LHR to Full hashrate incoming soon allegedly 02/26/2022

[JayDDee]

This special driver unlock is out on the news everywhere and funnily nobody says if is real or not, what the hell?

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-rtx-lhr-bios-v2-unlocker-tools-bypasses-crypto-mining-restrictions-full-performance-on-ampere-gpus/

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-rtx-lhr-bios-v2-unlocker-supposedly-removes-mining-hashrate-limit-from-ampere-cards

they're just copying and pasting from the github of this questionable unlocker..

The BS is spreading fast just like BS does lately.

Maybe this is a plot by the government to put trackers in mining rigs for the big crackdown.
It makes about as much sense as anything else.

Edit: This is definitely too hot to touch. In addition to what's already been mentioned, what kind of hacker
posts a slick advance promo? Why create a github account when the driver is to be hosted on another server?
Why such a generic github ID?

I doubt that anything, malware or otherwise, will surface. All the effort was made to drive traffic to youtube.

[P00P135]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3uASZjW39g

This guy makes a few good points about it.

[Commie]

Using RAR seems an odd choice. I don't think I've seen a RAR file in over 10 years.

Just for the record, I work with various technical (ie not mass market) software on daily basis and most releases of just compressed files I receive are in .rar. It is still widely used amongst devs and I use winrar myself for many, many years.

[Metroid]

Using RAR seems an odd choice. I don't think I've seen a RAR file in over 10 years.

Just for the record, I work with various technical (ie not mass market) software on daily basis and most releases of just compressed files I receive are in .rar. It is still widely used amongst devs and I use winrar myself for many, many years.

I'm a developer myself and I also use it, I have been using winrar for more than 20 years and in many cases is better than 7zip, it depends the use case. Anyway, nobody knows anything and yet they are spreading what they dont know for free, something is not right here hehe, I dont own any lhr gpu and will never buy any, so I will not need to download this program.

[JayDDee]

It is still widely used amongst devs and I use winrar myself for many, many years.

I'm a developer myself and I also use it,

The point is RAR is a proprietary file format supported only on Windows and requires commercial software, either paid for or pirated.
He's apparently using it to give away freeware. Why not use something more ubiquitous like zip or 7z? It's another one of the many red flags.

Someone raising their hand saying they use it for their Windows job is beside the point. And the fact you can get unrar for Linux
is also beside the point, so don't waste your time correcting me on that either.

[WhyFhy]

I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.
probably a generic vbs script to drive traffic "Ohh it only works after donations". type of deal

[Metroid]

so don't waste your time correcting me on that either.

I was not correcting you because there is nothing to correct and even if there was something to correct I don't think I would, anyway, you see red flag about him using winrar whereas I dont.

[JayDDee]

I was not correcting you because there is nothing to correct and even if there was something to correct I don't think I would, anyway, you see red flag about him using winrar whereas I dont.

I was worried the discussion might be driftiing too far off topic into a debate about compression algorithms.
My intent was to discourage any further discussion about rar, it wasn't directed at anyone in particular.

I just get the feeling it's not a typical crypto stealing scam, the pitch is too weird. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[Metroid]

I was worried the discussion might be driftiing too far off topic into a debate about compression algorithms.
My intent was to discourage any further discussion about rar, it wasn't directed at anyone in particular.

I just get the feeling it's not a typical crypto stealing scam, the pitch is too weird. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Yes. What intrigues me about this is the fact editors are posting this everywhere and they dont know if is real or not. It takes few minutes to find out if it is and nobody yet reported, it just needs an lhr gpu to find out. I wonder why is this taking so long. Those miners youtubers have a lot of lhr gpus laying around in their basement.

[P00P135]

I was worried the discussion might be driftiing too far off topic into a debate about compression algorithms.
My intent was to discourage any further discussion about rar, it wasn't directed at anyone in particular.

I just get the feeling it's not a typical crypto stealing scam, the pitch is too weird. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Yes. What intrigues me about this is the fact editors are posting this everywhere and they dont know if is real or not. It takes few minutes to find out if it is and nobody yet reported, it just needs an lhr gpu to find out. I wonder why is this taking so long. Those miners youtubers have a lot of lhr gpus laying around in their basement.

The actual software hasnt been released yet.  Think he said the 26th but you would think if it was real he would have it in the hands of reputable youtubers already.

[Lafu]

I just get the feeling it's not a typical crypto stealing scam, the pitch is too weird. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

I dont know but it looks like in some way about that it can be a crypto stealing scam and bad software that can hack the infected PC.
There are some signs already , as the Github Account is just a few days old and how many Threads and posts we have seen in the last weeks and month here on the Forum
with fake github accounts for the " LHR-Pill and such things. I would be not surprised if this is something similar .
Definitely would be careful with that when there is something to download .

[sxemini]

I just get the feeling it's not a typical crypto stealing scam, the pitch is too weird. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

I dont know but it looks like in some way about that it can be a crypt stealing scam and bad software that can hack the infected PC.
There are some signs already , as the Github Account is just a few days old and how many Threads and posts we have seen in the last weeks and month here on the Forum
with fake github accounts for the " LHR-Pill and such things. I would be not surprised if this is something similar .
Definitely would be careful with that when there is something to download .

It is similar - i described it well - how the hell will he boost the hashrate for RTX A2000, RTX A4000 and so on? This cards have no hashrate lock!!!! If he really unlock something then RTX A4000 and RTX 3070 must have the same hashrate.
This fake pills also say they can boost hashrate for complete optimized old cards - but people still fall for it.

I am scared about the fact that so many youtubers, hardware tech foren and so on make news about this "unlocker" and do no own research. They give him a lot of range with it for his scam, and that they don´t delete this wrong news.

[FP91G]

If it worked, then either the software was sold for money and this method was tested by blogger miners. Otherwise, they are viruses. I would immediately stop watching such videos if I saw a series of RTX Axxx video cards in the description.

[peteycamey]

scam

[Lafu]

I am scared about the fact that so many youtubers, hardware tech foren and so on make news about this "unlocker" and do no own research. They give him a lot of range with it for his scam, and that they don´t delete this wrong news.

Dont know why so many youtubers and other people making this so big , i guess the most of them doing it because they maybe get some clicks on there channels.
And i just have seen a new Video from the same youtuber that OP has posted on the first post in here , and its looking like its confirmed that this LHR-Unlocker is a Scam.
The Video was uploaded today and here is the Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2luvudyqtJk

[JayDDee]

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LHR unlock isn't really needed anyway. Many unlockers make comparisons against FHR but
FHR isn't well defined. If a card was never released with FHR there's no way to know what the value is.
Even comparing original FHR cards with their LHR successors may not be accurate.

I get +37% on a 3070ti by running a decoy process. Is that FHR? Maybe, maybe not. If the decoy
process happens to be a miner of a different algorithm maybe the combo is better than FHR,
whatever that really means.

LHR is dying fast, whether Nvidia achnowledges it or not. There will be no funeral, it will just die alone
and forgotten.

[Lafu]

So i watched a live stream where they breaking down the files and what it does !
You can watch the recorded live stream here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6lQqQq_II
After you downloaded and install the things from Github and starting the program it will download a driver file.
It has 18 detections with Malwares ,Trojans and Viruses in it , so its confirmed its Fake and Malware.
 
Fake Driver file :  511.65-desktop-win64bit-international-nsd-dch-whql.exe , with just a size of 155.00 KB  , a normal driver file would be around 500 MB big.


Source 1 : https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f4cd43748e17f9db901362e61d9b8ffa688450d030fd2cf05564394b6eabddee
Source 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6lQqQq_II

[JayDDee]

I've always hated stub installers for this very reason, they can download malware through the back door
via secondary download. It's safer to download a full installer, inspect it, and do the installation offline,
But it's much less convenient.

[OgNasty]

Why would Nvidia ever release an unlock?

the only way they will unlock for the masses is only if intel or amd give the masses a better deal than what nvidia does

I disagree.  There's no incentive for them to release an unlock for gpus they've already sold.  If intel or amd gives a better deal, then they will counter it with the release of hashing only gpu models or unlocked future gpu models.  Backtracking to unlock hashrate would send the signal that they don't care about gamers and miners that paid top dollar for unlocked cards would also be pissed.  It's a lose-lose.  Piss off gamers, piss off miners, reduce future demand of higher hashrate gpus, and shine further light on the fact that they did this in the first place.  I don't see any upside whatsoever.  I'm sure someone will crack the lock at some point, but I have serious doubts as to whether it will be nvidia or not.  I just don't see any upside for them to do it.  I won't even touch on the added warranty repair costs that miners must be adding to their bottom line over the years. 

This is coming from someone who owns a LHR gpu from nvidia.  Expecting them to unlock it is wishful thinking in my opinion, but I love your optimism. 

[Metroid]

I disagree.  There's no incentive for them to release an unlock for gpus they've already sold.  If intel or amd gives a better deal, then they will counter it with the release of hashing only gpu models or unlocked future gpu models.  Backtracking to unlock hashrate would send the signal that they don't care about gamers and miners that paid top dollar for unlocked cards would also be pissed.  It's a lose-lose.  Piss off gamers, piss off miners, reduce future demand of higher hashrate gpus, and shine further light on the fact that they did this in the first place.  I don't see any upside whatsoever.  I'm sure someone will crack the lock at some point, but I have serious doubts as to whether it will be nvidia or not.  I just don't see any upside for them to do it.  I won't even touch on the added warranty repair costs that miners must be adding to their bottom line over the years.  

This is coming from someone who owns a LHR gpu from nvidia.  Expecting them to unlock it is wishful thinking in my opinion, but I love your optimism.  

Sure, not to unlock what is already sold, unlock what they want to sell. Nvidia dont care about sold gpus, they care only about unsold gpus. AMD at least cared about Polaris, AMD offered a dag fix, nvidia would never do that, example 1070, my 1070 used to do 35mhs on eth, last time I tested it, it was doing 25.