- Joined
- Dec 19, 2000
Hi all It's great to be back on the forums after spending 7 days on my bike. Here is what happened within 48 hours of my return.
Well you see I was trying to do the voltage mod to an A7V, everything seemed to go perfect. I fired up a duron set at 600@1100 2.09v and everything went smoothly for about ten minutes. I was carefully monitoring temps and for no reason at all my computer froze. At first I thought nothing of it but when I fired up the box again there was zilcho monitor action. I sat back and thought for a minute to try and figure out what had gone wrong. I didn't think my chip was dead just yet but what could it be. After thinking a while I had a hunch that my little solder job had come undone. I was right, the one leg of the resistor wasn't in contact with anything. My next step was to bend the one leg out of my way, set the jumpers up for 1.85v and try my previous setting of 1050mhz. Again there was absolutely nothing happening on my screen. I looked in the case a little closer and to my supprise the little resistor next to my solder job was hanging by a thread of solder. Now it was time to go back to the work bench for some reconstructive solder work. I was lacking confidence in my soldering skills so I decided to make a solder trail from point to point instead of trying to get the sub 1mm long resistor back in place. Once I had finished my little solder trail I quickly ran back upstairs and slapped my computer back together. I flipped the switch and still nothing. I re did the solder job once more and still nothing. For my third attempt I decided I could try and solder the resistor back into possession. I tried about 5 times before got a somewhat decent looking connection. Again I ran upstairs to give everything a try. I hit the switch and after holding my breath for a wile my monitor sputtered to life. I had successfully re soldered a resistor that is about 1mm long. Tonight I can sleep easy knowing I have a working computer. Lesson learned; well maybe not. I will still continue to solder everything I can just as long as it can be ressurected by my nifty little soldering iron.
Well you see I was trying to do the voltage mod to an A7V, everything seemed to go perfect. I fired up a duron set at 600@1100 2.09v and everything went smoothly for about ten minutes. I was carefully monitoring temps and for no reason at all my computer froze. At first I thought nothing of it but when I fired up the box again there was zilcho monitor action. I sat back and thought for a minute to try and figure out what had gone wrong. I didn't think my chip was dead just yet but what could it be. After thinking a while I had a hunch that my little solder job had come undone. I was right, the one leg of the resistor wasn't in contact with anything. My next step was to bend the one leg out of my way, set the jumpers up for 1.85v and try my previous setting of 1050mhz. Again there was absolutely nothing happening on my screen. I looked in the case a little closer and to my supprise the little resistor next to my solder job was hanging by a thread of solder. Now it was time to go back to the work bench for some reconstructive solder work. I was lacking confidence in my soldering skills so I decided to make a solder trail from point to point instead of trying to get the sub 1mm long resistor back in place. Once I had finished my little solder trail I quickly ran back upstairs and slapped my computer back together. I flipped the switch and still nothing. I re did the solder job once more and still nothing. For my third attempt I decided I could try and solder the resistor back into possession. I tried about 5 times before got a somewhat decent looking connection. Again I ran upstairs to give everything a try. I hit the switch and after holding my breath for a wile my monitor sputtered to life. I had successfully re soldered a resistor that is about 1mm long. Tonight I can sleep easy knowing I have a working computer. Lesson learned; well maybe not. I will still continue to solder everything I can just as long as it can be ressurected by my nifty little soldering iron.
