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digitalwanderer · 28-May-2004, 02:25

I just got done posting it up over at EB, here's a complete quote of me story there:

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Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

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Originally Posted by craig588

Right here

All that needed to be done was proporly expose the contact points and now it works.

And I got the little contact picture that shows which one and I'll be posting it up just as soon as I format it and get it up on our server, here's the happy-happy post that was where it happened:

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Originally Posted by Phemo at Overclockers UK

I know the first thing you'll ask is how I did it. Well, I got a very sharp knife and scraped off my previous conductive paintwork, then I used the knife to scrape away at the two points - we are using the right points after all. I scraped them away until there was some bare copper exposed, bright copper instead of the usual dull, then re-did the paint job, booted Windows up and ran ATITool, she now apparently has 16 pipes

Now this has been all figured out, I expect widespread availability of the X800 pro any day now. 8)

digitalwanderer · 28-May-2004, 02:32

Before anyone asks:

AlphaWolf · 28-May-2004, 02:40

There was a failed attempt in the futuremark forums. He was able to flash his card to the XT bios and make the mod, but still only had 12 working pipes. He was also able to modify his card to 8 pipes...

digitalwanderer · 28-May-2004, 02:47

Did it hurt his card in any way or is it still a good X800 pro? :?

AlphaWolf · 28-May-2004, 03:54

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Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

Did it hurt his card in any way or is it still a good X800 pro? :?

I believe he got it back to X800pro mode.

101 · 28-May-2004, 04:23

Nothign different than we were talking about the other day. Just people trying to deal with the points, yes they are very small and need cleaned to get contact apparently.

JCLW · 28-May-2004, 04:24

Yields must be pretty good if people are getting all 16 pipelines to work, esp with core clockspeeds of ~600.

plat · 28-May-2004, 05:14

i think the people with the 600 clockspeeds are vmodded and on water

MuFu · 28-May-2004, 10:01

My friend just got his Sapphire X800 Pro (here in the UK). Running at 570/530MHz with the stock HS/fan. Not bad!

maniac · 28-May-2004, 14:33

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Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

I've been reading both OC UK forums and Rage3d threads about this topic. What i believe is that every one of these pins is in relation with one quad. If i remember right, a while ago some Ati guy (can't remember who) told that a quad was disabled whith a laser-cut (on a Pro). From what i've read on both Chris_UK and Phemo's cards beetween pins 1 and 4 is a minuscule hole( laser-cut maybe??) and they enabled the quads by linking the two pins with a higly-conductive material. So there is a circuit between 1 and 4 who has been interrupted with a laser-cut. Coincidence?I think not. So, basically i suppose you shoud search between what pins this hole is and make a bridge between them. What if you fill that hole?

Edit: From ati PR i've learned that they can disable ANY of the four quads. So the laser-cut can be between any of these 4 pins (eg. 1-2, 2-3, 3-4) not just between 1 and 4. So you should see where the laser-cut is located and bridge those pins (dones't have to bee 1-4). Just a thought.

Wait a minute, if you look better 1 and 2 could be optional quads and 3-4 non-disabable quads.

dizietsma · 28-May-2004, 16:43

Once you have scraped off the covering over the bridge points you might as well go around the laser cut rather than through it ....

Oppainter went to 16 pipes and then back to 12 pipes LOL , others have had no success, some have worked.

nvidiot · 29-May-2004, 06:28

i've been reading that same topic at ok uk most of them are on air and as of earlier today all attempts have been succesful. Theres a guide posted in their video card forum.

digitalwanderer · 29-May-2004, 06:43

Link to that great guide at Overclockers UK, and another tip of me hat to 'em.

BruteForce170 · 30-May-2004, 11:29

other than the claimed success of the initial 2 posters, all subsequent attempts have failed.

doesn't look good

ANova · 30-May-2004, 12:43

I guess ATI wasn't pulling our chain afterall.

Bouncing Zabaglione Bros. · 30-May-2004, 15:26

It's quite possible that ATI has a more robust method of preventing unlocking than we thought. It seems silly to be actively stopping such unlocking in a way that is easily circumvented.

Sxotty · 30-May-2004, 18:34

BZB I think they want a buzz about it b/c it will increase their sales and if people bork their cards ATi doesn't care they just get to sell another one.

Bouncing Zabaglione Bros. · 31-May-2004, 00:41

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Originally Posted by Sxotty

BZB I think they want a buzz about it b/c it will increase their sales and if people bork their cards ATi doesn't care they just get to sell another one.

I think that's unlikely given the cost of these cards. I doubt that ATI want to deal with customers who have broken their cards through this mod, but insist it's faulty.

jvd · 31-May-2004, 00:49

I dunno about u . But if i want my x800pro to get a hard mod i just show it some porn. Then it has all 16 pipes running .

Andrew Worobyew · 05-Jun-2004, 11:56

http://www.ixbt.com/video2/rx800-3-p3.shtml

Unfort. -in Russian now (English will be later). But Pro-to-XT mod is real.

digitalwanderer · 05-Jun-2004, 18:00

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Originally Posted by Andrew Worobyew

http://www.ixbt.com/video2/rx800-3-p3.shtml

Unfort. -in Russian now (English will be later). But Pro-to-XT mod is real.

Здравствулте! и вы!

rainz · 05-Jun-2004, 19:00

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Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

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Originally Posted by Andrew Worobyew

http://www.ixbt.com/video2/rx800-3-p3.shtml

Unfort. -in Russian now (English will be later). But Pro-to-XT mod is real.

Здравствулте! и вы!

Pardon me ?

RainZ

digitalwanderer · 05-Jun-2004, 20:50

"Hello and thank you!", if babblefish worked right.

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28-May-2004, 02:47	#4
digitalwanderer Dangerously Mirthful Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Winfield, IN USA Posts: 15,292	Did it hurt his card in any way or is it still a good X800 pro? :? __________________ Elite Bastards - Adminish “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” - General James N. Mattis

28-May-2004, 10:01	#9
MuFu Chief Spastic Baboon Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Location, Location with Kirstie Allsopp Posts: 2,258	My friend just got his Sapphire X800 Pro (here in the UK). Running at 570/530MHz with the stock HS/fan. Not bad! __________________ =>>>YOUR FACE HERE<<<= $50. PayPal/cheque/direct transfer accepted.

29-May-2004, 06:28	#12
nvidiot Registered Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7	no i've been reading that same topic at ok uk most of them are on air and as of earlier today all attempts have been succesful. Theres a guide posted in their video card forum.

29-May-2004, 06:43	#13
digitalwanderer Dangerously Mirthful Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Winfield, IN USA Posts: 15,292	Link to that great guide at Overclockers UK, and another tip of me hat to 'em. __________________ Elite Bastards - Adminish “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” - General James N. Mattis

28-May-2004, 02:40	#3
AlphaWolf Specious Misanthrope Join Date: May 2003 Location: Treading Water Posts: 7,457	There was a failed attempt in the futuremark forums. He was able to flash his card to the XT bios and make the mod, but still only had 12 working pipes. He was also able to modify his card to 8 pipes...

28-May-2004, 04:23	#6
101 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 77	Nothign different than we were talking about the other day. Just people trying to deal with the points, yes they are very small and need cleaned to get contact apparently.

28-May-2004, 04:24	#7
JCLW Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 114	Yields must be pretty good if people are getting all 16 pipelines to work, esp with core clockspeeds of ~600.

28-May-2004, 05:14	#8
plat Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 88	i think the people with the 600 clockspeeds are vmodded and on water

28-May-2004, 16:43	#11
dizietsma Naughty Boy! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,172	Once you have scraped off the covering over the bridge points you might as well go around the laser cut rather than through it .... Oppainter went to 16 pipes and then back to 12 pipes LOL , others have had no success, some have worked.

30-May-2004, 11:29	#14
BruteForce170 Registered Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 10	other than the claimed success of the initial 2 posters, all subsequent attempts have failed. doesn't look good

30-May-2004, 12:43	#15
ANova Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,226	I guess ATI wasn't pulling our chain afterall.

30-May-2004, 15:26	#16
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros. Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 6,160	It's quite possible that ATI has a more robust method of preventing unlocking than we thought. It seems silly to be actively stopping such unlocking in a way that is easily circumvented.

30-May-2004, 18:34	#17
Sxotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Under a Crushing Burden Posts: 4,290	BZB I think they want a buzz about it b/c it will increase their sales and if people bork their cards ATi doesn't care they just get to sell another one. __________________ You bought horse armor didn't you?

31-May-2004, 00:49	#19
jvd Naughty Boy! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: new jersey Posts: 12,731	I dunno about u . But if i want my x800pro to get a hard mod i just show it some porn. Then it has all 16 pipes running . __________________ Freexbox 360 !!! Free Psp!

05-Jun-2004, 11:56	#20
Andrew Worobyew Registered Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 4	http://www.ixbt.com/video2/rx800-3-p3.shtml Unfort. -in Russian now (English will be later). But Pro-to-XT mod is real.

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