The Foxconn C51XEM2AA is one AM2 Motherboard built for overclocking to become a hit among the enthusiasts. As such, it is very genreous with the voltages offered. However as all hardcore overclockers can understand, generous is never enough! I've had quite a few people requesting for a Memory voltage mod that will bring it above the 2.5v offered. Well here it is!

First measure the Memory voltage at the spot marked below with your multimeter:

YOU DO NOT NEED TO TURN ON YOUR PC! You just need to switch on your power supply and you can already read the memory voltage off the spot marked without your PC running.

Next, locate the resistor marked below:

You can simply pencil shade the resistor carefully and bit by bit to increase voltage. Or solder a 20K Ohms variable resistor across, set at maximum resistance. Tune down resistance to increase voltage. Simple right??

With generous on voltage options and a really robust 12 phase power regulation for the CPU, the Gigabyte 965P DQ6 has great potential for great overclocking. Yantronic did a nice review on this board a while ago:

One stumbling block on current BIOS with this board is that when you select Memory voltage above 2.35v, the board does not boot. This can be easily rectified by a little voltage modifying to compensate the Memory voltage you get at a lower selected value. This is as easy as pencil shading one resistor,

First check the Memory voltage measurement point to measure your Memory voltage:

Then, locate the resistor above the Southbridge marked below:

You can use a pencil to shade it carefully and bit by bit to increase Memory voltage.... or you can solder a 20K Ohms Variable Resistor across it, set at maximum resistance. Lower resistance to increase voltage!