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post #41 of 63
12/6/05 at 1:20pm
Hello all,
I'm interested in modding my MR9800 because new games (like FEAR) are a bit slow now.

I've bought my i9100 in september 27th 2004 (would be 39th week of 2004). Is the GPU too recent to mod it?
The computer is still under warranty until september 2008.
Is it dangerous to make the mod?
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post #42 of 63
12/6/05 at 1:24pm
the date you bought it does not exactly correspond to when the part was manufactured. your computer may have been sitting on a shelf for weeks.

the mod seems to be pretty safe based on everyones results.
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post #43 of 63
12/6/05 at 1:58pm
Would love to give it a go, i prolly have a nice 12 (maybe 16!) pipe sittin under the hood.. but till i get enough cash to replace the thing if it goes bang, its not worth the extra fps... Cant complain at the score i get, for now
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post #44 of 63
12/6/05 at 2:05pm
Thread Starter 
Your's is older than mine so you should have success. I haven't heard of anyone blowing up their cards by attempting the mod, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I think it either works and unlocks the pipes or doesn't work and you have what you originally started with.
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post #45 of 63
12/6/05 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by roshambo
Your's is older than mine so you should have success. I haven't heard of anyone blowing up their cards by attempting the mod, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I think it either works and unlocks the pipes or doesn't work and you have what you originally started with.
Wrong. I did. There was one more guy that had exactly the same symptoms as mine. Would wrok for a while and then wouldn't start. Needed to be left to cool for hours before it worked. But both of us had the newer cards that were newer than 40th week. I had to get a new one (and never regreted it!).
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post #46 of 63
12/6/05 at 2:55pm
And how old is the new one?
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post #47 of 63
12/6/05 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by djoole
And how old is the new one?

Do you mean the old new one, or the new old one? Haha
The one that got destroyed was 44th week. The 16 pipe one was 29th week.
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post #48 of 63
12/8/05 at 9:49pm
IF only there was a tool to tell me the date of the gpu, i`d do it.
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post #49 of 63
12/9/05 at 12:17am
unlocked my friend's to 12 pipes. believe it was a 27th week.
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post #50 of 63
12/9/05 at 2:18am
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Just take it apart and look on the GPU duffy. You can't hurt anything by doing that. (Unless you don't know how to handle a screwdriver!) =)
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post #51 of 63
12/9/05 at 9:04am
Its the only comp i have and i dont want anything to go wrong. and im an unlucky s.o.b.
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post #52 of 63
12/9/05 at 2:54pm
daffy duck.... unlucky.... duffydack....


lmao... cool name.
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post #53 of 63
12/9/05 at 2:54pm
daffy duck.... unlucky.... duffydack....


lmao... cool name.
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post #54 of 63
12/9/05 at 2:55pm
wtf.... my bad?...

i only hit the button once... lol
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post #55 of 63
12/9/05 at 4:33pm
make sure you take your battery out before you open your laptop!
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post #56 of 63
12/9/05 at 9:06pm
I dont need to do it yet. Aint broke so i wont bother trying to fix it
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post #57 of 63
12/9/05 at 9:32pm
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Originally Posted by duffydack
Its the only comp i have and i dont want anything to go wrong. and im an unlucky s.o.b.
Considering your signature, you are not happy with 8 pipes anyway.
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post #58 of 63
12/10/05 at 6:10am
its more of a dig at ATI for crippling them in the first place.
Lets see how long i can hold out trying it after playin with my mates new 9300
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post #59 of 63
12/10/05 at 2:55pm
Duffydack, are you still thinking about it?



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post #60 of 63
12/10/05 at 3:04pm
git
how p*ssed would you be if i got me a 16 pipe and beat your score!
lol
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