7970 locks

[hedgey]

has anyone tried flashing an older non-locked bios? Im thinking of the Gigabyte F1 bios which im sure wasnt locked.

 

[hedgey]

seems i have a rev 1.0 which isnt locked. so I just upped vddc in AB by 0.025 and it went up in gpu-z. oddly the gigabyte util stops at 1.175. (F2 bios)

 

[hedgey]

gpu-z reports it undervolts by about 0.018. but it is above 1.175 which is the lock with rev 2.0

 

[hedgey]

which flasher to flash that? ive heard of people softbricking 7970OC's by flashing Ghz bioses, but those were maybe rev 2.0

 

[hedgey]

Whats the max voltage you can set in Afterburner? With mine its 1.3v. No need to bother flashing your card if you can use Afterburner.

1.3v. Not tried any serious clocking yet.

 

[hedgey]

But you wont be able to do that if the card is voltage locked which I think is why the OP is exploring whether flashing it will unlock it.

I thought it was locked cos it's a 7970OC but it seems rev 1.0 isn't while 2.0+ is locked. But AB and gpu-z differ on the vddc. Not sure which is accurate.