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Re: Hypothetical situation
Reply #180 - 23.01.06 at 00:33:59

Now Mr. "I Can Read Toughts" what is your point?
Facts are:
DenisF is an inactive user from november 2004
The 64mb V4 mod is possible as is Denis's work

If he chose to either protect his developments or either make up the story there is nothing you can do about it, he did not publish his developments in detail and I hardly belive he is going to resurrect after more than 1 year just because of your whining.

My point is, stop being annoying and giving random accusations to people you never knew.

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Re: Hypothetical situation
Reply #181 - 23.01.06 at 00:55:31

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don't wait anything from him : I'm sure there is NO modded bios from him

Even if there was, as I have posted on a number of boards including this one- Increasing ram size and changing/diddling the BIOS isn't enough. A strapping resistor has to be added to the pcb which overrides any BIOS modifications.

Hank was very clear to me on this subject. Is the project possible? Sure, once the resistor location is found and the extra piece added.

After that the STOCK BIOS will handle everything.

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comptech_69 Full Member Offline Addicted To Half-Life 2 Posts: 183 Somewhere In Vermont Gender:	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #182 - 23.01.06 at 01:11:58 Why is guest posting allowed first off? And secondly about finding this resistor, is there a generalized area that it sould be bridged between? Anyone willing to sacrafice a few V5's? I sure as hell am, could probably pick up a few on eBay
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Thema Senior Member Offline Hardcore Powah Posts: 485 Slovenia Gender:	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #183 - 23.01.06 at 01:13:08 So it's this way, the resistor location always ends up to be the missing info But till now I have never heard of its exact purpouse, u might now something on that?
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #184 - 23.01.06 at 01:18:31 The strapping resistor informs the board another bank of ram is installed, without it in place the second bank is never accessed. Info from Hank, perhaps he will chime in.
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #185 - 23.01.06 at 01:28:58 gary, you have a working 4800, right? so you only have to compare this card to a generic 4500... ... correct me if i am wrong
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Rolo01 Full Member Offline Posts: 191	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #186 - 23.01.06 at 09:33:01 As far as I know even on those 4800 cards with 64 MB ram the extra ram in not used because the resistor is missing, too.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #187 - 23.01.06 at 11:52:36 Quote: As far as I know even on those 4800 cards with 64 MB ram the extra ram in not used because the resistor is missing, too. Correct- I have not had to to investigate as there are a large number of things on my plate. Sooner or later I will get around to doing so but I'm in no hurry.
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Funcod . Guest	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #188 - 29.01.06 at 06:07:59 google that "HY57V64820HGT"
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Reply #189 - 29.01.06 at 12:26:26

sorry but in my opinion this whole 4500 mod is a hoax! after months of asking i get a picture....the ram-chips are soldered on the pcb...but a proof of functionality is missing!
and if you look at the stock bios you can see that a v4 bios support 128mb...

these "bios hacks" and more "bios hacks" sounds very unreliable! in the past we didn't know a real 4800 but today we can compare and do not have to believe what a single person says...

i compare this mod with the hoax from x3dfxgamers! they said they have a 128mb v5 but they cleaned the ram-chips in order to protect copies...no real proof...only a few edited bios strings...

well...and after several times of trying to contact this person called DenisF via icq i ended my search....no answer is an answer too (i hope this german saying works in the english language Wink

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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #190 - 09.02.06 at 08:52:51 a voodoo 4 4500 (or 4800) AGP Prototype with 64MB (and DVI/TV Out) is underway to me... its a copper-board i think. i will compare it to a generic 4500 and we'll see!
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Reply #191 - 09.02.06 at 10:55:41

If anyone needs Hyundai 6ns memory chips,(for a noble purpose ofcourse <- like adding 4 of them on a V4) I have 8 pieces from my V5. (that one has 4.5ns EliteMT now but isn't really working Grin

) They are on a give away basis. I would like to give them to someone who is really willing to solder them on a board, not just keep them in a drawer. So if you don't have concrete plans with them, don't even ask for them.
Best regards. Alpar

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Chosen_One Senior Member Offline Keeper of the BIOS-files... Posts: 499 Germany Gender:	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #192 - 09.02.06 at 22:35:52 Quote: a voodoo 4 4500 (or 4800) AGP Prototype with 64MB (and DVI/TV Out) is underway to me... its a copper-board i think. i will compare it to a generic 4500 and we'll see! applaus i guess you know why....
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #193 - 10.02.06 at 00:56:43 @TM30, Like this one? Oscar
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Hypothetical situation Reply #194 - 10.02.06 at 12:01:23 I sense you you are right Oscar I can sense that in the Force! looks like it has the same small DVI connector like some older Voodoo3's have.
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