[Pc_Support] DDR DIMM death from processor heat?

[Jason Boxman]

I just upgraded my hard disk and thought I'd mess with my memory timings
since I  finally rebooted.  I found I couldn't use the fastest timings on
DIMM 0, and finally I tested it at the most conservative settings to find,
to my surprise, that DIMM 0 is having issues.  DIMM 1 is fine at any
setting.

While removing DIMM 0 to replace it, I noticed it was the DIMM socket
closest the CPU and it had a fair amount of dust stuck on it on the side
facing the CPU HSF.  I'm retesting with fastest memory timings now with a
replaced DIMM 0, but I imagine they'll all pass.

Is it a reasonable possibility that my CPU cooked off my DIMM 0, the socket
closet the CPU.  It's only about 5cm away.  My Thoroughbred-B core XP 1700+
runs at around 49C lately. Sigh.  At ~ $40/ea AR for a 512MB running this
box with a GB is going to be an expensive habit.  Then again, the manner in
which this sticked failed memtest86, always test 5 and a specific pattern,
who knows how long it's been bad.  Perhaps six months, or a year.  The box
was essentially never unstable.  I had a few games crash every few months,
but I figured it was the video drivers.

Thoughts?

Thanks.