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    PLL mod help?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cdoublejj, Dec 6, 2012.

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    So it's the same as the one i linked? i noticed in the pics triturbo provided that i linked there is not a resistor on the solder location. Mine is also off by a 1 number on the bottom number.

    I did find this, http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...clocking-methods-examples-42.html#post6052084

    but it doesn't contain any pictures of the "jumper" locations.

    EDIT: I think i got, it's the same as tritubo's but, the guy in the link said he had TWO resistors coming off pin 4. I see a smooth circle in the casing/expoy pf the ICS chip in MY picture which based on soldering videos i have seen indicates pin 1, and if i count down 4 pins i see two inline resistors. I guess the question now is solder before after the second resistor or worded better which side of the second resistor.

    EDIT:EDIT: from link
    The only issue now is it's late and i'm not sure if i want to attempt this home with my crappy soldering iron and thick (a tad thick for this job) or do it at work with lots of supplies... i think i'll do it at work. :D

    EDIT:EDIT:EDIT: HOLY CRAP! This stuff is small, the camera makes it look big! I'll get one way or another, this is where being near sighted comes in handy.
     
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    Oh yeah it's small.

    Every time I look at a pll I think to myself how was I able to mod one of these, so hard to focus on one without a magnifying glass (I was too lazy to find one) and you need a fine tip of your soldering iron.

    I think it's best to have a flat head on the soldering iron but really tiny.
     
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    Well the PLL mod it's self was successful time to see if it actually works.

    5920G PLL mod - Imgur
    EDIT: laptop boots and overclocks.
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Nice work. Have you lifted the resistor or you have solder it directly? I used to have resistor there as well, but the guy in the repair shop have removed it while doing the mod. Which CPU you can overclock T5250 or T9300? I'm guessing it's the former. Let me know how it goes when you get T9300.
     
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    this is with the T9300 actually. At first i noticed a covered up solder point between both resistors and scraped the green stuff off with an exacto knife but, it didn't want to tin, so i then tinned the resistor and soldered it on from there, then hot glued the wire in a few places.

    This is my latest oc it's priming for a several hours at this point.
    [​IMG]
     
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    yeah, good idea, i then tinned the resistor and soldered it on from there, then hot glued the wire in a few places. [​IMG]
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Very nice work then! That's why I asked you for the soldering job. I guess this prevented mine from overclocking T9500, it locked-up as soon as I move the slider a little and hit "Set". It works fine with X9100, though.

    T9300s can go higher, so it's probably your RAM that prevents from going further. Anyway, congrats for the (almost) free gain :D
     
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    Actually i haven't even tried going further. Do you think i could actually hit 3.2ghz? "THERM" on HWmonitor is hitting 83-87c i'm not sure if that is the FSB or the VRMs or Coils, regardless I have Fujipoly thermal pads in the mail so i can replace ALL of my thermal pads.

    EDIT: i also have to figure out how make it overclock when windows boots.

    EDIT: also don't i need to test with just on prime95 worker to try test ida mode? would it even go in to ida mode with 1 worker?

    EDIT: 240 seems to be my limit on the FSB that's still pretty good. prime95 with one work doesn't initiate IDA mode.

    EDIT: it' crashing in mafia 2 bench mark :( seems prime 95 wasn't the end all be all this time. I guess it back it down to 2.95 ghz. Still a nice round 3.0ghz would have been nice :(
     
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    for future reference.

    "setfsb auto start"
    SetFSB Auto Startup????


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    update i had to back down to 2.96 ghz. Now i'm wondering if there is some way to over volt it.
     
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    There is a cpu vid pin mod you can do to the CPU. Either that or pin mod the voltage regulator.
     
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    Interesting. I'll have to keep that in mind. However I have a new problem my laptop is now unstable and the temps have gone up after installing 11mkw fujipoly thermal pads.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/612813-thermal-pad-reviews-4.html#post8984153

    I'm kind of bummed out and sure right now. obviously putting the cover on helps increase temps but, i can always fix that whats weird is the cpu temps only went up 8c but fails prime 95 after about 5 to 10 minutes of testing, that's rather freaky. i'm kin of confused and upset right now. i dig the the old thermal pads out of the garbage and am tempted to try and reuse them to see if things normalize but, that seems a little extreme.

    EDIT: I got the 11m/wk fujipoly maybe it's 11m/wk because it's so dense?