Smd Grabber

**fLiPaChu** · 02-20-2003, 02:00 PM

Hey N8,

(im new here, but i just had to reply to your post) What's the part number on the pomona grabbers you got from mouser? Do you have any pics on em? Gotta make sure they hold tight!

flip

**Naasar** · 02-24-2003, 08:14 AM

i just ordered these . they should be here thursday along with some 1200 ohm 1/4 watt resistors.

i may be going to the nf7-s 1.2 if i do not like the results of the vdd mod. :p

**Evil_Spork** · 05-12-2003, 08:00 PM

any other place to geth those? both those places i would end up spending over $20 for two lil grabbers... any ideas? or is it off to radio shack?

**Trakfast11** · 06-09-2003, 10:28 PM

i found some smd grabbers at mouser electronics about 3 months ago. didn't have to buy in bulk or have a minimum price for my order. here is a link to the site where i bought mine.
http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?hand...umber&x=6&y=10

the two smd grabbers i bought did not come with a wire attached, just manually did that myself. It is a little tricky figuring out the best way to attach the wire to the smd grabber the first couple of times you try (this is if your smd grabber doesn't come with a wire pre-attached).

p.s: be sure to press the link under the Mouser Part# column in order to see a link that you can use to add that part to your basket.

**JAWS** · 06-10-2003, 03:58 PM

Wow thanks for the link Trakfast11

Welcome to the forums!

**TheDude** · 06-10-2003, 04:19 PM

I have had some trouble with the grabbers coming loose in the past, so I used my wife's hot glue gun that she uses for crafts and secured them with a dot of glue...works well...I guess superglue probably would too.

**saaya** · 06-10-2003, 05:08 PM

but then you could just solder it , wouldnt make a big difference then :p

**JAWS** · 06-10-2003, 05:25 PM

Originally posted by TheDude
I have had some trouble with the grabbers coming loose in the past, so I used my wife's hot glue gun that she uses for crafts and secured them with a dot of glue...works well...I guess superglue probably would too.

Man that sucks. I hate to admit it, but I use the ones from Radio Shack. :p

**TheDude** · 06-10-2003, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by saaya
but then you could just solder it , wouldnt make a big difference then :p

Makes a big difference....who would use grabbers in the 1st place if they had any solderring skills? You can get hot wax all over the board....nonconductive and picks off with a fingernail

**saaya** · 06-13-2003, 01:21 PM

yeah and you dont loose your warranty

... well i know a guy who has excellent soldering skills and he did the soldering work for me

i think i would have used grabbers as well if i wouldnt know him... well i would have tried to find some but probably failed... havent seen any in germany

**Creative** · 06-13-2003, 07:07 PM

I preffer to use Grabbers cos I have absolutly no soldering skills whatsoever

hehehehe

I did have a vcore mod on the IT7 that a mate soldered for me and it was awesome....u just melted the solder to remove it.....But with the smaller legs, eg the IS7 vdimm mod legs, Im going to use a grabber cos they are just so damn small

See how it goes I guess when we attempt it. Whatever suits it best, we will do

ps
just looking at the Winbond chip on the IS7 mobo and sheesh how small are those legs!!!!!!??????.........no grabbers here......gotta get my mate to solder i guess

**Revv23** · 06-19-2003, 02:26 PM

Is there a way to connect the wires to my pot without soldiering?

**JAWS** · 07-07-2003, 08:05 PM

Originally posted by Revv23
Is there a way to connect the wires to my pot without soldiering?

It's possible, but very risky. Just practice some before soldering your pot/trimmer.

**Revv23** · 07-10-2003, 12:48 PM

Ok, Thanks Jaws.

**gouda96** · 08-27-2003, 09:24 PM

I am not sure exactly which smd grabbers to get. Which ones come with a wire already attatched to them? I have no problem ordering from elexp being that I have about 8 vmods I want to do right now...2 mobos, and 3 vid cards.

please let me know...these catalogs are confusing, and hard to see what I am getting.

thanks.

**JAWS** · 08-28-2003, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by gouda96
I am not sure exactly which smd grabbers to get. Which ones come with a wire already attatched to them? I have no problem ordering from elexp being that I have about 8 vmods I want to do right now...2 mobos, and 3 vid cards.

please let me know...these catalogs are confusing, and hard to see what I am getting.

thanks.

i'll search and see if I can find some with the wires connected.

edit this was at allied:

http://www.alliedelec.com/catalog/pf.asp?FN=1085.pdf

trying N8's website and waiting for email back from elexp

**Popcicle** · 08-30-2003, 03:35 PM

aha.... grabbers w/wire attached.

good show.

**TheDude** · 08-30-2003, 03:41 PM

You're a good man Jaws!

**gouda96** · 09-03-2003, 06:42 PM

is it difficult to attatch the wires? I would imagine you need to solder them, but precision probably isn't a big deal. I am asking becuase those with the wires are like...3x the price of without the wires. If you guys say it is tough i don't mind spending the money to get it done right.

oh...also, how do you attatch the wire to the pot...i don't mean which leg or anything, but physically? Solder?

thanks alot for the help guys...i realy appreciate it...my mem sure won't when i start shooting 3.3-3.5v through my geil3200 gd and bh-5 buffalo

**JAWS** · 09-03-2003, 07:17 PM

Originally posted by gouda96
is it difficult to attatch the wires? I would imagine you need to solder them, but precision probably isn't a big deal. I am asking becuase those with the wires are like...3x the price of without the wires. If you guys say it is tough i don't mind spending the money to get it done right.

oh...also, how do you attatch the wire to the pot...i don't mean which leg or anything, but physically? Solder?

yeah you have to solder to the grabber, but like you said it doesn't have to look pretty.

you also have to solder to pot. again nothing to precise.

**gouda96** · 09-03-2003, 07:23 PM

so allied is the cheapest then? I think I am gonna go ahead and order like 10 or 20 of them. I have some friends that wouldn't mind having me do some more mods for them

. I have some 18 gauge hookup wire here, and a few pots...but not enough...can just get them at radiocrap then.

**JAWS** · 09-03-2003, 07:30 PM

Originally posted by gouda96
so allied is the cheapest then? I think I am gonna go ahead and order like 10 or 20 of them. I have some friends that wouldn't mind having me do some more mods for them . I have some 18 gauge hookup wire here, and a few pots...but not enough...can just get them at radiocrap then.

sure, I buy everything except for the grabbers from RadioShack. hell for my last volt mod I used the test clips from RS.

**gouda96** · 09-03-2003, 07:40 PM

realy? what mobo was that, and how well did they work?

do you have a link to them online?

**JAWS** · 09-03-2003, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by gouda96
realy? what mobo was that, and how well did they work?

do you have a link to them online?

it was a kx7. I don't really recommend using them they just come to close to the neighboring pins. just searched their website and didn't see them. (only the large clips) they are called micro test or jumper clips.

**gouda96** · 09-03-2003, 08:58 PM

are there any guides on attatching wires to the grabbers/pots or should i just lay the solder on there...just as long as i don't connect the legs on the pots.

I have never used a soldering iron before, but I am a very fast learner...if i had a soldering iron i would have probably practiced then used solder, but since i have to go get it i will just order some grabbers to delay my having to go to radiocrap...i hate the guys that work there...they are real jerks

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