reversing a soft mod?

[nickthorne]

Hi,
I softmodded my Powercolor 9800SE , and it booted to desktop oK with no artifacts, (I assume that this doesn't work the card to much). However, when I attempted to run 3D mark, immediately wings of fury began, the whole thing looked a mess, with not just artifacts, but huge misshapen areas of black. So it appears that my card is one of the ones that is not moddable.

Ok, so I revert to the old drivers, reboot, and check...ATI tools confirms only 4 pipelines...
run 3D mark again..same thing! I understand that you can't harm the card softmodding, so I put in a new 9600XT, and it works fine!

Anyone have any ideas on this?

BTW, before the mod, I installed an Artic rev3 cooler to the 9800SE. This couldn't have caused problems though surely?

cheers
Nick

[zealot`grr]

I installed an Artic rev3 cooler to the 9800SE. This couldn't have caused problems though surely?

you never know, maybe you chipped the core :(

did the card artifact before you mounted the silencer?

[nickthorne]

I'll never know! I installed the silencer before the mod!
I did scrape the core gently with my fingernail as per the instructions to clear the old paste.

I'm now really nervous about putting the Arctic onto my new 9600XT!