dissimilar metal corrosion and unlocking

[Gliderguy]

Anyone have any long term problems using rear window defogger repair solution when you unlock your Athlon XP? I was wondering about eventual dissimilar metal corrosion. My L1 contacts appear to be tin plated, and my defogger liquid appears to have copper suspended in it as the conductive medium. I havent found silver conductive laquer yet. I havent done the unlocking yet, I plan to follow the tom's hardware plan of attack except for using window defogger instead of silver laquer....

I suppose soldering the bridges would be the ideal solution, but I dont have the steady hands of a neurosurgeon!

Any comments on various materials used in unlocking would be appreciated.

[azhari]

I can't comment on the various metals, but if you go to yahoo shopping and search for "silver conductive pen" you'll get a few hits. I suppose you could use tape to isolate each bridge and then use the pen to connect them. Haven't tried this, but I can't foresee any problems with it.

[Gliderguy]

Well, I did it.

After looking again at the L1 contacts, they are either gold plated or copper, so I went with the defogger solution. This stuff can be runny, so if you go this route the trick is to mask off the contacts good, but not so good you peel off your previous bridge when you remove the tape. I found about 10 minutes between each bridge gave good drying time. I used superglue to fill the laser locks. I used a sewing needle and maginfying glass to verify that there was a sizable gap between each bridge, my meter showed about 1.6Kohm resistance between bridge sets...

currently running @1680Mhz, 12 x 140 @ 1.85v 32C idle, 10C to 12C over room temp. (according to the bios temperature, wherever it gets its number from)

I can't get it to boot at 1700 (12.5 x 136) or 1704 (12 x 142)
I had it stable earlier at 1595 (11 x 145) but unstable at 1617 (11 x 147)

Would going to 1.95 or 2.00 volts be likely to get me over 1700? I was hoping for 1750. If so, is there a relatively easy voltage mod for the Soyo Dragon Plus? by easy, I mean no more challenging than doing the L1 bridge work?

Lastly, I have a 350W antec power supply, but the +5 is dropping to about 4.91v. Is this my real limiting factor instead of the 1.85V to the processor?