DoctorVGA

All the same with every BIOS and every driver, all the info on GPU-Z and the error code are the same.

So i have tried multiple BIOS's (MSI Miner and Original too) and it returned always the same Code 10 error. Tried multiple drivers, also tried to force 1060 driver on it when i wrote back its original BIOS and it changed from P106-100 to GTX1060 in the devmanager but does not did any change (as i tought). I will solder this GPU back to P106 then the "Project Frankenstein 1060" ends here, because it leads to nowhere now, but we learned from that, so the project was somewhat successful, because now we know that it is not possible (on Windows) for sure to use this card normally or for mining or more like for anything...(I have created a card that does not exist and not have any software that supports) ? Edit: Theres nothing to see on the resource panel. There's a screen from it: PS.: Thanks for your helping ideas, and kind words to make from this project as much as possible for me, and sorry but i don't want to mess with Linux and virtual machines because i really don't think that it would help in some way. PS2.: I was wondering if i had a GTX1060 with HC22 VRAM what would be the result... no one knows Greetings from Hungary -DrVGA

So i have decided to fire it up using Intel integrated VGA as a primary display, and the PC boots, the beeps has gone with this setup - and the windows see P106-100 (with the modded BIOS, i have not tried with the original bios but yeah it looks like the codename is hard coded in the GPU itself) but it returns with an error code 10 that there are insufficient power resources to start the card. I have tried this method with this modded P106 driver and it will install successfully but returns with error code 43 because its not a gtx1060 and not even a p106 its like a PTX106 ? Next step is to try to put back its original bios and see what happens as a secondary card, but i dont think this project is leading somewhere from where we can win anything because if i'm right the GPU itself don't have the ability to process any video signal output from that PCB. If i'm using it as a primary card there comes three beeps, then windows boots up and i have getting no video signal from the card itself, but i get video signal from the mainboard's integrated DVI output, but the "picture" is only 5 pixel height coming from the upper side of the screen so there is something but its weird... So i really don't know...i lost my faith a bit and think we can't build a gaming card with the use of miner GPUs...

Hi ncrmnt! There are some more infos about this project. So mainly there are two versions of P106 Miner GPUs. The 3GB one named GP106-090-A1 and the 6GB one named GP106-100-A1 just like the commercial (First release) versions of GP106 (3GB: GP106-300-A1, 6GB: GP106-400-A1) but there's more versions, in this case one with named GP106-410-A1 which is the same like GP106-400-A1 but its VRAM, because the 400-A1 controlls only 8Gbps VRAM (ending with HC25 on Samsung) whilst the 410-A1 controlls 9Gbps VRAM (ending with HC22 on Samsung). So if i put a GP106-100-A1 on a card, that card needs to have 9Gbps VRAM because that chip is the "little brother" of GP106-410-A1 and not the GP106-400-A1... i see there's differencies in Controllers, VRM's everything mainly does not help to put a P106 BIOS on a GTX1060 card because it will not do anything with that BIOS for sure... I have a BIOS writer hardware, also have a hexeditor so its not a problem for me to modify anything on a BIOS in hex. Have found out that there's a string in every Pascal bios after "Chip Rev." that refers to the GPU name itself some way, made a screenshot and attached to this post. GTX1060 3GB String: 3000G4100020 , Chip: GP106-300-A1 GTX1060 6GB String: 4000G4100030 , Chip: GP106-400-A1 GP106 6GB String: 1000G4100100 , Chip: GP106-100-A1 etc. So i have modded the original bios and replaced this 4000G4100030 string to 1000G4100100 but nothing changed. Maybe it needs to replace more data than this string but i fear its beyond my knowledge... of course i will try but i don't feel like i can do this, and what if it's succeed somehow then theres this 8-9Gbps thingy... think if i replace the HC25 VRAM with HC22 there isnt any guarantee that it will gonna work. PS.: Sad, but i don't have linux, never had it :(

Hello Guyz. I have made an experiment about this GP106-100-A1 thing. I have got an MSI 1060GTX 6GB Gaming X card - without a BGA chip (GP106-400-A1) because it was in short so i removed the BGA. Today i got a 100% working P106-100 which is using the BGA named: GP106-100-A1, so i removed this chip and applicated it on this MSI GTX1060 6GB card. Measured all the resistances on all phases, everything is looking normal but of course the card is not recognised by the motherboard - getting three long beeps from the BIOS. I think it can be two things: 1, - VRAM modules on the P106-100 are ending with HC22 (9Gbps), the MSI have the VRAM chips ending with HC25 (8Gbps) so the BGA cannot control that VRAM. 2, - BIOS "asks" BGA and getting the answer that it is not a GP106-400-A1 therefore the BIOS restrict the card to start. The next i think i should do: - Replace the 8Gbps modules to 9Gbps modules from the miner card because i really don't have any ideas how to mod the BIOS or how to reverse engineer it... Any toughts, ideas about this project feel free to reply