registry hack

[chickenwuss]

is there anyway to hack the registry of a g400 and change it to a g400 max?

also, how do u overclock with permanent settings on powerstrip 3.0? everytime i reboot the computer the speed is set to default again.

lastly, how come when i play any games my comp freezes?

[Kruzin]

"is there anyway to hack the registry of a g400 and change it to a g400 max?"
No. A registry hack cannot change your hardware. You would need to redo your card's BIOS/

"also, how do u overclock with permanent settings on powerstrip 3.0? everytime i reboot the computer the speed is set to default again."
You can't permanently overclock hardware with software. Again, you would need to redo the G400's BIOS to make any permanent changes. Although you could use Matrox's tweak util, which will keep the card overclocked with software after a reboot.

Use the forums search function to find info about hacking your card's BIOS by changing it's PINs.

"lastly, how come when i play any games my comp freezes?"
Not enough info to answer that one. Try posting full details of your problem in the gaming forum. There's a good chance it's happening because you are overclocking the card beyond it's capabilities.

[George YS]

Since the card model was recorded in the firmware on the card, it can't be changed be simple means of registry hack, but there is another method to fo it: force the name of card into G400 Max when update the driver through device manager.
Or if u want to make it to be permanent, u can compare on the PINs file extracted from the firmware of of ur card and a Max card, I believe there is a string inside that used to identify the card, once u make change to this file and flash it back to the firmware of ur card, windows should then identify it as a Max card.

The following is the contents of the PINs file extracted from my Max card, u may find it helpful:
; Warning: this is NOT a complete PInS dump. It can't be used with Progbios !!!
Fill: 0 127 0xFF
0 2 0x412E ; "PIN"
2 1 0x80 ; Struct length
3 1 0xFF ;
4 2 0x0401 ;
6 2 0xC76C ;
8 2 0x0002 ;
10 2 0x0700 ;
12 16 '###serial number###' ;
28 6 '401' ;
34 2 0x38A4 ;
36 2 0xFFF0 ;
38 1 90 ; Max SClk VCO freq/4
39 1 90 ; Max PClk VCO freq/4
40 1 90 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 8bpp
41 1 90 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 16bpp
42 1 90 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 24bpp
43 1 90 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 32bpp
44 1 34 ; Max CRTC2 PClk/4 16bpp
45 1 34 ; Max CRTC2 PClk/4 32bpp
46 4 0 ;
50 1 0x3F ;
51 1 0xFF ; VGA1 PClk
52 1 0xFF ; VGA2 PClk
53 1 0xC2 ;
54 1 0xFF ;
55 1 82 ; VGA GClk
56 1 41 ; VGA SClk/4
57 4 0x0190A419 ; VGA OP3
61 4 0x20049911 ; VGA MCTLWTST
65 1 150 ; 2D GClk
66 1 75 ; 2D SClk
67 4 0x019B8419 ; 2D OPT3
71 4 0x20049911 ; 2D MCTLWTST
75 1 150 ; 3D GClk
76 1 75 ; 3D SClk
77 4 0x019B8419 ; 3D OPT3
81 4 0x20049911 ; 3D MCTLWTST
85 1 0xFF ; GClk derate
86 2 0x0C88 ;
88 2 0x0C88 ;
90 1 0xEE ; Video Ctrl
91 2 0x2CFE ; FO1
93 2 0xFFF9 ; FO2

[This message has been edited by George YS (edited 31 May 2001).]