry too much about idle temp. As long as the temperature during performance it isn't going into the 90C zone (though you should keep it under 80-85C), even though 90C is just "hot" and your card will operate just fine around those temp, but extended exposure to those temperature zone will hurt your card and shorten it's lifespan.
And... yeh.. 95C+ is pretty much borderlining thermal shut down.
EDIT: just wanted to ask, how you can stand the noise level of your GPU fan at 65%? ><, when my fan hits 40% ish speed it sounds like I have a jet engine inside my case.
Also wanted to add, you should look into extra cooling/ventilation, as Soulrave mentioned and even though those temperature isn't bad, however at 65% fan speed you should be getting a lot lower temperatures during idle.
When I set my fan speed to 65% my idle temperature drops from 40C~ down to 27C~.
I was looking at Processor temps of 44oC and talking about replacing thermal paste here.
soulrave talking about GPU temps of 58oC.
not to get them confused.Neither is going to worry/stop you playing.But im thinking these temps cant be when PC was just sitting there doing nothing.You have a after market heatsink and by the looks a well ventilated case.Lowering temps will just add longevity to yuor PC
Anyrate if the stop starting is fixed.Just leave as is and let it chew up WoW and spit in out in eye candy.Pc could play half a dozen WoW's at the same time and still ask for more with no overclocking.
soulrave talking about GPU temps of 58oC.
not to get them confused.Neither is going to worry/stop you playing.But im thinking these temps cant be when PC was just sitting there doing nothing.You have a after market heatsink and by the looks a well ventilated case.Lowering temps will just add longevity to yuor PC
Anyrate if the stop starting is fixed.Just leave as is and let it chew up WoW and spit in out in eye candy.Pc could play half a dozen WoW's at the same time and still ask for more with no overclocking.