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

[Ron 61]

"Originally Posted by BassKozz
I know I could probably use a fan to get the PWM down to my comfort zone @ 400x9, but I don't like the idea of rigging up a fan that close to my MoBo's circuits (I know I am a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:, but I don't want to hurt my pretty little IP35-Pro )"

That is downright affectionate! HEHEHEHE

[demiurge]

A question for all you ip35-pro owners: does your vcore fluctuate wildly even under full load? I am priming here and cpuz shows vcore jumping between 1.280 and 1.320 constantly. I had a couple of ip35-e's and also fp-in9, their vcore is dead flat under prime.

[=ACID RAIN=]

Yep. If you cool the fets (PWMs), it helps. The other thing you can do is the vdroop mod, which I have yet to do.

My vcore sits at 1.44-1.46v idle, and 1.39 load. I ramped it up in the BIOS to account for the droop under load.

[demiurge]

Already cooling the PWMs with a 50mm fan. Before couldn't get 3.6 stable. Does your loaded vcore move beyond 1.39? I expect the idle vcore to change depending on various background jobs but I thought once 100% loaded it should stay constant.

Yep. If you cool the fets (PWMs), it helps. The other thing you can do is the vdroop mod, which I have yet to do.

My vcore sits at 1.44-1.46v idle, and 1.39 load. I ramped it up in the BIOS to account for the droop under load.

[BassKozz]

"Originally Posted by BassKozz
I know I could probably use a fan to get the PWM down to my comfort zone @ 400x9, but I don't like the idea of rigging up a fan that close to my MoBo's circuits (I know I am a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:, but I don't want to hurt my pretty little IP35-Pro )"

That is downright affectionate! HEHEHEHE

Yah, my IP35 Pro and I are in it for the long haul, I am not looking for a quick 1 night stand Overclocking session. So I like to keep her happy

[=ACID RAIN=]

Already cooling the PWMs with a 50mm fan. Before couldn't get 3.6 stable. Does your loaded vcore move beyond 1.39? I expect the idle vcore to change depending on various background jobs but I thought once 100% loaded it should stay constant.

A little. It will drop to 1.38 but 1.39 seems to be where it tries to stay. I'm not happy with it either way though, that's a helluva drop. I hate having to crank up the volts to keep it stable at idle (which makes it hot), so it can fall to where it really needs to be at load.

[Ace-a-Rue]

you can use a lesser vcore to maintain idle stability and when you want to rumble with the puter, use Uguru to boost the vcore or whatever setting you want increased.

[kadozer]

Anybody notice that GTLREF% decreased to around 62 keeps pwm temps lower?

edit: this is for a Q6600 overclocked specifically

I did the bolt mod and saw marginal difference in load and idle temps.
I decreased GTLREF% and now I'm seeing some really low PWM temps. (30-33C idle, 50-54 Load in prime95)

The only other variable explanation is that the MX-2 I used for the NB,SB, PWM mosfet heatsink cured in about a week (although I understand it doesn't need curing)

[moto211]

Is there any away to undervoltage Vcore below cpu vid?

you can't set an undervolt in the BIOS, but you can use a pad mod to trick the mobo into thinking that your VID is lower than it really is.

[WrigleyVillain]

Anybody notice that GTLREF% decreased to around 62 keeps pwm temps lower?

No but I'm certainly going to test that...I'll report back.

[atlr]

I noticed a new jmicron sata driver is available
1.17.32
ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/Win2k_xp_Vista

I have not tried it.

[strange|ife]

oi
is the front page really being updated anymore? would like to know since I just skim by here every couple of weeks to see what new drivers may have came out, instead of checking the diffrent vendors=)

[Nelly]

oi
is the front page really being updated anymore? would like to know since I just skim by here every couple of weeks to see what new drivers may have came out, instead of checking the diffrent vendors=)

Yes I usually check every other week, I checked the drivers last week & nothing new had been released.

[lefy]

i just switched from bios 14 to 16b10 to see what would happen with my temps. my PWM temps went down about 2-3C, but my cpu cores all went up about 2-3. anyone else experience something like that?

which bios is best for Q6600 and high 24/7 overclock?

[Nelly]

Updated the the front page which includes latest drivers as well as current beta bios available:-

Also added driver for creating a floppy disk used to preinstall RAID driver (F6 during Windows* setup). (Latest version available)

DRIVERS - Last checked 18th March 2008.

RAID/AHCI Software - Intel® Matrix Storage Manager v 7.8.0.1012 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 9th November 07

INTEL Chipset Driver v 8.3.1.1009 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 11th September 07

32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager - 11th September 07
Creates floppy disk for 32-bit OS with Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 7.8.0.1012 files - used to preinstall RAID driver (F6 during Windows* setup).

JMicron SATA Driver V 1.17.32 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 4th March 08 *NEW*

Realtek 8110SC Gigabit Lan V6.87 Driver for Win9x/Me/2000/XP/2003 - 12th March 08 *NEW*

Realtek 8110SC Gigabit Lan V6.203 Driver for Vista 32bit / Vista 64bit - 26th February 08 *NEW*

Realtek High Audio Definition R188 Driver for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 5th March 08 *NEW*

Realtek High Audio Definition R188 Driver for Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit - 5th March 08 *NEW*

Abit AirPace Wi-Fi Card Driver V1.2.0.588.51 for XP/2003/Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit - 11th September 07

[vailr]

Yes I usually check every other week, I checked the drivers last week & nothing new had been released.

INTEL Chipset Driver v 8.3.1.1009 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 11th September 07

See:
http://www.station-drivers.com/forum...hp?p=8381#8381
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20chipset.htm

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[lefy]

Can anyone advise what I need to try if I have one prime95 worker thread failing after about 3 hours? This has happened four times now. do you need my detailed BIOS settings to advise? any help is appreciated. here's another screenshot:

I did the bolt mod and just got the rig running again. How are my temps? PWM is 67C under load... no idea what it was before the mod

Prime95 was crashing after about an hour at 3.7GHz & I had no fan on the PWM or NB. They were scorching when I touched em. Now I've got a 12" floor fan blowing right on 'em and that seemed to be the trick. They barely feel warm to the touch now. Guess my NB or PWM temps were my limiting factor - I need to get some permanent fans setup.


oh, cpu idle was about 36C right after stopping a 3 hour prime95 run. & vcore is 1.4050v in BIOS

[RAGEous]

Man, I'm no quad expert but your Vcore sure looks low for that clock speed. Try a bump or two on Vcore and see if that makes it stable.

[lefy]

Man, I'm no quad expert but your Vcore sure looks low for that clock speed. Try a bump or two on Vcore and see if that makes it stable.

I actually just updated to cpu-z 1.44 on this last run, and it seems that they have replaced the voltage with VID. no idea why they would do that.

anyway, that's my vid not my volt. vcore is 1.4050 in bios and has some droop/drop, but seems to stay above 1.3 i think?

and i'm back to cpu-z 1.43 now

[Cpl Ledanek]

Well, since my case is not put together yet, I thought I made use of the 120mm fan and blow directly to the PMW?/PWM? and up some of the settings


see if you could do some recommendations
as always advance thanks:biggrin:
started early this morning





this is next day already::biggrin:

[RAGEous]

I actually just updated to cpu-z 1.44 on this last run, and it seems that they have replaced the voltage with VID. no idea why they would do that.

anyway, that's my vid not my volt. vcore is 1.4050 in bios and has some droop/drop, but seems to stay above 1.3 i think?

and i'm back to cpu-z 1.43 now

Actually, I was looking at the 1.32. Is that normal for a quad at 3700? That seems to be what it was under load. You may need to get it just a bit higher. But if it lasted 3 hours I would say you are pretty close.

When getting my E6600 to 3.6 it would fail after about 30-40 mins. One more notch of Vcore did the trick.

[ureche]

Hello, great forum, great people, i own this board and its awesome, but i would like to go with 4gb of ram, the questions is: it would be better to get 2 x TWINX 2048MB DDR2 800MHz DHX or 4 x Ballistix Tracer 2x100461-PC2-6400 ? It would handle great overcook with 2 sticks or it will be the same as with 4 sticks of ram?

Thanks.

[kadozer]

Hello, great forum, great people, i own this board and its awesome, but i would like to go with 4gb of ram, the questions is: it would be better to get 2 x TWINX 2048MB DDR2 800MHz DHX or 4 x Ballistix Tracer 2x100461-PC2-6400 ? It would handle great overcook with 2 sticks or it will be the same as with 4 sticks of ram?

Thanks.

Neither I would pickup these. I use to have Ballistix and only the 8500 overclock as good as these. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145
2 sticks are better than 4 because they wont stress your motherboard controller as much and require less MCH voltage.

[Darth Vader]

Did anyone try to flash IP35-ProXE_bios to IP35-Pro?

[ureche]

Hi, thanks for your answer, the store from where i will get a few other parts, has this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146755 , i will get a e8400 and i want to clock it at 3600mhz for daily use, and sometimes higher when i do some movie editing. Would this kit hold 4-4-4-15 under clocked at 800 ? Also i will be using vista and xp, i know xp will only see 3.2gb of ram, would this affect the dual channel performance?

Thanks.