Professor12
01-17-2003, 07:02 PM
In the beginning.... i got the crazy idea to do the vdd mod for my Epox 8RDA+. I looked around and researched the process and then went on the perilous journey to radioshack. After waiting for almost an hour i was able to purchase my tools: (1) 15 turn 1k ohm pot, and a pack of two micro "claw" clips. Upon returning home i began my personal quest to find appropriate wires to do the mod and then settled down to read things over once again to make sure i knew what pin to clip on etc. Well much to my dismay i found that there is no gap between the pcb and the pin i was trying to clip onto :( But since I had already gone through the trouble of soldering the wires to my pot and adjusting it with my handy multimeter, I decided to attempt soldering the wires (btw this was the first time in my LIFE that i had ever soldered anything). I soldered the first wire (or so i thought) and attached the second to my case for the ground. Almost shaking with anticipation i hooked up my pc again and turned it on... nothing. I looked into the pc only to see a single F on the board lcd. Feeling my spirits drop i did the most reasonable thing i could think of... turn it on again! Still nothing and now i was fearing that somehow i screwed it up and had just fried all the components in my brand new comp. Well i took apart again only to find that i had gotten solder on the 2nd pin and that it was shorting it out. After more than an hour of trying (before which i had drank several glasses of soda), i was finally able to reattach the wire onto the pin and clean up the solder which was causing the short. Lol well my god it worked and now i am sitting at a healthy 1.80-82 vdd. For anyone who has actually read this let this be a warning. I tried to rush this mod (also the first time i have ever done a mod, to my comp, the first i have ever built) and didn't really take the time to sit down and do it carefully (that and my shaky hand!). For anyone about to do this same mod BE CAREFUL. My board almost payed the price for my foolishness and yours could too.
Btw... thank you so much everyone for the great information found on this site. It has really helped not only on this mod but on the building of my computer which is in my sig.
Btw... thank you so much everyone for the great information found on this site. It has really helped not only on this mod but on the building of my computer which is in my sig.