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I took off the stock hs and slapped on the one that came stock with my PIII 500e. I needed some more juice to get it going well, so i pencil tricked it. I only made a small line because I haven't bought a volt meter yet.
Well, turns out I got an extra 10 out of each with it, I'm running 310/310 stable as far as I can tell. I'll post some benchies when I get around to it.
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Stupidity should be painful.
Lovely stuff. How much was that again? http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7-R
Crucial 512MB@152Mhz
Radeon 8500LE@310/620MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXP
How's everybody going with their 8500's then? Doesn't seem like there've been enough driver problems. I would have expected a barrage of "screw ATI" posts by now. http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
Just put a Crystal Orb and TweakMonster tin-coated copper RAMsinks on mine.
Took off the original heatsink (which incidentally was affixed with a mixture of horse **** and ear wax) using the ol' screwdriver and credit card method...
http://muthafunker.homestead.com/fil...d/8500mod1.jpg
Lapped the core using 1200 wet 'n' dry until I could just about see copper coming through (ooh!). Applied a thin layer of Arctic Silver adhesive and left it overnight with the COrb and a weight on top...
http://muthafunker.homestead.com/fil...d/8500mod3.jpg
Masked off the memory pins, lapped the bases of the RAM and whopped them on too...
http://muthafunker.homestead.com/fil...d/8500mod4.jpg
http://muthafunker.homestead.com/fil...d/8500mod5.jpg
I did the mod mainly because with the pencil trick, everything was getting pretty toasty. Additional MHz weren't my priority so I was pleasantly suprised when the memory hit 640MHz. The core wouldn't go any further than the 310MHz I had it at already. I'm probably going to up the voltages a bit more now as they are still at a fairly conservative 1.8/3.82V. My balls say "2/4V" but my head says "ARE YOU CRAZY???!!!!". http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
Not bad for an LE, huh?
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7-R
Crucial 512MB@152Mhz
Radeon 8500LE@310/620MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXP
[This message has been edited by Mutha Funker (edited 03-15-2002).]
Anybody with a voltmeter done the mod and know what voltages they're running at?
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7-R
Crucial 512MB@152Mhz
Radeon 8500LE@310/620MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXP
Damn you got 310/320 out of an LE? Impressive. I still can't get too much more than 310/310 out of mine, and it's non-le. I have horrible case ventalation though and no ramsinks yet. And no voltmeter, so I'm kinda scared of guessing.
Everyone else, post your radeon successes!
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Stupidity should be painful.
I hope they are too busy playing games to post. http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7-R
Crucial 512MB@152Mhz
Radeon 8500LE@310/620MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXP
or maybe the video cards are dead and they're not POSTing http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif hahahah... sue me .. heeh
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Sheesh, I wish I got that Radeon 7500. I don't think I told you all, but ebuyer cancelled my order as they noticed I was getting it for ultra cheap. If only it was in stock when I ordered it, it woulda been too late for them to do anything once it was on my doorstep... http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/mad.gif
Looks like I am sticking to the GF2MX for a while longer http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/frown.gif
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Gin - The driver's choice
Damn, that sucks mate. I guess they must have got the prices for the SDR and DDR messed up. Still.. there's always the 8500 for £124 + VAT. http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7R
Crucial 512MB@152MHz
Radeon 8500LE@310/640MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXPP
You call yourself a student when you can afford those kinds of prices? http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
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Gin - The driver's choice
Yeah, I use the money I save by only going out and getting monged every other day. http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7R
Crucial 512MB@152MHz
Radeon 8500LE@310/640MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 10/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXPP
http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif Such a hard life
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Gin - The driver's choice
