- Joined
- Dec 17, 2000
- Location
- Woodcote, UK
Right, I just tried the A7V mod for the third time (see my other post), and I managed to get the first leg of the 24k resistor soldered to the bottom left smd resistor. I noticed the smd resistor was at an odd angle, as the end I had soldered to had come away - there was still contact due to the solder, but wanting things to look right I *carefully* bent it back into place. It fell off. I couldn't find it (you know how small those things are). So, figuring my board was already dead, and with panic starting to set in, I pressed ahead (call it optimism, call it denial, whatever).
Of course, sod's law, my soldering skills suddenly improved tenfold, and I was able to remake the connection that the smd resistor made with solder, and then complete the volt mod soldering from there to the other smd resistor as usual. Fingers crossed, power it up - it works!!!!!
One thing - when set to 1.85V, my core voltage used to be 1.94... it now reads 1.79V. Clearly the 24k resistor wasn't quite enough to compensate for the smd resistor. My question is (doubt anyone can answer it for sure), is will soldering another 24k resistor in series with the current one, give me about 2V? If one gives an increase from 1.85 to 2.32, presumably with my core voltage of 1.79 I would get about 2.25V max - more than enough. Plus the soldering would be dead simple - just cut the wire from the 24k resistor already in place, and put another one across the ends. Any comments?
Sorry for the long post... I'm still recovering from the shock that my mobo still works at all ;D
Of course, sod's law, my soldering skills suddenly improved tenfold, and I was able to remake the connection that the smd resistor made with solder, and then complete the volt mod soldering from there to the other smd resistor as usual. Fingers crossed, power it up - it works!!!!!
One thing - when set to 1.85V, my core voltage used to be 1.94... it now reads 1.79V. Clearly the 24k resistor wasn't quite enough to compensate for the smd resistor. My question is (doubt anyone can answer it for sure), is will soldering another 24k resistor in series with the current one, give me about 2V? If one gives an increase from 1.85 to 2.32, presumably with my core voltage of 1.79 I would get about 2.25V max - more than enough. Plus the soldering would be dead simple - just cut the wire from the 24k resistor already in place, and put another one across the ends. Any comments?
Sorry for the long post... I'm still recovering from the shock that my mobo still works at all ;D