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like the title saids were should i start to learn to volt mod video card i have many old video to start with can any one start me off ?
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mtb856 said:I would start by reading an article at RojakPot like this one:
9600 volt mod
and then take one of your older cards and just practice soldering on some of the points that look similiar..... all volt mods occur on the legs of ICs, solder joints, or resistors, all of which are on even the old cards so you can practice soldering from the leg of one IC to one of the small resistors or something like that.
Get a lot of practice on your older cards to steady your hand and try and get used to being able to solder quickly on the boards.... I use the following steps for my strong soldering iron:
(1) tin the tip of the wire that I'm going to solder onto the board
-tinning is just getting a good solder layer on the bare portion of the wire.
(2) Put the tinned tip on whatever part that you're going to solder to
(3) Hold the iron on the wire for a 5-7 count ("one thousand one, one thousand two....)
(4) Keeping the hand holding the wire steady, remove the iron and keep holding for 5-10 seconds to allow the joint to cool.
(5) Take a hot glue gun and cover the joint with hot glue to protect it from breaking off or shorting on another wire.
For the lower power irons (like the 15W irons from Radioshack), just hold it on the wire for 10 seconds or so.
mtb856 said:Well, if you don't hold it long enough you won't create a joint between the two metals... and it all depends on how powerful your iron is, with a Radioshack iron it can take 5 seconds just to melt the solder.
You're probably right though, although I've never had any problems with my components after I've held the iron on there that long it would probably be a good idea to just melt the solder and then glue the joint than risk destroying an IC or resistor.