ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread - Page 513 - Overclock.net

tonedeaf · 12-22-07

jesus h ****ing christ, did the vdrop mod and guess what. ZERO vdroop i mean none. seriously i love you

Nixer · 12-22-07

Would somebody please do a detailed pencil mod explanation. Not just a picture.

I updated my bios and wham, Ram woks like a charm. To date, I have never got anything DOA - I think most of the time it's due to the user.

lol Albert E. Lets see...I have a new board, came 0703. I set the timings and voltage manually before the first time I booted into Winblowz. I got all kinds of random crashes and errors. So.... I put my old Kingston in and it worked like a charm.

Thanks for the sage commentary though.

sherpa_man · 12-22-07

can anybody help me im having problems running 4 gig on this board 3 gig works fine then i put the 4th stick in and it crashes i thought it was faulty sticks buts its not i rotate the sticks and they work fine when i put a 4th stick in the comp crashes any ideas ?

what ram has been tested and working on this board i want 4 gig

tonedeaf · 12-22-07

Nixer,
have a look at that pic, see the yellow (its not originally yellow on your motherboard) bit under the cpu fan. beside the big square thing. get a fairly sharp but but not too sharp 2B pencil and colour that bit in, enough for it to look darker than usual probably just a few strokes and thats it. if you want to remove it just get some rubbing alcohol on a qtip and gently rub it off.
just remember to make sure the pc is off and unplugged from any powersource and that youve grounded your self forehand, dont want to take any risks.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...0/DSC00032.jpg

Blizzie · 12-22-07

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Originally Posted by tonedeaf

Nixer,
have a look at that pic, see the yellow (its not originally yellow on your motherboard) bit under the cpu fan. beside the big square thing. get a fairly sharp but but not too sharp 2B pencil and colour that bit in, enough for it to look darker than usual probably just a few strokes and thats it. if you want to remove it just get some rubbing alcohol on a qtip and gently rub it off.
just remember to make sure the pc is off and unplugged from any powersource and that youve grounded your self forehand, dont want to take any risks.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...0/DSC00032.jpg

Can you clarify how it works? I tried again today and wen my Vcore is 1.35v in BIOS it's 1.38v in Windows. When it's 1.443v in BIOS it's 1.6v in Windows. Is that okay?

tonedeaf · 12-22-07

Blizzie. tbh i dont know exactly how it works but i think it just bridges a gap skipping a resistor, makes sense to me cause it lowered the vdroop to 0 on load for me.

Nixer · 12-22-07

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Originally Posted by tonedeaf

Blizzie. tbh i dont know exactly how it works but i think it just bridges a gap skipping a resistor, makes sense to me cause it lowered the vdroop to 0 on load for me.

Thanks I'll give it a try. My Vdroop is huge.

+rep

Ravin · 12-22-07

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Originally Posted by tonedeaf

Blizzie. tbh i dont know exactly how it works but i think it just bridges a gap skipping a resistor, makes sense to me cause it lowered the vdroop to 0 on load for me.

You have the right idea. The graphite of the pencil conducts electricity, reducing the overall resistance of the circut. Carefull with altering resistance and be sure to check your work with an ohmmeter as too low of a resistance will actually overvolt your CPU.