Chip ID of the NVIDIA Based Card
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We have reported that a GeForce/GeForce2 can be turned into a Quadro/Quadro2
professional
graphics card. The conversion is done by just changing the chip ID in the flash ROM of GeForce
from "GeForce" to "Quadro" with soldering and shifting one or two resistors.
As well as on GeForce-Quadro and GeForce2-Quadro series, the chip ID in flash
ROM is applied
to TNT2 Vanta-TNT2 M64 and TNT2-TNT 2 Ultra series. In this article, the chip ID
information of
all of the NVIDIA video cards are disclosed. To enrich our "GeForce/GeForce2->Quadro/Quadro2"
series, some discussion on turning that TNT2 Vanta/TNT2 into a TNT2 M64/TNT 2 Ultra
will also
be waged.
GeForce2 GTS GeForce2 GTS DDR GeForce2 GTS BR Quadro2 Pro GeForce2 MX DDR Same as the Quadro hacking, you can mod your TNT2 Vanta / TNT2 into a TNT2 M64 / TNT 2 Ultra
For the method of
distinguishing
which resistors to solder and which new slots to shift to, you can refer Links of Turning
your GeForce/GeForce2 into a Quadro/Quadro2 click!
Chip ID of the NVIDIA Based Card *
* table created according to the info provided by a Chinese
guy "Magicapple"
Video Chip
/ Code Name / Pin ID Voltage
TNT2 Vanta
NvVanta
TNT2 M64
Nv5M64
TNT2
Nv5
TNT2 Ultra
NvUltra
GeForce256
Nv10
GeForce256 DDR
Nv10DDR
Quadro
Nv10GL
Nv15
Nv15DDR
Nv15BR
Nv15GL
GeForce2 MX
Nv11
Nv11DDR
Quadro2 MXR
Nv11GL
also by converting the ID in the flash ROM on the TNT2 Vanta / TNT2 card. The card ID signals are
generated as to voltage input state on pin 18 and pin 19 of the flash ROM on video cards, and the voltage
input state is controlled by 10K SMD-resistors that connect directly to those pins.
to those
cases of Quadro
hacking.
Unlike Quadro hacking, which would unlock several features that are useful to professionals,
TNT2 M64
/ TNT 2 Ultra hacking gives you no any new graphics feature but satisfaction of one's vanity, since the
differences between TNT2 Vanta and TNT2 M64, and that of TNT2 and TNT2 Ultra, are core frequency
only.