Spring2188 Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 Alright I tried the mod... I believe my board came with the epoxy, but it looked like it was applied further to the right than what it should have been. I was also suprised at how thin the stuff was, like a tiny layer of paint. Anyways I scraped to clear away what may or may not have been epoxy, I heard some of them had a clear layer of some kind of sealent that had to be scraped away from the pins. I did both just in case. After scraping pins, epoxy and in between the pins a tad, I started to see a copper color. I stopped, fearing that I had done something terrible wrong. I was gonna go ahead and try to solder the gap... I shaved a very tiny amount of solder in the gap, as I got really close to the contacts with the iron, I realized this was probably not a good idea. Went ahead and bought the Conductive Pen from radio shack and put a drop where it needed to be. I then covered my work with a green epoxy like paint I had at work that we use on electrical motors. It was nearly a perfect match of what the epoxy looked like before I started. Unfortunately I won't get my RAM for another 5 days, so I have no way of knowing if I was successful or if I totally f-d up my new mobo. I am fearing the worst. At this point I'd be happy with a working Ultra D board and an unsuccessful mod. Hopefully I'll get a nice suprise and boot up SLI enabled. In my opinion, the stress and anxiety I have got invested in this mod, is definantly not worth the $40 bucks I saved. I hope I'm not the first disaster post, I'll let you all know in 5 days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 Have a little faith in your abilities. Alright I tried the mod... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadOfMax Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 you should hve tried to boot it with some older ram before putting the epoxy on to see if you actually made the connection. I had to try like 5 times before I got it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdr4g0n Posted September 26, 2005 Posted September 26, 2005 the board doestn support sata2? it says on newegg that it does.... and i just built a system with that board and 2 sata2 harddrives... [edit] oh wait nevermind.. i meant to post on the other sticky.. theres 2 stickies for mod to sli and i got confused lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring2188 Posted September 27, 2005 Posted September 27, 2005 HEY!!! My mod was a success!!!! Now need to figure out whats the next step in my build... still waiting for my case to get shipped back to me. Thanks for the guide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thavarin Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 First time go. Took me total of 15 minutes. I must have a new mobo, the chipset look differ from the pictures given. Etched away at the Epoxy using my trusty pocket knife and used circuit writer pen and then cleared the cmos before bootup. And first time, screen pops up with Nf4 Sli. Sweet thanks for the guide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 First time go. Took me total of 15 minutes. I must have a new mobo, the chipset look differ from the pictures given. Etched away at the Epoxy using my trusty pocket knife and used circuit writer pen and then cleared the cmos before bootup. And first time, screen pops up with Nf4 Sli. Sweet thanks for the guide. How different did it look? Can you supply us with some pictures? I guess whatever they changed isn't too major, since the mod was still successful. So I'll try not to get too worked up about these changes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 @thavarin.. what was different ? A picture would be awsome.. Also please read the forum rules and make a sig with your complete system specs.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thavarin Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 Hey guys I am truly sorry about the mistake earliar, the chipset are no different. I had the NF Ultra chipset and I was using the page 3 diagram to do this. They are the same. Sorry again. I was just dumbfounded cause they the diagram and my chipset didnt match when I was attempting to do the SATAII connections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 It happens to the best of us. Thanks for posting back to clear that up. Hey guys I am truly sorry about the mistake earliar, the chipset are no different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intogamer Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 didn't the manufactoring process change? nice mod ^_^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 All nF4 SLI, Ultra and D series chipsets come off the same production line. The difference is which points are connected on the top surface. nVidia did start adding a healthy glob of epoxy over the connections after the initial run was packaged. Electrically they are identical. didn't the manufactoring process change? nice mod ^_^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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