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So it wouldn't bother LilGator if he couldn't RMA that 9800XT of his if something happened to it, even though it is 95% of the value of his rig....hmmm. Do you believe that OPP? I don't think I do.Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I give up on this mod, no luck:D
I'll just wait for the XT to come out and then get one.
OPP
Yep I'm done as well. Nothing like a little HS removal practice... :rolleyes: My XT is on it's way. :D
Come on you can't give up!Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I give up on this mod, no luck:D
I'll just wait for the XT to come out and then get one.
OPP
I was just getting my hopes up. :(
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Originally posted by StormPC
My XT is on it's way. :D
amen..........
ahem, actually its a 9800 Pro :)Quote:
Originally posted by StormPC
So it wouldn't bother LilGator if he couldn't RMA that 9800XT of his if something happened to it, even though it is 95% of the value of his rig....hmmm. Do you believe that OPP? I don't think I do.
Yep I'm done as well. Nothing like a little HS removal practice... :rolleyes: My XT is on it's way. :D
Anyway, if it died, i'd throw it away and get an X800XT :D
Wouldn't eat lunch for the rest of the year, but hey :rolleyes:
for me lunch + dinner and only one piece of bread at the breakfast lol :D
EDIT: best diet for a computer addict
erm guys,
kunaak and opp, what brand cards were these you two used? bba's?
Yes they were...... the only people to sucessfully do the mod have Sapphire's. That still puzzles me because aren't the BBA's made in the same factory as the Sapphire's????Quote:
Originally posted by sky
erm guys,
kunaak and opp, what brand cards were these you two used? bba's?
Sapphire builds all of ATI's "BBA" cards IIRC...
That all the cards that modded are Saphire and none of the Ati's that were tried working, could be coincidence or a trend. No way to tell at this point, with such a small number being tried.
Hehe are you sure? ;)Quote:
Soldering is out of the question! Ink or paint is the only way.
http://myweb.hinet.net/home11/angel9...pro/mod/cu.jpg
Looks like soldering iron job to me :D
more 12 to 16 pipe stuff here
mine a ATI retail card from bestbuy.com
as for soldering the points together?
it looks pretty damn hard to me, tiny tiny point.
not impossible, but not something I'd dare say I myself could do.
it's about 50 times smaller then anything I've ever solderd.
I never said you couldn't drop a blob of solder on a pad, just said it's a bad idea. Are you saying you (or the person in the picture) have done the mod successfully?Quote:
Originally posted by macci
Hehe are you sure? ;)
http://myweb.hinet.net/home11/angel9...pro/mod/cu.jpg
Looks like soldering iron job to me :D
more 12 to 16 pipe stuff here
ouch...thats tiny...i wonder how on earth can you solder something so tiny in there...looking at my 12W soldering iron and solder seems impossible yes:DQuote:
Originally posted by Kunaak
mine a ATI retail card from bestbuy.com
as for soldering the points together?
it looks pretty damn hard to me, tiny tiny point.
not impossible, but not something I'd dare say I myself could do.
it's about 50 times smaller then anything I've ever solderd.
I used to unlock XPs with silver conductive paint...it was so easy...i guess its no different for the PROS? i can see people mentioning you have to scrape in a straight line the chip in order to see copper underneith? why? wouldnt connecting those two dots with conductive paint do the job?
I remember reading the UC bunch also saying they had to "FORCE" the beta 4.5 drivers to se it as an XT.
Not sure how to do that.
I was gona try this but my card tops out at 510 on the core....i guess the vcore mod might get me the last 10Mhz ??
I have tried this scraping painting etc twice now but am inclined to believe that only 'certain' cards are capable of having the pipes enabled...
On the mod itself i scratched untill i could see a tiny line of bright copper as described by chris_uk...cleaned it with isopropal then painted with the same conductive paint used by chris_uk
Bear in mind that my core will only just do 536mhz watercooled and about 563 mhz mem. This is way below the clocks reached by at least 2 of the people who have been succesful...having thier cores and mem around the 600 mhz mark before even attempting the mod
maybe a few cards slipped through the net and onto the pro cards but it seems the delay in the XT could be considered as not that many gpu's are 16 pipe and clock capable
In Austria we have tried to mod 2 Powercolor X800 Pro cards, and non worked.. so I geuss only Sapphire makes modable cards
I haven't seen my x800pro in a few weeks now. So no I haven't done the mod. But check the link I posted there :)Quote:
Are you saying you (or the person in the picture) have done the mod successfully?
Well I guess it sjust sapphire for now.
Well I saw 16 pipes again this morning.
Sofar, the only time I've seen it is when I boot into a OS after useing my 9800XT, and then windows sees the X800PRO and installs a driver for it by itself. It then asks for a reboot, before I do, I check the pipes, and sure enough there are 16, once I get back into windows with the new X800 driver, the pipes are back to 12.
And yes, I have tryed all the Drivers, inclueding forceing the 800XT driver, nothing works right. I know I have the dots connected. Maybe I'll try x4 or somthing but I think my card just has a problem with 16 pipes. Sometimes I can't even get into the OS. I'm thinking this when the 16 pipes are active. The only way to get back into the OS is go into Safe mod and remove the driver.
Sometimes the OS works fine, so who knows:D
And I've never seen the 16 pipes when the driver was installed yet.
OPP
gg
werent the sapphire 9500s the only ones that could softmod/hardmod iirc?
you need to go to the ati folder and delete the driver that is forcing upon reboot and also disconnect your internet so it cant download it for you. and see what happens.Quote:
Originally posted by OPPAINTER
and then windows sees the X800PRO and installs a driver for it by itself.
OPP
Do you need to do a straight line? or could you curve it out some? seems like it might make it easier to solder/connect.
Sooo...
It seems like the chances of modding your x800pro into an x800xt are next to none...
Still early days imo...What worries me is that Opp & a few other hardcore/Xtreme modders aren't having any luck with this card...
Looks like I'll be waiting at least another month or so til either the Xtremists have had more time with the x800pro or just fork out the extra bucks for the x800xt...
Anyone after a well used 9800pro or 9800xt??:D jk...