No biggy to most of you reading this, but my prior failures at this were a thorn in my back. I just had to pull this off. Prior to my first try at connecting those damned L1 bridges, I had read all the posts and guides, did all the elaborate taping, used superglue and defroster repair paint, then a circuit repair pen, and proceeded to make one screw up after another ( I just couldn't keep the L1 bridges seperated ). I eventually scraped off the green top coat in multiple spots and ended up w/ a shorted out mess that I had to take a dremel to just to get it to run locked. I wasted about 2 full weekends on this catastrophy, and was ego butt wipped. You see my first overclocking attempt (and success) was a celeron 300a to 450mHz overclock (a 50% gain. What a head rush !). I doubt it will ever be that sweet again.
Fast forward about a year. I bought a AGOIA-Y 1600+ at a computer fair this weekend for about $60. Rushing home with sweaty palms, I decided to try bridging the L1's using yellow crayon to fill the pits. Then I screwed open the silver circuit repair pen to get right at the goo. Tried the jeweler's flat screwdriver stamp-across-the-L1's technique at first----- NO GO ! Cleaned it off and went freehand with a pin dipped in the silver paint. Hah! nailed it on the first try ! Got it running now at 1710 (11.5 x 149, 18.25v) on my ABIT KX7, limited by 3 sticks of crucial 256meg 2100DDR ram.
My advice to would be L1 bridgers ? First, get a life; I could sure use one ! 2nd, it doesn't matter what you fill the pits with (as long as it doesn't conduct!); just keep the fill fairly flat. 3rd, The pin rules; just steady your hand, get good magnification, and practice first to get just the right amount of conductive paint on the tip of the pin. 4th, Look out for shorts, and finally be real careful when you scrape over the green or brown surface coat; it's real thin. One more thing, if it doesn't work out, It's not the end of the world; it just feels like it 😛
Fast forward about a year. I bought a AGOIA-Y 1600+ at a computer fair this weekend for about $60. Rushing home with sweaty palms, I decided to try bridging the L1's using yellow crayon to fill the pits. Then I screwed open the silver circuit repair pen to get right at the goo. Tried the jeweler's flat screwdriver stamp-across-the-L1's technique at first----- NO GO ! Cleaned it off and went freehand with a pin dipped in the silver paint. Hah! nailed it on the first try ! Got it running now at 1710 (11.5 x 149, 18.25v) on my ABIT KX7, limited by 3 sticks of crucial 256meg 2100DDR ram.
My advice to would be L1 bridgers ? First, get a life; I could sure use one ! 2nd, it doesn't matter what you fill the pits with (as long as it doesn't conduct!); just keep the fill fairly flat. 3rd, The pin rules; just steady your hand, get good magnification, and practice first to get just the right amount of conductive paint on the tip of the pin. 4th, Look out for shorts, and finally be real careful when you scrape over the green or brown surface coat; it's real thin. One more thing, if it doesn't work out, It's not the end of the world; it just feels like it 😛
