citronick
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May 08, 2018, 09:42:25 AM |
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doktor - can you consider supporting R9 cards for this tool? thanks
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If I provided you good and useful info or just a smile to your day, consider sending me merit points to further validate this Bitcointalk account ~ useful for future account recovery...
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doktor83 (OP)
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May 12, 2018, 05:06:33 PM |
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doktor - can you consider supporting R9 cards for this tool? thanks
No, this is it guys, nothing more to add  |
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scryptr
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May 13, 2018, 01:08:06 PM
Last edit: May 13, 2018, 04:30:30 PM by scryptr |
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doktor - can you consider supporting R9 cards for this tool? thanks
No, this is it guys, nothing more to add WOULD YOU ADD A "HOW-TO" POST? -- Or a brief explanation of the "Pimp my Strap" process? Is a database searched? --scryptr EDIT: A brief post explaining how to unlock the compute units on an RX 460/560 would be appreciated. This stuff may seem obvious to you, but I need to set up a Windows box from scratch to use your modding utility. Is Win 10 or Win 7 better? I mine with Linux. Thank you for any response... --scryptr |
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scryptr
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May 15, 2018, 04:28:19 PM
Last edit: May 16, 2018, 12:14:39 PM by scryptr |
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SIMPLE "HOW-TO" POST--
After waiting for a reply, I went ahead and BIOS-modded my cards. My miners are on Linux boxes, Ubuntu based. I did not want to attach/re-attach GPUs and mod them on Windows boxes. So, this is what I did:
I ported into the Linux box with BitVise SSH client from my Win 7 X64 box. From the command line, using ATIFLASH for Linux and after hard reboot, I saved the stock BIOS of each card in the rig. Command line - "sudo atiflash -s 0 580-0.rom". This is a 4-card rig, so I repeated the step for each card, changing the number after the "-s" flag, and the number in the BIOS filename to match each time. This produced four files, each named "580-X.rom", where "X" is the number 0 through 3 and matches the GPU mining position. At this point, I copied all BIOS files to a backup directory. In the backup directory, each of the files could be re-named to include the serial number of the appropriate card.
Using BitVise SSH client, I copied the original saved BIOS files to my Win 7 X64 box. A thumb drive could also be used, but it takes more time.
Using SRBPolaris (a Windows program), I opened each BIOS file one-at-a-time, went to the second tab in the editor, and clicked on "Pimp MY Strap". I then saved the files as "580-XPIMP.rom", where "X" matched the GPU number as described above.
Using BitVise, the files were transferred back to the Linux mining box. Using ATIFLASH, each newly modded 580-XPIMP.rom was flashed on to the GPUs, one-at-a-time. Command line - "sudo atiflash -p 0 580-0PIMP.rom", where the number before the "PIMP" text matched the number after the "-p" flag and the GPU number as described above.
NO other programs were running on the mining box while saving or programming the BIOS files. After writing the BIOS mods to the cards, I rebooted. Mining started on reboot, and I noticed a 20-25% increase in XMR hashrate on my Sapphire Nitro+ rig with Samsung memory. A similar rig, with Sapphire Nitro+ cards and Hynix/Elpida memory, got a 10-15% increase in Ethereum hashrate. These are all dual-BIOS cards, and the stock BIOS is still in place on the second position. And, Linux does not require the ATIkmdag patcher, it just mines.
I am still not clear on how to unlock compute units on GTX 460 cards. Is this done with only the "Pimp my Straps" button? Please inform me before I ruin my cards. Thank you... --scryptr
NOTE: My Win 7 X64 box has nVidia drivers and a GTX 1080ti card for graphics. AMD drivers are not required while simply editing the RX Series BIOS file. There is also a Linux version of Polaris BIOS Editor (PBE). It works just fine but needs to be compiled from Git and launched with Mono. Linux PBE needs a desktop display, it is not a console tool for a headless system. My Linux mining boxes are all headless. --scryptr
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cirlama
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May 18, 2018, 03:09:48 PM |
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Hi all,
trying to further optimize the straps of my old sapphire nitro+ rx-480 4g elpida, I tried to flash it and got an error
even I run in admin: atiflash -fm -fs -fa -fp -f -p 0 2018-05-18-rx480.rom, it runs a few seconds and I get "read rom error 0FL01", and the same with atiwinflash...
atiflash -i gets
adapter bn dn fn dID asic flash romsize test bios p/n
======= == == == ==== =============== ============== ======= ==== ==============
0 01 00 00 67DF Polaris10 W25X40 80000 pass -
I managed to flash back the original rom once, and now error 0FL01 each time
If I do it we the GUI of atiwinflash, same error
Any nice idea?
(I don't think the shorting of pins 1-8 applies, I understand it allows to see the card, but I see it and the card runs and mine...)
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svdinu
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May 22, 2018, 05:13:01 PM |
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Milosh V
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May 23, 2018, 12:11:37 PM |
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I know, work in PBE 1.6.8 and in PBE 2.2 by mattthew also work in PBE 3.2 Tweaked, work ok because there is no Def. Freq. option.. |
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Iamtutut
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May 28, 2018, 06:43:51 AM |
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Well, it's time to try it.
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Moonwalkers
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June 01, 2018, 09:21:48 PM |
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I have 6 RX580 8gb cards.. I just finished modding one.. but for some reason my original mhs was 20-21.5 now it went up to 23.5mh/s ... How are some people getting close to or over 30mh/s??
any help will be highly appreciated.
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Branko
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June 01, 2018, 09:23:15 PM |
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I have 6 RX580 8gb cards.. I just finished modding one.. but for some reason my original mhs was 20-21.5 now it went up to 23.5mh/s ... How are some people getting close to or over 30mh/s??
any help will be highly appreciated.
Easily...find good strap, flash bios, OC as far as it go, use latest drivers and mining program, don't forget to choose "compute" |
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Iamtutut
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June 01, 2018, 10:16:51 PM |
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Doctor, winatiflash 2.77 being broken with win 10 1803 build, do you think you can transform your editor to also make it flash bioses ?
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Moonwalkers
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June 04, 2018, 06:48:01 PM |
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I have 6 RX580 8gb cards.. I just finished modding one.. but for some reason my original mhs was 20-21.5 now it went up to 23.5mh/s ... How are some people getting close to or over 30mh/s??
any help will be highly appreciated.
Easily...find good strap, flash bios, OC as far as it go, use latest drivers and mining program, don't forget to choose "compute" thanks Branko! I'm really new on the mining world.. I am currently using SMOS with suprnova mining pool. when i was mining ether my hash/card were about 26mhs-27mhs.... still not mining, where i want it to be |
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Smokeyw
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June 09, 2018, 12:27:39 PM |
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i have the asus rx 480 strix 8 gb i dont get higher then 27mh/s what i change with the memory the hashrate dont change at all
maybe anyone can help me ??
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Iamtutut
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June 09, 2018, 02:55:58 PM |
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You have to OC your memory, try 2100MHz then upgrade by steps of 10MHz until your card is not stable. Copy also your 1500MHz mem strap to all other straps above 1500MHz. Keep the fastest stable setting.
Core clock can be lowered to 1150MHz.
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Smokeyw
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June 09, 2018, 03:27:34 PM |
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You have to OC your memory, try 2100MHz then upgrade by steps of 10MHz until your card is not stable. Copy also your 1500MHz mem strap to all other straps above 1500MHz. Keep the fastest stable setting.
Core clock can be lowered to 1150MHz.
i did that all already copy all straps type 1500 to 2000 1750 to 2000 i dont get any higher then 29.2mh/s and when i try to OC my memory it even get slower i realy hate this card all my msi cards goes 31mh/s |
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Iamtutut
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June 09, 2018, 03:30:47 PM |
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Try to apply the 1500 strap to 2100MHz
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June 09, 2018, 03:41:17 PM |
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i have the asus rx 480 strix 8 gb i dont get higher then 27mh/s what i change with the memory the hashrate dont change at all
maybe anyone can help me ??
My RX480 Strix gives 29MH/s. BIOS modified with PBE 1.6.7 through button "One click timing patch". Frequency memory and core is not changed. All other settings are also default.  |
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