9800 cut resistor.. help!!!

Chilljf · Jan 30, 2004, 06:30 AM

Today I decided to lap my Zalman ZM-NB47J which I had put on my 9800np after doin a couple lapping jobs & gettin it down pat. So all goes well with the lapping. btw, I think the zalman looks sweet with a silver base Anyway I decided to take the shim off my 9800 with a razor blade which I had done b4 ok with my 9500np(gained 10 mhz on oc & nice surface contact without shim) So as I on my last side of the shim, I press a little to much and slice off a little resistor in the corner. It was one of the tiny ones by the core. So I continue on as I feel there is nothin I could do to put it back on. So I boot up ok , try out warcraft 3, played for 2 hours.. no problems. I then ran 3d2003 & 3d2001 which showed no artifacting or weird textures. After I try to play ut2003 & get the error (General protection fault! History: MainLoop) & closes out. I then try to run the ut2003 benchmark which benches ok with no problems. I am curious as to why the benchmark would work but the game doesnt? Also I would like to know what the little resistors are for? I would like to try more games to see if there is any problems with them. If anyone has done this b4 & can post your experience or can offer some insight.. thx for your help

~~craig588~~ · Jan 31, 2004, 03:45 AM

Acctually when I was testing with my multimeter they have 0 resistance, meaning they are used as bridges. Basicly all they do is determine what features to enable/disable on your card and it allows ATI to bin them.

Take a conductive pen and run it over the resistor spot a few times to make sure it has a good connection and you should be fine.

Chilljf · Feb 1, 2004, 12:25 AM

thx for your help.. I will try as u say & post my results. I have tried a couple dif games & benchmarks & still no errors of any kind

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~~craig588~~ · Feb 10, 2004, 07:28 PM

How did it turn out? (My reseach wasnt wrong, was it?)

Jan 30, 2004, 06:30 AM	#1
Chilljf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	9800 cut resistor.. help!!! Today I decided to lap my Zalman ZM-NB47J which I had put on my 9800np after doin a couple lapping jobs & gettin it down pat. So all goes well with the lapping. btw, I think the zalman looks sweet with a silver base Anyway I decided to take the shim off my 9800 with a razor blade which I had done b4 ok with my 9500np(gained 10 mhz on oc & nice surface contact without shim) So as I on my last side of the shim, I press a little to much and slice off a little resistor in the corner. It was one of the tiny ones by the core. So I continue on as I feel there is nothin I could do to put it back on. So I boot up ok , try out warcraft 3, played for 2 hours.. no problems. I then ran 3d2003 & 3d2001 which showed no artifacting or weird textures. After I try to play ut2003 & get the error (General protection fault! History: MainLoop) & closes out. I then try to run the ut2003 benchmark which benches ok with no problems. I am curious as to why the benchmark would work but the game doesnt? Also I would like to know what the little resistors are for? I would like to try more games to see if there is any problems with them. If anyone has done this b4 & can post your experience or can offer some insight.. thx for your help __________________ E2180 M0 w/Nirvana NV120 (AS5) @ 3ghz IP35-E (bios 15) 300x10 - 1.405vcore (2) 1g Ballistix PC6400 (5-5-5-15 2T 2.2v) MSI 8800GT OC Audigy 2 (2) 36g WD Raptor 600w Ultra X-finity (2 80mm Fans) w/ CM690 Case (3 120mm Fans) Plextor PX-712A Win XP Pro SP2

Feb 1, 2004, 12:25 AM	Thread Starter #3
Chilljf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	thx for your help.. I will try as u say & post my results. I have tried a couple dif games & benchmarks & still no errors of any kind .. __________________ E2180 M0 w/Nirvana NV120 (AS5) @ 3ghz IP35-E (bios 15) 300x10 - 1.405vcore (2) 1g Ballistix PC6400 (5-5-5-15 2T 2.2v) MSI 8800GT OC Audigy 2 (2) 36g WD Raptor 600w Ultra X-finity (2 80mm Fans) w/ CM690 Case (3 120mm Fans) Plextor PX-712A Win XP Pro SP2

Jan 31, 2004, 03:45 AM	#2
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	Acctually when I was testing with my multimeter they have 0 resistance, meaning they are used as bridges. Basicly all they do is determine what features to enable/disable on your card and it allows ATI to bin them. Take a conductive pen and run it over the resistor spot a few times to make sure it has a good connection and you should be fine.

Feb 10, 2004, 07:28 PM	#4
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	How did it turn out? (My reseach wasnt wrong, was it?)