K7s5a Pro & 1800xp

[Cyberwiz01]

I wouldnt touch another ECS board with a 10 foot pole . . . well maybe i would, but the pole would be touching the board with a great amount of force!

 

[GameFAQsRolo]

I've worked with a few ECS boards and have not needed to return one. No defects, no RAM icompatibility, no bad ports. I have a friend that I helped upgrade his P3 SOYO to an ECS and he fried the processor on the ECS board [2 months later] because he forgot to plug the heatsink fan in. He bought a new processor and the motherboard still worked perfectly.

Maybe ECS has a higher failure rate than a big name company, but for the savings I'll take the risk. Just a matter of getting a good one [5 boards later and no returns].

 

[Aihyah]

well frys has the revision c tbred 1800+ and ecs combo for 59 bux this weekend.

only got mine up to 147bus though. i think i gotta do the wire pin trick to up the multiplier.

 

[Aihyah]

well success with the wire mod 1.69v 1800+ @ 2.35ghz! on a pos ecs 59 dollars both cpu and board, thats just sweet.

only tried two configs because playing with those small wires is annoying. its good enough

 

[SinsFeelNatural]

well success with the wire mod 1.69v 1800+ @ 2.35ghz! on a pos ecs 59 dollars both cpu and board, thats just sweet.

only tried two configs because playing with those small wires is annoying. its good enough

great job!. messing with the wire trick is nerve wrecking. you think you got it then one slip.. NOOO!!!!

lol

Again great job

 

[mmills]

i think i gotta do the wire pin trick to up the multiplier.

Cool. Have you got a URL reference for the pin trick?

mmills

 

[7keys]

Here is a great interactive guide to the pin mod.

http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/html/workshop/pinmod/amd_pinmod.html

 

[Aihyah]

great job!. messing with the wire trick is nerve wrecking. you think you got it then one slip.. NOOO!!!!

lol

Again great job

lol yea, i used some needle nosed pliers and an eyebrow tweezer to do it cuz thats what i had if u drop that hair like wire on the m/b, its easier to use tape to put it up then with a tool.

my first attempt yielded 2.5ghz at 1.6v lol, dunno why that happened. obviously it failed. i had wanted 2.4ghz, something went funky i stopped at the 2nd attempt that yielded 2.35ghz cuz i wanted to play with it and test stability


right now temps are reasonable using a cheesy 10 dollar x-dream cooler with whiny fan. i''m getting an slk-800 to quiet it down later. plus, with an slk you can eek out even more speed probably

 

[Beast Of Blight]

Wow, I didn't even realize this thread was still alive,

Thanks for all the info guys!

 

[mmills]

There should be a category for overclocking Fry's weekly motherboard-CPU loss-leader mobo combo. Use of the Fry's 'on-sale' cheapo memory and no-name case would be a requirement, of course.

mmills