Quote Originally Posted by Deluge View Post
Hey guys, guess I'm in the club now too.. I attempted this mod last weekend since my OC is severely limited by voltage, even with the stock cooler (core @ 715, with the 1.1v BIOS mod loaded around 45c, would jump to 46 after an hour of crysis), and my XFX alpha dog (black PCB, so sexy ) is now dead, may she rest in peace

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what went wrong, as it never booted up after the mod. The only thing my friends or I could come up with is that the main soldering point couldn't touch the three surrounding optional points, but from what I've read, that's fine. The computer still 'boots', but it hangs before POSTing, so I've checked the voltage with my dad's old school analog multimeter (after desoldering everything) and it shows zero. I'm going to check with a friend's DMM this weekend and see if that also shows zip, then I'll decide what to do from there. Any ideas on what went wrong / any way to fix it are greatly appreciated.
I like to use a magnifying glass and strong light to triple-check everything. Also, taking the 'beep' feature of the DMM and checking to see that you have conductivity where you want it, and don't have conductivity where you don't want it are good steps to take. You can also measure resistance at a few key locations. Typical Ohm ratings are spread throughout this thread and the GTS thread.

Make sure you tuned the VR to max resistance, and not the other way around! Since you have desoldered everything, is there still a lot of solder mess on the board? It's good to have a solder wick or suction to clean up the mess.

I haven't looked at an analog MM in years. How well does the one you used scale at these low voltages? I'd definitely recommend using the DMM.

Do you have any pics?