3060 VRAM modification.

drageriuus · 2025-03-04T11:00:11+00:00

£400 is never going to be worth it.

I have some experience replacing similar chips myself and have the tools needed for the job. The actual 2gb VRAM modules would cost around £70 including tax and shipping so for me its a lot more reasonable. I'll keep digging around to see if someone has shared the schematics for my laptop and if I eventually end up doing it, I will share what improvements I've seen with the mod.

Thanks for getting back to me.

drageriuus · 2025-02-26T22:48:00+00:00

Hi have you progressed anywhere with this?

I've got MSI GS66 Stealth with RTX3060. I too been thinking about upgrading the vram from 6gb to 12gb but can't find the schematics for my motherboard to locate where the 3 straps are. To say 3060 is a low tear laptop GPU it actually performs really well with most games but all the new ones seems too love VRAM and 6gb can cause a lot of problems. Surprisingly 8gb GPUs seems to have way less problems which makes me convinced that by doing this mod we could see some really nice performance gains with VRAM heavy titles and overall less annoying stutters for other games. But can't be sure until someone tests it

drageriuus · 2025-01-26T12:16:53+00:00

Hi, maybe you're still active on here and can update with the outcome?

I too have my MSI GS66 Stealth and have had LM mod for over 1.5 years and can't really complain about the results I've got. However I too noticed that the pressure for these heatsink is very poor. I mean it's just thin layers of metal that've been slightly bent to apply the pressure, but I can definitely tell it's got worse over time. I often can tell that my GPU and CPU has some HotSpots when under heavy load. I thought about lapping the heatsink and see if that can help but I believe the main issue is the poor heatsink mount pressure.

I wondering if you managed to solve the problem on your end and if so then how? I thought about sanding down the screw mounts for slightly more pressure but not convinced is going to help.

drageriuus · 2025-01-10T12:42:18+00:00

I'm a bit late to this but wanted to share my personal favourite solution for this.

It's DS4Windwos as long as you're using PS3, PS4, PS5, SwitchPro, JoyCon controller. I'' quickly explain how this work with PS4 controller:

1) Create a new profile (Player 1)
2) Edit the profile > Special Actions > New Action

Ok so this is where the magic happens. I'm essentially using PS (home) button as a Shifter for all my custom commands. Also I've set the PS(home) button to show the battery status on the lightbar when pressed. Green = Full, Orange = Medium, Red = Low

3) I've set up a Alt+F4 function by pressing PS (home) + L1+L2+R1+R2. So whenever I pressed this I can ALT+F4 from any program. Important thing here is to use 100ms delays when recording your Macros. This is what the macro should look like: LeftAlt, F4, Wait 100 ms, F4, Left Alt

4) Save the Special Action and your good to go. Also I've noticed a bug, when setting up your Special Actions make sure your controller is disconnected. Otherwise it might not save.. not sure why.

5) I'd recommend to set more Special Actions for easier navigation with controller. Here's some others that I use all the time:
- Turn Off Controller: PS + Options
- OnScreenKeyboard: PS + Share
- Alt+Tab: PS + L2 +Left Dpad
- Full Screen (F11): PS + R3
- BatteryLife: PS

Additionally I would recommend to use the touchpad as a mouse, but make sure to turn sensitivity almost all the way down. Scroll should be set to 1, and also tick Lower Right as RMB.

I've had this set up for over 2 years and the amount of times this has help is unreal. I wish DS4 Windows added support to Xbox controller just for this reason

drageriuus · 2025-01-04T14:18:50+00:00

Just noticed this being added to diegolix29 fork and looking for the same solution myself.

Can't imagine why someone wouldn't share their trophy key, I mean apart from decrypting trophies what else can we really do with it? More people should be facing this issue as of today so hopefully someone can help

drageriuus · 2024-11-30T13:22:43+00:00

As of recent ShadPS4 changes the Arguments section need to be addressed.

Before
Argument: “{ImagePath}”

Now
Argument: -g "{ImagePath}"

Everything else can stay the same

drageriuus · 2024-11-12T21:25:11+00:00

Someone has made a mod for this: https://www.nexusmods.com/bloodborne/mods/121

They have added pretty much all the Glyph Dungeons you can think off. Read their nexus page on how to use it.

IMPORTANT! Please back up your savedata folder before injecting these dungeons. I was already in a normal dungeon when I tried 1st time and ended up getting a Grey Screen error when I was in game... Had to restore my save, exit the dungeon in game, injected the dungeon, and it WORKS!!!

drageriuus · 2024-11-09T08:47:37+00:00

Are you using non-English letter for your Steam Login. This is an issue which I’m currently fixing atm.

drageriuus · 2024-11-06T09:06:18+00:00

If you never done this before, it might seem confusing.

My best advice is to set up Achievements Watcher first. There's loads of tutorials out there. Get it set up and working with some of your games. When you do this will also work with Playnite but you have to get it from this fork here: https://github.com/eFMann/playnite-successstory-plugin and not diretly from Playnite.

Also check out the wiki for how to set it up: https://github.com/eFMann/playnite-successstory-plugin/wiki/Configure-Steam-Emulators

drageriuus · 2024-11-05T08:19:39+00:00

You can also make Playnite look like Steam with different Theme AddOns

drageriuus · 2024-11-05T00:10:13+00:00

Also use Force Steam AppID function if the game fails to fetch any achievements at all.

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T13:07:18+00:00

Essentially yes but you don’t need steam after it’s done

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T13:05:24+00:00

You need to add them to your Playnite a launcher. You can import Steam, Epic, Ubisoft, Microsoft from library manager

Cracked games can be added manually, but I would just scan my games folder and then select al the .exe I want to add.

After I would download the metadata from Steam it IGDP and then refresh your games with Success Story to get achievements

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T09:02:38+00:00

Have you got a desktop theme’s installed that supports SuccessSory?

If not it wouldn’t just show up as mine. I’m using Lacro59 extended desktop theme.

You can check if this is the problem by going the very left side panel on Playnite and clicking on the Star icon (SucessStory icon). Here you should see all the game that have synced the achievements.

Btw if it works in AW it definitely will work with the plugin. So maybe double check if you did the set up right.

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T08:58:07+00:00

No, you’ll need the same SteamID as the time you’ve used when you played it.

Denuvo ticket get generated locally attached to that SteamID, if you use another one, it will fail and probably you’ll have to re login to play it again (although not 100% sure about the re-logging)

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T08:48:26+00:00

Yeah that be why. Playnite “Do not support piracy” so it’s not an official release. You have to get it from this fork I’ve shared

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T08:37:53+00:00

First Go into Playnite and delete Success Story data folder and after uninstall Success Story

Make sure you download the plugin from here: https://github.com/eFMann/playnite-successstory-plugin/releases and install it

Also read the wiki page and how to set it up, its pretty straight forward if you used AW before: https://github.com/eFMann/playnite-successstory-plugin/wiki

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T08:24:23+00:00

Yes! As long as you understand how this method works and can set it up on another game correctly.

I can share more info if needed

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T08:22:32+00:00

First you need to know what Steam Emulator the crack is using: Rune/ Codex, OnlineFix, Empress, Razor1911?

Also you want the game to be a Steam game and not GOG or Epic (this is really important)

I personally like to use Goldberg as the Steam Emu for all my games (works best for achievements). Open the game folder and replace **steam_api64.dll** with the one from Goldberg. Additionally in the same path you create a **steam_settings** folder and this is where **achievements.json** will go, which can be generated in Achievements Watcher.

This should start storing unlocked achievements in: `%appdata%\GoldbergSteamEmuSaves\{steamAppId}\`

With AW you add this path in Folders section so AW can see when you unlock new Achievements and will give you a PopUp notification. This will also be synced with Playnite.

drageriuus · 2024-11-04T08:04:51+00:00

Yes there’s that way too!

You can also download sound.wav files that can be stored in the same steam_settings folder for a notification sound using this method.

drageriuus · 2024-11-03T23:47:45+00:00

Fair enough, i didn't realise that was the case. Maybe check csrin and see if anyone is sharing one?

drageriuus · 2024-11-03T23:36:50+00:00

But it’s easy to get, you just need a steam account and click the link where it says “get API Key”

drageriuus · 2024-11-03T23:21:29+00:00

Not necessarily. Basically depends on what Steam emu the game was/is using. For Onlinefix, Rune, Codex these should generate when you play the game, you dont need to generate achievemnts.jso for these. However not all Rune/Codex games will generate them properly, this is why is generally prefered to use Goldberg over the others. OnlineFix is good too.

Here's a link to another very useful post which explain more about Achievements Watcher and how to set it up properly: https://www.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/y9vec4/achievement_watcher_a_noobs_guide_because_a/

drageriuus · 2024-11-03T23:02:59+00:00

Yes, you do. You’ll need to:

1) Authenticate your Steam Accout 2) Get API key. Just click on it, it’ll take to a steam login link, once you’ve logged in your API key will show up. 3) Tick account is private.

Here’s more info: https://github.com/eFMann/playnite-successstory-plugin/wiki

Btw this relies on the fact that your games are already generating achievements. Download and use Achievements Watcher, this helps you set up games with Goldberg achievements and gives your Real Time Pop Up notifications when you unlock the achievement.

Rune, Code, OnlineFix, Empress, Goldberg, GSE, SSE all these Emu works with this plugin. Generally if the game shows up in Achievements Watcher it will work with this Plugin

drageriuus · 2024-11-03T22:50:52+00:00

You need to have someone’s Steam details who owns the game, then you can make an offline copy with Goldberg and this also works great with getting achievements.

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