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Voltage Modding Guide
Voltage modding is very necessary for the maxing out of hardware. This is a detailed guide.
Sometimes, a simple pencil can be used to perform a voltage mod. A pencil trace can reduce the resistance across an SMD resistor. So if the SMD resistor is connected to the feedback pin of the chip, you can simply pencil it to reduce resistance thus increasing voltage. The great thing about pencil modding is that it is easily removable with just an eraser.
For example you find out that the resistor near a regulator chip is connected to
the feedback pin. So you can try to pencil it. A 2B pencil should work well.
Before penciling, check with a multimeter the original resistance. Note it down.
Then you can start to pencil it in this fashion:
Penciling around sides of resistor work well to reduce resistance.
Measure the resistance in between each stroke. The strokes should be on top of
one another. Once the resistance is decreased a bit, turn on the PC to check how
much voltage has increased and roughly calculate the resistance required to
acheive the voltage needed.
Once the voltage is acquired, tape a piece of tape over the area to prevent the
graphite being blown off.
