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[james_row]

the d0 on the mobo is not tinned and may even be coated. With all info about the alternate d0 point on the underside of the mobo, isn't it just a logical thing to use that? you'd just have to solder 1 wire and that's it.

Anyways, for those that can't solder, You may have a good idea there. You can use a Silver conductive paste that is usually available at your local hobby store. Some overclockers uses this technique to overclock their Athlon XP processors and you can see threads mentioning about a specific brands. Read up.

Additional tip, you can mask the surrounding area of the d0 point with a masking tape or a scotch tape, then put enough conductive paste to make the d0 point as big as the ones on the LPC. On Athlon XPs, we use superglue to fill up the laser holes, you can do the same with the d0 point.

[tripleXXtreme]

Forgot to mention Artic Silver II/III comes to mind when I say conductive grease/compound. Seems like the d0 point would be the cause of most of the alignment problems since it is so little.

[james_row]

While Arctic Silver contains Silver, it's main purpose is to help transfer heat and not conduct electricity. While it may be able to conduct electricity, other components may prove to have too high a resistance that you might encounter a problem afterwards. Use conductive silver lacquer.

[Funkdafied]

im pretty sure arctic silver has negligible electric conductivity... its only meant for transferring heat

[Moosta]

[King]

QUOTE (Moosta @ Dec 22 2002, 12:39 PM)

HI Guys Just thought I'd add this bit of info, the company "Multicore" ( www.multicore.com ) make solder paste. I'm sure most local electronics hobbist store's would have an equivelant brand if not this one. For Aussies you can grab this from "DickSmith Electronics". Check it out from the link below. http://www.dse.com.a...duct/View/N1644 Pricing should be around $4-5 US & $10 AUD. Cheers

It does state it is not recommended for electrical/electronic use though - so I'd steer clear from it.

[majik655]

QUOTE (james_row @ Dec 17 2002, 08:41 AM)

the d0 on the mobo is not tinned and may even be coated. With all info about the alternate d0 point on the underside of the mobo, isn't it just a logical thing to use that? you'd just have to solder 1 wire and that's it.

Soldering it?

I would do this if it was needed..
but how are you going about it.. (so I could do it IF needed )
If you put the chip ...what are you doing about the d0 pogo pin?
did you just remove it.. then solder a wire from the bottom to the top ?

And if so.. heh
you saying that.. that wire can be that long and nothing happens?  everything works?

Or are you talking about different chips all together and not the matrix?

Just wondering because I would like to know ALL methods    I have only had ONE that was a bitch out of 15 ..

Also is there another ground point for the tsop flash through matrix?  I hate that point

[cykiller]

QUOTE (majik655 @ Dec 22 2002, 06:52 PM)

QUOTE (james_row @ Dec 17 2002, 08:41 AM) the d0 on the mobo is not tinned and may even be coated. With all info about the alternate d0 point on the underside of the mobo, isn't it just a logical thing to use that? you'd just have to solder 1 wire and that's it.

actually this would be the way to go if really having alignment problems, here's an description pic on the back of the board and what points to solder (d0 \ ground). let me know if u need more info on it.


http://liquefaction..../wirejumper.JPG

[feflicker]

The matrix practically needs a retension clip, like a pc cpu, from what I have read on these forums!