madman7th Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 I just recieved this board the other day from Newegg.. I heard these chips are supposed to have epoxy over the contacts making this harder. I figured my board would definitely have it. So I pulled the chipset heatsink off and..well are these supposed to be really obvious epoxy applications? I don’t notice anything over any of the traces. Also is any #2 pencil supposed to work or should I be using the Faber brand? Should I use the circuit pen from Rad Shack instead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 I just recieved this board the other day from Newegg.. I heard these chips are supposed to have epoxy over the contacts making this harder. I figured my board would definitely have it. So I pulled the chipset heatsink off and..well are these supposed to be really obvious epoxy applications? I don’t notice anything over any of the traces. Also is any #2 pencil supposed to work or should I be using the Faber brand? Should I use the circuit pen from Rad Shack instead? It's smaller than it looks in the picture, but you should see a small black dome, with a satin finish to it. This is the epoxy you need to get through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman7th Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 My chip looks just like Wangerin's picture posting like 2 messages above. I assume it's missing the epoxy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 My chip looks just like Wangerin's picture posting like 2 messages above. I assume it's missing the epoxy? According to your sig you have an SLI-DR. You don't need to do the mod on that board as it already has SLI and SATA II enabled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman7th Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 Sorry, I have an SLI-DR *AND* I just bought an NF4-D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 Sorry, I have an SLI-DR *AND* I just bought an NF4-D. Ah, ok. Can you take a picture of the chipset? If it looks exactly like the picture in Wangerin's post then all you have to do is bridge the connections circled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spelkey Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 That rocks i saw this post and gave it a try with a radio shack Conductive Ink pen. It gave me a chance to get some good thermal paste on the chipset anyhow. My BIOS still says "DFI-D Standard" When i boot up but windows and the nvidia control panel say its all good and i get 30+ fps or more in most games when running SLI. First time it booted in SLI it was after windows load screen it whent black... so i rebooted and windows started fine and the nVidia control panel said SLI was working etc. Im running 460watt with dual 12v rails each 18A for a total of 36A on the 12v. Everything is stable 3Dmark06 and SUPER_PI tested. FYI i got my SLI bridge on ebay its a Tyan M5000 i think most sli bridges that are 4cm between the PCI-E slots will work Thanks for the tip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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