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Intel Core 2 Duo Voltage Boost
The Core 2 Duos bring the joy back for the Intel Overclockers
with their easy to handle heat and ample of overclock head-room. However, the
overclocking capacity depends as much on the motherboards paired with them.
Some of the enthusiasts on a tight budget are stuck with a limiting motherboard, particularly in the voltage department. However, with just conductive ink and some tape, you can boost your CPU Voltage all the way up to 1.6v easily!
For CPUs with default 1.35v!
To facilitate precision, tape over the surrounding 'pins' except the ones you are trying to connect.
To get to 1.45v, you not just have to conductive ink, you will need to tape over a pin as well. However, this is not tough at all and just need some patience. Cut a really small piece of tape the size of an LGA 'pin' Land. Then tape this over the pin marked in the green square tightly. Also, connect the 'pins' shown below with conductive ink, the ones marked in red. For a more illustrative explaination you can refer to our first LGA Pin Mod Guide.
To get 1.5v:
To get 1.55v:
To get 1.6v:
Really Simple right?? Now you don't have to feel lousy running a budget motherboard. The mods should give you enough juice to keep up with the overclockers on premium boards!
As for FSB mods, for those who need it, we'll share this goodie soon! Stay tuned!
*For those with a different Default Core Voltage, please post here what your default voltages are because some may be programmed at different voltages.
