volt modding my board, can i use a pencil ?

locutus12 · 2 Sep 2006 at 16:57

as the titel says really...

heres what i want to do by the way...

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2005/asrock/reviews/939dual-sata2/vcoremodguide2.htm

Jokester · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:01

Should work I think, but make sure you use a multimeter to confirm the resultant voltages.

Jokester

locutus12 · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:30

Jokester said:
Should work I think, but make sure you use a multimeter to confirm the resultant voltages.

Jokester

and we all keep one of those to hand of course... :rolleyes:

any other methods to verify?

Jokester · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:31

Probably safe enough to use the BIOS in that case.

Jokester

james.miller · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:31

erm, go buy one? you can pick them up for pennies. its sound advice. if your volt moidding anything, you should always have a meter to hand really.

locutus12 · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:36

james.miller said:
erm, go buy one? you can pick them up for pennies. its sound advice. if your volt moidding anything, you should always have a meter to hand really.

i always thought they were fairly expensive gismo`s :confused:

plus i wouldnt know how to use it but then i guess its not rocket science.

james.miller · 2 Sep 2006 at 17:38

not really, not unless you want to go into lab-grade meters then it gets expensive. you can pick up an more than adiquate multimeter for £10-15, and thats new.

lordedmond · 2 Sep 2006 at 19:32

locutus12 said:
i always thought they were fairly expensive gismo`s plus i wouldnt know how to use it but then i guess its not rocket science.

I dont think volt modding is for you if you are unsure how to use a volt meter.

a 10 quid one may cause you more grief as we are dealing with 0.1 vdc alterations and the impedance of the meter comes into the equation

squiffy · 2 Sep 2006 at 19:40

locutus12 said:
i always thought they were fairly expensive gismo`s plus i wouldnt know how to use it but then i guess its not rocket science.

About £5-10. Or a few hundred for a Robin

fornowagain · 2 Sep 2006 at 23:02

lordedmond said:
a 10 quid one may cause you more grief as we are dealing with 0.1 vdc alterations and the impedance of the meter comes into the equation

You don't need to buy a Fluke DMM, but if your modding for low voltage sensitive components like CPU's or RAM, three digits after the decimal point is a must. Called 3.5 digits, where the last digit is 1 or 0, £30/40 ish, with an accuracy of 0.05%. If its just PSU voltages a normal £8 job will do, I've seen cheapo's out by as much as 0.1v on the volt range.

fornowagain · 3 Sep 2006 at 14:05

locutus12 said:
as the titel says really...

heres what i want to do by the way...

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2005/asrock/reviews/939dual-sata2/vcoremodguide2.htm

BTW that mods looking for a dead short not a resistance.

iMacMart · 3 Sep 2006 at 15:50

I did this mod on my old Asrock dual 939.....

Blob of solder.....lol didn't realise how unsteady my hand was until I tried doing it!!!

worked a treat though

siddisoza · 30 Aug 2010 at 07:57

Well, If you have a Voltmeter its really no big deal, you simply take a pencil and rub graphite onto the resistor to lower its resistance, which increases the voltage through that circuit. Then just use the DMM (Digital Multi-Meter aka Voltmeter) to measure the voltage.