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    Hard Modding 9500 to 9700 works for aiw9800se also

    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

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    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

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    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.
    Last edited by realityx; 23-11-2003 at 09:19 PM.

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    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

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