VMOD KT7AR Tonight!

[AMDGuy]

I spent the weekend backing up my system (GHOST) and getting everything ready to VMOD my KT7AR. I plan on finishing the mod tonight. I mounted the trimmers in a small radio shack project box. Wasn't easy drilling tiny holes for the pins, but I got it done. I also drilled two small holes in the side of the box to run the wires out. Soldered the wires up last night and put the box together. Tonight I plan on putting it in the system. I picked up a good grounded soldering iron with a "micro" tip from Radio Shack for $7.99 and it's working great. I went ahead and mounted two trimmers on the box, but I'm only going to use one. I don't plan on going over 2.1 V so I don't need the stage 2 mod to overcome the "over-voltage" protection.

This mod should get me over 1gig on my Duron 650. I'll post pics once I'm done. I plan on mounting the box to the motherboard with double sided tape to keep everything located on the motherboard to reduce the risk of ripping up a trace. This way it's still all one unit.

I'm not going to solder straight to the pins on the Voltage Regulator as I probed around with my meter and did some online research (www.tweakhardware.com) and discovered a location right next to the pin that looks like it was designed for a resistor but one was never implemented by ABIT. I will solder to this point then find a ground on the MB (probably one of the 3 pin transistors).

Wish me luck.

 

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

Good luck !

 

[mudguts]

Hey Amd Guy..looking forward to some close-ups of your work! I got the same board too and plan eventually to go there. Throw us the link where you learned all this! Thx and good luck!

 

[AMDGuy]

mudguts (Jun 25, 2001 04:59 p.m.):
Hey Amd Guy..looking forward to some close-ups of your work! I got the same board too and plan eventually to go there. Throw us the link where you learned all this! Thx and good luck!

The first place I looked for preliminary research was http://www.tweakhardware.com/guide/kt7-voltage/ then I posted a few questions here. Colin (a Senior Board Member) gave me some good info. You can find my questions and his answers under a post titled "To Vmod or not to Vmod that is the Question". I'm taking a *slightly* different approach than he did, but he gave me the information about using a trimmer instead of just a plain old resistor, which is a much better idea. I'm off to modding!

 

[Colin]

Since you are of age, don't forget to have a beer first. It really does help to steady your hands. Good Luck!

 

[GOD]

hey amdguy.
istead of soldering the ground on to the fet`s do it like whats on here.

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GOD...

 

[Colin]

I always recommend just using a spade or loop under a motherboard mounting screw for the ground connection.