With the bolt mod, is it OK to remove the thermal pad and use Arctic Silver 5?
Or do you have to use the Arctic ceramitique because its non conductive?
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With the bolt mod, is it OK to remove the thermal pad and use Arctic Silver 5?
Or do you have to use the Arctic ceramitique because its non conductive?
Ace has the links in his sig..... here they are anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by glen
ABIT IP35 Pro Heatpipe mod:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=751
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=760
CN :)
Thanks, this fixed it in xp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
In vista I had to change the "usb selective suspend setting" in the advanced power options to enabled. This then allowed me to untick the power saving mode in the usb root hub entries. :D
I'll be upgrading from my E6600 to a Q6600 in a few days. I aim to oc to (hopefully) 3.4-3.5 GHz with the Q6600. My current PWM temps are 39 idle and 50 under max load (Orthos small FFT).
For those of you who are running quads, what are your PWM temps? Did you have to do any mods to the IP35 Pro heatsink assembly or install an aux fan?
yes I saw those it doesn't say if you can remove the thermal pads and use AS #5.Quote:
Originally Posted by C-N
I know when heat sinking voltage regulators you have to use mica. I guess I'll just replace the plastic pins with bolts, tighten down good and call it a day.
those above links do not work for whatever reason.
i did not mention replacing the TIM material directly but i gave you a clue;)when i said the TIM peeled off real easy.:D
are there any improvements from the newer bios? im currently on 14 was wondering it anything important changed
the 16 beta bios allows better memory usage with four sticks and the board will not shutdown when you save bios changes; a good thing in my book!
For the Vdroop mod, I guess I don't understand why Abit didn't just incorporate this into the board in the first place. If the regulation is capable.
Has me thinking there may be a downside to doing this mod ?
Well, only the obvious one of "If I 'F' it up"! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by glen
I've done quite a bit of SMD soldering so I'm not worried about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by AstroCreep
The system I'm building needs to be super stable, at first glance I would think the vdroop mod would help stability but I just can't help but wonder why it wasn't incorporated into the board in the first place.
i think intel design of Vdroop can not be tinkered with in order to have the intel name adorned to the board and box...they have to build a secondary circuit like asus does which is enabled or disabled from the bios....and...that cost more money.Quote:
Originally Posted by glen
Ace, what did it do for memory with 4 sticks? I have been lost for the last couple of weeks trying to make Crysis work at it's best. (and it just might after another year of upgrades). I did flash up to 16 to cure my NIC problem but have not tried any testing to see if I can get any better on my OC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
Indeed, this is good news. Shutting down only briefly then powering back up has always concerned me. If done frequently enough, I imagine much higher HDD failure, especially with high-rpm models like the Raptors. Surprisingly this hasn't been the case or at least I haven't heard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
When you say "better memory usage" does that mean compatibility with more memory manuf, tighter timings, or increased speed?
my understanding is higher memory Mhz with 4 sticks...
Blah, I give up. I've tried every thinkable combination now, and I just can't get this board stable over 450MHz FSB with my G0 Q6600. So it's either a board limitation, or a CPU FSB limitation. As mentioned before, I get lock-ups in Windows at everything over 450, and it's extremely annoying. My goal was 463x8, but it doesn't seen possible. Isn't 450MHz a very low limitation? I see most people getting like 470+ out of their quads...
Anyway. I basically have two choices now:
1) 450x8 for 3600MHz with a 5:6 divider for 1080MHz memory.
2) 415x8 for 3740Mhz with a 4:5 divider for ~ 1040MHz memory.
Does FSB over 400MHz make much of a difference? Which combination should I choose?
it shouldnt be a serious issue, unless your in the bios 24/7 doing alot of stuff, I set the HDD delay to 3 seconds, its in the bios, under advanced. So when the system starts up, there is a pause before the drives spin up. I firgure that should be good enough to stave off any unwanted abuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by NLight95
Wonder when beta16 is going final? i was unable to get it stable with my system, probably due to 4 dimm's , or just a bad flash. bios 14 has been fine though
Quote:
Originally Posted by jagt
having 4 sticks natrually will reduce your fsb headroom. the hightest i can get it stable(tested 3 hours prime) is 462fsb. I settled for the fsb in my sig. and yes higher fsb will give better performance, but in gaming its really nothing that drastic, i would be happy with your settings. Or take two sticks out and sell them, and then run higher fsb. 480+ of course on air u can only take it so far if its your 24/7 rig.
Hm.. I actually didn't quite think of that. So the FSB headroom decreases even if I reduce the memory frequency by running 1:1? 1:1 did nothing as far as stability goes. I need 4GB of RAM so I guess I'll settle for the 9x multiplier...Quote:
Originally Posted by strange|ife
does any knows if the swiftech MC30 will fit the NB i have one laying around and will like to water cooled the NB, my concern is that i will have to cut the pipe and don't know how it will affect the PW
i have a couple active coolers to use on the SB also , so i could remove that just curiuos, thanks for any suggestions
It will fit but you're wasting your time IMO. I did it and use a water chiller and got on gains at all. And you loose your warranty.Quote:
Originally Posted by neonflx
So I click on each of the links for the other guides and it's pretty much copied and pasted onto other forums. Am I missing something? But this is a ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide? If it's a guide wheres the how to OC this thing? Anyone have a step by step for an P35 or Abit IP35 pro board how to? My buddy in Texas could use one.
yeah you have a good point , my temps are really good on since i did the bolt mod and placed a nice big fan on it, thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by maxwedge
i bet it is due to the memory....my corsair dominators DDR1142 just do not perform very well on this board...my Teamgroup DDR1000 outperforms the dominators by a small margin.Quote:
Originally Posted by strange|ife
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