Hi, you can avoid bricking cards with alternative vbios by using Linux KVM and soft-loading it at Virtual Machine power-on = 'passthru' VGA in a Virtual Machine. The alternative VBIOS file resides in /var/lib/libvirt/vbios/ and is used instead of the cards onboard VGA Bios :D Once you've confirmed success then you can flash the BIOS with much less risk to the GPU!
It is possible to change tesla from compute to graphic. I have updates on the LTT forum for the s7100x. No need to run it in hybrid or switchable graphics. I'll be moving onto other surplus cards shortly.
Hi Miyconst, i have an Asus Strix X99 MoBo, i was planning to pick a Xeon E5 2666 V3 but it's not officially supported, do you think it could work? Or i have to do some kind of bios mod? Thank you
I am sorry to disappoint, but I don't test mining. We already have energy crisis and many counties use it as an excuse to keep buying Russian energy resources. Mining wastes electricity and contributes to the energy crisis.
Thank you man, another interesting video! I hope all is well. I was looking at that heat sink with the exposed copper core that shows at the top, thats the sign of a higher quality heat sink right? I've only seen ones with smaller copper inserts on the bottom only.
@@iamatlantis1 yes, that cooler is a stock / box Intel cooler from an i7-4770k, back then Intel at least somehow bothered about the cooling capacity of their coolers.
@@Miyconst oh okay, thank you for answering man! I think I have never seen one without the fan on top I guess 😅 I didn't realize the copper part was that large, definitely better than modern ones like you mentioned.
Can you explain how you get these to work on the HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT motherboard? I have the 230 watt PSU and the machine boots just fine without it (outputs over VGA), but with it all I get is a black screen and it does not appear on VGA out or on display port out.
@@Miyconst No it doesn't. I watched that one in full too. You should make a full video about your setup with the 800 G1 USDT motherboard because I have all of the parts you have, but it only shows a black screen on boot.
I was never able to make it work with MXM installed in BIOS. You need to boot into Windows and install iGPU drivers. Then boot with MXM installed while monitor connected to iGPU.
Have you tried to flash the vbios you find on techpowerup? You can find it in the Unverified Upload -> HP -> S7100x section. Maybe editing with Tonga Editor works too ...
Is this gpu working in an Alienware M17X R4? I mean this gpu: AMD FirePro S7100X MXM 3.0 Amethyst GPU 8GB DDR5 and would it perform better than GTX 675m 2Gb GDDR5?
Since you already have Z87, why don't you review some v3 E3 Xeon with integrated graphics like 1225 or 1245? Is it worth to buy? Since GPUs are quite hard to get these days. You can probably overclock the RAM and improve the IGP performance. 720p test is enough I guess.
These E3 Xeons are only interested as an upgrade for existing PC. Building a new gaming PC with Intel iGPU makes zero sense, no matter how much you overclock the RAM.
@@Miyconst some people still has problems getting GPUs and some can only get from scalpers with highly marked up price. buying these MXM cards is hardly a solution since MXM to 8x PCIE adapters are priced more than $100
In case you want to revive your card you should try a hardware programmer like the CH341A. Have the same card and amdvbflash does not work reliable. I could not alter the vBIOS at all. The card simply does not run or does not boot without the original vBIOS.
@@Miyconst The BIOS has data beyond the normal 128K limit, are you sure you fetched this data when saving the original vBIOS the first time? I can upload my full chip size 512K version somewhere. The later WX7100 can be modded in any way you want but this card resists to any modification.
@@Miyconst I apologize, I've been trying to get the word out about it and I think you're the first to reply. Thank you for getting back to me! the url is at the in my previous comment. I used a ch341a programmer and ASProgrammer, under the ic GD25Q40 and it worked just fine. I have some poor quality videos on that forum and can try to post something better.
@@Miyconst 27 inch 2011 iMac uses mxm based cards . With done clever nodding you can use the heatsink from the 6970m and run that card ( install open core ) to get boot screen and install osx 12.3
@@amdintelxsniperx No, it is unfortunately not simply working in the iMac. Especially within the iMac 2011 all GCN 1-3 cards can cause serious NVRAM corruption and sleep/wake is broken. Additionally this card does not accept modded vBIOS versions. The video outputs are configured wrongly and you can use only an external display connected to the mini display port.
With all due respect, and supporting the Ukrainian nation during these hard times, but they are not fighting terrorists. They are fighting because of mistakes their leaders have made to antagonize Russia.
Antogonizing Putin, like, by existing? Russia has a history of planting their own people in countries to take them over from within. If Ukraine hadn't resisted the Russian takeover at all, it would likely be worse now. Putin isn't reasonable, he was going to do this anyway and it absolutely is terrorism to actively target civilians.
Both sides are wrong, and ukraine is in hell because of this cold war between usa and russia. Usa messed with the democracy in a lot of countries in ameria, mine is one, in Brasil they supoorted the nazi dictature here. And usa supported a lot of nazi grups in ukraine too. But thats no excuse for russia to invade, but remember, they didnt started this
I am not sure if you are a troll, a bot, or a brain washed person, but I will try to answer reasonably. My friends and family are in Ukraine, not long ago I was there as well, so no, I am not taking my info from TV. Now, here it goes: 1. There are no Nazi in Ukraine. 2. We don't have USA soldiers or USA laboratories that develop special virus to kill Russians. 3. USA is far from innocent, but they have nothing to do with this conflict. 4. In 2014 Russia ruthlessly invaded Ukraine and declared it to be a "civil war". 5. Russia gives no shit about the Russian speaking population as they claim. At the moment, two largest Russian speaking cities of Ukraine are almost destroyed. Russians cynically shelling schools, hospitals, civilian buildings, and infrastructure. Ukraine is not a saint county, but this conflict and this blood is on Russia and Russian population.
Hi, you can avoid bricking cards with alternative vbios by using Linux KVM and soft-loading it at Virtual Machine power-on = 'passthru' VGA in a Virtual Machine. The alternative VBIOS file resides in /var/lib/libvirt/vbios/ and is used instead of the cards onboard VGA Bios :D Once you've confirmed success then you can flash the BIOS with much less risk to the GPU!
Thanks for the info! I will try that next time.
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I've managed to get it to display natively as a discreet gpu over hdmi.
Sometimes I check your channel and I must say, I’ve never been disappointed. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the support.
I'm happy to keep watching you keep up the good work you're doing a amazing job despite the circumstances. Stay strong mate!
Glad to see you at work. Interesting review and comparison, thanks!
Started watching this channel for the interesting haswell xeons, now I'm sticking around to wish you well.
Thank you for the support!
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@@alessiovisconti2018 so far there are no available coupon codes.
doing nerdy stuff has kept my head up during the worst times of my life. you have the right attitude. thanks for the content.
It is possible to change tesla from compute to graphic. I have updates on the LTT forum for the s7100x. No need to run it in hybrid or switchable graphics. I'll be moving onto other surplus cards shortly.
Nice video! I like this kind of review, this type of hw is uncommon for regular user, so, it is very interesting.
Hi Miyconst, i have an Asus Strix X99 MoBo, i was planning to pick a Xeon E5 2666 V3 but it's not officially supported, do you think it could work? Or i have to do some kind of bios mod? Thank you
I think it's going to work out of the box.
Any test done on mining? I was waiting someone to test it and im glad, im waiting for the mxm adapter, it's a victory already to know it's working
Ofc considering the adapter only deliver 75w
I am sorry to disappoint, but I don't test mining. We already have energy crisis and many counties use it as an excuse to keep buying Russian energy resources. Mining wastes electricity and contributes to the energy crisis.
@@Miyconst ok i understand, can you at least confirm if the mxm adapter is working with it?
@@lucarossi8374 it does work.
It will work perfectly. If u live in south america were energy is at good value and clean, go for it!
Thank you man, another interesting video! I hope all is well. I was looking at that heat sink with the exposed copper core that shows at the top, thats the sign of a higher quality heat sink right? I've only seen ones with smaller copper inserts on the bottom only.
Are you talking about Intel box cooler? Some old version for i7 CPUs had a copper base, the current junk is fully made of aluminum.
The one at 1:16, oh that's the one that comes on the gpu? For some reason I thought you improvised the cooling solution
@@iamatlantis1 yes, that cooler is a stock / box Intel cooler from an i7-4770k, back then Intel at least somehow bothered about the cooling capacity of their coolers.
@@Miyconst oh okay, thank you for answering man! I think I have never seen one without the fan on top I guess 😅 I didn't realize the copper part was that large, definitely better than modern ones like you mentioned.
Strange. Why couldn't you restore the standard BIOS using the programmer?
Did you completely erase the EEPROM first and then write to the stock BIOS?
Hey Myco
Have you ever tried rx480m?
No, sorry.
Can you explain how you get these to work on the HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT motherboard? I have the 230 watt PSU and the machine boots just fine without it (outputs over VGA), but with it all I get is a black screen and it does not appear on VGA out or on display port out.
This video explains it all: ruclips.net/video/VM-ugQH27go/видео.html
@@Miyconst No it doesn't. I watched that one in full too. You should make a full video about your setup with the 800 G1 USDT motherboard because I have all of the parts you have, but it only shows a black screen on boot.
I was never able to make it work with MXM installed in BIOS. You need to boot into Windows and install iGPU drivers. Then boot with MXM installed while monitor connected to iGPU.
@@Miyconst Gotcha. Thank you ! What iGPU drivers did you install?
@@CYR1X I let Windows Update download the drivers, there are "optional" updates, that include all necessary drivers.
Have you tried to flash the vbios you find on techpowerup? You can find it in the Unverified Upload -> HP -> S7100x section. Maybe editing with Tonga Editor works too ...
Yes, I have tried, my GPU is unfortunately dead.
@@Miyconst argh ..... I'm sorry. Question: can you tell me the difference between the two versions sold by wsore? They look the same to me .....
The more expensive one has cooler mounting bracket at the back side of the GPU. I used it to mount Intel box cooler.
Do you think it would be possible to install and play games with a MXM Tesla M6? It's the best price / performance card I've found
It should be possible, but M6 has memory chips on the back side of the card, those are very hard to keep cool.
@@Miyconst mmm ok. Another possibility il Nvidia M4000m with one side memory….but both are too big so I have to modify the case, right? 🤔
@@andreafx2724 yes, if you can't fit it into your chassis.
@@Miyconst do you know the powerful card that can fit the Elitedesk g1 case?
@@andreafx2724 no, without chassis mod there is not much you can choose from.
Is this gpu working in an Alienware M17X R4? I mean this gpu: AMD FirePro S7100X MXM 3.0 Amethyst GPU 8GB DDR5 and would it perform better than GTX 675m 2Gb GDDR5?
In theory it should work, but of course I can't guarantee since I didn't test it with your machine.
@@Miyconst Ok. Thanks for this great video and for your fast reply.
Would be interesting to know if it works in:
- HP Elitebook 7840w
- iMac 2009-2011
Yes, but I don't have these devices to test.
Если сможешь оживить карту сделай об этом пост или расскажи в следующем видео. Очень редкая, странная и интересная проблема.
Мені здається, що модифікований БІОС подав підвищену напругу і щось на платі згоріло, але звичайно, якщо відновлю стан роботи, то повідомлю.
Since you already have Z87, why don't you review some v3 E3 Xeon with integrated graphics like 1225 or 1245? Is it worth to buy? Since GPUs are quite hard to get these days. You can probably overclock the RAM and improve the IGP performance. 720p test is enough I guess.
These E3 Xeons are only interested as an upgrade for existing PC. Building a new gaming PC with Intel iGPU makes zero sense, no matter how much you overclock the RAM.
@@Miyconst some people still has problems getting GPUs and some can only get from scalpers with highly marked up price. buying these MXM cards is hardly a solution since MXM to 8x PCIE adapters are priced more than $100
@@miongklok You underestimate how weak iGPUs are.
how about like Quadro M3000M/M400M
These are also interesting options, but it's very hard to implement cooling solution for the memory chips on the back side of the MXM card.
quadro m4000m is better. S7100x is on par with 970m gtx and m3000m
I've got this working natively over hdmi as a discreet gpu.
How?
I tough HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT had a 75w limitation.
Yes, it's default configuration is limited to 75 Watt, but I use a non original powerful power supply, so it's not an issue.
In case you want to revive your card you should try a hardware programmer like the CH341A. Have the same card and amdvbflash does not work reliable. I could not alter the vBIOS at all. The card simply does not run or does not boot without the original vBIOS.
I restored the original BIOS with CH341A, otherwise I would not report the GPU as dead.
@@Miyconst The BIOS has data beyond the normal 128K limit, are you sure you fetched this data when saving the original vBIOS the first time? I can upload my full chip size 512K version somewhere. The later WX7100 can be modded in any way you want but this card resists to any modification.
@@DerAusdauersportler no, I didn't save the full 512KB dump, only the 128KB that GPU-Z saves. Please upload the full BIOS if possible.
I have uploaded a working bios that allows native display from the amd s7100x.
Awesome! Where did you upload it? Is it possible to flash with AMD/ATI flash?
@@Miyconst I apologize, I've been trying to get the word out about it and I think you're the first to reply. Thank you for getting back to me! the url is at the in my previous comment. I used a ch341a programmer and ASProgrammer, under the ic GD25Q40 and it worked just fine. I have some poor quality videos on that forum and can try to post something better.
I am sorry to say, but it seems like RUclips has deleted comments with the link. Could you please send it to me via email or Discord?
Ome moment please
@@Miyconst I sent a message on discord. Yes, you can run the .bin through the amd/atiflash software.
Thanks for the video.
Hope that peace could win all-over the planet
That card works great in Mac os
Inside a proper Apple PC or with a Hackintosh installation?
@@Miyconst 27 inch 2011 iMac uses mxm based cards . With done clever nodding you can use the heatsink from the 6970m and run that card ( install open core ) to get boot screen and install osx 12.3
@@Miyconst since it's basically gcn it has native Mac osx drivers . So it just working . Mojave and up
@@amdintelxsniperx No, it is unfortunately not simply working in the iMac. Especially within the iMac 2011 all GCN 1-3 cards can cause serious NVRAM corruption and sleep/wake is broken. Additionally this card does not accept modded vBIOS versions. The video outputs are configured wrongly and you can use only an external display connected to the mini display port.
🇺🇦 🌻 💙💛 Slava Ukraine 💙💛🌻 🇺🇦
With all due respect, and supporting the Ukrainian nation during these hard times, but they are not fighting terrorists. They are fighting because of mistakes their leaders have made to antagonize Russia.
Antogonizing Putin, like, by existing? Russia has a history of planting their own people in countries to take them over from within. If Ukraine hadn't resisted the Russian takeover at all, it would likely be worse now. Putin isn't reasonable, he was going to do this anyway and it absolutely is terrorism to actively target civilians.
@@b0ne91 If Ukraine hadnt resisted it wouldve been Russia's puppet by now.
@@b0ne91 Yeah the United Nations can be trusted, thats why you didnt hear about Israel bombing Iraq 2 days ago..
Both sides are wrong, and ukraine is in hell because of this cold war between usa and russia. Usa messed with the democracy in a lot of countries in ameria, mine is one, in Brasil they supoorted the nazi dictature here. And usa supported a lot of nazi grups in ukraine too. But thats no excuse for russia to invade, but remember, they didnt started this
I am not sure if you are a troll, a bot, or a brain washed person, but I will try to answer reasonably. My friends and family are in Ukraine, not long ago I was there as well, so no, I am not taking my info from TV. Now, here it goes: 1. There are no Nazi in Ukraine. 2. We don't have USA soldiers or USA laboratories that develop special virus to kill Russians. 3. USA is far from innocent, but they have nothing to do with this conflict. 4. In 2014 Russia ruthlessly invaded Ukraine and declared it to be a "civil war". 5. Russia gives no shit about the Russian speaking population as they claim. At the moment, two largest Russian speaking cities of Ukraine are almost destroyed. Russians cynically shelling schools, hospitals, civilian buildings, and infrastructure.
Ukraine is not a saint county, but this conflict and this blood is on Russia and Russian population.