Hard Modding 9500 to 9700 works for aiw9800se also

[realityx]

After having a softmodded 9500nonpro for a while,
I decided to bite the bullet, and hardmod it.

Here,s a brief description for anyone thinking of
doing the same....The same procedure also applies for
the 9800se&aiw obviously only do this if the softmod works perfectly.

I thought actually bridging the two connectors
would be the hard part...as it turned out it
wasnt...what turned out to be a right pain
was taking off the two pins which hold the heatsink
in place....
once off I carefully moved the heatsink
from side to side until it eventually came off,
revealing that lovely core

The connections are so small,
I used the tip of a needle
to bridge the two connectors
with conductive paint (imo using a needle
was ideal for this)
the bridge I made with the needle
was almost perfect :O)...but you need
steady hand.

Then came to reinstalling the heatsink,
yet again those pins prooved to be a pain,
but i managed to get them in.

My 9500nonpro bios was already flashed to
325/310 pro speeds (MUFUs bios)
so after installing the card back into
my board,
started my pc.....booted
into windows fine.....I loaded
my fav cats 3.7...rebooted
and low and behold....I now
have a hard modded 9700pro

For anyone who,s think of doing it..
do so...it isnt that hard.
Just need a bit of patience
some small pliers, a needle, a screwdriver and some conductive paint....I used Electrolube silver conductive paint.

And now for all intents and purposes
I have a 9700pro

[SilentDeath]

im thinking of getting a 9800se aiw so thats good that it can be hardmodded. where are the connectors, on the core? ive not noticed any connectors on my 9700 core or within the shim area, pics would be nice if you took any

how far will yours clock? what mem have you got?

my 9700np gets to 420/313, gpu is watercooled

i agree those pins are very annoying. ive got a DD gpu waterblock mounitng kit thing which is a lot nicer, its basicly a m3 bolt, a few m3 nuts, some plastic washers and a spring for each hole. makes mounitng easyer and allows more pressure on the core imo. got mine form over-clock.co.uk

[realityx]

I was gonna take some pics, but my
digicam wont take any without natural light conditions.

I used this how to from xbit labs as a reference point, it has all
the pics you need
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d.../news6142.html

The only difference between the way they did it, and
the way I did it, was they actually removed the resistor
and soildered it back in place, Using conductive paint
is far easier and has the exact same effect.

my 9700pro uses hynix 3.6..
running perfect at pro speeds 325/310,
Its really mufu bios that makes the diff
here.

The card itslef will go upto
380/347 with good air flow,
Well at least thats what the
previous owner got it too

The cards using the standard heatsink,
and I wont be o/c it futher,
i mean how can I ask more from
a 9500np
Well I guess I could, but I,m not going too

If you want to o/c futher
flash your bios to mufu,s
you should notice an instant
difference

Oh yeah....the bridge you make for the 9800se/aiw
is in the exact same position as the 9500np, So that guide
counts for both.

[SilentDeath]

347 is VERY good for ram rated at 250mhz!!! :O

my ram is crappy infinion 3.3, which cant do more than 315
most 9500/9700 cores should make it to about 400 and if the owner sid it can do 380 i would definatly atleast try it, its not going to damage the card, just go in small steps making sure the card dont get toooo hot

thanks for the link