:)

[shimmishim]

I have completed the ic7 vmem mod successfully after ... 5 hours!!! yes 5 hours!!!

so removing the R50 resistor was no problem at all..

the problem was using the solder to attach the wires to the motherboard... i had to remove and add that thing like a billion times...

anyway...

2.7 shows as 2.83-2.85 now in hardware doc
2.6 shows as 2.70-2.72

i haven't tried higher....

i'll adjust it so that 2.7 is 2.9... taht would be nice so that 2.8 will be 3.0

yay! time to see if my geil gold dragon can run default speeds with higher voltage!

pictures to come!

[shimmishim]

Premod with R50 resistor

http://www.johnshim.com/soldering/DSC00025s.jpg


Postmod without R50 resistor

http://www.johnshim.com/soldering/DSC00027s.jpg



With 1K potentiometer in place

http://www.johnshim.com/soldering/DSC00030s.jpg

[dbwillis]

Nice work...I staill havent ever tried a vmod on a board...

[shimmishim]

:)

my first attempt ever!

well actually...

my second attempt at a voltage mod..

i tried vmodding my 8rda but i killed it oops... hehehe

[DAPUNISHER]

Well done! Click me! (http://www.yourethemannowdog.com/) :D

[shimmishim]

LOL

thanks! :)

[Mikki]

Glad it was a success for ya shimmishim, nice post! :)

[eva2000]

congrats... me too chicken to try it on my IC7 hehe

nice spot would be

2.5v -> 2.85v
2.6v -> 2.95v
2.7v -> 3.05v
2.8v -> 3.15v

that would cover all brand memory allowed min and max voltages

corsair's ramguy said 2.85v is fine for warranty too

[shimmishim]

thanks!

tweaked it some more

2.8 now shows as 3.07 :)

i should see how far i can push this at geil gold dragon at 1:1

:)

2.6 --> 2.87
2.7 --> 2.97
2.8 --> 3.07

:)

i'll tweak it again so 2.8 reads as 3.1

3.1 is the warranty limit of the gold dragon

[eva2000]

IIRC, ABit mods volt modded, as the higher your vdim goes the more the undervolt.. i think the chips real max limit is like 3.2v vdimm

[shimmishim]

ahhh

so you think that if the bios reads 3.1 volts then it's actually less than that?

i know the agp, vcore, and vdimm's volts are all low but i figured doing this mod that the voltage would read more closely to what it was....

maybe i'm wrong...

you think i should go for 3.2 volts then? :chit:


Originally posted by eva2000
IIRC, ABit mods volt modded, as the higher your vdim goes the more the undervolt.. i think the chips real max limit is like 3.2v vdimm

[eva2000]

Originally posted by shimmishim
ahhh

so you think that if the bios reads 3.1 volts then it's actually less than that?

i know the agp, vcore, and vdimm's volts are all low but i figured doing this mod that the voltage would read more closely to what it was....

maybe i'm wrong...

you think i should go for 3.2 volts then? :chit: not sure, play it safe for now :)

btw, what digital camera did you use for those macro shots ? very clear indeed :)

[shimmishim]

thanks!

it's actually from my digital video camera

i have a macro lens that lets me take shots like those :)

sony trv-33

[compudog]

Excellent mod shimmishim and great pics. Nice work!

Makes me want to fire up a soldering iron and mod something.... anything! Bravo!

[shimmishim]

mod that a7n8x you got there!!!

do some voltage mods!!!
vdd or vdimm :D :D :D: D

your board will love you!!! :)

[Neil]

shimmishim

Yeh wicked, and yeh nice pics. Wish my attempt was as successful :(

[shimmishim]

sad :(

[Underwater Mike]

Me, too! :cry: Replacement board on order...


Originally posted by Neil
Yeh wicked, and yeh nice pics. Wish my attempt was as successful :(

[shimmishim]

what'd you guys do???

[Neil]

Picked a bad day to try I guess, drank enough to kill a large animal the night before : ( Have a look... sry about the quality.

[shimmishim]

yeah i can't make out the picture... sort of blurry... can you edit it in paint or something ? :)

[Neil]

Na m8 have tried it just gets worse

[Underwater Mike]

No digicam here, but the SORDID TALE is here: SORDID TALE (http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=53228).

Let's just say that my future Vmods wil be solderless.

[Neil]

Same Mike, at least it will humour us to break the things into a million bits and educate ourselves.

[Mikki]

Breaking stuff's half the fun...;):smash:

Well, maybe a quarter....:p

[shimmishim]

hehehe....

fun for some...

expensive for others...

:eek:

if i broke my ic7... which i was afraid i was going to do... man... forget it... i'd call it quits with intel and go back to a very very cheap amd setup..