This was inspired by Tomohiro Kawanda's
work
What to get ahead of time
- Two Celeron CPU units, I used Celeron 300A parts
- Dual CPU motherboard, I used the ASUS P2B-DS
- Tiny insulated wire, as thin as possible. I used 30 guage
insulated wrapping wire (radio shack PN 278-503)
- Vice pin drill and 0.5mm bit.
This should be easily obtainable with appropriate (and smaller)
bits at a decent art supply store. I bought mine
at "Pearl Arts and Crafts" located in Central Square, Cambridge, MA.
- A good soldering iron, with a sharp tip.
- Solder
- Desoldering braid, for those extra bits that you may
accidentally leave
- X-acto knive, if you plan on changing your cpu's core voltage
- Masking tape
- Multitester which can identify closed/open circuits, i bought
mine at radio shack
- A good magnifying lens may be of help for some of the small
work
How to do it
- First verify that you can get each cpu operating at
the desired clock rate in UP mode. Install one cpu
in the first cpu slot and the cpu terminator in the other.
Set your FSB to the desired setting (intel recommends
66mhz, some people have used 100mhz and above). If you
plan on exceeding spec, you may also need to alter
the cpu's voltage. [future link for that]. Make sure both
cpu's run at the same core voltage.
- Identify BR#1 on your cpu. take off the heat sink
connector exposing the back of the cpu, with the ceramic
cpu package facing TOWARDS you and the slot one connectors
facing down. Start from the lower right of the cpu pin grids
and count 12 vias (solder connects) up from the bottom.
pin BR#1 is the middle one. Use a multimeter to verify that
you don't have any shorts with nearby contacts.
- Identify RP6 on your package, it will be on the same side in the
upper right near one of the heat sink holes. It is labelled.
Solder a wire from BR#1 to the upper right pin of RP6
Solder the upper three legs on the left of RP6 together
- Solder one end of another wire to the upper right pin of RP6,
run the unsoldered end through the heat sink hole.
- Flip the unit over and rest it on the heat sink
- Identify ping B75. It is right near the gap (look for the B74
label). Put masking tape over B74 and B76 to make soldering
easier. Solder the wire that you ran through the heat sink
hole from RP6's upper right lead to B74. Verify that this isn't
shorted with B74 or B76. Depending upon your multimeter,
you may get a capacitance report. You should NOT get a connected
circuit, though.
- Identify BR#1 on this side of the board. Again, it is
in the middle, twelve via's up, but on the LEFT. Using
a 0.5mm (or so) drill bit in a hand drill.
Drill out the metal contact. Don't go too deep, you just
need to disable the cpu's contact with the board. A simple
way to know: if it POSTS, then it is correct, else it is not.
- Done! test!