(05/05/2010 11:06 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  Just run memtest 86, pretty simple.

For some reason, I had a problem with memtest 86 a while back, and for the life of me I can't remember what it was. I always associate RAM troubleshooting with a hassle now. Eh, must not have been that big if I can't remember the specific reason. I'll try out the sticks.

(05/05/2010 11:06 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  Is your GPU like right next to your HDDs?  Is air from the GPU fan blowing into the box or out the back?

There is a good foot and a half, at an angle between the HDDs and GPU. My GPU has a case fan blowing right onto it (into the box, not straight out), and the air all goes through the fans below the hard drives. I wonder if putting the hard drives between the fans that are pushing out the air would be a good idea?

Here's a crude drawing:




And yes, I know the air flow is not going in that exact manner. More likely, it is circling in the main cabinet more, but I don't know if hot air is staying up with the hard drives, causing a problem, or not.


Here's the what the bays for the hard drives look like:

(05/05/2010 11:12 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  HDDs aren't that susceptible to heat from what I know.
Do you have a 10k RPM drive?

15k RPM drives used in servers are known to produce a lot of heat, but they seem to handle it fine.  IDK if they have any special things applied to them to handle heat better though.

You can try underclocking the GPU if you want - doesn't do any damage.

Well, can't hurt to have a 2nd hard drive, regardless of the results.  I may just have to check RAM.

My current HDD is 7200 RPM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284

My temporary replacement is going to have half the cache, and less storage:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822145215