9800 SE Hardmod, help??

Schpeedy · Nov 9, 2004, 12:38 PM

I have a Powercolor 9800 SE 256bit "L" shape version. When i softmod it it works fine, no artifacts and i can overclock it up to 410 clock and 350 memory on the stock cooler. I want to hardmod it so i got out my soldering iron and soldered the connections togeather, but when i flashed the 9800PRO bios (380,340) onto it, it artifacts heeps. It has Hynix 2.8 memory.

By artifact i means the screen just does all sorts of random shit.. is it possible my ram is actually something else and what has been writen on it is just a overprint? But like i said before im running it currently with the softmod drivers and ATiTool recognising all 8 pipelines, what am i doing wrong?

fr33ze · Nov 9, 2004, 10:46 PM

the only thing i can think of is that the bios you flashed to is incompatible with the ram on your card in some way, are there any other bios' that you could try becasue it should work fine if the softmod works.

Schpeedy · Nov 10, 2004, 02:43 AM

see thats what i thought but its labled as hynix 2.8's (some large serial number that if i google it sends me to a hynix pdf) what would happen if i did try another rom i.e. if i used the samsung one rather than the hynix one would it just stop working or...?

kenling · Nov 10, 2004, 07:44 AM

i have a similiar card, powercolor 9800se with hynix 2.8 rams. here's what i've discovered works with my card: it's any 9800pro bios with samsung edie rams. if i use hynix bios i get lots of artifacts. oh... and make sure you have a pci card handy when trying out different bioses.

regards

Schpeedy · Nov 10, 2004, 01:36 PM

cool thanks i just flashed a powercolor 9800PRO with 2.8 samsung chips onto it and it wokrs fine now.. thanks guys

kenling · Nov 11, 2004, 03:17 AM

congrats. welcome to the 9800se hardmod club. hehe.

Schpeedy · Nov 11, 2004, 04:45 AM

Thanks

fr33ze · Nov 12, 2004, 10:25 PM

yeah well done mate and welcome to the club

Nov 9, 2004, 12:38 PM	#1
Schpeedy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 77 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	9800 SE Hardmod, help?? I have a Powercolor 9800 SE 256bit "L" shape version. When i softmod it it works fine, no artifacts and i can overclock it up to 410 clock and 350 memory on the stock cooler. I want to hardmod it so i got out my soldering iron and soldered the connections togeather, but when i flashed the 9800PRO bios (380,340) onto it, it artifacts heeps. It has Hynix 2.8 memory. By artifact i means the screen just does all sorts of random shit.. is it possible my ram is actually something else and what has been writen on it is just a overprint? But like i said before im running it currently with the softmod drivers and ATiTool recognising all 8 pipelines, what am i doing wrong?

Processor:	P4 3ghz Prescott
Motherboard:	Gigabyte 8IE1000 P2
Cooling:	Zalman 7000cu
Memory:	2x512 Sticks (Generic)
Video Card:	Asus 6800 np (16x6)
Hard Disk:	1xSeagate 160gig SATA + 1xWD 120gig PATA + 1xWD 80gig PATA

Nov 9, 2004, 10:46 PM	#2
fr33ze Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: loughbourough, uk Posts: 112 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	the only thing i can think of is that the bios you flashed to is incompatible with the ram on your card in some way, are there any other bios' that you could try becasue it should work fine if the softmod works. __________________ ati killer no money no time

Processor:	P4 3ghz Prescott
Motherboard:	Gigabyte 8IE1000 P2
Cooling:	Zalman 7000cu
Memory:	2x512 Sticks (Generic)
Video Card:	Asus 6800 np (16x6)
Hard Disk:	1xSeagate 160gig SATA + 1xWD 120gig PATA + 1xWD 80gig PATA

Processor:	Intel Celeron 320 E0 Stepping @ 3.6Ghz-200 fsb @ stocks volts
Motherboard:	Abit IS7-E rev 1.2 bios 2.4
Cooling:	XP-90 and ATI Silencer Rev. 3
Memory:	KVR PC3200 DT-D43 512mb X 2 @ 1:1 dual channel 2-3-3-5 @ 2.6 volts
Video Card:	MSI Radeon 9800PRO @ XT
Hard Disk:	WDC WD2000JS
PSU:	Cooler Master RS-450-ACLX
Software:	WinXP Pro

Nov 10, 2004, 02:43 AM	#3
Schpeedy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 77 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	see thats what i thought but its labled as hynix 2.8's (some large serial number that if i google it sends me to a hynix pdf) what would happen if i did try another rom i.e. if i used the samsung one rather than the hynix one would it just stop working or...?

Nov 10, 2004, 07:44 AM	#4
kenling Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 37 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	i have a similiar card, powercolor 9800se with hynix 2.8 rams. here's what i've discovered works with my card: it's any 9800pro bios with samsung edie rams. if i use hynix bios i get lots of artifacts. oh... and make sure you have a pci card handy when trying out different bioses. regards

Nov 10, 2004, 01:36 PM	#5
Schpeedy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 77 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cool thanks i just flashed a powercolor 9800PRO with 2.8 samsung chips onto it and it wokrs fine now.. thanks guys

Nov 11, 2004, 03:17 AM	#6
kenling Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 37 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	congrats. welcome to the 9800se hardmod club. hehe.

Nov 11, 2004, 04:45 AM	#7
Schpeedy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 77 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks

Nov 12, 2004, 10:25 PM	#8
fr33ze Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: loughbourough, uk Posts: 112 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah well done mate and welcome to the club __________________ ati killer no money no time

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