Open beta test: 4770/4890/5850/5870/5970 owners

[Astennu]

Is there a tool where i can see the memory voltage?

With GPU-Z i can only see the GPU Voltage. And if not i will just get my multimeter

 

[Darkasantion]

Is there a tool where i can see the memory voltage?

With GPU-Z i can only see the GPU Voltage. And if not i will just get my multimeter

Get GPU-Z 0.38 and look at VDDCI, that's, or atleast I that is, Vmem

And BAGZZlash, will try that theory out then tonight, hope it works

 

[BAGZZlash]

BTW a friend of my tried a XFX 5770 but no voltage control there yet. But thats the same as in the first post.

Sorry, voltage modding on 5750s and 5770s isn't very likely to be supported any soon. The voltage controller chips these cards utilize are not even confirmed to be programmable. If so, noone knows, how, because there are no publicly available datasheets for these chips.

 

[bloodmaster]

Get GPU-Z 0.38 and look at VDDCI, that's, or atleast I that is, Vmem

And BAGZZlash, will try that theory out then tonight, hope it works

There is no VDDCI in my 5850 with asus bios...

 

[bloodmaster]

I mod my asus 5850 bios with voltage up and i change the 2d freq so i solved flickering display when i have both monitor and lcd tv connected.

Is anyway to make fan control work ?

 

[Astennu]

I also have a 5850 and i dont see the VDDCI.
How i'm starting to wonder if the memory voltage is programmable on a 5850.

I took my multi meter i have found the GPU voltage: 0.95v 2d and 1.2 full load with furmark.

But have not found the memory yet. I have found something that reads 1.6v but that seems to high. + its the same in 2D and 3D Load.

 

[Astennu]

Update:

Found a voltage that was switching 1.118 windows. Boot 1.13x And 3D 1.152.

I changed 0x18 for the GPU that worked. But the 0x15 for the memory did not.

I dont think 5850's have the ability to program memory voltage. I dont even know i i got the right measuring point. And 5850's bios files dont have memory registers.

So it seems thats 5870/5970 but i dont know for sure.

Next i'm going to test if the Fan control works. Last time it did not have effect.

 

[theorw]

I need more beta testers. I implemented extended voltage control options I need tested. There are several groups of testers I need:

1. 4770 users
   I implemented L6788A voltage controller chip support (thanks to LKJask). Many 4770s utilize this chip. So if you have a 4770 you wish to volt mod, give it a try.
   
   
   
   
   
   Download the beta version here.

1. 
   
   U should know that EVERY 5770 reference design uses L6788A controller so u shoudl ask for their help too!Too bad mine is dead and i was RMA'd with a non reference design.

 

[scamps]

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Simply take your original BIOS, leave any voltage registers unchanged and just change some of the powerplay voltages. Save, flash, reboot. Post results.

you mean to change the voltages under clock infos? You know, that there is no other voltage, but only a "---" available?

 

[Darkasantion]

Right, changed 0x18 on the GPU towards 1.274 Vcore, and changed the memory towards 1.2V instead of 1.15V. Furthermore clocks are changed to 1025/1300 on the 3D clocks, these are 24/7 safe clocks, tested them alot, so certain those are stable as a rock
Don't know if steps of +0.025V are possible on the memory, but I do know Vcore increases in steeps of ~0.0125V, so took 1.2V as Registers shows that steps of 0.05V are possible

 

[Astennu]

Right, changed 0x18 on the GPU towards 1.274 Vcore, and changed the memory towards 1.2V instead of 1.15V. Furthermore clocks are changed to 1025/1300 on the 3D clocks, these are 24/7 safe clocks, tested them alot, so certain those are stable as a rock
Don't know if steps of +0.025V are possible on the memory, but I do know Vcore increases in steeps of ~0.0125V, so took 1.2V as Registers shows that steps of 0.05V are possible

Do you have a 5870 ?

I did testing on my 5850:

0x15 = 1.2
0x16 = 1.15
0x17 = 1.1
0x18 = 1.0

I did not see any changes when monitoring voltages with the multimeter Also my OC did not improve. So i think mem voltage control is a no go for 5850 cards.

I also tested fan control i changed tmax from 100 to 85. But it did not work. Fan speed was the same as before.

 

[Darkasantion]

Do you have a 5870 ?

I did testing on my 5850:

0x15 = 1.2
0x16 = 1.15
0x17 = 1.1
0x18 = 1.0

I did not see any changes when monitoring voltages with the multimeter Also my OC did not improve. So i think mem voltage control is a no go for 5850 cards.

I also tested fan control i changed tmax from 100 to 85. But it did not work. Fan speed was the same as before.

Yes I do have a 5870, yet a bit stuck on how to flash again, made a little CD a while ago to flash the new rom into the card, yet now I've lost that CD so need to make a new one, yet don't know how I did it So need to solve that issue first.

Solved, trying a flash now, made a backup of the original BIOS juist in case this backfires, and an extra VGA card is nearby, but hopefully it's going to work right away

 

[Astennu]

Yes I do have a 5870, yet a bit stuck on how to flash again, made a little CD a while ago to flash the new rom into the card, yet now I've lost that CD so need to make a new one, yet don't know how I did it So need to solve that issue first.

Solved, trying a flash now, made a backup of the original BIOS juist in case this backfires, and an extra VGA card is nearby, but hopefully it's going to work right away

I downloaded a tool from hp. With that tool you can make a bootable USB Stick. Just like the old FDD. I flash with that But i dont know the link anymore.

Its called: HP Windows Format Utility For USB Drive key. (SP27608.exe)

Anyway for the 5850. GPU Voltage works just change 0x18. But Fan and Mem are a non go over here.

Is the Fan control working for HD5870 cards ? If you change the Tmax to like 80c. It should go way faster. Over here it does not.

 

[Darkasantion]

And somehow I now get an image into the CD, yet it now says during boot now boot loader :S Help please, used WINImage to create a Floppy image of 2.88Mb with ATIflash and the BIOS's on it, yet no go What am I doing wrong?

 

[BAGZZlash]

you mean to change the voltages under clock infos? You know, that there is no other voltage, but only a "---" available?

[url]http://www.abload.de/thumb/15aof.jpg[/url]

Exactly. Just delete the dashes and enter a voltage near the ones in the registers (like 1.07 or something like that).

 

[cbupdd]

If you have problems on getting dos, and if you have a win 98 cd, you have the solution. Boot the win98 instalation, exit, and you have dos. If you have a sata hdd, you will have to use a pendrive, or similar, and put on it the atiflash files.
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I currently have an asus 4770 formula, it has a different voltage regulator (I supose), and the previous rbe already works. (Previous rbe also works with sapphire f***ing blue edition).

 

[BAGZZlash]

There is no VDDCI in my 5850 with asus bios...

Indeed, 5850 BIOSes have only one VT1165 programming sequence. Is there anyone around who can confirm that 5850s carry only one VT1165?

 

[scamps]

you mean to change the voltages under clock infos? You know, that there is no other voltage, but only a "---" available?
...

Exactly. Just delete the dashes and enter a voltage near the ones in the registers (like 1.07 or something like that).

Did two tests in the meantime:



both result in a standard 400/900 @1V without any regulation by the driver, but without bsods too

Indeed, 5850 BIOSes have only one VT1165 programming sequence. Is there anyone around who can confirm that 5850s carry only one VT1165?

if the second VT1165 would be necessary to regulate the vram-voltage I would understand why my 5850 @5870-bios does not react on a higher memory voltage at all. 1,20 V instead of 1,15 V results in no higher possible clocks. Approx. 1360 is still the max.


Edit: w1zzard´s reviews of 5870 + 5850 tell of 1 VT1165 (5850) and 2 VT1165 (5870)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/4.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_5850/4.html

 

[Astennu]

Indeed, 5850 BIOSes have only one VT1165 programming sequence. Is there anyone around who can confirm that 5850s carry only one VT1165?

I think i can:

It seems there is only one on the back of the card.

Did two tests in the meantime:

[url]http://www.abload.de/thumb/t1919r.jpg[/url][url]http://www.abload.de/thumb/t2n3wc.jpg[/url]

both result in a standard 400/900 @1V without any regulation by the driver, but without bsods too



if the second VT1165 would be necessary to regulate the vram-voltage I would understand why my 5850 @5870-bios does not react on a higher memory voltage at all. 1,20 V instead of 1,15 V results in no higher clocks.


Edit: w1zzard´s reviews of 5870 + 5850 tell of 1 VT1165 (5850) and 2 VT1165 (5870)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_5870/4.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_5850/4.html

Yeah same here. No mem voltage control for the 5850 i knew there was a reason to use a other pcb on the 5850.

Now i have another reason to buy a 5970 ^^

 

[BAGZZlash]

if the second VT1165 would be necessary to regulate the vram-voltage I would understand why my 5850 @5870-bios does not react on a higher memory voltage at all. 1,20 V instead of 1,15 V results in no higher possible clocks. Approx. 1360 is still the max.

I'm pretty sure that's the case. Thank you!

 

[Darkasantion]

Good news and bad news....

Good news is that on a HD5870 0x15 RBE does change the Vmem, it's working here, and now running on 1.2V. Yay!

Bad news is that I can't get the HD5870 to change core-voltages over the BIOS. Tried both 0x15 and 0x18 with 1.275Vcore and nothing changed there at all. After that tried 0x15 and 0x18 together, yet again no result.... Even worse, if I alter the core and memory speed towards 1025/1300 it doesn't apply these clocks in Windows, so somehow RBE isn't reading/adressing the right spot somehow

But lucky I have MSI Afterburner, so now I just apply 1.724Vcore and 1030/1300Mhz using that tool, yet I now have the memory on 1.2V

What's even stranger is the fact that the card is running on 1.125Vcore if I just run it on the clocks the BIOS has registered in the first place, without MSI Afterburner applying an overclock, so there might be another registerpool we're not seeing or adressing

 

[bloodmaster]

BAGZZlash is there any progress to make fan control work for 58xx bios?

I have try both TRANFER FUCTION and LOOK UP TABLE by changing values but no affect in real world.

Thank you for your excellent work on RBE.

 

[scamps]

I'm pretty sure that's the case. Thank you!

Gerne!

If you need other tests let me know - I have to play with my liquid cooling now

 

[BAGZZlash]

BAGZZlash is there any progress to make fan control work for 58xx bios?

No, not working there right now.

 

[Aznboy1993]

Quick question: for adding more volts to memory, do I have to modify the same "0x18" square under Memory registers or is it another one to be modified?

Thanks!

Sure can! Here is my stock video BIOS for my card, it is in an attached zip file. Could you guys mind editing it and changing the core voltage to 1.4v and the memory to the max safe 24/7 voltage.