The ULTIMATE ASUS CT-479 Adapter Modifications...You want MORE...GET IT...

[caater]

This is mby something Spaiky mentioned few months ago.. a little boost on io voltage and so on
nice that now someone finally did this mod

[saaya]

sweet
so just by adding some caps you gained 200mhz?
can you tell me what caps exactly i need for all the mods?

amazing george! now i know what you are doing with all those ct479

[zbogorgon]

you are THE man, as I probably said you on couple occasions.
I know that you'll probably mod that p4c800-e some Abit IC-7 style, so it would be a blast if you could share us some of that too .
I know that in IC-7 guide, you mentioned some vcore stabilization mods, that asus really needs, but i don't know if they would be important with adapter combo.

p.s. i am just quessing, is it possible that you solder 3.3v line, directly to that stab mosfet?

[lawrywild]

OMG finally!!! some ct479 mods!

can u put a nice list up of evrything needed etc?

MUST practice soldering, almost screwed up my other p4c800-e yesterday when vdimm mod went bad

Mine also does around 2.7, so a bump to 2.83 would be

[esdee]

BTW, hipro, cant wait for your LN2 run. Hopefully we'll see some insane results.

with LN2 there are 2 possibilities.

1) destroy everything
2) best bench

One thing is for sure, you guys are going to see the MOST xtreme setup for benching if those things hipro5 has in mind take place that day.

(btw ill be sure to bring cameras and lots on SD sticks for the pics )
hope the boards will be here soon


wtg hipro5!!!

[Gautam]

@STEvil: He was talking about the "ultimate" mod, I'm talking about the simple ones. Seems like they're still fully worth it though.

In the above photo you can see some SMD 1uF/63V ceramic capacitors - you can put 100nF/63V ceramic SMD capacitors if you don't find 1uF/63V...

Do you mean 1uF/6.3v??

And what about the lower left circled spot?

So from looking at the pics so far it looks on the top side of the CT479 we need 4x 1uF/6.3v ceramic capacitors and 1x 22uF/10V tantalum cap. Then on the backside, a 100uF/16V and a 47uF/16V tantalum. Just clarifying.

Thanks a lot, kickass work as usual!

[lawrywild]

found some 100uF/16v caps on my aureal vortex 2, would they be good enough? what about this ESR thing?

Cheers

edit: found some normal 47uF/16v too on my vortex, how much would i gain from soldering the 100uF and 47uF then? (havn't got other parts and seem hard to find in uk)

[Banzai]

I wonder if I'll get anything more from my Banias

Ryan

[k|ngp|n]

Pure Genius Hipro
A supercharged adapter .

[Waus-mod]

Hipro man this is really scared :P you are the man! haha 200 mhz is truly great for the couple of cents....

Congrats!!!

[leejsmith]

on the lower left he has the fsb jumpers solderd but it looks like pins 3-2 and 6-5 ?

after looking at a dead ct-479 it looks like a easy mod apart from the 47Uf on the back very small pads to solder too easy to lift one if not carefull.

@STEvil: He was talking about the "ultimate" mod, I'm talking about the simple ones. Seems like they're still fully worth it though.


Do you mean 1uF/6.3v??

And what about the lower left circled spot?

So from looking at the pics so far it looks on the top side of the CT479 we need 4x 1uF/6.3v ceramic capacitors and 1x 22uF/10V tantalum cap. Then on the backside, a 100uF/16V and a 47uF/16V tantalum. Just clarifying.

Thanks a lot, kickass work as usual!

[leejsmith]

hi lawry,

you can get the parts from www.rswww.com but some parts are qty order only i just made a list and it was £25 + vat and delivery

you could try www.maplin.co.uk or www.farnell.co.uk
i will take a look later.

i could order and then sell you the parts you need at cost. should be about £5 thats all.

found some 100uF/16v caps on my aureal vortex 2, would they be good enough? what about this ESR thing?

Cheers

edit: found some normal 47uF/16v too on my vortex, how much would i gain from soldering the 100uF and 47uF then? (havn't got other parts and seem hard to find in uk)

[hipro5]

Looking great as always, Hipro. Thread stuck

Thanks M8......

[hipro5]

This is mby something Spaiky mentioned few months ago.. a little boost on io voltage and so on
nice that now someone finally did this mod

I've tried that too.....No go....I raised the internal 3.3Volts to up to 3.7Volts with no impact at all.....

[hipro5]

sweet
so just by adding some caps you gained 200mhz?
can you tell me what caps exactly i need for all the mods?

amazing george! now i know what you are doing with all those ct479

Not only the caps but something else also....

I'll upload tommorow some more photos and details about it...

[hipro5]

@STEvil: He was talking about the "ultimate" mod, I'm talking about the simple ones. Seems like they're still fully worth it though.


Do you mean 1uF/6.3v??

And what about the lower left circled spot?

So from looking at the pics so far it looks on the top side of the CT479 we need 4x 1uF/6.3v ceramic capacitors and 1x 22uF/10V tantalum cap. Then on the backside, a 100uF/16V and a 47uF/16V tantalum. Just clarifying.

Thanks a lot, kickass work as usual!

No I mean 1uF/63v.....You can use one at over 16Volts though....

If you mean lower left of the front of the adapter, they "where" the jumpers for the 133MHz fsb bus

Corect for all....(exept the 6.3Volts)

[lawrywild]

hey hipro5, could you reply to post #32 plz

thx

[hipro5]

found some 100uF/16v caps on my aureal vortex 2, would they be good enough? what about this ESR thing?

Cheers

edit: found some normal 47uF/16v too on my vortex, how much would i gain from soldering the 100uF and 47uF then? (havn't got other parts and seem hard to find in uk)

No need to worry about the ESR thing coz we only filter a bit the 12V and 12Volts with the caps, EXCEPT for the tantalum 22uF which filters the "VCore" of the Dothan....Well it's not exactly the VCore of it but let's say it like this so as not to be confused.....

[lawrywild]

kool, i'll do mod tomorrow then

[hipro5]

Some UPDATES I forgot to mention........

I tried the "max fsb boot" problem this afternoon.....

BEFORE Mod this DOTHAN 740 could boot up to 238MHz fsb within bios....

AFTER Mods it now boots 277MHz fsb within bios........

[sky]

holy sh.. that is awesome! is that 277 just with the "standard" mod or the
ultimate one? if standard, you'll be crowned king by myself and probably a
lot of other dothan / ct-479 users!

i've taken some pictures of one of my adaptors - missed to correct the colors
before taking the pics, so bear with a yellowish tint. hope they are good enough
for you to use. just a blank standard unmodded adapter. paint away on them





in case the direct link thing of imageshack doesnt work again (happens alot to
me)... here's the thumbs to the same pics

[Jonas]

amazing, keep it up

[railer]

That is a great find Hipro. When i looked at your IC7 mod i was truly amazed on how youVmd that board. Some realy pro stuff there. And now you come up with this Cant wait for the Ultramod i do have a spare adapter............

[lawrywild]

Some UPDATES I forgot to mention........

I tried the "max fsb boot" problem this afternoon.....

BEFORE Mod this DOTHAN 740 could boot up to 238MHz fsb within bios....

AFTER Mods it now boots 277MHz fsb within bios........

HOLY SH**, thats awesome!!!!

this with "ultimate" or only what you've shown so far?

MUST MOD ADAPTER....

[m3csl2004]

hipro you need to be crwoned "thy god" by all - amazing stuff

reckon you can do anything about the 180 ish limits on the b1's?