Commando volt mod.

Kriztoffer · #1 01-11-2010

The Vcore boost and Vdrop modification works perfectly. I'm happy since this is my first time with a solder iron. I managed to do the mod, and everything is working fine.

The Vcore mod scales very nice when you bump voltage in BIOS. When I sat 1.6v in bios I got 1.68v Vcore, so I can finaly get 2v out of my Commando. Without the seriouse unstable Vdrop..it pops around like popcorn without this mod.

My work.. First time I've soldered a motherboard or any other electrical circuits.

DrNip · #2 01-11-2010

Hit up punx around here. He should be able to help you in that area. Wish I could get my hands on a Commando.

Kriztoffer · #3 01-11-2010

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Originally Posted by DrNip

Hit up punx around here. He should be able to help you in that area. Wish I could get my hands on a Commando.

I see, i will send him a P.M, thought I don't like to nag people.

As you probably see, the two first pictures are the same Vmod done by same guy, the 2nd one is a bit different, and looks easier to understand. But I guess, there are a lot of different Vmods out there for the Commando.

EBay, got a few. There was a brand new one one there a few days ago, Retail.

I got this board in Norway brand new from store, but it was pretty expensive for such an old MoBo. I bought it for 330$ USD...heh.

punx223 · #4 01-11-2010

those mod points look a lil tight make sure you have a very fine tip on your iron for sure.... adjustable temp iron/soldering station will help alot.

if it is an older board you can have alot of trouble getting solder to stick.

what exactly did ya need to know?

Kriztoffer · #5 01-11-2010

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Originally Posted by punx223

those mod points look a lil tight make sure you have a very fine tip on your iron for sure.... adjustable temp iron/soldering station will help alot.

if it is an older board you can have alot of trouble getting solder to stick.

what exactly did ya need to know?

Aye, I will look for a good one. I know a guy which own a TV and radio repair store. He's always helpfull, and I could probably borrow a good soldering iron/station from him.

It's pretty new, bought it brand new this summer. I think it could be one of the last revisions of the Commando. It had a pretty awesome bundle:p

So resistances are self tuned by adjusting the screw? And you use a volt meter to adusj them, right?

About the last picture, it's easy to understand. Should I go for that method?

And about Volt read, if I solder a cable onto it and fasten the end of it into a molex, I can read the cpu voltage with a volt meter?

Thanks, Kriz.

Kriztoffer · #6 01-12-2010

Been training on a old router board today, I got a pretty standard soldering iron, which are a little to big for MoBo and GPU's. Anyway, I feel it was king of easy. Soldered some grounds , a few caps and some cables to random components. It doesn't seem very hard tbh. Just need some patient and a good iron.

Doubt you need to be a rocketscientist for volt modding a Commando :p