Coldbug fix for MSI P55-GD80, Trinergy, and Fuzion

[Raja@ASUS]

I was under the impression it was signalling, not power?

It's both actually Kenny if you think about it. Looking at the description, it sets the standing bias for the PCI/e bus reciever stages (presumably to facilitate an adequate level of voltage swing/ideal curve). IF it's increasing bias
to the receiver stages, yes it may be potentially harmful long term. I don't think a shorted value is strictly necessary actually. All vendors just copied what Sham did because they were under pressure to do so.


In this instance, a larger PEGR BIAS change is only required during post I think. Had companies of found this out earlier, I'm sure they'd of added an automated routine to change the value for a few seconds. Mind you, it's usually EVGA that do that kind of stuff. Most other boards are completely devoid of anything to do with active compensation or signal controlling circuitry, which is one of the reasons I sometimes struggle to see what they're asking you to pay for on their top-level boards other than the bling, a load of chokes and a funky box.

As a precaution, what I would do, is only use this mod while benching sub-zero. If you return to air/water cooling - reverse the mod.

later
Raja