Household CPU pin bridging material?

[new boy]

Anyone got an idea of what I can use to bridge some pins (or pin contacts if you like) on an e8400?

It should be reversible, but secure.

Really don't wanna be buying anything if I can help it, as its only a bit of fun.

Thanks

 

[Phemo]

Conductive paint from Halfords is all I can think of. I used this back in the Athlon XP days for multiplier unlocking and it can just be scraped off with your fingernail afterwards if you need to remove it. It was sold as windscreen heater repair paint so I'm sure they'll still do it now.

 

[mushtafa]

Yep, that paint is still available, if Halfords or the like don't do it, try your local motor factors

 

[Mr Evil]

Get a peice of stranded wire, such as a bit of mains cable. Extract a single strand. You can stick it in the socket, or wrap it around the pins.

 

[new boy]

I'll check out that conductive paint sometime. Also, my rear window heating elements don't work as there is a big scratch through them lol, so perhaps 2 birds with one stone there.

 

[Mick-1965]

If you want to do a nice neat job on both your CPU and windscreen do your self a favor and buy a 00000 (5/0) size paintbrush.

 

[tnx]

I'm curious, why would you want to do that ?
never heard of this being done.

 

[d_brennen]

I'm curious, why would you want to do that ?
never heard of this being done.

I'll take a stab - pin modding to up the multiplier on a board which doesn't support FSB overclocking, like an OEM HP or something

 

[new boy]

I'll take a stab - pin modding to up the multiplier on a board which doesn't support FSB overclocking, like an OEM HP or something

This, except it ups the fsb not the multi.

 

[tnx]

Sounds risky ?

 

[new boy]

Well... If you mess it up and short the wrong pins, then its probably bye bye CPU.

Theres a reasonable chance the e8400 wont do 3.6GHz @ stock volts, and theres a reasonable chance the OEM dell motherboard wont do 400FSB (though I know of at least one working fine at 400fsb).

Luckily dell put some 800MHz ram in it for some reason, so at least that's going to be ok lol.

Probably 49% it'll work 49% it will be unstable and 2% i paint the pins when I'm drunk and blow it up.

 

[tnx]

Well good luck to you.

My hand fisted ways would never allow me to do such delicate work.

If you cant hit it with a hammer I cant do it.

 

[new boy]

It ain't that bad. It's only joining two pins that are next to each other to change the fsb from 333 to 400. There's even no other pins on two of the sides surrounding them