Voltage Uncap Your GTX460!

[20mmrain]

Here is a nice little run.... still not all maxed out but getting close.... I wanted to see how well it worked

 

[Flak]

Do you have to change anything in AB after flashing the bios?

Flashed the modified bios, then pulled it with gpu-z to double check. Looking at it in Nibitor I see voltage limit has changed to 1.2125 yet AB still maxes out at 1.087 and X-HD still maxes at 1.100.

This kind of voltage change just not possible on a Galaxy maybe?

 

[JrRacinFan]

I didn't have to make any other changes. No reinstall of afterburner or drivers.Upload your bios here in ZIP format and I will take a lok at next available opportunity.

 

[Flak]

Here it is, thanks

 

[JrRacinFan]

That is odd. Is the card a Gigabyte or a Palit? Can you link me to the exact card you own.

 

[Flak]

http://www.galaxytech.com/en/productview.aspx?id=308

 

[20mmrain]

I didn't have to change anything in MS afterburner either. I unlocked my Voltage all the way to 1.212 volts. (Of course I would never get that high) But this hack works quite nicely especially for benches!!!

Hmmm Did you find out how to help out Flak? I just looked in Nibitor and noticed to listing for Galaxy. Just Nvidia....

 

[JrRacinFan]

I didn't have to change anything in MS afterburner either. I unlocked my Voltage all the way to 1.212 volts. (Of course I would never get that high) But this hack works quite nicely especially for benches!!!

Hmmm Did you find out how to help out Flak? I just looked in Nibitor and noticed to listing for Galaxy. Just Nvidia....

Yah, it's getting me confuzzled. Only thing I can think of is reinstalling afterburner or flashing a different comparable card's bios(is alot of times a no-no).

 

[Deleted member 74752]

Flak - Use Nvidia Inspector instead of Afterburner... http://downloads.guru3d.com/NVIDIA-Inspector-1.92-download-2612.html

 

[20mmrain]

Yah, it's getting me confuzzled. Only thing I can think of is reinstalling afterburner or flashing a different comparable card's bios(is alot of times a no-no).

Hmmm I will have to do some research. I don't think having him do a different card right now would be a good thing. Unless he was to use the Nvidia name.... but with that non reference cooler on his card I can't tell if the PCB is still a reference design or not.

 

[Flak]

nvidia inspector gave me the same cap as AB...

Here's a pic of the front of the card, let me know if you need a specific area in more detail.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Just out of curiosity, did you flash the new bios? I know it may sound silly for me to say it but ...

 

[Flak]

Yes in DOS using nvflash

nvflash -4 -5 -6 GF104.rom

is what I used to flash it, hit yes for the 2 questions that popped. The bios I linked in this thread is the bios gpu-z pulled from my card after the flash. So I am assuming it flashed successfully.....

 

[JrRacinFan]

I'm out of ideas. What driver rev. are you on?

 

[20mmrain]

nvidia inspector gave me the same cap as AB...

Here's a pic of the front of the card, let me know if you need a specific area in more detail.
[url]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9425/dscf0287n.th.jpg[/URL]

That is not a reference PCB. I can tell that for a fact. That PCB almost looks like the Palit's PCB.

 

[Deleted member 74752]

Yes in DOS using nvflash

nvflash -4 -5 -6 GF104.rom

is what I used to flash it, hit yes for the 2 questions that popped. The bios I linked in this thread is the bios gpu-z pulled from my card after the flash. So I am assuming it flashed successfully.....

Try the flash again with this command : nvflash.exe -5 -6 GF104.rom

 

[20mmrain]

So is the problem he still can not get voltage control yet? If so what Overclocking program is he using to control voltage with?

 

[Flak]

Going to try the flash again using rickss69's suggestion.

I am running 260.63, I've tried afterburner, galaxy's own program XtremeTunerHD, and also nvidiainspector. I can control voltage in all the above programs (with xtremetuner maxing out at 1.1, where the other two max out at 1.087) but can't go above the max voltage built into the programs regardless of the bios I modified and grabbing various modified bios' online.

 

[Deleted member 74752]

Just out of curiosity, but do you have the latest version of Nvidia Inspector? http://downloads.guru3d.com/NVIDIA-Inspector-1.92-download-2612.html

(259.22 driver seems to work best for me)

 

[Flak]

Just tried flashing again, still maxing out at 1.087 in both AB and Nvidia Inspector v1.92

 

[20mmrain]

Going to try the flash again using rickss69's suggestion.

I am running 260.63, I've tried afterburner, galaxy's own program XtremeTunerHD, and also nvidiainspector. I can control voltage in all the above programs (with xtremetuner maxing out at 1.1, where the other two max out at 1.087) but can't go above the max voltage built into the programs regardless of the bios I modified and grabbing various modified bios' online.

Now I am an Nvidia Novice. I am more of an ATI guy then anything. But when dealing with ATI Non Reference PCB cards tend to not have the same options and BIOS's as the Reference cards.

Since you card is not a reference PCB it might be possible to have limitations on the card it's self. Meaning Hardware Voltage mod might be your only option.

Or while the PCB you are using looks an awful lot like Palit's PCB....it might not have the same voltage chip. Which means programs like MSI AB and others might not fully support it. All though that doesn't make sense either since you can control it up to 1.087 or 1.1.

Out of curiosity... JR???? What was the max Voltage you gave him in the BIOS you made for him?

Man I am running out of Idea's too..... Still looking into it.

Just tried flashing again, still maxing out at 1.087 in both AB and Nvidia Inspector v1.92

After thought..... Alright have you installed new drivers since the flash. Also reinstall MSI AB and other Over clocking programs.

Also try to raise the voltage in increments meaning that the voltage in MSI AB for me would not let me go to 1.105 but it would let me go to 1.112. Like it is set up as step ups and won;t let you go in between.

Now also with the 260.63 Drivers people at EVGA have been having problems with the 260.63 drivers taking their settings that they set their cards at and the drivers will set them back to the defaults every time.

Have you tried this hack with the 258.96 WHQL Drivers? Just because this hack works for me and JR with these drivers doesn't mean there isn't another conflict with you.

 

[Flak]

I didn't get a bios from JR, modified my own. Attached the bios that I flashed to my card a couple posts up to make sure I modified it right (the bios I attached is the bios I pulled from my card using gpu-z after the flash).

 

[Deleted member 74752]

Almost out of ideas myself. Are you clicking the "unlock max" button after opening Nvidia Inspector? (Sorry, but I had to ask...)

 

[Flak]

Definitely tried that a couple times now

 

[20mmrain]

Definitely tried that a couple times now

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Just tried flashing again, still maxing out at 1.087 in both AB and Nvidia Inspector v1.92
After thought..... Alright have you installed new drivers since the flash. Also reinstall MSI AB and other Over clocking programs.

Also try to raise the voltage in increments meaning that the voltage in MSI AB for me would not let me go to 1.105 but it would let me go to 1.112. Like it is set up as step ups and won;t let you go in between.

Now also with the 260.63 Drivers people at EVGA have been having problems with the 260.63 drivers taking their settings that they set their cards at and the drivers will set them back to the defaults every time.

Have you tried this hack with the 258.96 WHQL Drivers? Just because this hack works for me and JR with these drivers doesn't mean there isn't another conflict with you.

????