what the name of the solder pencil thing to unlock the XP processors?

[Frosty3799]

i was told its some special liquid solder stuff in a pencil form used for repairing circuit boards. anyone know the official name/ where to get it online, or in like a pep-boys type place

thanks
Josh

 

[Daaavo]

Ummmm, the defogger pen?????

 

[Wind]

I believe its called a "conductive ink pen".

 

[hoomza444]

you won't find it at pep boys, but shouldn't be hard to find online

 

[Hobbes28]

Frosty,

Go here MCM Electronics, and do a search for "conductive pen". MCM part number is 200-175 and it is $8.99 plus s/h. Mine came to around $15.86 but I live in Ohio (they are in Dayton, OH) so I also had to pay sales tax. Unlocked a Duron without any problems.

Later...

 

[AnMig]

Frosty3799


dont forget to close the bridges first with superglue or nailpolish or you will short out your cpu. The solder pen is just conductive ink and was not made specifically to unlock the xp cpu.

good luck

 

[Frosty3799]

ok thanks everyone. i actually picked up a "fix a defogger" pen made by pennzoil thats is highly conductive and cotains metallic silver at my local Advanced Auto Parts.

just tell them you are looking for the pen to fix the back lines for your reaer defroster. they knew what i was talking about.


Josh

(my new XP1600+ gets here tomorrow )

 

[slimbim]

I was at MicroCenter today, and they also have a conductive pen for fixing circuits and such. They were $12.95 I think.

 

[punkrawket]

whooopsy daisy