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    9600m GT Overclock changing ID

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by PurpleSkyz, Apr 9, 2009.

  1. PurpleSkyz

    PurpleSkyz Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey,

    So I overclocked through bios a while back my 9600m gt to a 9700m gt clock wise. I wanted to change the ID to that of a 9700m GT to have it appear under windows as that. is that gonna be problematic, or does the card/laptop sees it just as a name change not risking much.
     
    PurpleSkyz, Apr 9, 2009
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  2. eurasianbro

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    why would you need to do that?
     
    eurasianbro, Apr 9, 2009
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  3. Tippey764

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    You could just force install drivers for a 9700m gt. I did it on an 8400m gs i force installed 8600m gs drivers for fun.
     
    Tippey764, Apr 10, 2009
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  4. PurpleSkyz

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    I need to do that for cosmetics, to each their own.
     
    PurpleSkyz, Apr 10, 2009
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    I don't think you can do that. Isn't the ID on the card and Windows, or whatever program, just reads it and displays it?
     
    grbac, Apr 10, 2009
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  6. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The ID is either hardcoded into the GPU or soft-encoded into the BIOS of the GPU. Not really easy to mess with.
     
    Greg, Apr 10, 2009
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    Yes, this is not something that a simple driver install can change.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 10, 2009
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  8. Tippey764

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    You can change the ID with riva tuner.
     
    Tippey764, Apr 11, 2009
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  9. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Why would you do this?
    The only reason I can see is if your selling it, and that would be an act of fraud

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 11, 2009
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  10. PurpleSkyz

    PurpleSkyz Notebook Evangelist

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    I reapeat, I overclocked my gt 9600m GT 'THROUGHT BIOS' using NvBitor. there is the option to change the ID of the card on NvBitor to anything, but I dont want to try that without making sure it has been done before without FAILING.

    zomg KTRON lol.
    Ya, right, fraud, GG. I said why I wanted to do it, for cosmetics, i like having a 9700m gt and that being shown in vista it self. DO i ask you why you spend 10k on a laptop? dont go calling me a criminal, thank you very much. I love my laptop very much and have no intention of selling it anyway.

    EDIT: Anyhows, I tryed it, when flashing throught nvflash i got a message telling me id was not the one found on original bios, did not dare to overwrite it as is, so pressed 'y' to override.

    I guess ill leave it as it is, dont want to take risks, cheers for your help peeps.
     
    PurpleSkyz, Apr 11, 2009
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  11. stevezachtech

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    I never knew you could do all that to your system... Good luck with your attempt.
     
    stevezachtech, Apr 16, 2009
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