2.8 voltage questions

hydrata

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• Oct 19, 2002

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currently i'm running 256 megs of pc2700 mushkin RAM at 175 fsb and at cas 2 on 2.7 volts....is 2.8 volts too hot for just a heat spreader that came w/ the RAM? what benefits could i expect if i did go up to 2.8?

 

Placid

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• Oct 19, 2002

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It should be fine, you might not gain anything by doing it thou you will just have to try it.

 

spazzkid

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• Oct 19, 2002

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2.8 on a kingmax is bad, right?

 

RnPgrosz

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• Oct 19, 2002

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Usually heat isn't really an issue with ram, it doesn't get very warm. An out of spec vdimm can cause problems later on but I don't think it will have to do with heat.