Post Up Your Hardware...
 

That's right post up your tools of the trade for vmodding. I'm sure some of you guys got some pretty wicked setups for mods. All I gots right now is a cheapo iron from Radio Shack and the usual suspects; crimper/stripper, iron holder; etc.

Here's my crap iron: http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...lue=RadioShack


Here is what I'd like to get with a nice magnifying glass on a stand. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-002-_-Product

lol @ crimper/stripper. I strip wires just like everybody else.... with my teeth.

cheap 15/30 iron, 15 watt tips.
wet sponge.
60/40 solder ftw
desoldering braid
two sided tape.
clean spot on desk (ok, clean-ish)

That's about it. Good light source and fresh eyes and it's win-mods. :thumbsup:

This shit is above my pay grade .............. :ohcrap:

No way dude. You can grab everything you need for ~$30 easily and have spare tips and crap like that to boot.

Plus, it's fun. You know you want too. It calls you by name. :blink:

I bought a little butane powered soldering iron but haven't used it to vmod yet.... actually, haven't done any vmods yet but a couple look doable. This iron works great for soldering wires to connectors so I'm thinking it should work?

Yea I am intrested .... seems like it is veru coomplex thought ....

I have some 3870 that were modded but got wasted in shipping so I may give it a go .... :thumbsup:

3870 is a good place to start. all the trimmer mods and readpoints are on the back of the card, and aren't too crowded. Just lay off the coffee before the vgpu mod, it is tiny... :thumbsup: :D

I have a $8 walmart 15 watter :) radioshack flux, $1 solder, tip cleaner, and use a wet shamwow to clean lol $20 max investment for limitless potential hardware clocking ftw.

lol... i guess I could save a few bucks by cleaning my tips.... instead of throwing them out in disgust... :laughing:

Crimper is because I have OCD and use it for other stuff. My front teeth are dull anyways from biting fishing line to change lures.:blush:

The reason I want a nice station is because of a little boo boo I had with my first mod. Somehow the switch got flicked to 30w when I decided that the joint wasn't good enough. I ended up accidently removing the resistor. :ohcrap: Mod still works though. Vcore is just about .1v higher than stock with the trimmer turned all the way up. :laughing:


When my tip gets dirty I just take scissors and scrape the tip till its copper again. Works like a charm :thumbsup:

Make sure you practice on some old hardware 1st.

+1 I used an old P5Q Dlx that died. Made me a lot more confident when it came time to mod. I hadn't soldered in years.

Me being the idiot I am went to work on the GPU I was going to mod thinking it was easier than it looked. HAHA, I learned the hard way.

Laptop mobo's are a good practice arena. Everything is nice and tiny. removing/replacing tiny stuff and attaching the wires to resistors on a crowded lappy board makes graphics cards look spacious :D

Oh, and almost forgot to mention good tweezers... friggin' things are essential.

Here is a pic of my mod station. It's messy as hell but it's home. :)
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I have:

Cheapo 25w iron
.022 silver solder
Radio Shack tip cleaner and tinner
desoldering braid
old IDE cable for wires
double sided tape

I have this for the home exercise:

http://www.hexaconelectric.com/images/totpic.jpg

and also something similar to this baby at work. Limitless soldering since everything is the size of a football field :D

http://www.kenthe.com/co/upload/2005...6418526431.jpg

WTF do you do for a living HITandRUN?

I'm a engineer working for a big printed circuit board manufacturer and these are the solder rework benches we have. Lucky me they let a NOOB like me use them! :D

cool station OC :)

what card is that? 8 series?

8800 GTX home slice.

I need to send of you hc solder rework guys my gtx285 to see if it can be salvaged. might be a ram chip, or at least something related... way past my knowledge level...

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