x800gt unlocking pipelines; Need real walktrough :D

[shinichi]

well i can say its not about the wrong bridges connected,

btw yesterday i make 1 successfull unlock Sapphire X800GT 12p but now the card was sold.

now i get new x800gt the no. on pcb is 0519, i connect the exactly same bridge as i connect my previous sapphire x800GT, but now i confused why my pipeline not unlocked to 12p but downlocked to 4p ?

can someone give me the successfull Sapphire X800GT unlocked 12p bios ?, and the flasher, coz i worried thet i flashed a wrong bios with a wrong flasher...

but the downlock happens before i tried to flash any bioses, why is this ?

btw the picture in up there was my successfull unlocked sapphire x800gt

@Shyska
what do you use to connect the bridges ?

 

[Shyska]

Hey, pardon, but that "bridge" looks messy! Correct me if i'm wrong, but you would get 4 pipes instead of 8 if you connect 3 points, isn't it?

I used "silberleitlack" that i got from my local harware shop, babelfish translates it as "silver conductive paint", so i believe it is Looks like silver enamel. Then applied small amount with toothpick.

Added my original bios, i got 12 pipes with it without any further flashing.
P.S. it's GDDR3 256MB PCI-E with R423

 

[Shyska]

Did you say soldering iron?! Or did i misunderstand something?

 

[shinichi]

Did you say soldering iron?! Or did i misunderstand something?

yep i soldered those lasercutted pin, below is my fuses data :

nb. there is no differences in fuses data before and after the pipe was locked down to 4pipe

i've flashed to its original bios using atiflash 3.09, the command was :

atiflash -p 0 bios.bin -f -newbios

but i cant get my pipeline back, and i've removed the soldered between lasercutted pin, and what pcb number your card unlocked ?, its marked on top of the video out port

 

[Shyska]

0514

 

[Shyska]

Maybe i'm wrong, or miss something, but those default clocks and config_rom_fuses are wierd for original bios.

 

[shinichi]

Maybe i'm wrong, or miss something, but those default clocks and config_rom_fuses are wierd for original bios.

sorry that fuses data was from modded bios, but if reading from the fuses data is it able to unlock 12pipeline ?

there's no difference fuses data between the 4 pipeline and 8 pipeline

 

[d0c]

pipeline unlock

i've been following this thread, and trying to figure out whether i can unlock any pipelines
also. i don't know that much about computers, but i do know how to follow directions. my card is ati radeon x800gt, 128mb. i've overclocked it slightly. haven't flashed any bios yet. thought i would see what you guys thought about the fuse situation.
i'm showing
die fuses 0xeff3efff
substrate fuses 0xfffff61d
rom fuses 0xa862

chip is r423

 

[shinichi]

i already make my own thread about my problem, so lets not disscuss it in here

 

[asapreta]

I´ve just flashed my card (Powercolor x800GT with R480 and Hinyx HY5RS573225 memory) with the apropriated modified BIOS - Powercolor.X800GT_R480_16P.256.Hynix20_050726 and, as expected, I gained about 120 3dmarks in 3dmark05.

But, after reading the first post of this thread (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=6056) I thought I would have all pipelines enabled, 16 instead of 8. I know also it is mentioned that "All of the bioses are modded to 16 pipelines, so that all available pipelines will be used (all that aren't locked elsewhere)."

But only for my information, It´s a biosmod to use the R480 features AND enable all pipelines or the pipelines are stuck at 8 in my case?

thanks for all great job!!

 

[buffalokilla1]

The pipes on all powercolor GT's appear to be hardlocked - that is, physically cut on the back side of the hardware. It's possible to fiddle with it and connect them, but unless you have a lot of experience with hardware modification, I wouldn't try it.

 

[asapreta]

Thanks, I´ll not try something like that!!!

 

[Tinu_cs]

mod x800 gto pci-ex connect3d 256/256 ddr3 dual dvi

hy , the process for the unlock 16 p for x800 gto (connect3d)pci-Ex is very easy.flash the bios old with the bios for x800 xt.i'am unlock 16p for the my x800 gto connect3d by flashyng the bios.

 

[asapreta]

For Connect 3D you can do that? Only using the x800 XT bios? How lucky!

 

[maticak]

Hi I am a new here. I read through this thread but I didnt find any answer if it is possible to unlock card with R 420 chip (AGP) up to 12 or 16 pipelines. If possible upload suitable bios and some futher information please. Thanks a lot

 

[maticak]

fuses

CONFIG_DIE_FUSES 0xEFF39FFF
CONFIG_SUBSTRATE_FUSES 0xFFFFFE9D
CONFIG_ROM_FUSES 0x22
GP_PIPE_SELECT 0x19940

 

[dolf]

fuses

CONFIG_DIE_FUSES 0xEFF39FFF
CONFIG_SUBSTRATE_FUSES 0xFFFFFE9D
CONFIG_ROM_FUSES 0x22
GP_PIPE_SELECT 0x19940

That specific core can't be unlocked to 16 and even to 12 pipes .

 

[devilspy]

Hi everyone, I just received this card today off ebay and popped it into my cpu.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-RADEON...9913209QQihZ004QQcategoryZ80184QQcmdZViewItem

Display adapter RADEON X800 GT (0x554B)
Core Name R423
SubVendor Sapphire (P.C. Partner) (174B)
SubDevice 0600
BUS 5
Device 0
Function 0
Base Address 0 D000000C
Base Address 1 00000000
Base Address 2 FD7F0004
Base Address 3 00000000

Bus Type PCI Express
Hardware Information ASIC (Software) Method
Family 56
Emulated Revision 2
Gfx Engine ID 3
VRam Bit Width 256
Installed memory 256

Hardware Information Direct hardware access
Installed memory 256 Mb
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory Width 256 bit
Active Rendering Pipelines 8

______________________________
Radeon Registers
RADEON_BIOS_0_SCRATCH 02000002
RADEON_BIOS_1_SCRATCH 0500C000
RADEON_X_MPLL_REF_FB_DIV 00464904
RADEON_XCLK_CNTL 00807FFA
RADEON_MCLK_CNTL 00031212
GB_TILE_CONFIG 00010017
MC_TIMING_CNTL 69668334
MC_SDRAM_MODE_REG 10430000
______________________________
Video BIOS Information
Version 009.010.001.015
Part Number 474r423.pcp
Date 2005/06/28 11:08
Vram Type DDR3
____________________
Displays supported by adapter
0 (1) Monitor (CRT1)
1 (2) Second Monitor (CRT2)
2 (4) Component Video Output
3 (8) TV
4 (16) Digital Flat Panel


Its 8 pipelines, attached pics below. I want to get to 12 at the very least ,16 is what I'm aiming at. The card has a stock cooler for now, video goes blank from heat when I try to oc too high...due to temp going to over 65C(or maybe voltage draw, its only running on a true 300w power-supply)..i had no artifacts but it shuts off, memory highest was 614mhz w/out artifacts..and gpu got to 525 before heat-up..but stable at 510 or below .

Soldering is not a problem for me, I do it all the time, good at following diagrams, but not great at figuring out what does what. Voltage mod , laser cut pipe-unlocking, heard it all mentioned, but hard to find specific guides..i think that vmod guide is aimed at my exact card? Couldn't find the link to the laser mod re-solder(where r the points?) for 16 or 12, and can I use thin led free solder with a 15w fine tip point?, also if anyone could point me to the right Bios for my card would be appreciated.

oh yeah the:
Memory Chips
Samsung 531
K4J553230FGC20

AWE451PZA 3 CHIPS
AWE547GAA 5 CHIPS
AWE485GAA 1 CHIP

CHIP/CORE ?
ATI RADEON X800GT
215RBMAGA12F
GF9177.1
0531AA
TAIWAN

PART # PRINTED ON (RED COLORED)PCB 109-A47401-10
Noticed a dip switch on the back anyone know whats that for?
Hope this is enough data.

 

[5chr4pn3ll]

A small question?

I've read throu a cople of these threads and I still can't figure out if I am able to unlock my card or not?

Card: Powercolor x800gt (red heatsink but not Xtreme edition)
Dual DVI
Original clock Core 475MHz Mem 490MHz
Pipelines: 8
R480 chip

My question is "Can I "soft" unlock?"
"what bios can I use for unlocking 12 pipelines?"
I do not belive i can unlock all 16.

 

[dolf]

No more pipes for both of you (above) .