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Quick Reference

One-page cheat sheet for the CMP 170HX lab desk. For narrative context see Introduction and Specifications.

PCI IDs and unlock targets

Stock label Device ID Subsystem Unlocked HBM
8 GB 0x20C2 (10de:20c2) 0x1585 64 GB (65536 MiB)
10 GB 0x2082 (10de:2082) 0x1557 40 GB (40960 MiB)

Compute (Full Specs, both SKUs): 70 SM / 4480 CUDA / 280 tensor. See Specifications.

Power and cooling limits

Item Value
Default TDP 250 W
Software ceiling ~300 W
Idle GPU ~30–40 W
Connector 1× 8-pin CPU/EPS-style via adapter
Thermal hard stop ~80 °C until the loop/air path is proven
Dry-run without coolant Power off within ~5 minutes

PCIe layers

Layer Stock After fix
Width Gen1 x4 (~1 GB/s) Caps: Gen1 x16 (~4 GB/s)
Generation Firmware Gen1 Software Gen2 (5.0 GT/s) via cmpunlocker
Caps parts (n/a) 24× 0402 0.22 µF (ex. Samsung CL05B224KO5NNNC)

Driver and unlock

Item Value
Driver pin nvidia-open 610.43.02 or 610.43.03
Tool amoghmunikote/cmpunlocker
Profiles --profile=8gb → 64 GB; --profile=10gb → 40 GB
Host firmware Above 4G on, Secure Boot off
BAR1 stock 64 MB. A larger BAR1 is a separate kernel fixup, not the framebuffer unlock

Key commands

# Identity
lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia
lspci -s <bus:dev.fn> -vvv | grep -E 'LnkCap|LnkSta|Subsystem'

# Memory / thermals / power
nvidia-smi
nvidia-smi -q -d TEMPERATURE,POWER,MEMORY

# Which nvidia.ko won?
modinfo -n nvidia

# Link after unlock / capacitor mod
sudo lspci -s <bus:dev.fn> -vvv | grep LnkSta
Stage Memory LnkSta (typical)
Stock 8192 or 10240 MiB 2.5 GT/s, x4
Unlocked, no caps 65536 or 40960 MiB 5.0 GT/s (if Gen2 in build), x4
Caps only stock MiB until unlock 2.5 GT/s, x16
Unlocked + caps full unlocked MiB 5.0 GT/s, x16 when both stick

References