dino-new Posted January 3, 2004 Posted January 3, 2004 I've got two warnings for those trying to volt mod a 9700-9800 pro... 1. I'ld recommend using some conformal coat over the solder points on the board to add support so that the solder points don't come off the board. It happend to my card and fried the GPU, when the solder point comes off from the volt mod hot side it can tear off some of the board trace line and in turn drop the feedback resistance to the voltage regulator and BANG, my GPU voltage went to 3.0 volts. It fried in a big way. Not so cool! 2. I went out and bought a new 9800 pro. Performed both volt mods to it, the GPU and DDR mods found at madshrimps. And everything works great. Watch out though, the volt mod from Madshrimps is a little wrong. They say go with a 10k Variable resistor for the DDR and GPU. I found that's OK for the GPU but not for the DDR. A 10K sets the start voltage at 2.8v, stock was 2.7v. At that voltage it heats up the ram chips pretty hot without running and programs. Normally the ram chips stay pretty cool (with the heatsinks I have installed). A 20K variable resistor sets the start voltage at about 2.76v. It's a little hot to start but bareable. Good Luck, Devin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobalt Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 I pretty much go for anything mod PSU's,cutting, soldering, lights etc. but i'd draw a line when it involves soldering resistors to a 9700/9800 G.card. I think it's ok to OC them but i'd stop there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 things that cost over 300 bucks and are easy to tell you messed with somehting i tend not to mess with Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sYstEmATiC Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 things that cost over 300 bucks and are easy to tell you messed with somehting i tend not to mess with btw, dont most motherboards have the option to change the voltage to ur card in the bios, mine does. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Smith Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 yes they do but when u do a volt mod u can go way past that if u have the right cooling and a good card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ0588 Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 vmodding is the path to greatness, you are never gonna throw down a killer 3dmark score without vmodding ur mobo or gfx card Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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