Asus Striker Extreme vDroop Mod

[ineedaname]

To make things easier I thought I'd edit the first post and put the mods there so it's easier to find.
These pencil vmods should work on the Asus Striker Extreme and the P5N32-E SLI.
I've done the vDroop mod on my own board so I know it works perfectly.

One important tip. If you decide to get rid of the mod you can erase it with an eraser but MAKE SURE you do not accidentally rub the pencil lead onto the stuff around the modded resistor.

Tip 2: Do NOT solder or use a conductive ink pen on the resistors!!!! The point is to REDUCE the resistance not get rid of it altogether.

*EDIT*
I updated the pic because jonbass kindly donated it to me. I hope this makes everything clearer.

***********NOTE**************
The vCore mod is in question right now TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK

The vDroop is 100% working so far.

[adamsleath]

i remember seeing one...i thought kunaak had one in a p5n32-e thread???....maybe the one i saw was for p5n-e now that i think about it.

[i have just set nb to 1.4v and i think im at my cpu limit...same limit for 9x and 8x.]

so...do these voltmods lower the volts that your cpu neeeds or something?? what is it?..how does it work?

[ineedaname]

Its supposed to prevent the voltage from sagging as low. Sometimes your voltage is stable but the droop voltage is not. So if you get rid of the droop u don't have to set the normal voltage as high to compensate for the droop.

Also the extra voltage causes more heat and well u get the picture.

[NiCKE^]

I can't assure you that this one work 100% because my board died before I could test it but persivore help'd me with it and he knows his stuff so I assume that it works. The vcore mod works 100% though.

[ineedaname]

Woot thanks a ton for this mod. Hmm i dunno if i have the soldering skills to do that tho. I think i might practice a bit or wait for something easier. Trying 2 c if there's a pencil mod if not then i guess i have no choice.

[ineedaname]

Wooooooot after staring at the damn mobo pics for hours I decided to try my own vdroop pencil mod and BANG its confirmed working.
I did about 3 strokes where the green line is with a 4B pencil and now there is 0 droop.

Sorry 4 the bad quality pic, it was taken with a camera phone.

[H0RM0NE]

Wooooooot after staring at the damn mobo pics for hours I decided to try my own vdroop pencil mod and BANG its confirmed working.
I did about 3 strokes where the green line is with a 4B pencil and now there is 0 droop.

Sorry 4 the bad quality pic, it was taken with a camera phone.

You sure the green line is drawn correct...? Is it supposed to be in the same place as NiCKE^ soldering mod pics above? If so the green line is on the wrong row. It looks like it should be on the row right next to the chip. Please clarify.

[Nikolasz]

Yeah asus gettin known to make extra mods&home

[ineedaname]

You sure the green line is drawn correct...? Is it supposed to be in the same place as NiCKE^ soldering mod pics above? If so the green line is on the wrong row. It looks like it should be on the row right next to the chip. Please clarify.

I'm 100% sure it is where i put the green line. The spot that is soldered in NiCKE^'s pics is just an empty space.

[spookz]

ahah Hmm.. do you think this same pencil mod will work on the P5N32-E SLI? =D

[ineedaname]

NiCKE^'s board is a P5N32-E SLI and they're the same so yes it'll work.

[|-jokker-|]

Anyone has tested this vmod ?
I want to do it but want to have certain about doing it the right way

[ineedaname]

Like i said i've done it already and its working for the Striker Extreme.

Some1 still has 2 test it for the p5n32-e. On the other hand if u look at the pics they're the exact same so it should b fine.

[basco]

thank you very much ineedaname-works flawless

info or pics on vtt-mod ??

greets from austria

[ineedaname]

This should be the vCore mod.

Its pretty much where NICKE^ has it up there cept you can pencil it if you want to.

Just to double check. Make sure its the resistor connected to the 4th leg from the left on the bottom of the chip.

I personally don't really need a vCore mod cuz my board already gives me more voltage than what i put in the bios.

[JohnnyV]

I think I need this mod as well. Vcore in Asus Probe II is 1,48 but when running orthos it drops to 1,44.

Can you show where on the motherboard this needs to be done. It seems like it's close to the memory slots or am I wrong? Perhaps you can make a larger picture of the motherboard as a whole and point out where it is. Will save a lot of time searching!
thanks in advance.

[ineedaname]

Here's a better pic donated to me from jonbass.
I'll change the pic uptop too.
I hope it helps.

The actual location of this is at the top of the board to the left of the ram slots.

[rithina]

i did this pencil mod..

on load.. the vcore jump by 0.02 instead thr i have use lesser vcore now. probably going to rub off some extra carbon and hope to rectify it

[JPxM0Dz]

Nice thread ineedaname

Thinking of using my trusty conductive pen (CW2200MTP) to do this mod, havn't used since the old days when connecting L1 bridges on my old AMD cpu

Do you see any issues using a fine point conductive pen vs pencil ?

Thanks in advance

[Pyr0]

do not use conductive ink, it will just create a bridge with no (or very very little) resistance, shorting the circuit and probably killing something

[JPxM0Dz]

do not use conductive ink, it will just create a bridge with no (or very very little) resistance, shorting the circuit and probably killing something

Thanks for the heads up Pyr0

[JPxM0Dz]

btw how many passes are you guys making on the modded resistor with the pencil ?

EDIT: Nevermind I see in previous post, 3 strokes

[JPxM0Dz]

Wooooooot after staring at the damn mobo pics for hours I decided to try my own vdroop pencil mod and BANG its confirmed working.
I did about 3 strokes where the green line is with a 4B pencil and now there is 0 droop.

Sorry 4 the bad quality pic, it was taken with a camera phone.

I assume you used the 4B cuz it's harder led with more graphite making it more conductive then say a 2B or HB ?

[ineedaname]

Yea I've heard you can use different pencils but i used a 4b.

The only difference would probably be the number of strokes.

If you wanna be exact u can use a multimeter and test how much resistance you've taken off.

And yea like pyro said the point is to take away SOME resistance NOT ALL so the circuit pen is a no no.

[KiD0M4N]

To make things easier I thought I'd edit the first post and put the mods there so it's easier to find.
These pencil vmods should work on the Asus Striker Extreme and the P5N32-E SLI.
I've done the vDroop mod on my own board so I know it works perfectly.

One important tip. If you decide to get rid of the mod you can erase it with an eraser but MAKE SURE you do not accidentally rub the pencil lead onto the stuff around the modded resistor.

*EDIT*
I updated the pic because jonbass kindly donated it to me. I hope this makes everything clearer.

What resistance did you change it to? ANd what was the initial measure?

TIA