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I sure hope You meant dielectric grease to fill the holes. Thermal compound is conductive.Quote:
Originally posted by QuadDamage
i have some Zalman vga cooler glued to NB. well, it worked fine even on v-modded video boards just fine. I got heatsinks on MOSFETS and Southbridge, Prometeia for cpu. I used some thermal compound from RadioShack on pin holes since i found some water on the socket and cpu.
This is MOST excellent! :banana: Thanks to all who have helped!!! This is FSB 221 Dual Sync with OCZ EL 3500 with 7-3-3-2 timings:
http://www.netbetty.com/H20/221.gif
youre welcome, and may the force be with you:D
nikhsub1,
to bench with this FSB, do you run a memory vmod as well or is it stock ???
So what have we got ?? A few fried boards and a few successes... but is this mod working on both Deluxe AND non-Deluxe versions ???
From what I've seen in your signatures the non-Deluxe version is working...
:confused:
If it doesn't work with mine I'll. .... . :mad:
I have all the volt mods:eek: VCORE, VDIMM and VDD. I run my mem at 3V and vcore right now at 2.05V - this CPU seems to like the voltage at 2525...Quote:
Originally posted by rsandru
nikhsub1,
to bench with this FSB, do you run a memory vmod as well or is it stock ???
So what have we got ?? A few fried boards and a few successes... but is this mod working on both Deluxe AND non-Deluxe versions ???
From what I've seen in your signatures the non-Deluxe version is working...
:confused:
If it doesn't work with mine I'll. .... . :mad:
Thanks a lot nikhsub1 !!
Do you think I'll have any issues doing the same with the deluxe version ???? :confused:
I've bought the VRs already :D
The Vcore and Vdimm are simple, if you have SMD Grabbers... What I did was attatched the Grabbers to the appropriate pins (1 for vcore and 1 for vdimm) soldered to the VR of course, and used an old fan plug for the ground. So, all I do is clip on, and plug in! No soldering needed! The VDD is way trickier, I used glue and it took lots of attemps to get it right but if you mess up, the glue comes right off with no harm done! Here is a pic of my VCORE mod with the grabber and fan molex:Quote:
Originally posted by rsandru
Thanks a lot nikhsub1 !!
Do you think I'll have any issues doing the same with the deluxe version ???? :confused:
I've bought the VRs already :D
http://www.netbetty.com/H20/asus/vcoreclose.jpg
nikhsub1 you're the master ! :thumbsup:
Thanks for the pic, I've got a good one for all the mods now....
I think I'll solder the VRs with micro-dip switches on a generic PCB I've bought, so I have them all at the same place and will be able to switch on/off any of the Vmods ... just in case.
Hey, maybe there's a market for a preassembled kit like that ! :D
I'll keep you updated !!
well, this is what i did:
http://www.modders.net/uploads/QuadD...wholemobo2.jpg
I've now done the VVD mod on my a7n8x deluxe board using 2 1Mohm resistors in series and it worked great.
191 fsb was the most I could do before 100% stable in every thing with aggresive timings 4-2-2-2, now with the same memory timings I can do 200fsb no problem and up to 206fsb 100%stable in everything. Not as high as others but I'm completely happy. :D
Since the chip is 100% stable at 2.3Ghz (originally 2400+ 2Ghz) I run 11.5x200. :D
I would like to thank the people who figred out the various volt mods for this board and also say that I haven't had a mobo this good since my old Abit BH6.
RF
ok, I'm new to this idea of bumping up the nb voltage. I have the cooling I will need and everything, and I understand how you guys are doing it. Just a few Qs.........
ok, now, all I can find are 1 Mohm potentometers. Are 2 Mohms a lot better for this? Anyone know a place where I can get one?
Ok, now I'm referring to impulse's pics on page 1.
What type of wires are the black wires? Anything special?
so far here is what I think I'll be getting:
1 Mohm potentiometer ( this (will it work?)
edit: quaddamage, WHAT THE HELL is that thing on your northbridge?
and a transister, not sure which one yet, but you guys can help me choose!!! I like radioshack, have one right down the street, so It'd be helpful If you could pick one for me.... transistors
and then those little black wires impulse has.......what are those?
Thanks a lot!!!
well, that's Zalman video cooler. does its job, i couldn't find anything better than that in my room while doin the mods. i replied to your PM and answered few of your Q's.
Wow quad, that things a beast. The southbridge does get extremely hot tho. I recommend some sort of active cooling. You also might want to tape those wires down so they dont snag on something and rip the connection off the motherboard. Canyonarrow(from the simpsons?) Heres what you can do at radioshack. Buy the 1 Mohm Pot, and also buy a 1 Moh RESISTOR(not transistor 2 dif things). Look at my picture and put the resister in series with the RIGHT pad of the POT(not where i have it pictured). This will give you a higher voltage when you turn the pot to the right. As for the wires, Honestly i dont know what they are from just some bulk black i had lying around. Its multi strand wire, not a thick copper one. Im sure its in the range of 18-24 gauge, pretty thin. You can pick some up at radio shack im sure.
^think the little black wire from a case fan would work? You know, the 2-pin plug in kind...........I have one I can take a wire off of. OK, thanks a lot. I'll get the 1 mohm pot soon, and a 1 mohm REsistor..............
and yes, it is from the simpsons...........all though my friend still argues he was saying "can ya narrow," I stick with canyonarrow........long story that involves vigilante 8 2 for N64 and a simpsons marathon...........
Couple of quick questions on this mod....
Ground... where is a good place? Is a fan header ok?
Is there a way to measure the volts within Windows?? I just want to monitor the volts.
Thanx,
Staudie
PMM
Thanks guy. Running 2 sticks/dual of 512 xms 3500 with a 2700+. Had to sink the SB and go with active on the NB and do the cpu jumper for my 333fsb cpu for mem stability.
Opted for a 1M Ohm w/ 2 100k tied into a 1M Ohm var. Calibrated to 1.72 volts at the measuring point.
Now running 3DMark at 215fsb, air cooled with no other vmods to the board. Nice find and thanks for sharing.
BTW, the vagp can be read off of one of the leads to the mosfet by the agp slot. One output is the 3, one is 1.5-1.7 (depending on the bios setting, and the last is 0.
Found that the vdd can be read by the NB itself also and it ties into your read out point. This be real.
Had a bit of a scare with my 8X vid card shutting the monitor down when dialing up the voltage. Still working on that one, but the results are great if daring.
Ok, I'm ready to do the vmods (all of them) but I think I have a problem and I need somebody with an insight in electronics to answer me.
I've bought 20k, 50k 1M pots, and 5pcs 1M resistors. (bought from ELFA)
The problem is when i measure the res on a multimeter, I can't seem to get it right. I have to set the multi to the option named 2000K or it won't say anything at all.
When i measure the resistors (fixed) the display says 311. Shouldn't it be saying 1000? and the 1M pot displays 520something all cranked up. ??
I also measured my 50K and it said 43K, which is not far off, but anyway.. have I gotten §§§§ty resistors? or is it my el cheapo multimeters fault? I which somebody would either mail or PM me about this, cuz i'm ready to go..:confused:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :stick: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
LOL :D
I guess I should be holding my fingers there as well when I'm testing resistance :D
Problem solved! Never mind guys :p
Wish me luck. I'll post the results afterwards.
Good luck man, I hope you get some good results!
K, I'm ready to go, made small piece of PCB with the resistors on, It looks damn nice ;) I'll post pictures in about an hour, then my girlfriends little sister comes down with a digicam (don't have one :P ) :stick:
Going to glue it there, hope it will work
Ok, here are some pictures b4 installing.
This is the mod on the highest setting:
And lowest..
..and all went to hell. I decided to solder, and i did it perfectly. I thought.. when i measured the voltage, it said 2,14, and still is. The board works tho, but no greater overclock, not by a single fsb, so I really don't think it did the trick.
To sum up, the only think i got out of this mod is a new problem. When I try to restart, the led on my monitor goes orange, and i have to shut down and power up, and it powers to AMD 1250mhz @ 100mhz fsb. Get into bios, my settings are there, just save and exit, and voila. Quite annoying. Anybody got a solution?
my only suggestion is to turn the voltage down a tad. 2.14 is a .44 v increase. that may not seem like much but it is. Try going to 1.9 or even 1.8, your NB chip may be overheating quickly and flaking out thus negating any benefits of a volt mod. not sure if you posted before but what cooling do you ahve on your nb sb?
oh, my bad, I didn't make myself clear enough :stick:
The mod I did don't work, nomatter what resistance i set it to, or even remove the ground, the voltage stays the same. I'm sure I measure it the right place, and it says 2,14-2,25 dependant on its mood :D
anyway, the NB is not warm (well, it's warm, but not too warm) and my asus probe sais 21 degrees (C).
I think this is cuz i heated the chip itself so much when i soldered it, that it "slipped" a little, cuz now it's got a little tilt on the left side. Like a --> / <--- if u see what i mean. maybe 10-20 degree tilt or something. very wierd, but the wierdest think is that it still works, disregarding the boot trouble.
I run at 2600+ @ 3100+ atm, no prob.
reaaaaally wierd.
gonna buy me an epox 8rda, this board is toast :/
that is, if noone can tell me what has happened. ?