6800 Go Successful Bios Flash - Page 5

Yeah. Actually, I underclocked them. They are usually 450/1062. I figured seeing if an underclock worked was safer than seeing if an overclock would work. If they do, then we can set those values to anything you want.

So, you want to try them? Worst thing that should happen is nvflash will fail. I'm 99.999999999999999% positive that I edited the correct values for core and memory clocks. I'm about 50% certain that the end value is for a checksum, but if it is, I'm 100% certain it'll pass. I'm also about 99.999999999% sure that the worst that will happen is nvflash won't work, which I think Joker will attest to.

I'm actually pretty hopeful that this will work, but somebody has to test it on the XPS 2. I've already tested it with the 9300, but that ain't what we're after.

Sent. Hope to hear from you soon.

Ha!

Ok...

For some reason, using software or driver overclocking on the XPS gpu doesn't work. Switching to another bios, like the one from Sager, might fix this, or it might not.

However, there is a bios setting for default clock speeds. This is what we altered. This means you can overclock in the bios itself. If you set the default to 475/1100 then the normal mode (no ocing) in the drivers should give you 475/1100.

The reason I underclocked it is so that you can put it to normal and check your clock speeds. If you are at 400/1000 then it worked. If not, then it didn't. I had to change the value one way or another, or else we'd never know. I figured underclocking was the safe bet.

If it works, I'll post instructions on how to hex edit the bios so you can overclock. I know it's not as convenient as manual overclocking in the drivers, but for now it's a way to control your clock speeds. Gotta do baby steps.

To enable manual overclocking, I'd have to get the bios to assembly so I can see the actual code and not just hex. There's no way to know exactly why and how it's blocking overclocking unless I know details of people's experiences and can see the code. This is something I want to do, but like I said, baby steps.

Ok, now I'm getting worried.

If you don't mind, it'd be good to try both. So far the general concensus is that nvflash won't break your bios, it just won't flash it.

For the modded XPS 2 bios, I'd just like to confirm a successful flash and the subsequent speeds when clock speeds are set to normal or default with the driver.

For the Sager, I'd like to confirm a successful flash and the ability to manually overclock with the drivers.

Options are always good in case one turns out to have problems down the road after more testing. I'm also still looking into disassembling the bios so we can mod our own bios that does exactly what we want.