Make your own Trace tape

[wonder mike]

Go pick up some copper back adhessive tape (can be picked up at most electronics stores bout 10 bux for a few feet), some clear packing tape and a pair of scissors. Get a piece of paper and mark the distance between the L1 bridges. Cut some thin pieces of the copper back adhessive tape. Lay the non sticky side of the packing tape on the paper so you can apply the copper traces in the right places, enjoy. Time to put together five mins. I just finished putting it together at work, be home in an hour to try it out. I'll keep you guys posted.


Cheers

 

[chizow]

Interesting...didn't know such tape existed. Why the piece of paper though? Wouldn't it make more sense just to use clear scotch tape to get the "template" for the dots and bridges. Then you can fasten the scotch to a solid footing, lay the other tape non-adhesive side to it, and easily place down the copper-backed tape. Thing is though, if the side going to the tape is adhesive as well, its a 1 time shot at it. 2 adhesive sides with something as small as that means it'll be ruined if you don't lay it down correctly the first time.

This unlocking thing has really got me thinking now, how about this idea?

Lay down a layer of scotch tape covering the gaps and gold dots. Use an Exacto knife to carefully cut/puncture the tape over top of the gold dots. Cut out pieces of that tape that are the size of the bridge. Use a small tiny dab of conductive paint or defogger repair paint to "fasten" the tape ends to each gold dot. A bit on the end of a toothpick should be enough, and furthermore, it would ensure solid conductive contact between the tape and the gold dot, while holding it momentarily in place.
Place another piece of tape over the whole thing, or a thin layer of clear nail polish.

Not sure if this is getting in the realm of expensive, especially with that tape. A few more days of brain-storming and board reading, and then its off to the hardware store for another $20 in purchases....hehe funny how it all adds up so fast

Chiz

 

[wonder mike]

well i got my cpu successfully unlocked, but it was hard. the copper tape itself didn't work to well, because the adhessive end is not conductive so i taped it on to a piece of clear packing tape, there I place the trace tape i made over the L1 bridges as close as I could get them. Then I took a toothpick and moved the copper tape over the bridges. Powered on, unlocked cpu. It was a lot harder than I expected, but I think it is still easy than filling the gaps then using the defogger kit. Possible to try with aluminum foil, but the foil may not be sturdy enough to push around with a toothpick. Hope this helps. Also I covered the L3 & L4 bridges up completely with packing tape to make sure that it would I could not short the L1 bridges with anything else.