pc-dl mem 3.3v wire mod

[pwnt by pat]

Does anyone know of the place to sodder the 3.3v line to feed the memory directly from the 3.3v line? I want to run my bh-5 at a nice and toasty 3.3v but would rather do this than a pot mod because it's more simple.

[SolidxSnake]

I would guess you remove the power mosfets by the DIMM slots, and then run a 3.3v wire to the output of the mosfet's pad, but don't take my word for it ;)

[Quailane]

DON'T DO WHAT THIS GUY SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't find the guide right now, but you just solder a wire from 3.3 volt input on the bottom of the motherboard to the vdimm pin under the dimm slot. You can figure it out on your own without much trouble if you can't find an article.

[pwnt by pat]

That's actually what I'm looking for but I can't find the guide either. I don't want to do any probing either as these boards are $150 used. I was hoping that somebody knew of something.

[SolidxSnake]

That's actually what I'm looking for but I can't find the guide either. I don't want to do any probing either as these boards are $150 used. I was hoping that somebody knew of something.


Quailane: Knew i was wrong :D

Wow, if you just need to bring 3.3v into the dimm slot's pin1, thats easy. Just gotta find which one is pin 1 :D

[pwnt by pat]

question: I am looking at the guide here http://www.datamine.tk/pages/article.asp?TID=20

Now could I just short the +.8v line to pin 6 to bring the voltage up immediately to 3.45v or would I still have to go through all of the trouble of adding a pot and tuning it?

[SolidxSnake]

question: I am looking at the guide here http://www.datamine.tk/pages/article.asp?TID=20

Now could I just short the +.8v line to pin 6 to bring the voltage up immediately to 3.45v or would I still have to go through all of the trouble of adding a pot and tuning it?


If you're gonna run it 3.45 constant, and don't want adjusting, just solder the wire directly into the pin1, as it will be the same of lowering the pot's resistance to 0Ohms

[pwnt by pat]

my bad, pin 1 pin 6. This should work?


meh, I'll just pay the dollar for the pot, set resistance to 0 and do it that way as it's know to be 100%.

[SolidxSnake]

my bad, pin 1 pin 6. This should work?


meh, I'll just pay the dollar for the pot, set resistance to 0 and do it that way as it's know to be 100%.


All a pot does is change the voltage. If you run it at zero resistance, it runs as if it were a single wire. So a single wire is safe to do, but you won't be able to adjust.

[pwnt by pat]

The only thing I question is the fact that when you run one side to ground, you get a .2v gain and when you add the .8v, you get a 1v gain. If that wire doesn't go to ground, shouldn't that only add the .8v?