l4rz/reverse-engineering-dell-idrac-to-get-rid-of-gpu-throttling

Unsupported GPUs in Dell C4130 get throttled, here's how to prevent this from happening.

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Reverse engineering Dell iDRAC to get rid of GPU throttling TL;DR Unsupported GPUs in Dell C4130 get throttled, here's how to prevent this from happening. *Most of the text contained herein is the original reverse enginnering from l4rz. The text by re-l is in italics. We build upon his research to provide a GPU throttling fix that does not overwrite support for existing GPUs and cleanly survives iDRAC updates/upgrades/resets.* The problem Dell PowerEdge C4130 ("C4130") is a versatile platform, accomodating up to four GPUs per 1U box. It is readily available on eBay so it could be used for various custom builds, including SXM2 GPUs.

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• Reverse engineering Dell iDRAC to get rid of GPU throttling (249 points, 90 comments, by f_devd, 2023-05-10)

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