Conductive pen vs. Loctite

[Microbman]

OK out there in cygberland who's got the scoop on this bridge connection material. I read a thread saying that the conductive pen from Radio Shackup is mostly Silver and so more conductive than Cu. And it's supposed to be less messy than the REAR WINDSHIELD REPAIR KIT with the Loctite stuff. So for us out there that have a real time need to bridge those L1's and L2's which is the best way to go?? Somebody has got to have some experience with this stuff

 

[Superdoopercooper]

Go with conductive pen or solder. The rear window defogger thing sounds messy and kinda silly to me.

Soldering would be 4 quick touches of the soldering iron and solder to get the L1 bridges closed. If you aren't experienced, go with the conductive pen. Silver... copper... in this case, it doesn't matter much... esp. since some people are getting by with Pencil lead.

 

[Microbman]

Thanks Coop. Yeh, it's true that most people are just using pencil lead and getting away with it so this pen has got to be WAY better. I'm not gettin anywhere near my new 1 G bird with any soldering iron either. With as much cash that i'm loosin in the stock market daily i can't afford to out and get another chip cauz i fried it with an iron! I'll get a pen tonight.

By the way Coop, I've read many of your threads and u seem well versed in cumpu techy stuff. Just how easy and risky is flashin the mobo BIOS? I checked out your post bout the new BIOS turbo upgrade for the KK266 (which I have and runs great. v1.1) and was thinkin bout doin it but I don't want to screw up what is currently a good thing with my mobo running very stable (although at 100 MHz until i do the unlock thing) unlike those unluckies with the v1.2.

 

[White Widow]

Well, I may not be the CPU champ that Super is, but flashing the BIOS is a standard affair. If you are ready to be crossing the L1's then you are definately ready to flash your BIOS. I have flashed my BIOS maybe 200 times, and never had a problem. These days, it is really essential to be able to upgrade your BIOS, as many manufacturers provide substantive feature upgrades and fixes this way.

I installed the new BIOS from Iwill, and ti makes a huge differece. My memory scores increased over 10% from the previous BIOS. Most flash utilities will warn you if the image you are going to flash is not compatible with the current BIOS, just in case you got the wrong BIN file. Just make sure you boot to REAL DOS, not a shell from within Win9x. If you want detailed instructions, please feel free to email or PM me.

-Aaron

 

[Superdoopercooper]

Microbman,

In your question about the BIOS, I really don't know. I've never flashed a Bios before, and have always been a bit intimidated by the procedure to be honest. I don't know why it just can't be some .EXE or .BAT file that you run from windows, and then reboot, and you're done?? It always is boot from a floppy, do a rain dance, type the flash command line with 37 different switches on the end of it, etc. Hehehehe... But, I'd trust what WHITEWIDOW said.

I'm a HARDWARE nut... That's what I went to college for (Electrical Engineering).

P.S. I hear ya about the stock market. Last August, could have bought a nice Honda Accord V6 with my portfolio, now I can't even buy half of a KIA. :Q

 

[Microbman]

OK Super, I will trust WW but I'll think on it for a few days so I can get my nerve up and just do it. Actually I have done it in the past and forturnately the one time was a success. Maybe if Greenspan pumps a little hope into the market that will provide me with the incentive to hit that key and make it happen. This is my first association with AMD stuff and I had a nightmare with a bad KT7 and i'm still gettin over all the driver issues to keep the mobo's runnin, but i do like this KK266 and am looking forward to as much stability and assurance that Intel has brought me in the past but a little cheaper, a lot faster and i like the options. Luck with ur rig

 

[Microbman]

OK Super, I will trust WW but I'll think on it for a few days so I can get my nerve up and just do it. Actually I have done it in the past and forturnately the one time was a success. Maybe if Greenspan pumps a little hope into the market that will provide me with the incentive to hit that key and make it happen. This is my first association with AMD stuff and I had a nightmare with a bad KT7 and i'm still gettin over all the driver issues to keep the mobo's runnin, but i do like this KK266 and am looking forward to as much stability and assurance that Intel has brought me in the past but a little cheaper, a lot faster and i like the options. Luck with ur rig

 

[Microbman]

OK Super, I will trust WW but I'll think on it for a few days so I can get my nerve up and just do it. Actually I have done it in the past and forturnately the one time was a success. Maybe if Greenspan pumps a little hope into the market that will provide me with the incentive to hit that key and make it happen. This is my first association with AMD stuff and I had a nightmare with a bad KT7 and i'm still gettin over all the driver issues to keep the mobo's runnin, but i do like this KK266 and am looking forward to as much stability and assurance that Intel has brought me in the past but a little cheaper, a lot faster and i like the options. Luck with ur rig