[OnDborder]

I ordered an 8rda+ today..
If I can achieve the same results with the rda as with this one, with this ram, that will be Ok.
I think I like the pci/agp lock. Kind of takes a little of the worry out of ruining a component.

[OnDborder]

Ya I know, kinda old by now..

Haven't got it yet but ya gotta plan ahead...
Will I need to do the mod to the vdd if I don't plan on going sky high with my fsb?
Is soldering a requirement on the vdd mod?

Elusion, what did you use to hold the cooling devices on the sb and mosfets?

[EluSiOn]

If you want to achieve super high fsb (e.g like 230+mhz) I think VDD mod is really necessary... I mess up my first 8rda+ mobo due to bad soldering job... so now I am just use SMD Grabber... instead solder them, just clip them.

I use ASilver epoxy to hold my ram sink and also chipset heatsink onto my MOSFET and also South Bridge. I use super glue to fix the fan onto the near by capacitors.

[OnDborder]

At the moment I don't plan on going that high, maybe the 200mhz would be fine for me..

[deathstar13]

the lowest ive seem someone achieve was me im an under acheiver i guess.anyhow it did 192 out of the box.

seems kinda like a trend latly ive been reading also.
even if you have to do it with smd grabbers it isnt hard so dont worry.its only scary when you close your eyes lol

[OnDborder]

Using the grabbers makes it look pretty easy..
What would be better, an adjustable or fixed resistor??

So according to Elusion's site, a 820 ohm will give a 1.80-1.85 volts. Right?
What would 755 give??

I think I'll use the fixed resistor, the adjustable is a little confusing..

[frostmoon]

(176 / ohms resistance) + current vdd voltage = resulting vdd voltage

(176/755) + 1.60 = 1.833 V

* if your default vdd is 1.60V

[EluSiOn]

OnDborder

I would suggest 700 ohm, it will give ya 1.85v (each board is really different, probably because of psu)

my board @ 700 ohm only give 1.80v but for my fren's board, he got 1.85v

[OnDborder]

Thanks. Now to find some smp grippers.

[AlkyHauler]

Ordered mine today. My buddy did the VDD mod and it works great. He was only able to hit 190 before the VDD. Now he's at 200 stable.

[OnDborder]

Which resistor did he use??

[josi]

Just finished my VDD mod. I soldered a 1k resistor, now my VDD shows 1.75V in BIOS instead of 1.57. Right now I'm running at 205MHz FSB, before mod 192 was the maximum. I attached 40mm Delta fan onto the northbridge heatsink but system was very unstable anyway. Then I noticed that the soutbridge is running very hot. I put a small heatsink on the southbridge, and this really solved the unstability problems.

[OnDborder]

How did you attach the hs on the southb?

[josi]

I have no thermal epoxy, so I put superglue on the heatsink corners and thermal paste in the middle, also fan to northbridge is attached with double-sided sticky tape. Cheaply, but works

[OnDborder]

Found some smd grabbers. I bought extras to sell..
See our classified section...