R.I.P. My KT7A

JAWS · Sep 5, 2001

I finally stepped over the edge with my vcore mod. Will trying
to solder pin 10, something happend. I must have shorted out
the board somehow. To make a long story short, Ive been
without a computer for a week. I bought a backup for now:
ECS K7S5A. Has anyone heard or seen one of these before.
I guess it's okay, for now!! Maybe my next board won't have a
vcore cap of 1.85 on it. WHY WAS I NOT HAPPY WITH 1.533???

TranceBear · Sep 5, 2001

Sorry to hear that dude. I had a pro do my volt mod. I was scared and did not want to ruin my score of no broken parts as of yet.

SickBoy · Sep 5, 2001

TranceBear said:
Sorry to hear that dude. I had a pro do my volt mod. I was scared and did not want to ruin my score of no broken parts as of yet.

Gee, Trance.....

You've got a good idea going there..... I've been hesitant to take an iron to my KT7A Raid (I have some soldering experience, took 1 electronics class and 1 Robotics class) so I really dont want to do it myself.

When I get my Dual Duron system going I think I'll have someone mod my KT7A... see how much voltage I can pump through one of these socket A chips I have lying around.

Did you pay the dude? How much?

SickBoy

JAWS · Sep 5, 2001

Was he someone you knew local?

Colin · Sep 5, 2001

Did you toast the HIP6301 or pull the trace from the board? If you just pulled the trace, it can be repaired.

JAWS · Sep 5, 2001

Yeah, unfortunately I pulled the pin off. I just don't understand
how pin 10 could be harder than pin 7. Pin 7 went down perfect.
Pin 10 looked like it had some of that sealant on it. The solder
would not lach on. I tried and tried and tried(you get the picture)
untill the frustration started in. After that, I thought I had
everything covered, and went to boot up and got nothing.

Zuck Gou :) · Sep 5, 2001

That ECS board is DDR, but its very limited with overclocking.

(no mult/voltage adjustments and few FSBs)

Colin · Sep 5, 2001

RIP then. Casualties of the obsession!

No time to morn, there are better motherboards right around the corner.

Wega! · Sep 5, 2001

I'm sorry to hear about your board. I did the exact same thing about 2 weeks ago, so I know your pian! I did it on my new 8KHA, one if the pin's broke off, and some of the traces was ripped off. I might be lucky, and be able to sell if to a dude that's very good at soldering. Then I haven't lost that much money on it

Good luck with your new board.

TranceBear · Sep 5, 2001

SickBoy said:
Gee, Trance.....

You've got a good idea going there..... I've been hesitant to take an iron to my KT7A Raid (I have some soldering experience, took 1 electronics class and 1 Robotics class) so I really dont want to do it myself.

When I get my Dual Duron system going I think I'll have someone mod my KT7A... see how much voltage I can pump through one of these socket A chips I have lying around.

Did you pay the dude? How much?

SickBoy

Local guy that owed me money for a Jail bail. I bailed him out of jail for a DUI 1 day. He said he would do it normaly for about $30 USD, well worth it!!

Doctor · Sep 5, 2001

Forget all that tedious soldering! Get one of these:http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...name=CTLG_005_007_015_000&product_id=910-0228

It's an "IC Test Clip". They just clip onto the leg of your "HIP Chip". Nothing permanent, especially destroying your mobo!
It works great on my Shuttle AK-31 (same voltage controller).

Good luck,

Doctor

JAWS · Sep 6, 2001

Very interesting, Doctor. I might have to check one of these out.

TRANCER24 · Sep 6, 2001

snookhook said:
Yeah, unfortunately I pulled the pin off. I just don't understand
how pin 10 could be harder than pin 7. Pin 7 went down perfect.
Pin 10 looked like it had some of that sealant on it. The solder
would not lach on. I tried and tried and tried(you get the picture)
untill the frustration started in. After that, I thought I had
everything covered, and went to boot up and got nothing.

oh man that really is sad you should have used a little bit of flux when you couldn't get it to stick

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