My Ram over heats and shuts down the computer

[jfs123]

Hello,

i work for a company and one of their computer overheats and shuts down after running 100% CPU power the only was it work is if we stick a big fan to the side of it any suggestions? i think its the ram as they reach about 85 degrees there is about 32gb of ram packed next to each other

 

[diellur]

You can get something like this for cooling memory: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-cmxaf2-airflow-fan-for-up-to-6-x-modules-cooling-ddr1-2-3

I've personally not heard of a computer shutting down from overheating / bad RAM before - I think you'd be more likely to get a BSOD if this was the issue. Computers do shutdown to protect themselves from an overheating CPU. What temperatures are you reaching there, when it's at 100%? It could be that whatever application your company is running on this machine is too much for its CPU.

 

[Onus]

Reset the BIOS to defaults, or at the very least make sure nothing is being overvolted (at least no more than would be needed to account for vDroop).

 

[popatim]

I bet the volatage regulators or the southbridge is overheating and not the ram.

 

[venjhammet]

I doubt it's the ram. Usually it's the PSU or CPU that's overheating. Cleaning is a good start.

 

[Onus]

What is the brand and model (not just wattage) of the PSU? It could also be what is shutting down under load.