Overheating GPU Memory

[Adrian_ae]

I bought a second hand PNY GTX 980ti reference design, the card ran with no issues. I did notice in the early stages of use the reference cooler seemed that it couldn't handle the temperatures at that time i averaged 75°C to 85°C+. I made the decision to purchase the kraken G12 to solve this issue, as it did solve the gpu core temperatures after several weeks of used I encountered another issue random game crashes that eventually lead to my entire pc freezing. I did some research which lead me to suspect it was the memory, I tried using gpuz to get an accurate reading of the temperatures, i did not find any sensors that gives me a read out. I resorted to touching the memory from the backside of the pcb while at idle they felt very hot to touch so hot that a couple seconds of exposure would be painful. I then deicide to purchase vrm/memory heatsinks on amazon in the hope that it would solve my issue it did not I will provide pictures showing where I placed the heatsinks. I removed the gpu completely as I would like to avoid damaging it, any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks all.

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[Kilrah]

900 series is too old to have memory temperature readings.

 

Usually if memory overheated to the point of getting frequent crashes/artifacting the damage is permanent, too late to add heatsinks.

[Adrian_ae]

3 hours ago, Kilrah said:

900 series is too old to have memory temperature readings.

 

Usually if memory overheated to the point of getting frequent crashes/artifacting the damage is permanent, too late to add heatsinks.

Upon adding the heatsinks it worked well for a couple days then the crashes occurred again, would it be salvageable then. Appreicate your time.

[Kilrah]

Do you have something blowing air on those heatsinks? They won't do anything without airflow.

[Adrian_ae]

45 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Do you have something blowing air on those heatsinks? They won't do anything without airflow.

I was hoping the two intakes at the front of the case would of been adequate but I'll try adding a fan at the top see if that helps, thanks for the support.