Asus A7N8X mod

Well since uber bios did now't.....................................

I'm struggling :( not got suitable tools micro grabbers are too big
been trying for past couple of days to get a good mount point/correct mount point.

but for those intrested plug in CM3708 into google or whatever
download the data sheet then see if you can get it modded ;)

Look near your AGP slot for a 16 pin IC small un if you measure
the voltages you will see 1.6v +- a bit uneffected by AGP bios
voltage changes.

Not sure if I am modding the correct pin I'm using a cap I think
links to pin 11(VFB) but I am either shorting or linking to wrong
part, voltages jump to 2.2 -- 2.3v PC Boots but locks at bios did
manage 1.9xx Volts runs for 10-20 sec then locks.

MOD IT AT YOUR OWN RISK BUT I AM SURE ITS THE CHIPSETS VDD

Sounds interesting, i think i will buy some pomona grabbers/pot and a multimeter as soon as possible. Oh, lets not forget the solderiron :)

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D :banana:

First off I think I have either a Com port issue or modem Issue
at high speed as previous uses of I.E. on line the system crashed
before this mod and seem still to do it but as long as I don't
go on-line I seem stable @225 got a boot at 230 but it did crash.

** Hexus_Pifast gave me errors at 220 something but has not
this time even on aggressive CPU decode done a simple Sandra
memory burn in for 10 cycles and past :)

_______All you need to know here___________
Ok I was going for the non soldering option but what the
heck soldered a small wire onto the SMD resistor nearest
pin 11.

Resistance needed seems funny!! but if you use a 2MegaOhm
resistor to ground it will result in the voltage jumping to
1.745Volts (in my case.. will differ. slightly depending on
resistor tollerances)

[edit] **opps sorry I put 1meg above was men't to say 2megohm

have you got pictures?

Yes please tell us where to MEASURE the VDD and then which pin for the mod!!!! This is great news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will do my best to explain in a paint special no camera at mo
give us a bit and I will post later.

Please note the IC is small my micro grabbers were to big its
a small IC as such you need to either solder to a minature
SMD resistor or be bery skilled.

Managed with some 3+volts to the ram to get into windows
at 230fsb managed a Hoda shot and sandra ram shot however
it did reboot after a while I think this is heat related issue if I give
computer a while to cool it goes in for a while but after a bit
reboots....But has yet to trash harddrive :) which it did before
at 215 onwards.

pics ....>
http://brittech.co.uk/230fsb.gif
http://brittech.co.uk/230san.gif

Way to go Paul!!! :toast:

thanks Jeff :)

Does this mean you are going to go sub2??? :D I'm working on a sub 1.9 atm. As long as she doesn't crash at the 3/4 mark... I should have it.

/Jeff forgets where he is sometimes :am:

you mean sub 1.9 allready did the 2 remember ;)

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/Jeff forgets where he is sometimes :am: [/B]

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LOL too right and thats where ya staying :stick:

:doh: I forgot that was you. :eek:

So what are you shooting for? 1.85ish? I'm just hoping for 1.899. :D

And for those who need a diagram again sorry no camera
at present a photoshop special hopefully it gets the message
accross of where all is located. The chip I have highlighted red
is the chip in question and it will say on it [ </>CM3708I ]

http://brittech.co.uk/circuit.gif

This is great news. Thanx PMM for the great work finding this.

oh i cant wait to try this. Great job PMM. Ill post back tommorow after school how it goes for me.

Wonderful! I will do this mod and of course take pics! :)

What kind of 1MOhm VR would you recommend. I only found one 1MOhm VR and it is an audio-taper, which means it's very sensitive... can you link to a better one?

or is a sensitive one good? @ 2MOhm, when you change the resistance do you change it alot to get a higher voltage? Like to 1.2MOhm or are you just turning it to like 1.950MOhm?

When you hit 230mhz btw what was your chipset voltage? 1.745? Stock is 1.6 right? What would you guys recommend as the max? My chipset is pelt-cooled.... so It should be able to handle quite a bit o' voltage.

THANKS!

If you use 2MegOhm you should get 1.745v

I thought to be safe If a fixed 1MOhm + Varible 1MOhm
were used together there should be no going OTT.

As for the type of varible resistor take your pic I'm only
using a cheap small one so accracy not that important

Not sure what resistance its at now but I have the resistor
at half way so its 1.5mohms in theory giving me 1.8v

**My previous plays were a few days ago when I could not
get proper connection resulted in voltages @ 1.925+ volts
but caused lockups -- but I can't say for sure that could be
overvolt protection if any causing it.

I think I am ram related now it needs 3+ volts to hit 230fsb but
after sometime computer reboots I had this before this mod
when I ram the ram at 3+volts but at 211fsb and had sim result
so took mem vmod off that was while ago so mem must be
getting to warm.

This mod is certainly working as 230fsb has been impossible for
me 211+ has caused reboots and 215+ has trashed my HD
everytime.

[/edit] 1.745 got me in at 230 with ram at 3.1+v long enough for
hoda shot & sandra Ram benchmark before something warmed
up and caused crash.

My DMM at stock measures 1.597 so yes 1.6v stock default.

*hugs PMM*

Thank you! That's what I needed to know. Gotta go make an order @ allelectronics.com ;)

This is very very good hehe. Finally be able to run some sick speeds ;)

Oh yeah baby, hmm what to do now, wait for asus to release the option in bios or solder myself... hmm, it would be nice to have 3 voltmods on a motherboard :D

Hey all, just finished the mod, check it out and tell me if it looks right... I wired a 1M ohm resister inline with a 1Mohm potentiometer. Is that correct? Any idea of what types of voltages i might be able to adjust to? I have a multimeter ready to test but im just curious. :) Sorry if the pictures to big

http://home.attbi.com/~p.leli/mod2.jpg

I tried to get a better picture of the resister soldered onto the smt resistor. Hope this helps a little for those attempting it. It was fairly simple if you are handy with a iron. GL I cant wait to try it out!
http://home.attbi.com/~p.leli/mod3.jpg

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Better watch out sys... we have someone over at TPR that might just get a little jealous at this. :D

OMG! thank you (x1000) Dude it works great!!! I am completely stable at 211 now, whereas before I couldnt get past 188! ill post some benchs in a few mins. I have to reflash my bios to the new one that allows higher fsb. I am soo happy with this board now. A7N8X is by far the best board now! Heres my sandra at 211
http://home.attbi.com/~p.leli/sandra.jpg

Just a little info for ya. Just finished measuring volts. With the way i have it set up now, If I turn the pot all the way down I get 1.75 volts exactly. If i crank it all the way i get 1.91 exactly. Just a little info for ya's

I attempted to solder, man is that small. I quit before i ruined my board... Will try later.

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Originally posted by PMM
I will do my best to explain in a paint special no camera at mo
give us a bit and I will post later.

Please note the IC is small my micro grabbers were to big its
a small IC as such you need to either solder to a minature
SMD resistor or be bery skilled.

Managed with some 3+volts to the ram to get into windows
at 230fsb managed a Hoda shot and sandra ram shot however
it did reboot after a while I think this is heat related issue if I give
computer a while to cool it goes in for a while but after a bit
reboots....But has yet to trash harddrive :) which it did before
at 215 onwards.

pics ....>

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Can I ask a favour from anyone with a FSB >> 200 MHz and a good overclock on AXP, say 2.2 GHz+, to make a SETI@Home benchmark run, please? SETI will end in a few months and there are updates being done to the benchmarking pages at team TLC. The benchmark run should take approx 2 hours, I'd like to see some AXP systems as no 1. :-)

Client here:

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/setiathome/s...nt-cmdline.exe

All info here:

http://www.teamlambchop.com/bench/benchfile.htm

Here is our team's benchmark page. Currently, there are a couple nForce2 boards at the top. :D

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mu.../benchmark.htm

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Originally posted by Jeff
Here is our team's benchmark page. Currently, there are a couple nForce2 boards at the top. :D

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mu.../benchmark.htm

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Are those done using the TLC benchmarking WU?

Don't believe it's that exact work unit. This one is also a .417 angle unit so it should be ok to compare the two charts.

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Just a little info for ya. Just finished measuring volts. With the way i have it set up now, If I turn the pot all the way down I get 1.75 volts exactly. If i crank it all the way i get 1.91 exactly. Just a little info for ya's

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Absolutely wonderful. That's what I wanted to know :)

Great job! I can't wait! My stuff should be coming in the mail on Wednesday ;)

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Originally posted by Pjotr
Are those done using the TLC benchmarking WU?

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Its our own work unit 0.417ar and is comparable to TLC's
now't in it time wise.

Don't think TLC will be updating there benchies anytime soon
April2002 was last update and it was 6 to 8 months the one
before that.

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Originally posted by PMM
Its our own work unit 0.417ar and is comparable to TLC's
now't in it time wise.

Don't think TLC will be updating there benchies anytime soon
April2002 was last update and it was 6 to 8 months the one
before that.

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Read the benchmark news, there will be an update shortly.

Just curious, anyone else try this out yet?

hell yeah, I can't wait to try it, but since I don't have any soldiring skills, I just my used hot glue with a gun and glue it while making the contact,

guys do you know how can I tell how, if the glue is nonconductive?, on the multi, the arrow and the / is for that? thx

@Impulse or PMM

I am looking to buy the resistors needed for the VDD mod you found. The question is I can purchase either 1/4 watt or 1/2 watt resistors. Which one do you recommend / use?

Thanks,
-E

Aah, it seems I messed up the mod. The solder pad of the SMD resistor went off... "!¤#""# If any of you helpful guys could look the value of the resistor (R631) I would be most grateful!

Be careful when soldering to SMD resistors, I think it's better to try solder thin wire to IC directly and from there to pot + extra res.

I'm using 1/4 watt but it does not matter since you are only
earthing the remaining voltage after the SMD resistors.

**On that topic I am not sure what values are there to small
to read but from the datasheet I was using and initial values I was getting I'm sure its 200KOhms need someone with good
eyes and a magnifying glass.

If your solding onto the SMD I suggest soldering the wire first
to get a blob of solder on there then when your ready apply
soldering iron in way that heats the wire mainly to make solder melt and bond to smd - try to get a brand of low temp solder
if doing Vmods makes things a little easier.

Use the finest soldering tip you can find and if you can....
invest in a Gas Soldering Iron trust me makes live a lot easier;)

PMM: Thank you a million !!!! I'll buy you a beer if you are nearby Finland ;) It is working again. I replaced SMD it with a 150k.

But I checked the application datasheet and I think better way is to modify VREF voltage (pin 7). VREF is dropped from 3.3 V with resistors R628 and R630 (probably 124ohm and 150ohm, EIA-96 markings 10A and 18A). Variable resistor parallel with R628 should raise the voltage.

I'll do some testing now and report here.

EDIT: no success yet... (VREF mod) first it looked good, voltage raised, but then it dropped to 1,5v. Still investigating :D

Could you tell me exactly where you soldered the 1mohm resistor to? it's hard to tell in the picyou posted i just wanna make sure i know before i try this i can't go any higher than 180fsb right now and would love to go higher.And where did you put the ground as well ?

I agree veeman, it is very hard to see. There is a tiny smt resistor near the southbridge between the agp and first pci slot. I soldered the resistor to the top left contact of the smt. Look at PMMs sketch for a better understanding of what exact smt resistor to solder. You need to solder onto the contact that is facing the pci slot. I grounded mine on a motherboard screw hole. You can ground it to the ground on a fan header.
Sys have you done the mod yet?

i tried this mod with great success. i does work. my max 3dmarkfsb went from 211 to 222. here is my 3d mark http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5717796
if there is anyone with a high fsb, over 211, and does 3d mark i would be interested in discussing the differences in scoring at high fsb. thanks:toast:

Sorry guys I've been unable to do this mod yet. I am finally getting to it (hopefully) tonight. I've had too many things to do.

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Sorry guys I've been unable to do this mod yet. I am finally getting to it (hopefully) tonight. I've had too many things to do.

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Well I've done it. And it works perfect. I'm @ 1.9v for now, as I'm working on trouble shooting the board itself.... I'm not really sure what's the problem but I am having problems.

I figured out how to fix it if your bios says your memory is @ 50mhz though. You boot up once you get the prob, you hit the power switch on the psu really fast back and forth and when it boots up the next time you're A-OK. ;)

I may just end up buying another one of these boards for troubleshooting (and to build another rig).

Now here's a question... for let's say 220mhz fsb, what kinda voltage will I need on the chipset? I've got 3.15V on the ram to be safe. @ 1.80v I think I was at 220mhz fsb didn't work.. corrupted windows. So would 1.9v do it? I will crank it up to the max if need be... what are you guys using?

sys i run at 220-222 at 1.85 on the chipset and that is in dual mode ram is at 3.1 xms3500 cpu at 1.95. everything works good at this speed onboard audio and lan.:toast:

I do believe my board is borked then. My audio is screwed up even @ normal speeds, I can't boot into windows @ 200mhz+.

I've been playing with it for a while now, and @ stock, sound is totally messed up... all garbled. So I disabled that, but then I can't get into windows at good speeds. I've tried every voltage combination you can think of. I've also tried now 3 bios's.

Oh well, I geuss this means time to RMA it :P Thankfully I have my volt mods all prepped so I can just solder em on quickly on the next board! :) While I'm waiting for that I'll work on modding my 4600 and I'll test it on my KD7. Mmmm sounds like fun.

sys, some guys over at the nforce forum said that by replacing the cmos battery all the instabilities and problems went away! possibly a bad batch of batteries? give it a try and let me know:)

Can u solder on the resistor(s) or use pomona grabbers on the IC controlling VDD? If u could, what leg and which IC? :)

I have a crystal orb on my NB and would like to know if this is enough cooling to vdd mod my chipset to 1.85v. Also whats a good way of monitoring the temp of my NB using a hardcano temp guage? Thinking of taking off a lil of that black stuff aroung the chip and then putting a probe there, is this a good idea? Lastly, whats a reasonable temp for my NB and what threshold should I be aware of? thanks dudes......

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sys, some guys over at the nforce forum said that by replacing the cmos battery all the instabilities and problems went away! possibly a bad batch of batteries? give it a try and let me know:)

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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9181#post99181

:)

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Can u solder on the resistor(s) or use pomona grabbers on the IC controlling VDD? If u could, what leg and which IC? :)

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It's not a chip w/ pins... it's a little "black thingy". And I doubt you could use a grabber. You need to solder.

I attempted using micro grabbers on the pins but the
spacing is so small the grabber once grasping the pin
were shorting on the pins either side :(

I borked a board trying this mod! The resistor is just too damn small... Anyone with some skillz want to do it for me?:(

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Originally posted by PMM
I attempted using micro grabbers on the pins but the
spacing is so small the grabber once grasping the pin
were shorting on the pins either side :(

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You can try to coat the backside of the grabbers with a non-conductive coating like liquid tape. That way it will not short out.

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I borked a board trying this mod! The resistor is just too damn small... Anyone with some skillz want to do it for me?:(

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I had to recheck the diagram like 8 times while doing this mod cus I was like, "I'm supposed to solder it WHERE?!" hehe

hi there,

for those that don't have soldering skillz like me :(, I think the best way is just get a resistor and use one end to connect to the point on the mobo and use hot glue to hold it in place nice and easy:toast:

ok thanks for your help i will try this and see if it works.

Hmm, I'll try the glue. I have some 1Mohm and 1.5Mohm resistors, If I just use the 1.5Mohm resistor, what voltage should that give me? I was thinking like 1.8V?

HI THERE,

I use two 1meg rv, and it gave me 1.7 at high, when I lower one to half its now 1.85v, so use two meg and I guarranteed you will be fine, from there you lower to your taste,

and please use two 1Mohm or a 2 Mohm to be safe!

so, first I did the one on post 13, but it only let me get to 210, and when I measure the point it was high and then when I test again it was stock,

so what I did was to connect to the point on the bottom, now I can run over 230 and the new battery help too:banana:

and keep us informed:toast:

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hi there,

for those that don't have soldering skillz like me :(, I think the best way is just get a resistor and use one end to connect to the point on the mobo and use hot glue to hold it in place nice and easy:toast:

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Hot glue gun? Great Idea. My soldering skills have much to be desired so I'll give this a try

I could not get a 1mohm potentiometer so i got two that are 500k each. The potentiometer has three prongs coming out of it. i soldered a 1mohm resistor to the little pin and it goes to the first prong,i then soldered a wire coming from the second prong going to the first first prong of the second potentiometer then i soldered a wire coming from the second prong of the second potentiometer going to a ground (one of the screws that hold the mobo) .When i check the voltage all i get is 1.53 all the way up ,and all the way down. did i not link the two potentiometers together correctly? please help i want this mod to work.

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I could not get a 1mohm potentiometer so i got two that are 500k each. The potentiometer has three prongs coming out of it. i soldered a 1mohm resistor to the little pin and it goes to the first prong,i then soldered a wire coming from the second prong going to the first first prong of the second potentiometer then i soldered a wire coming from the second prong of the second potentiometer going to a ground (one of the screws that hold the mobo) .When i check the voltage all i get is 1.53 all the way up ,and all the way down. did i not link the two potentiometers together correctly? please help i want this mod to work.

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ok, that sounds like is not making contac on the board, and to know if you link them correctly measure them before putting them on, also make sure put connect to the lower tip not the higher as illustrated on post 13 and try again and never lower all resistance;)

guys please don't forget to check your psu, if is not strong enough it will limited your overclock:eek:

How do i check with my multimeter to see if they are inline ? do i check with volts? i only use the voltage setting i have never used any other setting. But i resoldered the resistor to the lower tip (i had it in the middle before) and before i turn it on i checked with my meter at all solder points and it said 0.01 v is this correct?

i booted everything up and it says 2.1v on my meter but now it won't even post!!!!please don't tell me i fried my board!! i took the ground off and it still won't post i even cleared the cmos but nothing!!

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i booted everything up and it says 2.1v on my meter but now it won't even post!!!!please don't tell me i fried my board!! i took the ground off and it still won't post i even cleared the cmos but nothing!!

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oh boy, 2.1v is real high, RMA anyone, its possible, I think anything over 1.85 is asking for it and I keep it below zero, but just give it a break and try later, you might get lucky :(

Ya i still can't get it to post one time it's 2.1 another time it's 1.9 i took everything off and checked my voltage and it says 1.8! but with everything off it still won't post i need someone to explain in detail how to hook up two 500k potentiometers for me to see if i got them hooked up right and how do i check with my meter to see if it is hooked up right ,thanks for your help by the way:]

i tried to reconnect everything and resoldered my resistor everything looks good but it won't post no matter what i do! when i check the voltage it now says i got 2.41!!!!!! what the hell is going on here??? it has to be these poteniometers i don't think they are hooked up right i need someone to explain how to hook two inline together please please please i don't want this board to be fried i just got it a month ago!!!!!

What i am wondering is how can i get 2.4v when i am using a 1mohm and two 500k ohm resistors and potentiometer!!!??????

you got a short somewhere you have somehow grounded
100%.

When I started I could not get a proper contact with the micro-
grabbers and a short would give me 2.2v+ and no boot my main
reason for soldering to the top of the SMD resistor zero resistance
would give silly voltage as you seeing.

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Sometimes the bios can lock even with cmos reset - Pull plug
on PSU - Flip out batt. put Jumper on Drain leave 10mins

While above is happening take the chance and time to make
sure you have disconnected the mod however you have done
it / if soldered make sure you have not shorted two pins
together or whatever.

Then replace batt / switch jumper back / plug PC in.

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so what I did was to connect to the point on the bottom, now I can run over 230 and the new battery help too:banana:

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What do you mean by point on bottom :confused:

Ok i will try that thanks ,but i still need someone to explain how to kook up the tw potentiometers inline with each other .

ok i did what u said to try and it didn't work,And when i put the plug back in turned on the switch and pushed power...nothing! it won't even make a noise?,Man this thing is ticking me off?!!!!

Ok i played around with it a bit more and got it to turn on again but still it won't post i think this board has had it ,is there any other way i can check to see if the board is fried????

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Ok i will try that thanks ,but i still need someone to explain how to kook up the tw potentiometers inline with each other .

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That's easy...


let's say you have a 3 pin pot which you should. You have 2 pots...

Each pot has 3 pins in this depiction. You have wire (pictured as "|" or "_"). You connect the wire to the pins (pictured as "X"). The "<" or ">" or "V" shows the path of the connection. So if you follow it, it should make sense. I have a picture of this I believe, just need to find it.

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  PIN ON CHIP OR WHATEVER
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            V
pot        |
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 1    X <<< X    X
      |_>>>__
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 2    X <<< X    X
      |
      V
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    GROUND

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Here's a pic of what I just explained, and also I have a 3 VR setup.

http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar..._completed.jpg

http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardwar...mod_triple.jpg

Man i wish i had known this before i had these hooked up totaly wrong! But my board no matter what i do will not post or boot is it too late? Itried everything but nothing works. Do you have any ideas? And thanks alot for your help.

Sorry man i totally cannot see what is going on in those pics too dark .

PMM,
Can you post a step by step how-to kind of thing and a picture of the completed mod with details of which pins and which chips. Also, maybe a list of parts. I would really like to try this. Will the Ponoma SMD Grabbers work? Thanks

Well, I tried the mod with a 2Mohm resistor. I checked the soldering job over very well, everything looked fine, but when I powered up, I measure the infamous 2.4v reading off the voltage test point. I hope the NB is not toast. I removed the mod to get back to a stock board, but when I powered on again, the measurment was STILL 2.4v, without the mod. So now I have two questions:

1. Could I have burned out the SMD resistor that I was soldering to by too much heat? (The impedence measured about 200Kohm on the SMD)

2. Could someone please give me a voltage reading from the side of the SMD resistor that is supposed to have the resistor soldered on? I checked the other side of the resistor (The side closest to the south bridge) and it measured 2.4v, but the other side (the side the 2Mohm resistor should be soldered to) and I am getting 0 volts. Looks like NO current is getting through the resistor, but I don't know what voltage should be appearing on the other side.

Thanks for any help.

i also was getting 2.4 volts and i smoked the board.

well, i read every post here and your other thread and i almost sure you destroyed your board, veeman. i think it's time for you to pack it up and RMA it asap. make sure to leave no evidence of your v-mod experiments.

damn, my 2nd board does only 188fsb-190fsb max in 3d, no matter what. i know i need VDD mod, but after reading this, i think there's something wrong. i mean 2.4v with 2kOhm pot? can someone clarify this, cos i think i'm missing something here...

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i also was getting 2.4 volts and i smoked the board.

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Yeah, I am thinking that is what I did as well. Confusing, though. I can't see anything wrong with my work, but 2.4v is now the permenant voltage with AND without the mod in place.

I had no variable resistors in the mix either. I was using a straight 2Mohm resistor, nothing fancy. I just don't understand how voltage can not return to normal with the mod removed. The good thing is there is no evidense of the mod because I didn't use hot glue. I guess RMA won't be a problem.

Quad just to clarify, use a 1 Mega Ohm resister in series with a 1 mega Ohm pot. Ive done this mod on two seperate a7n8x and both gave me the exact same readout of 1.91 volts max, with pot cranked.

thank you for quick response, Impulse:)

could you please supply some pic, or something. i understand 99% of this, but i just wanna make sure. i bought prometeia and few other things, if i fry this mobo, i'll be out of the game for weeks;(, i'm totally broke and i need to beat my amd/ti4600 competitor;)

can you put your pics back, Impulse? damn, my mobo gives up at 188fsb, just like yours before. i can get it to work at 195fsb, but screen flashes, then turns black and reboots when trying to run 3d. damn, if you don't get the pics up i'll mod it anyway:D

Be careful, Quad. Like I said, I don't know how it happened, but you can kill your board in 2 secs (literally) of soldering to that resistor. Once a mistake is made, it is irreversable.

Have a back-up motherboard ready, should you have to RMA yours.

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Originally posted by NUNEZ1980
hi there,

for those that don't have soldering skillz like me :(, I think the best way is just get a resistor and use one end to connect to the point on the mobo and use hot glue to hold it in place nice and easy:toast:

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Nunez - did you go all out with the glue or did you just use a little? Am I correct that you glued the 1Mohm fixed resistor to the point on the mobo? I will try this with my 1Mohm variable today I hope! Please confirm!

Ya sorry §§§§, let me find them. I needed to clear some space on my lame attbi ftp account. If i cant find em I'll snap some new ones.

yes please:) i know where to solder those pots to but i wanna see your arrangement. i was about to do that few hours ago , but i had only fixed resister which i don't like. I did vcore and vmem.

what's your max v-core guys with 25k pot? 2.17v? so far doing 2.65-2.7ghz with no so great AUIGB 42 2400+ at 2.08-2.11v.

thanks for your help.

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Originally posted by nikhsub1
Nunez - did you go all out with the glue or did you just use a little? Am I correct that you glued the 1Mohm fixed resistor to the point on the mobo? I will try this with my 1Mohm variable today I hope! Please confirm!

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hi there, just enough to hold the pin in place, the glue won't harm the board and will pull off with enough pressesure, so use as much as possible to secure, while making it look nice without too much:D

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Originally posted by QuadDamage
well, i read every post here and your other thread and i almost sure you destroyed your board, veeman. i think it's time for you to pack it up and RMA it asap. make sure to leave no evidence of your v-mod experiments.

damn, my 2nd board does only 188fsb-190fsb max in 3d, no matter what. i know i need VDD mod, but after reading this, i think there's something wrong. i mean 2.4v with 2kOhm pot? can someone clarify this, cos i think i'm missing something here...

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well, something to note is that just because the pot says 2k doen't meant it is, I have tested some 2k and the resistance is many times lower:eek:

Sorry for not getting to this faster quad. Long day. They should be back up for ya, if you need a dif angle i can try. LMK

alright, sir:) i'll wait. i have one question though. there's one small v-controller next to that small VDD resister, i think it looks like v-mem controller. could someone check whether it's VDD controller? it would be much easier to solder to one of those pins than to friggin small arsed resister.

edit : ok, got'em:) thanks, clear enough

OK, I tried the glue method, and it worked but now it is not! After I did it, i tested with the voltmeter and bam, 1.8V and I was happy! So I put the computer in it's spot, hooked her up and booted at 210 x 11 to test. 1 minute later and freeze... Went to check the voltage again and 1.58V, so I guess the pin lost the connection:mad: The GOOD thing about the glue method is that if you mess up, the glue will come right off, it's not easy to take it off but it is not hard either. I had to redo it several times cause I glued over the spot to check the connection!

UPDATE! I redid the connection with the glue... It is working! I have the VDD set to 1.8V on the nose! Taking it slow, currently running P95 at 210 dual sync and it is passing! Ill keep you updated!

great:banana:

i did the mod too. i used 2.MOhm pot (1.96MOhm actual) and it works. well, it worked. i cranked up the voltage upto 1.9V and now it doesn't boot at all. no sweat though since i think it's becaiuse of condensation around the socket. i took the cpu out of the socket waiting till it dries up.

thanks to everyone involved:)

Hmm, I wouldnt sweat it. I have mine running at 1.91. 3dmark stable at 200, sandra stable at 225
keep us posted. quad do you have any special cooling on the NB? I cant remember

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.