Radeon X800 Non-Pro/X800 XL/X850 Voltmods - Page 2

cubalis · Mar 5, 2005, 11:58 PM

that would be why it isn't working

Thanks for the help!

I'll come back and report how it went.

cubalis · Mar 6, 2005, 12:50 AM

Well, finally got it to work - 1.5v now.

final stable clocks on the powercolor x800xl vivo:
Core: 475MHz
Memory: 580MHz

Thanks again to everyone!

funkflix · Mar 6, 2005, 01:36 AM

Grats!

webbyboy · Mar 6, 2005, 10:18 PM

sorry to be dumb here, i am really totally noob on Vmods, Just wondering for pencil mods, how do we know how much we stroke on the resistors will increase how much voltage? i do not know have a voltmeter, so how am i going to set the voltage that i desired?

funkflix · Mar 7, 2005, 12:30 PM

Don't do the mod if u don't have an Multimeter!

webbyboy · Mar 7, 2005, 05:29 PM

I've gotten a multimeter, and i just penciled the two points for the vgpu mod, but when i measure it, the voltage gone down the more i stroke, even i stroke lightly, the voltage stay at 1.40. I don't know what's going on..

daysleeper · Mar 8, 2005, 03:49 PM

Should i use the pencil first on the vgu and vdd,and what igpu does??.When i should use vddq?

Urlyin · Mar 8, 2005, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webbyboy

I've gotten a multimeter, and i just penciled the two points for the vgpu mod, but when i measure it, the voltage gone down the more i stroke, even i stroke lightly, the voltage stay at 1.40. I don't know what's going on..

Webbyboy and Daysleeper, Guys read the article here to get a better understanding of the mod. It's on the same chips just in different locations on this series of cards...

Thanks W1zzard ... looks like I need to get in gear ...

Mar 8, 2005, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urlyin

Webbyboy and Daysleeper, Guys read the article here to get a better understanding of the mod. It's on the same chips just in different locations on this series of cards...

Thanks W1zzard ... looks like I need to get in gear ...

thanks man....now i have x800 pro@xt vivo,so i know what happens with vgpu and vddr but igpu is new for me...

Urlyin · Mar 8, 2005, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

thanks man....now i have x800 pro@xt vivo,so i know what happens with vgpu and vddr but igpu is new for me...

Unless your are going to water cool or viperchill then you'll never reach the voltage needed to apply the IGPU... just for those applying high voltages to their GPU ...

daysleeper · Mar 8, 2005, 06:28 PM

jep i got watercooling...so exactly when should i raise the igpu??.or should i consentrate only in vgpu and vccd?

webbyboy · Mar 8, 2005, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urlyin

Webbyboy and Daysleeper, Guys read the article here to get a better understanding of the mod. It's on the same chips just in different locations on this series of cards...

Thanks W1zzard ... looks like I need to get in gear ...

Yes i've already read it, but there's no indepth explanation of using the multimeter to measure the voltage, the calculations and the conversion. Care to elaborate more?

Urlyin · Mar 10, 2005, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webbyboy

Yes i've already read it, but there's no indepth explanation of using the multimeter to measure the voltage, the calculations and the conversion. Care to elaborate more?

Did you read the "Getting started" & " Pencil time" sections... simple but should get you going.

Urlyin · Mar 10, 2005, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daysleeper

jep i got watercooling...so exactly when should i raise the igpu??.or should i consentrate only in vgpu and vccd?

Day... You'll know when to use the IGPU... the card will kick out on you... don't quote me but I think I remember it being around 1.65v on the VGPU vmod ... I'm trying to find time to start and finish the vmod write up... but it's based on the same settings here using the steps under the GPU overvolt protection ...

Mar 11, 2005, 03:22 AM

Not getting anywhere with the pincil mod either, voltage isn't moving. My card has no resistor there, and bridging with a pencil seems to do absolutely nothing. I've checked and rechecked with the voltmeter. 1.35 at start, 1.35 still no matter how many swipes I make.

h017ah · Mar 11, 2005, 11:30 AM

I've got some silver varnish with practically no resistance...
Will I achieve better results if I use this instead of a pencil? And is it safe?

Urlyin · Mar 11, 2005, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h017ah

I've got some silver varnish with practically no resistance...
Will I achieve better results if I use this instead of a pencil? And is it safe?

no....

Urlyin · Mar 11, 2005, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not getting anywhere with the pincil mod either, voltage isn't moving. My card has no resistor there, and bridging with a pencil seems to do absolutely nothing. I've checked and rechecked with the voltmeter. 1.35 at start, 1.35 still no matter how many swipes I make.

are you checking the resistence before and after you pencil?

Advil · Mar 11, 2005, 06:21 PM

I'm the "unregistered" guy a few posts up.

Yes, I measured resistance. Before the pencil, there was no contact between the points. Afterward I could get it around .4? (as in .42 to .46 depending on how many passes) but still no major voltage change. Do I need to reduce resiatance more? And what else can I use besides a pencil? I could put a resistor on it, but I'd like to not physically alter the card.

h017ah · Mar 11, 2005, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urlyin

no....

No to what?
About safety or about resistance...

funkflix · Mar 11, 2005, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h017ah

No to what?
About safety or about resistance...

U need resitance for the mod, thats the precept how a mod works!

That's not only an direct connection between two points, know what i mean?

Advil · Mar 11, 2005, 09:30 PM

How about a trimmer? I have a handfull of 20k-50k variable trimmers, but I REALLY didn't want to physically alter the card.

Are there any other gurus here who can verify the pencil mod on an X800XL without any resistor at the VGPU?

Also, mine is the RED PCB, CompUSA business purchase from a week ago.

Urlyin · Mar 11, 2005, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Advil

How about a trimmer? I have a handfull of 20k-50k variable trimmers, but I REALLY didn't want to physically alter the card.

Are there any other gurus here who can verify the pencil mod on an X800XL without any resistor at the VGPU?

Also, mine is the RED PCB, CompUSA business purchase from a week ago.

Read the article here to get an Idea of how to do the pencil mod... W1zzard updated the pics so make sure you review them again ...

AllBrain · Mar 15, 2005, 11:22 AM

Well I have found the two tech docs for the chips on my non-standard Gecube X800XL PCB. Can someone have a look at them please?

Memory
GPU

daysleeper · Mar 16, 2005, 04:51 PM

well i still don't know that when i pencil vgpu (yep no resistor there) so how i know when i got some pencil in it?.How many ohms should there be?.I'ts much easier when there is a resistor and you can measure that the value has gone down but when there is no resistor....

Mar 15, 2005, 11:22 AM	#49
AllBrain Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 6 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well I have found the two tech docs for the chips on my non-standard Gecube X800XL PCB. Can someone have a look at them please? Memory GPU __________________ MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum Ultra \| AMD Athlon 64 939 3200+ \| Crucial Ballistix DDR400 512MB x2 Gecube X800XL 256MB PCI-E \| Koolance PC2-650BW Water-Cooling \| AOpen 500W Power-Supply Last edited by AllBrain; May 27, 2005 at 07:29 AM.

Mar 16, 2005, 04:51 PM	#50
daysleeper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Haapavesi,Finland Posts: 24 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well i still don't know that when i pencil vgpu (yep no resistor there) so how i know when i got some pencil in it?.How many ohms should there be?.I'ts much easier when there is a resistor and you can measure that the value has gone down but when there is no resistor.... __________________ amd a-64 opteron 144 1,45v 24/7 3000Mhz,DFI LANPARTY ULTRA.D,sapphire x800gto2@x850xtpe,lg flatron l1950h.... ..watercooling..

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Mar 5, 2005, 11:58 PM	#26
cubalis Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	that would be why it isn't working Thanks for the help! I'll come back and report how it went.

Mar 6, 2005, 12:50 AM	#27
cubalis Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, finally got it to work - 1.5v now. final stable clocks on the powercolor x800xl vivo: Core: 475MHz Memory: 580MHz Thanks again to everyone!

Mar 6, 2005, 01:36 AM	#28
funkflix Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 98 (0.03/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Grats!

Mar 6, 2005, 10:18 PM	#29
webbyboy Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	sorry to be dumb here, i am really totally noob on Vmods, Just wondering for pencil mods, how do we know how much we stroke on the resistors will increase how much voltage? i do not know have a voltmeter, so how am i going to set the voltage that i desired?

Mar 7, 2005, 12:30 PM	#30
funkflix Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 98 (0.03/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Don't do the mod if u don't have an Multimeter!

Mar 7, 2005, 05:29 PM	#31
webbyboy Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've gotten a multimeter, and i just penciled the two points for the vgpu mod, but when i measure it, the voltage gone down the more i stroke, even i stroke lightly, the voltage stay at 1.40. I don't know what's going on..

Mar 8, 2005, 03:49 PM	#32
daysleeper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Haapavesi,Finland Posts: 24 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Should i use the pencil first on the vgu and vdd,and what igpu does??.When i should use vddq?

Mar 8, 2005, 06:28 PM	#36
daysleeper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Haapavesi,Finland Posts: 24 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	jep i got watercooling...so exactly when should i raise the igpu??.or should i consentrate only in vgpu and vccd?

Mar 11, 2005, 03:22 AM	#40
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Not getting anywhere with the pincil mod either, voltage isn't moving. My card has no resistor there, and bridging with a pencil seems to do absolutely nothing. I've checked and rechecked with the voltmeter. 1.35 at start, 1.35 still no matter how many swipes I make.

Mar 11, 2005, 11:30 AM	#41
h017ah Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've got some silver varnish with practically no resistance... Will I achieve better results if I use this instead of a pencil? And is it safe?

Mar 11, 2005, 06:21 PM	#44
Advil Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm the "unregistered" guy a few posts up. Yes, I measured resistance. Before the pencil, there was no contact between the points. Afterward I could get it around .4? (as in .42 to .46 depending on how many passes) but still no major voltage change. Do I need to reduce resiatance more? And what else can I use besides a pencil? I could put a resistor on it, but I'd like to not physically alter the card.

Mar 11, 2005, 09:30 PM	#47
Advil Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How about a trimmer? I have a handfull of 20k-50k variable trimmers, but I REALLY didn't want to physically alter the card. Are there any other gurus here who can verify the pencil mod on an X800XL without any resistor at the VGPU? Also, mine is the RED PCB, CompUSA business purchase from a week ago.

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