Gigabyte DS3 Vdroop mod

[ahmad]

I have looked and looked for something worthwhile for this board. I have come to the conclusion that:



This mod does not work. At least not for the new boards. Some guy on VR Zone had a whole speel on this and he went off on this mod and that it is not working etc. I can't find one person that has used this mod successfully (besides Kunaak.. and even then who knows).


Then I saw this:



I am not one to chicken out on trying something new, but the problem is I have installed everything and I would need to take everything apart again to do this, so I figured it would be faster to ask some one here if they knew or have tried it.

Basically my question is this: is this an actual voltage droop mod or am I going to be stuck with 1.48>1.46>1.42

Is there a consipracy going on here or what...

[SaII]

-sigh- I need to find out if this works too!

[ahmad]

Here goes nothing...

[ahmad]

Nothing indeed. The Rev3.3 looks nothing like the picture shown in my first post. We need a pro to take a look at it. I don't have a digital camera so I can't provide pictures.

Completely reworked..

http://img3.pconline.com.cn/pconline...5_DS3_8633.jpg

[SaII]

I have a rev2, and also have a digi cam, just tell me where to take pics

[ahmad]

Area between ram slot and CPU socket near the top. There is a chip as you can see in the above pics. That would help those trying to find the mod...

[ahmad]

Last bump...

[ziddey]

vdroop mod worked great on my rev1. let me look at your pic and see if i can see anything.

edit: you have to get me a way better picture than that...

[[XC] riptide]

vdroop mod worked great on my rev1. let me look at your pic and see if i can see anything.

edit: you have to get me a way better picture than that...

So on Rev 1's it works. I have a rev 1. Must try it.

EDIT: Actually I have a S3 Rev 1 (aswel as a DS3) and it'll need a vdropp mod. Damn pressler in it really kicks the schitt out of vdroop and I'm getting a quad for it so it looks like this is the one to get the mod first.

[SaII]

sorry sorry I got the pics now

I had to RMA my DS3 because the bios got corupt (I think)

now I'm getting a P5B-D

but i'll upload them up later today

[bassie]

More info about this?

[[XC] riptide]

Lets collect our thoughts here. Ahmad! Where did you get that pic from? Link? Is there any other way they say for the vdroop mod for this rev 1 board?

[bassie]

Lets collect our thoughts here. Ahmad! Where did you get that pic from? Link? Is there any other way they say for the vdroop mod for this rev 1 board?

Here. Somebody found a VCore mod?

[[XC] riptide]

Thanks Bassie. I'll take a shot at this soon!

EDIT: I'm gonna try the short SMD resister one first... prolly tonight in a Rev 1 S3. In it is a Pent D 945... so eh... any change in vdroop will very VERY noticeable. Speedfan - idle vcore 1.46. 100% WCG load 1.39. Thats a .07 swing.!! Although if this mod works I have a feeling that I am starting the countdown on this board killing itself The heat off this thing is unreal already. Even the PS/2 port is very warm!

[silenec]

Here is my GB S3 Rev 3.3, it looks like that DS3 ahmad posted, i hope it helps.

[ahmad]

Thanks for the picture silenec. I might look at this tomorrow morning just for fun.

Anything to report riptide?

[[XC] riptide]

Thanks for the picture silenec. I might look at this tomorrow morning just for fun.

Anything to report riptide?

Nothing yet. ST. Patricks Day screwed me up. And I can't work with a shaky hand. But I will do a temp job on it either this evening or tomorrow. just to short out that SMD and see what happens. Hand should be steady enough by then.

[bassie]

Does somebody knows where the Vcore readpoint is?

[ziddey]

probe the coils around the socket

[[XC] riptide]

right gonna have a go at this now.... sorry for delays. I'm gonna do a temp job with a spring loaded connector clib, or a screwdriver... and see what v readings I get. stay tuned.


Hmmm restarted... but that might have been just me bouncing off the comps. beside it. Very small and the SMD and the solder point to the right are quite high compared to it. Easiest would be to just drop that blob of solder but I don't want it permanently... just in case.

Will try with a more precise setup in 45 mins.

[[XC] riptide]

OK. Pretty sure the mod in the top picture does not work on S3 rev.1. Will try other mod at a later date. Set her at default 1.31v, and default clocks. (Pressler 945) and full load went to 1.26v. Then shorted contacts on SMD resister..... no change.

Anyone else want to try on a rev 1? People who write about mods that don't work really p1ss me off. Noobs.

[ziddey]

I did the mod above on my rev1 ds3. Used copper ink to bridge it. true to it, no droop.

[Hutch]

I dunno about you guys but I vaguely get any vdroop on my Rev 1 S3. At 1.4125V most I dip to is 1.395V under Orthos blend. Dip to 1.35-1.36V under the unrealistic TAT 100% two core load.

[[XC] riptide]

Hmmmmmmmmm..... I dunno.... I give up!

Hey hutch what chip you have in yours... or did have?

[ziddey]

I've found that there's little consistency in behavior of ds3's. I've had a rev2 set vdimm 0.1v higher than what I chose in bios. I've had a rev1 set 0.1v lower.

On the rev1, I had very little vdrop, but a lot of vdroop. Luckily, the mod removed this. On the rev2, I had an insane vdrop, but vdroop wasn't nearly as bad as rev1. So effectively, just need to set a higher value in bios.