Volt Mod - Making It Permanant.

No_Style · Jul 17, 2002, 06:42 PM

What should you do to make a Volt Mod permanant? I'm curious as to how the pencil markings can stay on the card for long periods of time. Wouldn't it wear off with time?

janusz · Jul 17, 2002, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by No_Style
What should you do to make a Volt Mod permanant? I'm curious as to how the pencil markings can stay on the card for long periods of time. Wouldn't it wear off with time?

yeah but years maybe

you can solder a new resistor in its place

No_Style · Jul 17, 2002, 07:02 PM

Or would that just ruin the mod?

h0ly0ne · Jul 17, 2002, 10:08 PM

As you can read in my Radeon8500LE Overclocking Post, it works perfectly with soldering in a new resistor. Maybe its a lot of easier in the first moment, but pencilmodding is a little bit of dangerous (in my opinion) 'cause you never know the EXACT (tolerance with resistors up to 1%) value of the new resistance when penciled.

But if you such a big fan of pencilmodding try to spray some glue (yes, spray-glue) on it ... but check before if this glue is able to lead currency !!!!!

This should be a way to make it more "permanent" ... but as ever, when I describe something here ... don't blame me, if something gets damaged !!!!

DallasStar · Jul 17, 2002, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by h0ly0ne
As you can read in my Radeon8500LE Overclocking Post, it works perfectly with soldering in a new resistor. Maybe its a lot of easier in the first moment, but pencilmodding is a little bit of dangerous (in my opinion) 'cause you never know the EXACT (tolerance with resistors up to 1%) value of the new resistance when penciled.

But if you such a big fan of pencilmodding try to spray some glue (yes, spray-glue) on it ... but check before if this glue is able to lead currency !!!!!

This should be a way to make it more "permanent" ... but as ever, when I describe something here ... don't blame me, if something gets damaged !!!!

use a multimeter

Bambers · Jul 18, 2002, 06:37 AM

I accidently took my vram to 4.4V with the pencil trick but only long enough for me to check the volts, crap myself and hit the powerswitch

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It seems to have survived and seeing as beyond 4V you don't tend to get anything in the way of extra speed then thats quite a big safety margin.

~~shai~~ · Jul 18, 2002, 06:39 AM

i woudnt go above 3.5 for low range
and 3 for high range

GravY · Jul 20, 2002, 09:26 PM

http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/radeon8500-overclocking/

Jul 17, 2002, 06:42 PM	#1
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Jul 17, 2002, 07:02 PM	Thread Starter #3
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Would putting a piece of scotch tape over it keep it from being smeared off? Or would that just ruin the mod? __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jul 17, 2002, 10:08 PM	#4
h0ly0ne DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	As you can read in my Radeon8500LE Overclocking Post, it works perfectly with soldering in a new resistor. Maybe its a lot of easier in the first moment, but pencilmodding is a little bit of dangerous (in my opinion) 'cause you never know the EXACT (tolerance with resistors up to 1%) value of the new resistance when penciled. But if you such a big fan of pencilmodding try to spray some glue (yes, spray-glue) on it ... but check before if this glue is able to lead currency !!!!! This should be a way to make it more "permanent" ... but as ever, when I describe something here ... don't blame me, if something gets damaged !!!! __________________ Buy cheap, r00l hard

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Jul 18, 2002, 06:37 AM	#6
Bambers DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	I accidently took my vram to 4.4V with the pencil trick but only long enough for me to check the volts, crap myself and hit the powerswitch . It seems to have survived and seeing as beyond 4V you don't tend to get anything in the way of extra speed then thats quite a big safety margin.

Jul 18, 2002, 06:39 AM	#7
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	i woudnt go above 3.5 for low range and 3 for high range