Looks like you're finally ready to start overclocking your Core 2 Duo CPU. Unfortunately, after downloading all of the overclocking software you need and even buying cooling equipment to handle your overclock, you find out that the motherboard your Core 2 Duo is seated in just won't cut it. Plopping down the money to purchase another motherboard just isn't in the cards, so how exactly can you exceed that voltage limitation that they've set on your motherboard? Easy! Bump the voltage of your CPU up by just using electrical tape and some conductive ink.
This mod will work on nearly all of the Core 2 Duo CPU's by connecting a few points with the conductive ink. In the past, these points where actually "pins" that you would simply bridge within the motherboard seating to achieve a similar overclock in voltage, but without them there, the process of overclocking becomes a lot easier.
Knowing the exact voltage of your Core 2 Duo processor is crucial for this mod. As you can overclock the voltage of any Core 2 Duo processor from the E6300 to the X6800, you'll have to find out exactly what the voltage is. This article will detail for you how to overclock the voltage from a default of 1.2875v, 1.35v, and 1.325v. You can find the correct voltage for your CPU on the box or by searching for it online.
You'll be able to overclock your CPU to a voltage from 1.4v to 1.6v depending on what it's default voltage is. You don't need to perform a lower voltage modification to get to the higher one, simply establish what voltage you plan on overclocking your Core 2 Duo to and follow the instructions below it.
Make sure that you've got a static free surface to start this work on before you pull your chip out. You're going to want to face the chip towards you pins up, with the little arrow pointing to your bottom right. All the work you'll be doing is in the top left area of the CPU. So you don't bridge any unnecessary pins, make sure to tape off the area around where you're going to use the ink before you connect the proper points.
Overclock from 1.2875v:
- Overclock to 1.41v: Start by connecting the pins at row two, columns three and four. Then you should connect the pins at rows four and five, column four.
- Overclock to 1.46v: Start by connecting the two pins at row two, columns three and four. Then you can connect the pin at row two, column four with the pin at row three, column four. You will need to cover the pin at row three, column six with electrical tape.
- Overclock to 1.51v: Connect the pins at row two, column's three and four, and then the pins at rows two and three, column four.
- Overclock to 1.56v: Start by connecting the three pins at row's two, three, and four on column four together. Then connect the pins at row two, column's three and four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row three, column six.
- Overclock to 1.6v: Connect the three pins at row's two, three, and four on column four together. Then connect the pins at row two, column's three and four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row three, column five.
Overclock from 1.35v:
- Overclock to 1.4v: Connect the two pins together at row three, column's six and seven.
- Overclock to 1.45v: Connect the pins at rows two and three, column four. Also, you need to put piece of tape over the pin at row four, column four.
- Overclock to 1.5v: Start by connecting the pins at rows two and three, column four, and then connect the pins at row three, columns six and seven. You will need to cover the pin at row four, column four with electrical tape.
- Overclock to 1.55v: Simply connect the pins together at rows two and three, column four.
- Overclock to 1.6v: Start by connecting the pins at rows two and three, column four, and then connect the pins at row three, columns six and seven together.
Overclocking from 1.325v:
- Overclock to 1.4v: Start by connecting the pins at row two, columns three and four. Then connect the pins at row three, columns six and seven together.
- Overclock to 1.45v: Begin with connecting the pins at row two, columns three and four. Then you need to connect the pin at row two, column four to row three, column four. You will need to cover the pin at row four, column four with electrical tape.
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