The problem with that mod, as I recall, is that it won't turbo clock on high load for single threaded apps.  Which makes the straight i7-990x a better performing option, because it does do that without any soldering.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ERP-Intel-Core-i7-990X-Extreme-Edition-CPU-Part-/152225081746?hash=item2371526992:g:VpQAAOSwxg5Xxuje
 
I've looked hard at what you're doing, and the benefits just aren't there, besides skating on a cheaper price.  I basically gimps this model board.  Other boards don't have that issue, but ours does.

EnochRoot
The problem with that mod, as I recall, is that it won't turbo clock on high load for single threaded apps.  Which makes the straight i7-990x a better performing option, because it does do that without any soldering.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ERP-Intel-Core-i7-990X-Extreme-Edition-CPU-Part-/152225081746?hash=item2371526992:g:VpQAAOSwxg5Xxuje
 
I've looked hard at what you're doing, and the benefits just aren't there, besides skating on a cheaper price.  I basically gimps this model board.  Other boards don't have that issue, but ours does.

That's not a bad price for that processor.  Provided, of course, there's nothing wrong with it.  That would be a nice upgrade from the 920.  I still run an X58 system with a 950 clocked to 4GHz (Rig #1 in my sig).  Still a good gaming rig.

Do the W series chips need this mod?

quadlatte
for those with a e760 you need this point modded also, the other point is located to the right of the NB chip as all the other are. i missed this point and while it booted i was getting strange readings

Hi could you take photos of the mod please on E760 board. Thank you!

My mod worked.  Ended up being a bad PSU!

I ended up just soldering both points because there was another guide that said to do that for E760. Do I need to move the resistor on E760 V1? 
 
I contacted EVGA support for any guidance on what is correct method for E760 and they were not helpful at all.

Awesome!  Thanks for your help. Even though I have a 8700K, 1080 Ti setup custom loop etc I still love my X58 platform it's so fun to tweak and overclock on. 
 
I'm really disappointed in EVGA support though they pretty much just told me to go on the forum's to find help lol. Thanks a lot! 
 
Thanks again for your help!

I am new to the board after stumbling on this gem. I was about to upgrade to a ryzen 2600x but am on an extreme budget and really thought it would be awesome to upgrade from my 920 (@ 4ghz) to the x5650 (@ 4+ghz). This is for the sake of gaming. I can get the x5650 for $20 on ebay but have a big question concerning exactly what to do to mod my e760 rev 1.0. I see that you folks are pointing to two sets of solder points that need to be bridged. I am needing clarification as to whether the lower two points just need to be soldered together, or do i use resistors at any point? I can upload a picture of my mb and if you would be willing to simply circle the points that need to be soldered to keep it simple or can you just upload pictures of what you did to both sets on your boards? The diagram image that was uploaded is a little confusing. Any jumpers or resistors used in this mid or just simply bridging the two sets of points?

Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and help.

Jaser
I am new to the board after stumbling on this gem. I was about to upgrade to a ryzen 2600x but am on an extreme budget and really thought it would be awesome to upgrade from my 920 (@ 4ghz) to the x5650 (@ 4+ghz). This is for the sake of gaming. I can get the x5650 for $20 on ebay but have a big question concerning exactly what to do to mod my e760 rev 1.0. I see that you folks are pointing to two sets of solder points that need to be bridged. I am needing clarification as to whether the lower two points just need to be soldered together, or do i use resistors at any point? I can upload a picture of my mb and if you would be willing to simply circle the points that need to be soldered to keep it simple or can you just upload pictures of what you did to both sets on your boards? The diagram image that was uploaded is a little confusing. Any jumpers or resistors used in this mid or just simply bridging the two sets of points?

Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and help.

All you need to do is short these two points with solder. That is all. No resistors, just solder.
 

Just a friendly reminder that cursing even if disguised is not allowed on the EVGA forums. Such posts will be edited or deleted. 

Thanks for reposting the mod pictures! I was looking around a while and most links were broken. I have the E759 (classified) board, rev 1.0.

I just put in a W3690 and I’m receiving bios code FF without any beeps which led me here. I presume I need do the westmere mod for this board. I have a few questions regarding the mod if anyone happens to have insight:

1) Do I need to remove R538, or can I get away with just shorting R539? I’m tempted to try conductive paint instead of soldering if I indeed don’t need to remove R538.
2) Do I need to short pads (hopefully similar to pictures) both above the cpu and beside the north bridge for the E759 board?
3) Do you happen to know what these two mods are actually doing? I’ve found information conflating ‘westmere mod’ and ‘qpi mod’.

I was hoping the W3690 (with a single QPI link - effectively a core I7 990x with some extra features) might not need both mods.

Thanks again for any insights!
 
Edit:
This post on overclock.net appears clarify a few of my questions.  In this post, DR4G00N does seems to indicate that R538 does not need to be removed.  Does anyone here have knowledge of this by chance?
EVGA forums keeps deleting links: overclock.net/forum/8-intel-general/1489955-official-x58-xeon-club-446.html#post23801395

HeavyHemi

nick1551

HeavyHemi

Jaser I am new to the board after stumbling on this gem. I was about to upgrade to a ryzen 2600x but am on an extreme budget and really thought it would be awesome to upgrade from my 920 (@ 4ghz) to the x5650 (@ 4+ghz). This is for the sake of gaming. I can get the x5650 for $20 on ebay but have a big question concerning exactly what to do to mod my e760 rev 1.0. I see that you folks are pointing to two sets of solder points that need to be bridged. I am needing clarification as to whether the lower two points just need to be soldered together, or do i use resistors at any point? I can upload a picture of my mb and if you would be willing to simply circle the points that need to be soldered to keep it simple or can you just upload pictures of what you did to both sets on your boards? The diagram image that was uploaded is a little confusing. Any jumpers or resistors used in this mid or just simply bridging the two sets of points?
Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and help.

All you need to do is short these two points with solder. That is all. No resistors, just solder.
 

 
 

So most of these mods that require moving one resister to the next, all you really have to do is short the 2nd one?  You can leave the first in there? Or does it have to be opened?
 
 
 
I might finally get to doing this on my x58 sli micro. https://forums.evga.com/x58-sli-micro-E756-westmere-mod-m2381933.aspx

 
For YOUR board, I would follow the directions for your board, not for the  760. Your board is
 

 
Just so you know, these are not actually resistors. They are actually minature shorting bars with no resistance.  So you could just desolder R460 and just use solder to bridge R461. Depends upon your dexterity.

Thanks man!

 

impulsive
I was intending to overclock the think to 4.5-4.8ghz and just run it at that speed always. Regardless of that i got a nice stepping x5677 -> 3021B060. Hopefully it will clock well once the mod is done...

 
What was the end result? OC speed? 
 

HeavyHemi

nick1551

HeavyHemi

Jaser
I am new to the board after stumbling on this gem. I was about to upgrade to a ryzen 2600x but am on an extreme budget and really thought it would be awesome to upgrade from my 920 (@ 4ghz) to the x5650 (@ 4+ghz). This is for the sake of gaming. I can get the x5650 for $20 on ebay but have a big question concerning exactly what to do to mod my e760 rev 1.0. I see that you folks are pointing to two sets of solder points that need to be bridged. I am needing clarification as to whether the lower two points just need to be soldered together, or do i use resistors at any point? I can upload a picture of my mb and if you would be willing to simply circle the points that need to be soldered to keep it simple or can you just upload pictures of what you did to both sets on your boards? The diagram image that was uploaded is a little confusing. Any jumpers or resistors used in this mid or just simply bridging the two sets of points?

Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and help.

All you need to do is short these two points with solder. That is all. No resistors, just solder.
 

 
 

So most of these mods that require moving one resister to the next, all you really have to do is short the 2nd one?  You can leave the first in there? Or does it have to be opened?
 
 
 
I might finally get to doing this on my x58 sli micro.

 
For YOUR board, I would follow the directions for your board, not for the  760. Your board is
 

 
Just so you know, these are not actually resistors. They are actually minature shorting bars with no resistance.  So you could just desolder R460 and just use solder to bridge R461. Depends upon your dexterity.

I did this spot of solder, and even so the motherboard doesn't recognize my x5690 when it turns on, and it only appears FF
 

 



 

harley262

joaopomena
 
 
I did this spot of solder, and even so the motherboard doesn't recognize my x5690 when it turns on, and it only appears FF
 

there is a second spot by the northbridge
took this pic from another thread
 

 
and its in the first post from a different angle

even doing these 2 solder points my x5690 doesn't run on my e760 v1.0