BenchZowner Posted May 23, 2010 Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) Yes, be excited now Actually I'm still in the process of finding the damned data sheet of the controller used on the reference GTX 480's, CHiL Semiconductor's CHL8266. If you know somebody who can get the datasheet please ask him to give it to us so we can figure out all the mods. I think I found the OCP mod, but I'm not 100% sure because I don't know if the pin configuration of the 8266 is the same as 8316's, so I'm not going to post it before I get a confirmation myself or from a brave friend : Some good news, it looks like the CHL8266 is fully programmable via SMbus ( VID, OCP, OTP, OVP ), so if somebody with the necessary coding knowledge can pop in here we'll be able to change the Vgpu, the OCP and OTP & OVP on the fly via software. Update 07/14/2010 No GPU OCP/OVP Firmware You can disable OCP via software ( flash the CHL8266 controller with a modified firmware which disables OVP & OCP ) [ you still need to do the MEM OCP mod, this disables the OCP for the GPU core only ]. No need to run GPU-z and co, just flash the CHL8266 once and you're done forever You'll find the necessary files and instructions in the linked RAR archive file: CHiL 8266 Disabled OCP Firmware - Download from BenchZone CHiL 8266 Disabled OCP Firmware - Download from RapidShare Cold Slow Bug BIOS fix Thanks to George "Hipro5" T. the Cold Slow bug fix is out in the wild. Flash your card ( info in READ ME FIRST.TXT ) and enjoy. nVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Cold Slow Bug BIOS Fix OCP hard mod *not tested yet though, the risk is yours* original photo courtesy of TechPowerUp.com No OCP, No OVP ( Unlocked Voltage adjustment ) BIOS & Tool Download from: BenchZone or RapidShare -- if a manufacturer wants to f* with somebody f* with me, come on Summary, added 07/14/2010 To sum things up, if you want to do some extreme overclocking with a GTX 480 all you need to do is: 1) Flash the card with the ColdBug fixed BIOS ( BIOS #1 by Hipro5 ) [ download links above ] 2) Flash the CHL8266 controller with the No OCP/OVP firmware ( BIOS ) [ download links above ] 3) Do the Cold Boot Bug ( CBB ) mod as illustrated by Kinc ( mod guide pictures to be added in this post later ) 4) Do the Vgpu ( GPU Core Voltage ) mod as illustrated by... numerous people ( mod guide picture to be added in this post later ) *You might have to do the MEM OCP mod, it's a hit 'n' miss thing, some people need it, some don't* ( mod guide picture to be added in this post later ) Enjoy! Edited July 14, 2010 by BenchZowner Quote
BenchZowner Posted June 7, 2010 Author Posted June 7, 2010 Cold Slow Bug fix added, screw you nVIDIA & mfc's Quote
Massman Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 To sum up. What you need to mod your GTX 480's is: Hipro5 bios #1 A person is a legend only if his peers consider him to be a legend. Hipro5, George for the friends, Devil for the enemies, is one of those people. Whereas numerous manufacturers and top overclockers have kept the GTX 480 cold-slow fixing bios to themselves, be it for valid or invalid reasons, this man stepped up and released it to the big public. Needless to say the bios works and will give a lot of overclockers a break from fighting with the cold-slow problem. Link to download: here ~ [/url] Kinc's hardmod modifications The BIOS fixing the coldslow issues was part one of mission "GTX 480 full throttle" and just a few minutes ago part two has been published. This time not originating from sunny Greece, but from the cold, snowy Nordic country of Sweden, home of another overclocking Legend, Kinc. In fact, this originates from the labs of ASUS which deserves a few rounds of applause for this, dispite of not being an HWBOT partner (*wink*). In any case, here are the modifications ... have fun! http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//mem_mod_gtx4801-150x150.jpg http://hwbot.org/blog/wp-content//gpu_mod_gtx4801-150x150.jpg ~ http://hwbot.org/article/newsflash/632_..._and_is_now_ready_for_real_overclocking And a software overvoltage tool such as Afterburner Quote
BenchZowner Posted June 18, 2010 Author Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) They are fine. To overclock the GTX 480 on LN2 just do: 1) Hipro5's BIOS Cold Slow fix #1 2) Kinc's CBB 3) Kinc's OCP mods 4) Vgpu mod Edited June 18, 2010 by BenchZowner Quote
Massman Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 Mass, Did you test these? Yes, that's the way I run my card without any issues. Quote
Massman Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 Just FYI. With the OCP mod of Kinc, you can't use Vgpu hardmod anymore. Need software. Quote
T0lsty Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 when I set 1,25V (msi afterburner) - i get 1,4V real 1,21V - get 1,3 В and i cant get anything between 1.3 and 1.4V Quote
steponz Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 What version of Afterburner? Have you tried any of the other utils? Mass, What was your experience pre-mods, then after? Quote
BenchZowner Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 You can disable OCP via software ( flash the CHL8266 controller with a modified firmware which disables OVP & OCP ) [ you still need to do the MEM OCP mod, this disables the OCP for the GPU core only ]. No need to run GPU-z and co, just flash the CHL8266 once and you're done forever You'll find the necessary files and instructions in the linked RAR archive file: CHiL 8266 Disabled OCP Firmware - Download from BenchZone CHiL 8266 Disabled OCP Firmware - Download from RapidShare Updated the first post too. Quote
BenchZowner Posted July 15, 2010 Author Posted July 15, 2010 I have no LN2 atm. And I don't think I'll have the time to bench before next weekend or so. Quote
Kal-EL Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 You can disable OCP via software ( flash the CHL8266 controller with a modified firmware which disables OVP & OCP ) [ you still need to do the MEM OCP mod, this disables the OCP for the GPU core only ].No need to run GPU-z and co, just flash the CHL8266 once and you're done forever You'll find the necessary files and instructions in the linked RAR archive file: CHiL 8266 Disabled OCP Firmware - Download from BenchZone CHiL 8266 Disabled OCP Firmware - Download from RapidShare Updated the first post too. Nice, thx bz :celebration: Quote
rbuass Posted July 18, 2010 Posted July 18, 2010 Can somebody tell me what s a good value to a resistence (FB OCP Kinc's mod)... 5K ? 10K? Not working fine here... only 1.7V allowed at the RAM Quote
CL3P20 Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 I have done OCP/shutdown mod as shown by Kinc.. and get no GPUv ...? GPU gets real hot though..just wondering if any others have had similar experience... I have only removed the 3x resistors needed ..no other mods performed yet, and still not functional... ?!! Quote
SuicidePhoenix Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 Hi Guys, yesterday i tried to flash the CHL8266 Controller. After booting to dos and typing: "chlflash Vt chl8266 chilocp.txt" ....it told me that there is no target device found. Did someone else got the same issue? Or is there anybody where the ocp softmod had worked? Quote
BenchZowner Posted July 25, 2010 Author Posted July 25, 2010 Sorry, forgot to add this to the post, most of the times you need to define a target device ( which device to flash ) by using the -t switch So try chlflash -t chl8266 chillocp.txt Quote
Evocarlos Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) Sorry, forgot to add this to the post, most of the times you need to define a target device ( which device to flash ) by using the -t switchSo try chlflash -t chl8266 chillocp.txt hey bz i thought i was going crazy while trying to flash the chil yesterday im glad you have posted this here so i can reply atm your banned on the xsys so could not reply to you i have made .bat files to run the commands (backup.bat) chilflsh -t CHL8266 -b SaveSettings.txt (mod.bat) chlflash -t chl8266 chilocp.txt (restore.bat) chlflash -t chl8266 SaveSettings.txt im sure with the addtion of choise.com i make this in to a menu like my 5870 bios flasher you think it would be worth it ? oh and thanks for the files so far Edited July 25, 2010 by Evocarlos Quote
Evocarlos Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) right ive made a menu for the chil flash and fix,d the commands to save and update the .txt file can be d/l from here and run from a msdos usb pen and by running chilocp.bat from the command line http://rapidshare.com/files/409025639/CHL8266.zip.html Edited July 25, 2010 by Evocarlos Quote
[GF]Duke Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 Thanks for the files man. Can this be done using a USB floppy? Quote
BenchZowner Posted July 28, 2010 Author Posted July 28, 2010 Yes, you can use whatever you want, as long as it's bootable in pure DOS mode. Quote
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