Solder modding a P4 630 to 4 ghz in a Dell, have pic now :)

[socrilles]

Finally got up the nerves to pull my 630 out and take a pic so if any1 could host pls PM me your email addy and I will send the pic.

This is referring to a mod I did on a Dell 8400 to make my p4 630 run at a 1066 fsb and 4 ghz

[perkam]

630 can do 4ghz quite easily...i dont see the point ??

But yea, that's what you get for buying a dell instead of getting an overclocking mobo

Perkam

[freecableguy]

Stop calling your damn 630 an EE.

[socrilles]

The point is being able to pay $350 for a loaded system or $650 for a loaded system + 2 17" LCDs and still getting the performance boost, by finding a way to OC. Yah sure you can take the easy way out and buy a mobo for $200+ that will change voltage, fsb, and even multipliers on some chips and have it easy but what would be the fun of that?

For example Dell just had a 9100 you could purchase for around $700 that included:

17" LCD
955 chipset mobo
p4 630
geforce 6800
1 gig ddr2 533 fsb
160 gig SATA HD
DVD burner + more such as WinXP

and for those that want to get a very nice system for $700ish, you can't do better than the above especially considering the 630 will OC to 4 ghz. Or alternatively you could get an 820 that might be able to hit 3.73 ghz

And sure solder modding a mobo takes some ballz, but when was the last time you saw some1 solder a processor? Probably back in the slot A days when you were soldering on the PCB

[idiotec]

And sure solder modding a mobo takes some ballz, but when was the last time you saw some1 solder a processor? Probably back in the slot A days when you were soldering on the PCB

Agreed

Very nice man.



Edit: Post a pic on imageshack. I am interested to see that...

[perkam]

Stop calling your damn 630 an EE.

ROFL at FCG lol

It's half true you know But yea if its not an EE, it's false advertising to say that it is. That's like getting a 3700+ sandiego, clocking it to 2.8 and calling it an fx-57 just because it has 1MB cache too

Interesting...how come your "d.a.m.n" didnt go all banana

Perkam

[Nosfer@tu]

Stop calling your damn 630 an EE.

Really la.me to define a new name for your cpu. Simply unheard of.

Change that yes? Dont want to appear as a BIIIIPPPP

[Donnie27]

Stop calling your damn 630 an EE.

Actually, you're wrong LOL! and he's right. It just proves that this version of the EE is bogus. There's nothing but a FSB that *truely separates the EE from all other Prescotts. Shame on Intel for pulling such a stunt. Even as I'm getting called an Intel employee and etc., that's BS!

With that said, calling it an EE is nothing to brag about anyway. There ain't a damned thing extreme about it. Sort of the same joke as calling the Built in Gras Xtreme

Donnie27

[forey]

wheres the pic?

[IluvIntel]

630 can do 4ghz quite easily...

quite easily... on what voltages? auto?

I'm really interested to know, wanna see what my rig might be able to do. But only interested in all day 100% cpu load.

[freecableguy]

Great picture. Focus would be nice.

[g33klord2k]

Finally got up the nerves to pull my 630 out and take a pic so if any1 could host pls PM me your email addy and I will send the pic.

This is referring to a mod I did on a Dell 8400 to make my p4 630 run at a 1066 fsb and 4 ghz

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1141/soldermod0073ij.jpg

Nice!...do you have a guide?

[-GobliN-]

gives us some clues how did you do it
??

[enzoR]

look at the picture!

[socrilles]

Go to intel's website and look at the white sheet for p4.

FSB is determined by the settings of BSEL0, BSEL1 and BSEL2
for 800 fsb they are L H L respectively (L = low resistance/grounded, H = high resistance)
for 1066 fsb they are L L L so you have to ground BSEL1, therefore you can make a connection between BSEL1 and BSEL2 to ground BSEL1.
My original idea for doing this was to use a conductive pen. I ran this by my brother in law who has a masters in electrical engineering, and he thought those pens were crap. He then proceeded to just solder the two contacts on the processor. Throw the processor back in the mobo and you have 4 ghz. Note we were also able to undo the solder (It didn't boot the first time, but I later figured out the mobo wasn't put back properly and Dell's don't like this - solder was redone and it has been at 4 ghz since).

Oh and I wouldn't call an OCed 3800+ an FX and the like, but thats cuz FX's OC like crazy and use different silicone. The EE's however don't OC that much better than the 6xx series processors anyways. Sour Grapes to those who shell out for the EE

[busta`]

Cool mod dude. Can we please see CPU-Z screenshots?

[socrilles]

Here is a link to the original thread with screen shots and what not

[hamilton@oc.dk]

Nice mod.
Will it work on other cpu's (775)

[alexio]

This works for any 6** cpu, I don't know about 5** cpu's; you have to take a look at the datasheets at intel.com

It's a cool mod, very good find

[DriveEuro]

Sour Grapes to those who shell out for the EE

Fully agree.

[g33klord2k]

Hey!Hope you understand my bad language.
Everybody in my clas got a dell opetix 8XXX i think...with a 520(2,8)
Me and onother is realy interrested in overclocking...and he have tried al oc programs and mabye even hurt the pll chip....but nothing have workt. So he bougt a new motherboard.....4030mhz max and 3930mhz bench stabil.
And i reeeealy want to beat him!
I have read throw this http://download.intel.com/design/Pen...s/30235104.pdf
Take a look at 2.9!
L H L = 200fsb
L L H = 133fsb
And al other is "Reserved"
Hopefully L L L= 266fsb but i dont want to be the one to try?!Anyone?

[aja]

sorry to revive an old thread, but is there any difference in terms of stability and performance to modding the cpu to run on 1066fsb in comparrison to raising the fsb to 1066 in the bios?

[Lithan]

He did the mod because dell boards dont have FSB adjust option in the bios.

[markodude]

Does anyone know if the same BSEL mod works on a dual core Pentium D?
Thx

[Celeron Gamer]

How much voltage does the CPU takes now to make it stable?

EDIT: You should really use Macro for taking that pic