What do you think of this for connecting the L1 bridges?

[BigAir]

I would like to thank Kev for introducing me to this product which I plan to try soon. What do you think about it? Has anyone tried it? It looks good to me! Worth a try at least! http://www.plycon.com/trace.htm

[Deviant]

Try it, it looks good to me. At least it will be easilly removed if it doesnt work and inexpensive. Also no possibility of shorting L1 bridges together.

[stool]

Looks like a real handy item. Wish I had it today, as I just used a conductive pen on my new TBird. What a pain in the ass trying to do each bridge cleanly.

[DamnFast]

Those tapes are rather expensive...23.99 dollars. Well, those are japan made and many of my friends got them. They are supposedly around 5~7 dollars back in Japan. Well, I guess the shipping to US costs alot. It's good stuff if you got the bux. But I personnaly woudn't spend that much for that little tape.

[Vector]

i'd personally use the rear defroster repair trick...it lasts and costs about $8

[ReNeG@dE]

Vector (Feb 20, 2001 12:04 p.m.):
i'd personally use the rear defroster repair trick...it lasts and costs about $8

yeah I'd agree, it took me two tries to get it perfect (well almost :) ) using a toothpick, but it works great and is easy to clean off if you have to. Plus a single $8 kit will let you do dozens of CPUs.

[Deviant]

HOW MUCH?
I would have expected them to be about $1
Glad I use a conductive pen.

[kat]

looks likea very easy way to unlock the bridges but whats going on with that price i bought a conductive pen for 13.00 bucks and will never run out and i dosnt fade or were off as was suggested

[Yomama]

BigAir (Feb 19, 2001 09:15 p.m.):
I would like to thank Kev for introducing me to this product which I plan to try soon. What do you think about it? Has anyone tried it? It looks good to me! Worth a try at least! http://www.plycon.com/trace.htm

Does this kit contain only one strip? $24 on a $100 to 200 CPU? That's more expensive than many decent coolers, and what's wrong with using a pencil and then putting non-conductive adhesive tape on top of those pencil junctions? That should last forever, and costs close to nothing.

Yo

[Myrddin]

I agree the price is high, but it is less than replacing your CPU if you do a bad job and fry it. I have heard that if the graphite/conductive epoxy/conductive ink or whatever you use on the bridges touches each other it is possible to damage your CPU. I believe that is what happened to a Duron 800 I had that I ended up replacing.

I was able to find 6B graphite pencils but I am going to order one of these to see how it works.