Smd Grabber

[gouda96]

I am gonna pick some of these up tomorrow. I think I will get 12 of them. I think that is what I need, and I think that is the min. that I need.

are those any different from these? Are they better or worse, or what should each be used for?

[JAWS]

Just go for the SMD grabber, not the square pin.

This test clip is suited for testing surface mounted packages on centers as small as 0.03". Pincer-like contact grasps individual legs of SMD's

I think their better because of the 0.03"

[gouda96]

cool...gonna order them...didn't get home til late tonight.

[Dirty_Punk]

you can do these mod without smd grabbers & without soldering, just see this guide
http://www.pctuner.net/php/Articoli/Articolo.php?ID=223
it's in italian but the images is enought to understand the method
the ti4200 taken for the mod is just an example, all the mod that you can do with smd grabbers you can do with this method

[gouda96]

unfortunately i can't read it, but It seem slike you just loop a few strans of the cu wire through the loop at the top of the leg? Would it work with just 1 strad? Seems very simple, and probably would never fall off.

[Dirty_Punk]

Originally posted by gouda96
unfortunately i can't read it, but It seem slike you just loop a few strans of the cu wire through the loop at the top of the leg? Would it work with just 1 strad? Seems very simple, and probably would never fall off.

yes, a loop around the pin, simple and resistant, for now works for ti4200/4600, rad 9500/9700, p4p800/p4c800 vmem, any hip6301 or 6302... works in any place where smd grabbers works and doesn't cost anything

[gouda96]

Do you just needd 1 strand? how sturdy is 1 strad?

[Dirty_Punk]

simply you use one of the CU wire inside an electrical wire, it's enought tiny and resistant, make with it an L and use it to pass under the pin, after you make a loop by interlacing the IN wire with the OUT wire

need a small clamp to do this

[gouda96]

yeah, we understand that, but is 1 strand enough? How sturdy is one of these strands?

[TheDude]

simply you use one of the CU wire inside an electrical wire

[gouda96]

omg...just forget I ever said that...I need to get more than 2hours of sleep a night

[st0nedpenguin]

Dirty_Punk, get yourself over to the UK now, I need to buy you a beer!

Why the hell didn't I think of that before toasting my last motherboard?

Oh well, I think this could come in handy for my Raddy.

[Dirty_Punk]

Originally posted by st0nedpenguin
Dirty_Punk, get yourself over to the UK now, I need to buy you a beer!

Why the hell didn't I think of that before toasting my last motherboard?

Oh well, I think this could come in handy for my Raddy.

happy to be usefull

[gouda96]

dirty I just practiced a mod on a dead nf7-s rev2...using this technique took me like 2 min. to do the whole thing, and it gives the most clean look of any technique I have seen so far. I can't see anyway to ruin a mobo with the application side of the vmod now...adjusting is a different story, but that was the easy part before.

You are a board, and a life saver!!! That is one hell of a find...I have linked to that about 10000 times already i think. Try to spread the word as best as I can

[Dirty_Punk]

if you want here there is a alternative mode to vmod the vddr on the nf7-s v2.0, it's qithout any type of soldering, only silver conductive paint
http://www.pctuner.net/php/Articoli/Articolo.php?ID=224
i have used it and it works fine right now for about 4-6 month (don't remember exactly ) and continuosly changing memory sticks, so have good resistance...
unfortunatelly the article is always in italian but if you want i can translate the most confused parts, but as you can read my english isn't very good :p

[gouda96]

What is that gummy stuff...looks like vaseline.

I am pretty lost in that one. I am assuming you just hold the wire to the chip that is always used in the nf7-s vdd mod with that gummy stuff? I would be more comfortable with a pencil and some tape, but still cool...

It would be cool if you could give a broad translation, and maybe I could give it a shot.

[N00B pro]

Can i use a 10kohm for 9800pro to do a Vddr mod???? Most websites say use a 20kohm but will a 10kohm do the job? and how much should a 10kohm raise the vddr voltage from 2.9default????

[gouda96]

I would post that in a thread about a 9800pro vmod...this thread is realy for techniques by which to do vmods.

[Dirty_Punk]

Originally posted by gouda96
What is that gummy stuff...looks like vaseline.

I am pretty lost in that one. I am assuming you just hold the wire to the chip that is always used in the nf7-s vdd mod with that gummy stuff? I would be more comfortable with a pencil and some tape, but still cool...

It would be cool if you could give a broad translation, and maybe I could give it a shot.

the mod is for vddr, not vdd
this mod use hot glue to block the wire in the right position for the mod, blocking it in one side of the resistance to mod, and after blocked it you use conductive silver to make full contact between the wire and the resistance
the mod is full safe if you done it right and it's very resistance, and you can remove it when you want without any sign of the mod

[gouda96]

so it is easy to remove the hot glue?

[Dirty_Punk]

Originally posted by gouda96
so it is easy to remove the hot glue?

if it's applied on a flat place it's very easy, if it's applyed on an irregular place not so easy..
howether in the mod it is applied on the regular surface of a memory slot, sot it's easy

[gouda96]

wtf...this isn't a sticky anymore?

Stick this again...we don't want to lose this!!!

[brwmogazos]

My P4C800 E Deluxe Vmod using an SMD grabber...running my Mushkin level 2 black @ 3.15V

[JAWS]

Very nice brwmogazos! Thanks for the pic

[gouda96]

brwmogazos, great looking mod. You should post that pic in the p4c800 vmod thread also, and also posting a pic of the vr, and where you grounded it could help some people out...very nice pick and mod!

Keep on modding!!!