**Official ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

Just got the ip-35 pro today and i got the damn C1 error, reseated the memory and moved it around for a good hour and still cant get it to boot.

i dont have another stick so im screwed.

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Originally Posted by akajay

Just got the ip-35 pro today and i got the damn C1 error, reseated the memory and moved it around for a good hour and still cant get it to boot.

i dont have another stick so im screwed.

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Hi,

maybe it will work for you as it did for me.

Try to hot plug your 8 pin 12v power plug.

turn on your psu and push the start button of your board with the 8pin unplugged then plug it . My board revive after doing this .

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Originally Posted by tomati

Hi,

maybe it will work for you as it did for me.

Try to hot plug your 8 pin 12v power plug.

turn on your psu and push the start button of your board with the 8pin unplugged then plug it . My board revive after doing this .

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Not a good idea at all.

p.s. I would remove the power plugs & the CMOS battery for 10 minutes & then I'd retry booting the board ;)

ive tried everything and i still get the C1 error, i already started a rma so we'll see how that goes when i get the new memory back.

thats if the memory really is the problem.

My IP35 Pro is on its way from Clubit! Should i be using BIOS 11 or 14. Im planning on doing the bolt mod leaving the TIM pads in place. I have a Thermaltake Armor Case with a 25CM side intake fan. Do you think I still need the the 40mm fans for the NB and Mosfet area

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

i would recommend removing the pad from the PWM and use a good thermal paste...my 1st choice would be ceramique but you do what you think is the best for your system.

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I will the first chance I get. I want to put my other 2 sticks of Crucial back in anyway. Sounds like a Sunday AM job.

Hello,

I just got my board and am trying to overclock my Q6600.

But How come the the lowest Vcore voltage I could go is 1.3125 ?

Aren't that too high ? Even or 3.2GHz ?

How do you adjust it lower ?

Thanks in advance ! :up:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/main....80&cid=RAM.812

Does anyone know if that ram is compatible with the IP35-Pro board or should I just get some of these?

http://www.canadacomputers.com/main....08&cid=RAM.812

Basically, I'm looking for memory that I don't need to screw around with. Just plug it in and go. No C1 errors or fiddling with a cheap stick to get the system up and running. Thanks for the help...

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Originally Posted by freeloader

http://www.canadacomputers.com/main....80&cid=RAM.812

Does anyone know if that ram is compatible with the IP35-Pro board or should I just get some of these?

http://www.canadacomputers.com/main....08&cid=RAM.812

Basically, I'm looking for memory that I don't need to screw around with. Just plug it in and go. No C1 errors or fiddling with a cheap stick to get the system up and running. Thanks for the help...

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crucial is suppose to be good with this board.

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Originally Posted by smashhell

Hello,

I just got my board and am trying to overclock my Q6600.

But How come the the lowest Vcore voltage I could go is 1.3125 ?

Aren't that too high ? Even or 3.2GHz ?

How do you adjust it lower ?

Thanks in advance ! :up:

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that is the VID of your cpu so it will only allow that to be the lowest...my VID for my Q6600 is 1.275v...that is my lowest selection.

i think intel displays a max of 1.35 for a Q6600.

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Originally Posted by TreeTop

My IP35 Pro is on its way from Clubit! Should i be using BIOS 11 or 14. Im planning on doing the blot mod leaving the TIM pads in place. I have a Thermaltake Armor Case with a 25CM side intake fan. Do you think I still need the the 40mm fans for the NB and Mosfet area

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what's a "blot" mod?

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

what's a "blot" mod?

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ROFL :rofl: Bolt mod

i thought that was code for a sledge hammer mod...LOL:D

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

that is the VID of your cpu so it will only allow that to be the lowest...my VID for my Q6600 is 1.275v...that is my lowest selection.

i think intel displays a max of 1.35 for a Q6600.

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Ahhh .... so the lower the VID you got,

the better it is?

Thanks or the answer ! :up:

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Originally Posted by smashhell

Ahhh .... so the lower the VID you got,

the better it is?

Thanks or the answer ! :up:

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the better it is for what?

there was/is a legend that if you have a low vid, that its a good overclocker. the only rhing that a low vid means is exactly what it is meant to be - it will run the default speed stable, at that vcore. the only other correlation i know of is that quads with low vid generally run much hotter at higher than default vcore than quads with higher vid, ie my 1.2v vid chip runs hotter at 1.3v vcore than some other guy's 1.275 vid chip does at 1.3v vcore.

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Originally Posted by smashhell

Hello,

I just got my board and am trying to overclock my Q6600.

But How come the the lowest Vcore voltage I could go is 1.3125 ?

Aren't that too high ? Even or 3.2GHz ?

How do you adjust it lower ?

Thanks in advance ! :up:

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

that is the VID of your cpu so it will only allow that to be the lowest...my VID for my Q6600 is 1.275v...that is my lowest selection.

i think Intel displays a max of 1.35 for a Q6600.

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Intel have revised the voltage specs for all C2D processors, the spec is now 0.85 - 1.5v :D

Link to Intel processor finder : http://processorfinder.intel.com

Link to the Q6600 SLACR spec : http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLACR

CN :)

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

neller's problem is the drive...it is not partitioned and set to be active...this has happened to several guys in this forum including myself...the bios is set to 'auto' and as long as he does not fool with that setting, the board will recognize the drive in the proper format.

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Hello.

My problem was in two added HDDs. I unpluged one HDD and instaling started to go fine. Now I try O/C......E2140@2780MHz.

THX.

Small problem: My fan controling in BIOS doesnt work:-( Please show my your BIOS settings (FAN CONTROLING PAGE)-thanks guys.

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Originally Posted by politenessman

the better it is for what?

there was/is a legend that if you have a low vid, that its a good overclocker. the only rhing that a low vid means is exactly what it is meant to be - it will run the default speed stable, at that vcore. the only other correlation i know of is that quads with low vid generally run much hotter at higher than default vcore than quads with higher vid, ie my 1.2v vid chip runs hotter at 1.3v vcore than some other guy's 1.275 vid chip does at 1.3v vcore.

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Ahhh, so the Vid doesn't really matter.

I have another question.

I am running Prime95 stress test on my Q6600.

It runs 100% stress on all 4 core at first.

But on the 2nd hour, it lowered to 75% stress, with the 2nd core at 10%.

Is there anything wrong ? :confused:

Though No error is shown on Prime (I checked Round off checking)

NOTE: I clocked CPU at 3.2 (356x9), with 1.3325 Vcore.

Is there any talk of Xtreme front side bus OCing in this thread I'd like to hit 500Mhz. right now I'm at 465. Definitely can feel the difference between. 395 x 9 and 465 x 7. What should I up to go further.

MCH @ 1.41
ICHIO @ 1.6

EDIT: thats funny now in windows it says I'm doing 465 x 9. What a glitch.
EDIT #2: and coretemp says I'm doing 597 x 7. I'm just an amazing OCer.

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Originally Posted by smashhell

Ahhh, so the Vid doesn't really matter.

I have another question.

I am running Prime95 stress test on my Q6600.

It runs 100% stress on all 4 core at first.

But on the 2nd hour, it lowered to 75% stress, with the 2nd core at 10%.

Is there anything wrong ? :confused:

Though No error is shown on Prime (I checked Round off checking)

NOTE: I clocked CPU at 3.2 (356x9), with 1.3325 Vcore.

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Anyone have an Answer ? Anyone ?

Do I not put enough voltage to CPU ?

Isn't 1.3325 enough for 3.2GHz ? :shrug:

But no error is shown on Prime though ?

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Originally Posted by yasoumalaka

Iand coretemp says I'm doing 597 x 7. I'm just an amazing OCer.

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Coretemp says I'm 600 x 6 on x64 Vista. :rofl:

Your CPU volts are extremely low for an OC of 3.2ghz. I would put it to at least 1.40V. I know most Q6600 owners with this board will go to 1.50V because the vdroop on this board is pretty big. For example, my Q6600 has almost a .06V vdroop during load which makes an effect 1.44V if I select 1.50V in BIOS.

You can safely start at 1.40V and work your way up from there. You may need to increase other voltages as well as you increase your OC.

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Originally Posted by smashhell

Anyone have an Answer ? Anyone ?

Do I not put enough voltage to CPU ?

Isn't 1.3325 enough for 3.2GHz ? :shrug:

But no error is shown on Prime though ?

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Originally Posted by TreeTop

My IP35 Pro is on its way from Clubit! Should i be using BIOS 11 or 14. Im planning on doing the bolt mod leaving the TIM pads in place. I have a Thermaltake Armor Case with a 25CM side intake fan. Do you think I still need the the 40mm fans for the NB and Mosfet area

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I would definitely use the 14 BIOS since the 11 BIOS that ships with most boards (I still believe that's the case) is almost 4 months old. I think most agree that the 14 BIOS is more stable than the 11 and provides better chance for greater OC.

As for your cooling, it all depends on where the 25CM fan is blowing. The PWM heatsink will get the hottest so if you put a 40mm fan on anything, I would put it there. I have the bolt mod installed and 2 40mm fans, one on the NB and the other on the PWM. Honestly, the 40mm fans push so little air that I'm not even sure it's doing anything. I know my CPU tuniq tower 120 heatsink is doing the majority of cooling on the PWM and not the silly 40mm. It's your choice. Your 25CM likely puts out a lot of air flow so if it's directly over the PWM or NB heatsinks, then I don't believe you will need any additional fans.

As for my PWM, it gets bloody hot even with a 40mm fan and the bolt mod installed. After 1 hour of Prime95, my PWM will be over 80C!! It's unreal.

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Originally Posted by smashhell

Ahhh, so the Vid doesn't really matter.

I have another question.

I am running Prime95 stress test on my Q6600.

It runs 100% stress on all 4 core at first.

But on the 2nd hour, it lowered to 75% stress, with the 2nd core at 10%.

Is there anything wrong ? :confused:

Though No error is shown on Prime (I checked Round off checking)

NOTE: I clocked CPU at 3.2 (356x9), with 1.3325 Vcore.

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when one core drops off line and you have only a 75% overclock, it means your Vcore is not high enough to support the P95 event.

it also could mean that the memory or mch voltage is not sufficient.

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Originally Posted by Danger30Q

Your CPU volts are extremely low for an OC of 3.2ghz. I would put it to at least 1.40V. I know most Q6600 owners with this board will go to 1.50V because the vdroop on this board is pretty big. For example, my Q6600 has almost a .06V vdroop during load which makes an effect 1.44V if I select 1.50V in BIOS.

You can safely start at 1.40V and work your way up from there. You may need to increase other voltages as well as you increase your OC.

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

when one core drops off line and you have only a 75% overclock, it means your Vcore is not high enough to support the P95 event.

it also could mean that the memory or mch voltage is not sufficient.

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Ahhh ....... so I don't have enough CPU voltage.

I thought I had enough seeing other people getting this speed with 1.25V.

Guess they just have a better chip ? :confused: