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dolf said:
I have just modded your original BIOS to 16 pipes.

That´s perfect! :toast: How did you do that? I searched a long time for a program to mod my BIOS to 16 Pipes. Which programm did you use?


dolf said:
Your fuses tell that you will remain with 12 pipes

No. :D Maybe I can be in luck and the ATI Tool detects the lasercut as DIE cut. So i have to do the lasercutmod and i will see. :cool:

This says the big german Forum "Hardwareluxx". Somebody had 3 Cards with the same fuses like my card has. 2 cards now run with 16 pipes! So, maybe it works.
 
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The number of the active pipes could be changed manually in hex editor.
Do the laser cut mod and inform us for the result. But most probably nothing will happen. Even that you have small chance and it is better to try.

Good luck
 

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hi, everybody :)
does anybody knows why when I edit my freq in the bios with rabit and try to flash it with flashrom, it says me that the same bios is actually on it and don't flash nothing coz of that??
 

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GeCube x800 gto

Pls guys, help me out - is there any chance I could unlock my pipes on my GeCube X800 GTO? I'm afraid not, but would like some of your pro's opinion.
Here's the ATI Tool image:



If no chance of soft mod - has there been any poll on how many have succeeded in hard mod? Linking the two contact around the laser cut?

Cheers!
Pete
 

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peterxy said:
Pls guys, help me out - is there any chance I could unlock my pipes on my GeCube X800 GTO? I'm afraid not, but would like some of your pro's opinion.
Here's the ATI Tool image:



If no chance of soft mod - has there been any poll on how many have succeeded in hard mod? Linking the two contact around the laser cut?

Cheers!
Pete
Nope, no chances of unlocking any at all. First of all, your CONFIG_ROM_FUSES value is ending in zero, which means that you have no pipelines locked in the card's bios software. Second, your card has an R480 chip, which is known to not have laser cuts (well, at least on an accessible side).
 

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ShadowFlare, thank you for laying down the hard truth on me - I was afraid that was going to be the answer! :cry:

I'll take off the fan to see whether it is indeed laser cut. ...In case it is - do you have any info on how frequently the hard mod works? Is there anything I can irreversibly damage that way?

Mate of mine is a hardcore engineer sohe should have no prob fusing the contacts together - my only worry is: does it work at all and can I screw somethingup real badly? Can't afford to buy a new card at the moment if I burn this one. I do have an old PCI though if bios would have to be restored.

Any advice much appreciated! :)

Cheers,
Pete
 
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mines a strange breed of x800 and came with my dell system. It was originally called the x800se but in new drivers it turned into the x800gt.

CONFIG_DIE_FUSES: 0xEFF3EFFF
CONFIG_SUBSTRATE_FUSES: 0xFFFFF61D


I dont think this 8 pipe pansy of a card can be unlocked but i thought might as well post it :p
 

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peterxy said:
ShadowFlare, thank you for laying down the hard truth on me - I was afraid that was going to be the answer! :cry:

I'll take off the fan to see whether it is indeed laser cut. ...In case it is - do you have any info on how frequently the hard mod works? Is there anything I can irreversibly damage that way?
As I was saying, since it is R480 there isn't anything like that to do with it. So unless you are taking off the cooler for some other reason, like using different thermal compound or a different heatsink/fan then just don't take it off.
 

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Can I do anything to this card to unlock the pipes
 
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No more pipes with these fuses :mad: . Almost zero chance if hardmod is done on left bridge but chance.
 
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peterxy said:
ShadowFlare, thank you for laying down the hard truth on me - I was afraid that was going to be the answer! :cry:

I'll take off the fan to see whether it is indeed laser cut. ...In case it is - do you have any info on how frequently the hard mod works? Is there anything I can irreversibly damage that way?

Mate of mine is a hardcore engineer sohe should have no prob fusing the contacts together - my only worry is: does it work at all and can I screw somethingup real badly? Can't afford to buy a new card at the moment if I burn this one. I do have an old PCI though if bios would have to be restored.

Any advice much appreciated! :)

Cheers,
Pete

If you dismantle the fan you won't find any laser cut/s. Unfortunately nothyng to mod in meaning more pipes :mad: .
 

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Rabit is going to support changing the value of the certain offset that determines how many pipes you have in use. I was in contact with him with that issue.

I have CLUB x800 RX non-VIVO with 12 pipes (default). I have been trying to mod it to 16pipes, no succes. But this card overclocks quite well without mods.

Config_die_fuses:0xEFF3DFFF
Config_Substrate_fuses:FFFFFF1E
Config_rom_fuses:0x1021 (at the moment, but it has been something else too...)

I know i have one lasercut...i tried to connect it. What is the best way of doing it? Tried pencil and silver (do not know the word, what you add on top of CPU)
 

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@ dolf


I made the soft-and hardmod, but i´ve only 12 pipes. :ohwell:

U´re sure, that the BIOS is modded correct? ;)
 

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I used the modified version (1.6)...

flashrom -f -p 0 newbiosname.xxx

Ati tool has reported "Config_rom_fuses:", value the last digit has been 0. Now it's 1 again.

I reflashed the bios again. Took the card's bios and edited the speeds of GPU and memory. Now the "Config_rom_fuses" value is :0x8021.

What does it mean? Other than 1 indigates = 12pipes.
 

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So does anyone know if the Sapphire X800GTO AGP 256MB are all unlockable, lockable, hit or miss? Looking at picking one up for about 130 bucks and if it can be fixed to 16 pipes I'd be a happy camper.


Thanks.

EDIT: Looking over the posts it appears to be hit or miss. Some can and some can't. Oh well throw the dice I guess.
 
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not all are unlockable but some as mine can be, the problem is that you can't know before buy it
 

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Hi All,

Could you tell me how can I quickly backup bios in my x800?
In ATT there is an option 'Dump Video Bios' is this enough?

Regards,
Max
 
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yep, that's the one ;)
 

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magibeg said:
mines a strange breed of x800 and came with my dell system. It was originally called the x800se but in new drivers it turned into the x800gt.

CONFIG_DIE_FUSES: 0xEFF3EFFF
CONFIG_SUBSTRATE_FUSES: 0xFFFFF61D


I dont think this 8 pipe pansy of a card can be unlocked but i thought might as well post it :p

Same card as mine, should be able to unlock to 12 pipelines through hardmod. Anyway, I screwed up during hardmod and end up with 4 pipelines instead:banghead: . Please post your original bios for experts here to modify. Do the hardmod carefully and you'll be fine.
 
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I think what i might do instead is wait out until i have enough money to buy myself a radeon x1900gt. Don't want to screw up my card when i cant replace it :p. I dont think oblivion would like a 4 pipeline card very much
 

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kouz-one said:
not all are unlockable but some as mine can be, the problem is that you can't know before buy it

Is there anywhere to see benchmarks for them unlocked vs locked? I'm trying to guage what level of increase this card would be over a 6600GT AGP, with 12 or 16 pipes.
 

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personally with a x800gto, a little overclock @ 450/550 and the 16 pipes unlocked , I had gain a little more than 1000 points at 3dm05, and this card is more like a 6800gt, 6600gt looks more like a 9800xt

here my score :
 

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Hi,
Please take a look at screens from AT. Card is Sapphire X800GTO 256MB AGP card (12 pipelines).
Screen:


If this is possible, could you modify my bios file?

Regards,
Max
 

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sweetarmageddon said:
Hi,
Please take a look at screens from AT. Card is Sapphire X800GTO 256MB AGP card (12 pipelines).
Screen:


If this is possible, could you modify my bios file?

Regards,
Max
Here is your 16 pipes bios. Use atiflash -p 0(zero) -newbios x800.bin
 

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