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I'd like to do this today:



The Vdroop I may just pencil, but I have the 100K on hand if I change my mind.

The Vcore is the important mod, but I haven't done a VR mod before.

After 2 radio shacks, 2 electronic supplies, 2 cities and 4 hours I can't find a nice 50K little blue box VR, but I did pick up this 50K variable resistor:



It's a bit beefier, but I hope it works. Lemme know if there's any reason it won't.

Here's my mobo:



Which lead on the resistor attaches to A? Which to B? What do I do with the 3rd lead? Trim it?

Don't worry, I won't try to solder through the nail polish .

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u put nail polish all over ur mobo? im assuming that helps wiht something right just curious what never herd of that

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It protects against condensation when using dry ice or liquid nitrogen.

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5.27 Ghz i7 920 C0 on LN2......5.31 Ghz i7 975 on DICE......6.36 Ghz E8600 on LN2
7.01 Ghz Pentium 4 631 on LN2......7.96 Ghz Celeron 352 on LN2......7.02 Ghz Celeron 360 on LN2

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cool

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Edit:

I think I figured out how to hook the thing up.

Also, it appears that the difference between the 50K VR I was able to find and the smaller one is the ability to multi-turn the knob and get finer control. I'll just do it with wide swings and see what happens.

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5.27 Ghz i7 920 C0 on LN2......5.31 Ghz i7 975 on DICE......6.36 Ghz E8600 on LN2
7.01 Ghz Pentium 4 631 on LN2......7.96 Ghz Celeron 352 on LN2......7.02 Ghz Celeron 360 on LN2

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any update...how'd it turn out for you Patch?

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Ooh. Forgot about this thread. Vcore mod ultimately worked on that board after switching to a more typical VR. But then I killed the mobo soldering in the vdroop mod. Resistor came off.....burned off the contact point....it was ugly and sad. As you can see, I like to jump right in learning new things.

Subsequently got a new Commando on ebay. Soldered in the vcore and vdroop mod and it turned out very well.

Here's a pic in another thread.

I'm still planning on getting 8Ghz on my celly 352 some day. I have some coollaboratory liquid TIM and when I get my custom designed (by me ) LN2 pot from Duniek that sucker is gonna get colder.

Or, someday I'll find a reasonable source of liquid helium.......

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Stock speeds make hardware sad.

5.27 Ghz i7 920 C0 on LN2......5.31 Ghz i7 975 on DICE......6.36 Ghz E8600 on LN2
7.01 Ghz Pentium 4 631 on LN2......7.96 Ghz Celeron 352 on LN2......7.02 Ghz Celeron 360 on LN2

CL3P20

.... Sounds like a plan..cant wait to see some pics of it when it goes down..

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e8400: 5.13ghz
e7400: 4.5ghz
Q6600: 4.44ghz
8800GS@1028mhz
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