Modders Jumper-Wire a Cracked RTX 4090 Back to Life, Ditching 4GB VRAM to Beat PCB Doom
Trash-bound RTX 4090? Not anymore. Paulo Gomes and team yanked it from the brink with jumper wires and a hacked BIOS, trading 4GB VRAM for raw survival.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Modders bypassed cracked PCB traces with jumper wires and a custom BIOS, disabling one memory channel for 20GB VRAM survival.
- Resurrected 4090 scores 10k+ in 3DMark on basic hardware, proving viable post-repair performance.
- Hints at 48GB BIOS hacks point to AI modding potential, slashing e-waste in GPU farms.
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Originally reported by Tom's Hardware - AI
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