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This cooler is a nightmare to get decent "hotspot" temperatures. It's the only one temperature which won't let me play games or even use my Vega 56 graphic card more intensively, because of the "hotspot" temperatures going up to the hell high 105-110C in just couple of seconds, which result in a throttle & downclock to 850-900MHz on the core (EVGA GTX 970 Superclocked performance) and very often lost connection to the monitor (black screen) and a need to turn the PC off by holding the power button. I'd never buy it... if reviewers of couple (4-6) of reviews mention about this issue, which appears to be a common thing for many (not all) Vega users who tried Morpheus II on their Vega.
My Vega is "molded", without different heights between the core and memory & Morpheus II is the standard version, black heatsink, if that matters. It's mounted properly, I've checked everything couple of times
Every temperature else looks to be very good in idle, (24C in my room) 28-32C on every sensor except HBM VRM vel GPU VR MVDD Temperature which is 42C, and while running Unigine Heaven stress test, they all are in the 55-60C range, except the evil "hotspot" which reach 105-110C in just couple of seconds after starting the benchmark. I've already refitted the Morpheus II heatsink 7 times and every time was "hotspot" the only one problem. I've read many advice on internet, especially these about making more pressure to the heatsink by screwing on all 4 screws a little bit more than when they stops, but don't you think I've already tried it? It's maximum as it's now and won't get any more. I've already fucked heads of 2 screws after all these tries and need to order new ones before I try 8th time on me. I've tried with the Morpheus II "cross" and with the "cross" coming from my reference cooler. The one coming from the reference cooler work a bit better, but far away from good. I've also tried with and without spacers but the result of all tries is the same - hotspot is reaching 105-110C in either 2 or 20 seconds. The higher "hotspot" temperatures, the longer time in 100-110C range then more throttle, ending up in 850-900MHz on core (constantly) when it stays at 104-106C and fans speed reaching their maximum. No matter my own fan curve. The hotspot temperature is a part of the fan speed and replaces my curve. Maybe because of the critical temperature.
What else could be wrong here? Maybe something I missed, haven't tried yet or something I just don't know? I'm starting to wonder if everything is OK with mounting brackets, if they're straight, and/or the whole heatsink itself is an issue and need a replacement? How to check all that before I contact Raijntek and try to get a replacement? Everything looks to be OK to my eye. I can't imagine that I put so much time and can't get this shit to work after 7 tries. It's been a 3 weeks nightmare for me. I'm completely tired of all these tries with taking the GPU out of PC, unscrew the heatsink, clean it and the GPU die out of thermal paste, apply new thermal paste, screw on, mount again, check, read on internet... everything that takes at least 2 hours every time I do it. So sad I can't run any other game than Solitaire since 3 weeks when I first tried to mount this cooler I've never had a single issue with any cooler I've had in my life, and I've had CPU coolers from Noctua, Be-Quiet and now I've just bought the Scythe Fuma II and everything works like a charm. I've also had GPU coolers back in time, namely Gelid Icy Vision and Arctic Accelero. No single problem with any of them either.
Anyone could help me to manage this? Please.
BTW. Is there a way to change the "no connection" and a black screen when the GPU fails? Such a thing never happened to me when I've had NVIDIA GTX 970 before. If something got wrong with it, only the driver stopped/restarted, but with Vega I need to turn off the PC with the power button and start it again? Not even reset works as it ends up with a restarted PC with "no connection" box flying on the monitor...
My Vega is "molded", without different heights between the core and memory & Morpheus II is the standard version, black heatsink, if that matters. It's mounted properly, I've checked everything couple of times
Every temperature else looks to be very good in idle, (24C in my room) 28-32C on every sensor except HBM VRM vel GPU VR MVDD Temperature which is 42C, and while running Unigine Heaven stress test, they all are in the 55-60C range, except the evil "hotspot" which reach 105-110C in just couple of seconds after starting the benchmark. I've already refitted the Morpheus II heatsink 7 times and every time was "hotspot" the only one problem. I've read many advice on internet, especially these about making more pressure to the heatsink by screwing on all 4 screws a little bit more than when they stops, but don't you think I've already tried it? It's maximum as it's now and won't get any more. I've already fucked heads of 2 screws after all these tries and need to order new ones before I try 8th time on me. I've tried with the Morpheus II "cross" and with the "cross" coming from my reference cooler. The one coming from the reference cooler work a bit better, but far away from good. I've also tried with and without spacers but the result of all tries is the same - hotspot is reaching 105-110C in either 2 or 20 seconds. The higher "hotspot" temperatures, the longer time in 100-110C range then more throttle, ending up in 850-900MHz on core (constantly) when it stays at 104-106C and fans speed reaching their maximum. No matter my own fan curve. The hotspot temperature is a part of the fan speed and replaces my curve. Maybe because of the critical temperature.
What else could be wrong here? Maybe something I missed, haven't tried yet or something I just don't know? I'm starting to wonder if everything is OK with mounting brackets, if they're straight, and/or the whole heatsink itself is an issue and need a replacement? How to check all that before I contact Raijntek and try to get a replacement? Everything looks to be OK to my eye. I can't imagine that I put so much time and can't get this shit to work after 7 tries. It's been a 3 weeks nightmare for me. I'm completely tired of all these tries with taking the GPU out of PC, unscrew the heatsink, clean it and the GPU die out of thermal paste, apply new thermal paste, screw on, mount again, check, read on internet... everything that takes at least 2 hours every time I do it. So sad I can't run any other game than Solitaire since 3 weeks when I first tried to mount this cooler I've never had a single issue with any cooler I've had in my life, and I've had CPU coolers from Noctua, Be-Quiet and now I've just bought the Scythe Fuma II and everything works like a charm. I've also had GPU coolers back in time, namely Gelid Icy Vision and Arctic Accelero. No single problem with any of them either.
Anyone could help me to manage this? Please.
BTW. Is there a way to change the "no connection" and a black screen when the GPU fails? Such a thing never happened to me when I've had NVIDIA GTX 970 before. If something got wrong with it, only the driver stopped/restarted, but with Vega I need to turn off the PC with the power button and start it again? Not even reset works as it ends up with a restarted PC with "no connection" box flying on the monitor...
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