Notes on Modifying and Testing Video Adapters

Notes on Modifying and Testing Video Adapters

• Materials provided in this chapter are a report on experiments conducted by the authors, their colleagues, and their friends. This material should not be considered a recommendation for extreme overclocking or the unsoldering and resoldering video adapters.

• Modifications described in this chapter, as well as overclocking, reduce the lifetime of video adapters.

• Performing any of the modifications described here automatically revokes any warranties.

• If a video adapter or another component fails as a result of such a modification, the user holds all responsibility for this failure.