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Which one is the right one? The original or the one which works with most cards?

I see we're at v1.4 on most GitHub versions:
https://github.com/caa82437/PolarisBiosEditor

But this article (https://mining.help/bios-mods/) mentions 1.6.7 and I found its GitHub (https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor).


There even is a paid supposedly v2 mentioned here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1954245.0




So, which should work?
I have 5 Saphire Pulse RX 580 8G and 2 Aorus whathever (580 - 8G as well).

I like jaschaknack's version. I've had very good results using the v1.62 'one click timing patch' on the original Bios. PBE automatically detects the memory type and v1.6.2 applies the bundled performance straps to the 1750 MHz and up timings. The current v1.6.7 adjusts the 1500 MHz and up timings, but the 1750 MHz straps are more stable for most cards.

https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor/tree/9ec64066eecdb55ac86da7bc82181eaab2161d51

Damn, that's one more thing to test!

So...flash all your cards with the aggressive timings (from 1500 MHz) and identify the ones that aren't stale, then reflash those with a more conservative BIOS?

In my experience with RX 480/580 and 570's, cards with Hynix and Micron memory are stable with the 1500 MHz straps. With Samsung cards you need to use the 1750 MHz.

here is the site for that paid for one you mentioned

https://mining-bios.eu/product/polaris-bios-editor-pbe-2-0-pro-performance-timings/ (https://mining-bios.eu/product/polaris-bios-editor-pbe-2-0-pro-performance-timings/)

Well, I didn't want to advertise it 😁

Can we trust "one click timing patch" ?
I have sapphire 570 8gb micron. And I saw it copied the strap from 1750 and applied it to 1500 and above to 2000.

I did, I don't regret it. There's a topic here with my 580s doing 32 MH/s on ETH.

Hi,

First time using the PBE, attempting to flash an RX 480 4G with Hynix VRAM, it was doing 22 MH/s stock with compute mode,

I flashed it using the one click button BIOS and it was then doing 17 MH/s, but after restart the BIOS was also no longer detected by AMD settings, I was trying to check if it was in compute mode at 17MH/s.. but even GPUZ had trouble identifying the card, ATI Flash simply labeled it has "Polaris", I reverted back to stock BIOS after that, but I really think 22 MH/s is low for a 480, any suggestions? Also, when I use afterburner I cannot do anything above stock or the hashrate falls, this indicates VRAM errors correct?

I did a clean install and installed the pixel clock etc etc, what am I doing wrong here?

Thanks!

Step by step:
- flash bios
- remove drivers with DDU
- restart PC
- install AMD driver (august 23rd 2017 blockchain driver if you want to mine ETH)
- use pixel clock patcher
- restart PC

Should be ok.

Use MSI afterburner to overclock your memory & undervolt the GPU core.

It sounds like @Alwaysdagon didn't do that.

I'd keep the last Adrenalin drivers in compute mode and use OverdriveNTool to o/c.

Yes. It's pretty much what's available for free. More or less (few exception case) the one patch does these

Samsung :

777000000000000022CC1C00AD615C41C0590E152ECC8608006007000B031420FA8900A00300000 010122F3FBA354019

Samsung not so aggressive
777000000000000022CC1C00AD615B41C0570E152DCB7409006007000B031420FA8900A00300000 010123A46DB354019

Micron:

777000000000000022AA1C0073626C41B0551016BA0D260B006AE60004061420EA8940AA0300000 01914292EB22E3B16

Elpida:

777000000000000022AA1C00315A5B36A0550F15B68C1506004082007C041420CA8980A9020004C 01712262B612B3715

Hynix (only H5GC4H24AJ):

999000000000000022559D0010DE5B4480551312B74C450A00400600750414206A8900A00200312 010112D34A42A3816

Hynix (only H5GQ8H24MJ, H5GC8H24MJ):

777000000000000022AA1C00B56A6D46C0551017BE8E060C006AE6000C081420EA8900AB0300000 01B162C31C0313F17
 

What do these correspond to?
Microseconds?

Different memory controller timings for the vram (different parameters).  (wait) Clock cycles I believe.

for example on the first samsung strap
tRCD Write 13, tRCD Read 24, tCAS Latency 21, etc.

There are more, above is just an sample out of all.

I used the 1.6.7 and it bricked my rx 460. Now I cant even reflashed it coz it wont detect the card anymore. I just figured out that bios editor copied the 1600 straps and even put it on 1500 which I believe that screwed it. Now I need help on reviving my card. Lenovo rx 460 4gb (micron)

Thanks @tadeus1

Sorry for your trouble, @solidgang

It copied 1750 strap and copied it to 1500 on mine.. no problem.

PBE 'one click timing patch' dosen't copy straps. That's the wrong way to do a Bios mod. PBE replaces the timings with it's own bundled performance straps. In most cases the bundled straps should work.

On my micron it copied timing from 1750 and applied it to 1500 and above.

Or have I been doing it wrong? It looked like it copied the 1750 strap (I think it was a message saying so).

Samsung ubermix 3.1 is way to unstable.
GOOD micron is working fine.

Anyone have GOOD for samsung?

how much do you overclock your memory with that strap?

1150/975 1950/900

May be try with this one  samsung 3.2. its not that tight.
TRCDW=14 TRCDWA=14 TRCDR=25 TRCDRA=25, CL 21

777000000000000022CC1C00CEE55C46C0590E1532CD66090060070014051420FA8900A00300000 012123442C3353C19

or

copy your original bios 1500 strap to 2000. This would work too.

p.s. I see no real need to undervolt the mem to 900 since your core volt is not that low. you can keep the mem at 1000.

Want to use less power :)

Thanks. Tried that yesterday. Only got 28.x hash.
Micron gives me 30.9

for less power you could undervolt the core to may be 900.
for even less power, core speed to 1075-1100 and undervolt to 850-875 but then the hashrate would drop also. you have to experiment to see which sweet spot you like.

Mine now are kept at core 1100/880 mv   mem 2000/1000mv - around 29 mh for eth.  aprox 110 watt from the wall. I can get to 31 mh, but don`t like the electricity usage at that level.

Thanks. Will try those settings with ubermix 3.1 tomorrow.

1. Unplug the bricked card.
2. Use DDU to delete the amd drivers in safe mode.
3. After a restart windows installs the Microsoft standard drivers.
4. Turn off and plug the bricked card.
5. Now, if you are lucky, you can flash an other BIOS to the card.

I flashed wrong bios on mine yesterday. Lol.

1. Ddu in safe mode
2. Restart
3. Use atiwinflash and flash original bios
4. Restart
5. Flash correct modded bios
6. Restart
7. Use pixel patcher

I use internal gpu

Hi,

Now, I've done this on my strix rx570 4GB and the first time i got 30 + 22 + 22 mhs on claymore 11.6 mining ETH, then when i tried to get the second card to hit 30mhs, its dropped down to 18mhs and the same with the 3rd.

Now do i need to remove drivers first then follow the steps above for EACH card? i.e start as if there are no drivers installed or start with the standard drivers installed and then follow the steps?

Also is it best to undo the pixel patch and redo with every card or pixel clock patch all at once?

Many thanks in advance

do you have a great timing for hynix and micron?

Am I the only one having trouble accessing jaschaknack's github page?

Does anyone have a copy of the 1.6.2 PBE, and is willing to upload it?

Thanks!

I haven't been able to get the PBE one click from jaschaknack's github either, keep getting 404's not found for everything under his user.  Definitely could really use someone to provide a mirror please.

Not sure what happened with jaschaknack Github. PBE works great for me. Here is PBE 1.6.2 through 1.6.7 I uploaded.

For my Strix RX480 8Gb (Samsung memory) used PBE 1.6.7 "One click timing patch". Timings are identical to Uber 3.1. My card is stable with this modification and without further additional settings gives 29.3 MH/s.

Try this timing 777000000000000022CC1C00106A5D4DD0571016B90D060C0060070014051420FA8900A00300000 01011333DC0303A17
and get 31 MH/s @ 1150/2150

Thank You!
I couldn't find anywhere

This is from 1750 and up ?

Oh, Thanks!

^^^^^^^^^^

DO NOT run the executable from this link, it's malware.

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/bb8fad8afee53434ab30f2a3283734f452c2e4e7b7c5ec8d8201de6d28b2e784/detection

The original Polaris Bios Editor files from jaschaknack's Github can be downloaded from from the links I uploaded.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2806981.msg40226027#msg40226027

This is great. In my new miners I am about to setup for my colleagues I did the mistake of not saving a copy of the Polaris 1.6.7 which is the one which works great with any Sapphire card for me so far, 570/580 and they work great with specific mining computer boards like Biostar and Asrock.

I don't know why many people are saying that the 1.6.7 is way too unstable as I have not encountered any error with it and the Blockchain August drivers in the rigs I manage for my friends, but maybe I have just been lucky which I don't believe.

My configuration is the same, 1 click timing BIOS mod of every single card before putting them back together as 6 and then applying Pixel Patcher. I don't overclock much through MSI, usually I leave Rx 580 at the 2000 memory clock and only undervolt the core clock. With Rx 570 I increase through MSI, from 1750-2000 and they run stable. I am talking about 4 Gb cards here.

Thanks for lots of great straps to try, and undervolting advice. I have four RX580s, headless rtos rig, almost ready to go.

I'm going to try a v1.6.7 version(free) of Polaris BE, because from what I am reading here, it seems to be all about the custom straps. I like walking on the shoulders of giants, and since I've never even mined before, and I found a giant, or a master, I think I'll journey[-man] one (more) time. Object-oriented, Larry Wall perl idea be lazy not crazy, etc.

Here's my intro to "giant" or "master" or "guru", and his free PBE version https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1882656.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1882656.0) which I expect to have nice straps for my RX580s:

I think with this version of PBE, I detect the personal style and nuance of Jason Kurtz aka The Doctor aka tekcomm* usernames. He is an outstanding developer, having worked at Motorola, and programmed the Scientific Atlanta TV set top boxes, and was in the dev crew working with Linuxium on linux for cheap Chinese 2-in-1 touch screen small laptops with Bay Trail and Cherry Trail bios, when I first encounterred The Doctor and his work. Most notably for us, however, he developped the Rocm Rippa real-time-operating system(RTOS) by stripping down Ubuntu linux, and using rocm atomics. I call that Highway 361 Revisited Tour, because in same style as for his version of Polaris BE, he announced his goal, and then vanished--deleted his git username for "git rocm issue #361" i.e. "Highway 361". I know his gmail and you can find him easy by websearch. He likes solving people's problems for digital coin bounty, when you find him.

If you are interested in joining the Highway 361 Revisited Tour, in The Doctor's inimitable style, his v2 stripped down Ubuntu rtos rig, rocm rippa, check out the rocm Issue #361, closed but that makes no diff and Earl Co and gstoner might respond. I am currently sleuthing what the blacklisting and whitelisting and commands are that make The Doctor's v2 rocm rippa work as rtos, while upgrading to Ubuntu bionic beaver and upgrading amdgpupro to August 30 version compatible with beaver, and upgrading rocm and anything else. Until I get to a good stage, maybe able to install Ubuntu, run a script in two seconds, strip it and make it a blockrippa in fashion of The Doctor rocm rippa, you can try Earl Co's fork v2 v3 v5. I can also try to pull custom straps from The Doctor's PBE, and put them into a later than v1.6.7 version of PBE, and put that out separately and in blockrippa update(fork?) on v2 rocm rippa.

Highway 361 Revisited Tour ("suspicious link removed" hahaha figures, bit (dot) ly (slash) 2p3BEs2 , simply leads to git rocm issue #361)

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Dead links(404 not found) to well-respected(websearch it!) PBE v1.6.7 source code compile-able on linux:

https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor (https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor) (404 not found)
archive dot org:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171211022847/https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor/archive/master.zip (https://web.archive.org/web/20171211022847/https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor/archive/master.zip) (404 not found)
https://web.archive.org/web/20170611072904/https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor/archive/master.zip (https://web.archive.org/web/20170611072904/https://github.com/jaschaknack/PolarisBiosEditor/archive/master.zip) (404 not found)

OK, here's my copy of that master.zip, and what the author gives for his AV key, which may serve you as like a CRC check to see if I touched the zip contents:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OJ1NJECqiCxrzml-f_yaUTm_B81Kuirh (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OJ1NJECqiCxrzml-f_yaUTm_B81Kuirh)

From README.md including the AV report link:

# PolarisBiosEditor v1.6.7

### Important: You need to disable SecureBoot / Activate CSM in your
### Motherboard UEFI because the modification will make
### the cryptographic signature invalid.

If you don't trust the EXE just build on Linux with ```sh build.sh```. Quick and easy.

For donations or other requests please contact me by email: jk@jascha-knack.de

VirusTotal Report: https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/da96cd604093c686e8b1488726ae10a43a550aea5aaba0c0f308183b86f340f3/analysis/1505395469/

0/58. If your AV warns you about a virus/trojan, consider it as false positive.

Fork from lojkinKot

works on linux with mono, executable is build against .net 3.5

one click timing feature should be used with care, it maybe not stable for you

please build the executable yourself or decompile the existing one if you don't trust

### v1.6.7
- created solution and project files for ide
- support for device id 0x67ef
- better timings for micron memory
- firmware signature test / firmware signature in ascii
- editing of bios message (experimental)
- online check for new versions
- online display of developer notice

Hi all! Used this link - https://mega.nz/#F!yXQXGIqA!2AxA4AbQO8r4h7NKqHML1A
Working ok

Hello! I am new here but have been tweaking my hynix cards for about a year now and just got a perfectly stable rx580 hynix bios that is currently running 29,5/MHS - 31/MHS depending on mem clocks, if you set mem to 2100 and core to 1150 you should see about 29 - 30 MHS. Power consumtion is around 90 to 95 for each card but you can tweak this more if you want to, i am happy with those settings though. Just reply if you want the bios and i will upload it. Kindest regards Xoide :)

EDIT: The cards is ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-Gaming

i have the same cards at 31,9 - 33 mhs , but never never a strix will consume 95w ;) come on . be realistic !

https://crypto-hunter.info/en/polaris-bios-editor-1-6-7-elpida-micron-samsung-hynix/

Clear PBE 1.6.7 + instructions

That much clean that even Github delete that...

Updated PBE 1.7.2 with the latest memory types and RX 590 support:
https://github.com/IndeedMiners/PolarisBiosEditor/releases (https://github.com/IndeedMiners/PolarisBiosEditor/releases)

And yes, this one is clean ;D ;D Stable for months on Github with several thousands of downloads.

Also the better paid version PBE 3 PRO 2019 with better timings, auto OC and undervolting

https://mining-bios.eu/product/polaris-bios-editor-3-pro-pbe-3-pro-performance-timings/ (https://mining-bios.eu/product/polaris-bios-editor-3-pro-pbe-3-pro-performance-timings/)

If you don't know my bios thread here it is, you can read it whole and see my build up trust.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1954245.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1954245.0)

P.S. the one OhGodAGirl who was talking shit about me 2 years ago in my thread is now confirmed with cloud mining scam and also exit scam Mineority FPGA...

Pro version has better timmings vs free edition ?! Can you explain me that ? I tested both i and i didnt see any difference  ???

What memory type? Send me an e-mail or start new ticket https://mining-bios.eu/my-tickets/new-ticket/ (https://mining-bios.eu/my-tickets/new-ticket/) It shouldn't have same performance only as last option if better timings arent't compatible.

Reuploaded PBE 1.6.7
https://github.com/IndeedMiners/PolarisBiosEditor-1.6.7/releases
New virustotal scan: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/6134cd1d0f2eb8326234830b20f6407656ed96423301896cdd5b23ae7b666f45/detection

Our updated version PBE 1.7.2
https://github.com/IndeedMiners/PBE-Polaris-Bios-Editor-1.7.2/releases

Polaris Bios Editor 3 Pro 2019
https://mining-bios.eu/product/polaris-bios-editor-3-pro-pbe-3-pro-performance-timings/

it is safe to mod bios with one clicking time patch in polaris editor?

a lot of information and nothing useful, I recommend the tested working version of Polaris Bios Editor (https://bittention.com/programs/polaris-bios-editor/)

virustotal 0/89

if you find anything less, let me know! ;)

i downloaded this tool, and i had all kinda malware hit my pc, now granted this was the ONLY thing i downloaded that day.
and somehow my wallet got emptied they stole all my coins around 250-300 worth so be careful of this thing. ill never use it again  ill stick to SRB for editing bios

I don't know... Let me guess... what about the open source version on Github? That has most of the time 0 detection and sometimes 1 or 2? That you can build on your own from Github source code?
https://github.com/IndeedMiners/PolarisBiosEditor/releases/ (https://github.com/IndeedMiners/PolarisBiosEditor/releases/)

That's what happens when you download strange upload of our PBE version from Mega.nz instead of our Github repo...

I just the bios mod and my hashrate went from 26 to 30, thanks!

About to try this on a used Asus Expedition 570 8GB I got for a good price.  Hope it works out!

Try using the patcher program Atikmdag (https://bittention.com/programs/pixel-patcher-atikmdag/). This program is commonly used for RX400 series graphics cards that are detected by the system after BIOS modification with error 43.

that is, what you downloaded in the previous days does not bother you? ::)