POLL: X800PRO mod success/failure

Considering the great interest in this topic, I thought it would be nice to have official list of mods that worked/failed. From reading forums till my eyes almost bleed, I see that scraping, make of card, serial code, type of conductive material, flashing and drivers do not influence the mod (they are not required).

Post as follows so that we can get any trends (if any):
FAILED/WORKED
Name
Link to Pics
Model (Sapphire, PowerColor etc)
GPU Serial
Method used

I'm hoping that as people post their successes/failures, I can compile the list. Didn't just google the net because can't trust unknown sources, considering how easy it is to use Photoshop... this is list of XtremeSystems members who tried the mod. And I'm sure we'll all be comfortable in the confines of the honor system (Seinfeld, LOL)

I'll try and get a list going of the codes of successes or failures I find:

Failed:

GB7293.1
0420AA

GA8992.1
0414AA

G88805.1
0420AA

GA8991.1
0415AA

G8988.1
XXXXXX

G8993.5
0414AA

G8808.1
XXXXXX

GA8994.1
0414AA

GA899.1
0414AA

GB7294.1
0418AA

Suceeded:

GA8993.5
0416AA

G62744.1.W02
0411AA

GA8999.1 << 2 Successes
0416AA

GA9000.1
0416AA

GA9001.1
XXXXXX

GA8999.1
0411AA

GB8832.1
0420AA

Fail X800 Pro BBA
AA .1

I think somebody's BS'ing. Two people said they were successful but didn't post.

Tried 3 times with my BBA card, then just picked up the real thing. They're hard to find but not impossible.:D

OT:

Nice avatar Fugger!

Fugger, and Storm, do you still have your BBAs ? I'll add the full codes above...

Sold mine immediately after receiving my XT, sorry.

It's whatever OPP's is I'm sure.

Failed
powercolor with code 215RAACGA11F
GA8992.1

impu|se is the third line:

0414AA ?

215raacga11f
g88805.1
0420aa


failed

did it 3 times...so finaly scraped between the bridges and applied conductive paint again...NO GO

Quote:

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Originally posted by brwmogazos
215raacga11f
g88805.1
0420aa


failed

did it 3 times...so finaly scraped between the bridges and applied conductive paint again...NO GO

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I think those people who clicked that it worked were just BS...

To those who are considering the mod:

I'm sure if you scrape for long enough (through the card??), and sniff enough glue, that, in your disillusioned state the mod will be working, and pink unicorns will be singing that you are the best!

GA8999.1 <-- 2 Successes
0416AA
GA8999.1 <-- 1 Success
0411AA

Quote:

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Originally posted by ***Deimos***
I think those people who clicked that it worked were just BS...

To those who are considering the mod:

I'm sure if you scrape for long enough (through the card??), and sniff enough glue, that, in your disillusioned state the mod will be working, and pink unicorns will be singing that you are the best!

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:p: i like your theory

Failed: Sapphire
GA899.1
0414AA :mad:

So far no 411s or 416s have failed :) Looks like the magic number...

My 0414 failed~

Quote:

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Originally posted by LilGator
So far no 411s or 416s have failed :) Looks like the magic number...

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I wouldn't speak so soon. We have only just begun researching this.

GA8999.1 <----- Success
0416AA


GB7293.1
0420AA <------ Failed

I know, its just a recurring pattern ... :)

Hehe... Thinkin about gettin a pro... XT is first here in denmark in 1 month!!...

Quote:

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Originally posted by Naser
GA8999.1 <----- Success
0416AA


GB7293.1
0420AA <------ Failed

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now please tell me how to get a card with the same stepping code?:D

Ask the purple unicorn to fetch you the right one... puff the pink dragon knows where they are.

BTW: Anybody concerned that the mod is only bringing in 800-1000 3DM03 points? Shouldn't it be like 33% (4/12) more, considering that the benchmark is mostly GPU-limited?

X800 - MY recommendation: Wait till X800XT is available in your neighbourhood, and then get it for the extra $50-100 (over X800PRO), and you don't have to worry about modding/flashing/clocks... you're already set to go.

***Deimos*** Maybe a good thing to ba a teeny wheeny bit more impartial about this mod, if you want to seem serious :D

Quote:

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Originally posted by ***Deimos***
Ask the purple unicorn to fetch you the right one... puff the pink dragon knows where they are.

BTW: Anybody concerned that the mod is only bringing in 800-1000 3DM03 points? Shouldn't it be like 33% (4/12) more, considering that the benchmark is mostly GPU-limited?

X800 - MY recommendation: Wait till X800XT is available in your neighbourhood, and then get it for the extra $50-100 (over X800PRO), and you don't have to worry about modding/flashing/clocks... you're already set to go.

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In answer to the one semi-valid question you asked, NOPE!:mad:

Quote:

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Originally posted by Crankster
***Deimos*** Maybe a good thing to ba a teeny wheeny bit more impartial about this mod, if you want to seem serious :D

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I hope I didn't offend anyone.. I though I was being funny with the unicorn stuff.... But, from my experience benching 3DMark03, people are seeing way below the expected results. Obviously I don't expect their results to be exactly 33% higher, but something else is clearly responsible for the perfomance boosts that some people who claim mod works are reporting:
1. Overclocking (because of XT bios being applied)
2. Cat4.6 drivers improve 3DMark03... few people I've seen used Aquamark to verify.
3. Because it is the internet and you shouldn't trust everything that you hear... there will alway be somebody who thinks its "cool" to trick people by pretending to have a working softmod, show photoshoped pictures, and refer to obscure techie terms to confuse newbies into frying their cards... its the day and age we live in. (BTW: That softmod changes PCI DeviceID to X800Pro value. Changing it has no effect according to Wizzard who checked all sorts of cards, and has been working on softmod for weeks now).

Tried the mod on a PowerColor X800 Pro.

215RAACGA11F
GB8808.1
0418AA

Failed.

Might try again since I had too much coffee the day I tried the mod and my hands were shaking pretty good :p:

Hi

I try the mod on a Powercolor x800Pro

215RAACGA11F
GA8999.1
0414AA

I have seen the 16 pipes for 4-5 hours, but now i have only 12 yet. I think ATI-Tool has found by the first boot my 16 pipes, then i tried to install the x800xt driver, by the next boot i have only 12 pipes.

http://www.dark-tweaker.com/x800pro-xt-mod.htm

Here a pic of my Powercolor X800Pro Hitman Edition.
The X800XT Hardmod doesnt work. Done it correctly and many times again.
http://www.opsosite.de/upload/data/media/21/R420.jpg

GA8993.5
0416AA
Success

my is a GB9995.1 0423AA
i have NOT tryed yet....

WORKED
X800 Pro With VIVO, 1.6ns mem, bridge not blown so no need to connect.
PowerColor
GPU serial ???? never checked
Method:
1. Flash the Gigabyte bios with the utility in this file (bios and utility included). This will unlock your 16 pipelines but it seems to lower everyones max overclock. Gigabytes flash utility seems to be the only one that effects the pipelines.
( Use this command: GVF11 -P -F R80X256V.F1 )

2. Next flash the X800 Pro Bios with Flashrom v2.37. This will give you your Original overclock back most likely. It worked for many and you still get 16 pipelines enabled. (Use this command: FLASHROM -P -F 0 (bios name))

3. Finally, Flash the X800 XT Bios to make your card a full fledge X800XT.
(Use this command: FLASHROM -P -F 0 (bios name))

used same method as shroom. but did a pencil mod to 1.41v from 1.32v and use'n the gigabyte bios. good to at least 520/560 now.

R420
215RADCGA11F
GB8832.1
0420AA

with samsung CG16 memory chips.

So it is working! Sheees, this could get interesting!

I don't see any correlation with the GPU code on the die.

However, my best guess, is still the same; a few X800XT being remarked and sold as as X800PRO. Basically, regardless of modding, you either have 12pipe core or 16pipe core with 4 disabled. If anyone finds a sure way to tell which is which please let us know =^0

the for sure way is to by a x800pro with vivo. So far all of them have had 1.6ns mem and the bridge is not blow. Just a simple bios flash and bam, you have an xt. Mines runing at 545/625 with stico cooling and no vmods.

Most of the info can be found in this thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=36912
100% success rate with vivo's

I have an BBA X800Pro(ATI) only with the XT memory and no cuts on the traces, also is video in only. Only 12 pipes with ATI tool.

Can I just flash?

If yes which way do I do it?

Thanks

try flashing... sounds promising. im pretty sure u've gotta shut down some sort of program that checks for vivo or ur computer will just shut off.

It worked but I still got 12 pipes will look in to solution to enable the last 4 pipes.

Worked !!

X800PRO VIVO @ X800XT GIGABYTE :banana:

475/900 @ 525/1.15GHZ :toast:

I tried the soft mod on my Sapphire X800 pro VIVO

215RAACGA11F
GA8995.1
0416AA

After the mod, the ati tool shows that I have only 12 pipelines
But the card runs very stable on the new clocks (526/574).

So the mod FAILED

3dmark2003 score : 11k with p4 3GHz

mlter2002, you have the AA in the top code/serial, so you might have to the mod to the chip itself as well. :stick:

~Bob

yeah, after I seached the internet I realised that.

but I don't have the courage to do that. Can I blow up the ati x800pro with the hardware mod??:confused:

I worked hard to earn that card.

But does anybody know a good walktrough for the hardware mod

thx

there are many sets of instructions posted here on these forums.

Quote:

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Download the Gigabyte XT Bios, then flash it like this:
gvf11 -p R80X256V_filename.F1

If it won't flash with -p you need to force it:
gvf11 R80X256V_filename.F1 -f

Done!
That's ALL you need to do.

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here is another

Quote:

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If you don't want to install your card as a Gigabyte XT you might also backup your old bios and flash it over the Gigabyte bios;
this won't disable 16 pipes again, because flashrom doesn't overwrite everything.
Here you go:

Backup BIOS:
flashrom -s 0backup.bin

Gigabyte XT BIOS:
gvf11 -p R80X256V_filename.F1
or
gvf11 R80X256V_filename.F1 -f

Re-Flash your backup:
flashrom -p 0 backup.bin

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The Gigabyte XT Bios is required to unlock pipelines, and is the ONLY thing required (and only BIOS that can do this). Nothing else has to be done.

However, if you only flash Gigabyte bios, your card will be recognized as a Gigabyte, and max GPU/mem oc clocks are lower. So that is why you would flash back to your original BIOS, which doesn't affect enable pipeline number.

Unless you're a neurosurgeon (have very steady hand), or can afford to lose the card, do not hard mod it. (It's called "hard" because its "hard" to do and "hard" to fix if you screwup).

Make sure you tried the Gigabyte bios properly. It is unlikely that connecting the bridges will make a difference, since I have yet to see anybody establish correlation that it's what enabled the pipelines. Yes, a few people did it, and got 16 pipelines. But they also flashed the BIOS. So far >20 people have mod working with Gigabyte BIOS on X800PRO VIVO.. with few failures.

My worked also i flash with the modded flasrom and x800pro vivo bios and then to xt bios instead and 4 pipe opened right up:toast:

Point out that this thread was originally intended to be about the hardmod as the softmod wasn't known when this thread was started. I'd say the poll is fubar now. :(

FAILURE

BBA X800 Pro

Stepping:
215RAACGA11F
GA9004.1
0412AA

Method: Hardmodded with and w/o exposing the copper nodes. I used a thumbtack to drill down just over the 2 contact points. I did not dig a trench in between like some others did. Really hoping that filling the laser cut with non-conductive material and bridging over it was the key to getting it to work. Seemed the most likely reason why things might not be working for others and I know only a few people have tried it. Used superglue to cover it, then decided to melt some wax over it to make sure it it was filled. Used conductive paint from a defogger kit to bridge the gap.

Even though it was a failure, I did manage to get 16 pipes to temporarily show in ATITool. This was only when the drivers were uninstalled, which was totally useless. Anyway, here is a pic:
http://www.iownjoo.com/freeimghost/s...6 pipes!!!.jpg
I remember OPP having the same problem and it would seem that the right bios/driver implementation might be able to enable those last 4. Personally, I've tried just about everything out there including force installing the X800XT drivers using the 4.6 beta CATS

I tried flashing using both the Gigabyte/utility and ATI X800XT bioses. Oddly enough, I was only getting 16 pipes with the ATI X800XT bios & the drivers uninstalled. It's possible I may not have thoroughly removed the drivers when I had the Gigabyte bios installed.

As I said earlier (post 14), I tried to flash my sapphire x800pro to xt.(http://paddy007uk.freeservers.com/VG...SH%20GUIDE.htm)

But that didn't work. I ran stable on the xt clocks (525/573).
The performance gain is minimal so now I want to go back to my original bios (backup I made). But after I flashed with my backup, I still have the xt clocks and the overdrive utility.
How can I go back???:confused:

Do I have to use another flash utility (I used flashrom 2.37)?

thx

use the empty.bin flashrom utility then install your backup.

failed gc5019.1

is there any chance for : GF5647.1 core ? (04-43th week)