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A1 Revising your Motherboards for Kentsfield
About two weeks ago, EVGA announced that their NVIDIA 680i SLI Motherboards have gone into the Revision A1 state, an updated revision with improved overclocking for the Quad Core Kentsfield Users. I was lucky enough to receive a A1 revision and checked out what is it that is actually changed..
Now what about the other non-reference 680i motherboards?? ASUS P5N32-E SLI or ASUS Striker Extreme easily "updated" below:
ASUS P5N32-E SLI or ASUS Striker Extreme
First you unsolder the resistor, then you solder a 500ohms variable resistor to spot marked with other leg connected to ground. Set the VR at 200ohms first, then increase resistance till spot marked reads 0.85v to 0.87v when PC runs at BIOS default settings.
Abit IN9 32X MAX
Foxconn N68S7AA-8EKRS2H
Or even non-680i chipset motherboards, such as the Gigabyte DS3:
Gigabyte DS3
