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Yeah, capacitors haven't come yet. I'll let you know .

I just re-read the original VTT Q6 mod article, and it mentions that the crap VRM's are manufactured by Unisem, so the Niko models should be ok. Something to play with after I get the caps installed, I suppose.

-drasnor

Well, I was home this weekend and looked at the original Q6 part on my BP6 and made a troubling discovery. They are Niko L1084D 5A low-dropout regulators , which should be sufficient for this application, meaning either these Niko regulators are crap or this isn't the problem. Also, these regulators...

Shrug. Next week my Mobile Athlon 2600+'s arrive, and I'll be installing them into my MSI K7D Master-LR on top of Upgradeware XP-TMC multiplier control interposers. It should be interesting to see how well they overclock in dual processor mode. I'm given to understand you have to blow a bridge to ma...

I've got a 50W temperature-controlled Weller soldering station, and I find that 550 F works well on most electronic circuits. I use the spring-loaded RadioShack solder sucker for my suckin' needs. I find that I don't need to get ALL the solder off when I'm desoldering components I'm going to replace...

How bizarre. Northbridge should be cooler than the CPU's. Have you put any thermal grease under your greenie? I'm going to replace mine with a Vantec copper Iceberq because I have some that I got on sale a while back. Active cooling + copper heatsinks generally solve most thermal issues ;). To me, 7...

I got an e-mail from Jackson this morning: capacitors are on the way! I took another look at the LMS8117A datasheet and it looks like it requires a bypass capacitor between the output and ground to stabilize the output voltage. Most regulators require a similar capacitor to function, so it's likely ...

Through some strange and fortunate circumstances I now have a free BP6. Well, not completely free. My sister's fiancee's computer developed instability problems and we traded him our family's spare Dell P4 1.4GHz (Williamette = ewwww) system for his. Imagine my surprise when I opened it up to find a...