for the vdroop mod, i know for sure you can pencil it. but i need to know this: how safe is a pencil mod? what pencil do i use, ie #2, 4b, ect? if i decide to solder, what happens is i mess up? is it fixable?
Based on previous threads of your's I'd say the risk of either pencil or hardmods are probably too high for you
lol. i think solder it to hard, but how hard can pencil be? but, believe it or not i have a some soldering skills. only simply stuff, usb cables, cat5, toggle, switches, and that whatnot. can i use sharp lead pencil(#2)
ok i did it. 4 strokes with a number 3B pencil. just got water cooling, so im testing my loop. once i plug in mobo, ill post results, whether my mobo surivived or not and other whatnot
@ trig: He shorted 2 points on his P5B deluxe so that his droop is lower (ie the drop in core voltage when the system is heavily loaded, this is due to imperfect power circuitry on the board). This way, his overclock is more stable. @ zhangmaster12: I would suggest sticking some tape over the mod to keep the graphite in place.
seems a bit tricky tbh. i just like to get the best performance from stock. the only thing i change to improve bits would be the bios version
Takes some serious balls to mess with a highend mobo with a pencil! I warmly recommend you to train with a dead mobo or whatever to solder. There's some tricks and some absolute not-to-dos in soldering surface mount parts..
@jipa: thanks i chickened out of soldering, because a: i heard some parts are heat sensiotive b: i dont have a fine enough tipped iron c: im freshman in highschool d: i love my mobo to much to risk it dieing!!! reasons for pencil: a: it was painless to do, i just used my soldering buddy with a magnifying glass attachment and just colored across the resistor with a 3B pencil while masking everything around it with scotchtape\ b: it works results: .008 vdroop with e6600 @ 3.6 ghz with 1.5 set in bios.
