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So you’re all set and ready to go to overclock your Core 2 Duo processor. You’ve downloaded the necessary overclocking software for the task and purchased the proper cooling equipment to protect your hardware, but you’ve come to find out that your motherboard just isn’t up to snuff. Until recently, your only option would have been to buy a new motherboard due to limits set on the voltage output. Now, through using a variation of the tried and true “pin-mod” technique, you’ll be able to bump your voltage up from using just two tools: electrical tape and conductive ink.

This mod will work on nearly all of the Core 2 Duo CPU’s by connecting a few points with the conductive ink. In the past, these points where actually “pins” that you would simply bridge within the motherboard seating to achieve a similar overclock in voltage, but without them there, the process of overclocking becomes a lot easier.

Before we begin, make sure to note what voltage your processor is. The default voltage of the Core 2 Duo CPU’s will either be 1.2875v, 1.35v, or 1.325v and as this mod will work on any Core 2 Duo processor from the E6300 to the X6800, you’ll want to take a look at the box it came in or online for which voltage yours is.

There are up to five different variations to the CPU that you can do that will provide you with various increases in voltage from 1.4v to 1.6v. You don’t have to do the mods in progression to reach the next voltage, just select which voltage is what you are trying to overclock it to and follow the guide for that specific modification.

Begin by placing the chip on an area of static resistant material. The arrow on the CPU should be facing towards the lower right corner from the direction that you are viewing it. All of the modifications will be in the top left side of the chip. Use the electrical tape to cover the pins you won’t be connecting, and the conductive tape to connect the proper pins as detailed out below.

Overclock from 1.2875v:

• Overclock to 1.41v: You will need to connect two sets of pins to achieve this speed. The first set of pins are row two, column’s three and four. The second set of pins are row’s four and five, column four.

• Overclock to 1.46v: You will need to connect three pins together to achieve this speed, along with covering a fourth pin. Start by connecting the two pins at row two, column’s three and four together, then connect the pin at row two, column four to the pin at row three, column four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row three, column six.

• Overclock to 1.51v: You will need to connect three pins together to achieve this speed. Start by connecting the two pins at row two, column’s three and four together, then connect the pin at row two, column four to the pin at row three, column four.

• Overclock to 1.56v: You will need to connect four pins together to achieve this speed, along with covering a fifth pin. Start by connecting the three pins at row’s two, three, and four on column four together. Then connect the pins at row two, column’s three and four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row three, column six.

• Overclock to 1.6v: You will need to connect four pins together to achieve this speed, along with covering a fifth pin. Start by connecting the three pins at row’s two, three, and four on column four together. Then connect the pins at row two, column’s three and four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row three, column five.

Overclock from 1.35v:

• Overclock to 1.4v: You will need to connect the two pins together at row three, column’s six and seven.

• Overclock to 1.45v: You will need to connect two pins together, along with covering a third pin. Connect the pins together at row’s two and three, column four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row four, column four.

• Overclock to 1.5v: You will need to connect two sets of pins together, along with covering a fifth pin. The first set of pins are row’s two and three, column four. The second set of pins are row three, column’s six and seven. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row four, column four.

• Overclock to 1.55v: You will need to connect the two pins together at row’s two and three, column four.

• Overclock to 1.6v: You will need to connect two sets of pins together, the first at row’s two and three, column four. Then connect the second set at row three, column’s six and seven.

Overclocking from 1.325v:

• Overclock to 1.4v: You will need to connect two sets of pins to achieve this speed. The first set of pins are row two, column’s three and four. The second set of pins are row three, column’s six and seven.

• Overclock to 1.45v: You will need to connect three pins together to achieve this speed, along with covering a fourth pin. Start by connecting the two pins at row two, column’s three and four together, then connect the pin at row two, column four to the pin at row three, column four. Place a pin sized piece of tape over the pin at row four, column four.

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