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

[begrip]

my hhds are working perfectly ... five samsung spinpoint 500gb's :P

[C-N]

Anyone have had weird HDD issues with this board? I have had 3 HDDS go slow on me and suddenly dissapear from disk manager and explorer. Amongst one of them a rather new Samsung spinpoint F1. On reboot it would hang at drive detection and I have no choice but to disconnect the HDD. But HDD isn't the problem, hooked up via usb case it works fine. Replaced sata cables, tried diff ports, didn't help.

The only HD problem I ever had was running RAID 0, normally during benching I could push the board out of stability & get it to crash resulting in one or more of my drives disappearing from the RAID array.

I tried Samsung, Maxtor & Hitachi drives in 2 & 4 disk arrays & they were all the same, I don't think my issue was the drives but just pushing the board too far resulting in BIOS corruption.

The interesting thing with the Abit is really no matter how hard you try to bend it out of shape & whatever strange things may happen as a result the board would always bounce back happy with just a CMOS clear.

CN

[Ace-a-Rue]

The interesting thing with the Abit is really no matter how hard you try to bend it out of shape & whatever strange things may happen as a result the board would always bounce back happy with just a CMOS clear.

CN

wholeheartedly agree with the above statement...you have to LOVE the way abit designed their bios (simplified), and also the Uguru chip that changes bios voltage and FSB settings from the ease of your "Desktop"!

[|MB|]

my hhds are working perfectly ... five samsung spinpoint 500gb's :P

It's not just the spinpoint, also happened with a seagate and a WD hd, all same symptoms, never had that untill i got the abit. Maybe i should try a cmos reset or bios update to see if that helps.

[18 is # 1]

wholeheartedly agree with the above statement...you have to LOVE the way abit designed their bios (simplified), and also the Uguru chip that changes bios voltage and FSB settings from the ease of your "Desktop"!

Speaking of uGuru...my Vcore shows 1.4050 there but CPU-Z shows 1.320.
Is this the dreaded Vdroop? Which do I base my max input upon?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Speaking of uGuru...my Vcore shows 1.4050 there but CPU-Z shows 1.320.
Is this the dreaded Vdroop? Which do I base my max input upon?

always go with what actual says...i not sure why abit has a problem of making the two to be very close in numerical value...my new Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 (DDR3) has a similar problem with their imitation of Uguru type software...they do not have an onboard Uguru chip like abit has...it appears that giga's version is software based communicating with the bios...it can be real interesting on how giga's software, from the desktop, adjusts vcore.

to answer your question about Vdroop, ignore what Uguru or the bios says is "set" vcore...Uguru readout or Cpuz readout will be very close to actual vcore....then from there, in idle conditions, note the vcore and then under a load note the droop....the higher the overclock and the higher the vcore you have to support your overclock, the larger the Vdroop..although, i have found there is a minimum droop of about 0.03v for a low overclock...that 0.03 droop could scale to 0.04v to 0.05v as you climb the vcore ladder

[orion23]

Hey guys!

This thread is more than 200 pages long.....

I just got and Abit P35 Pro
4 X 1GB Crucial PC2-6400 DDR2 800mhz
E6750
Tuniq Tower 120
OCZ 700W PSU.

Can someone give me a quick configuration to overclock this thing to about 3.4ghz?

Or is there a "master template" around that I can use?

[squito]

Hey guys!

This thread is more than 200 pages long.....

I just got and Abit P35 Pro
4 X 1GB Crucial PC2-6400 DDR2 800mhz
E6750
Tuniq Tower 120
OCZ 700W PSU.

Can someone give me a quick configuration to overclock this thing to about 3.4ghz?

Or is there a "master template" around that I can use?

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=129574

[orion23]

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=129574

Thank You!

That link is perfect for me!

[squito]

Thank You!

That link is perfect for me!

You're welcome - have fun

[Budwise]

im about to start OCing a new E8400. Any tips for voltage settings aside from vCore and vDimm? Pushing for the standard 445X9...

[Budwise]

so far i left everything at stock except for vCore which is now 1.35 and vDimm. Running Orthos at 4 Ghz no problem. 25C under load.

[eaa315]

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=129574

Heh...got one of them threads for an E3110?
So far I've just put mine to 400FSB or 3.6 gigs
1:1 memory running 4 gigs of Mushkin DDR2800

Just seems like a lot more options to fiddle with than I remember
from tweaking my Asus P5WDG WS Pro

[tw33ter]

what's the best 4gb kit to get with this board?

[squito]

what's the best 4gb kit to get with this board?

We (and others) have had good luck with G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ

[18 is # 1]

Has anyone had problems running uGuru at the same time as CPU-Z?

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showpost.p...28&postcount=1

I have been freezing up even at stock speeds. Since I stopped uGuru from staying on, my system has kept running....so far so good.

Anyone else heard of this?

[new-b]

Has anyone had problems running uGuru at the same time as CPU-Z?

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showpost.p...28&postcount=1

I have been freezing up even at stock speeds. Since I stopped uGuru from staying on, my system has kept running....so far so good.

Anyone else heard of this?

Yes... there is a known problem using both apps at the same time.

[SiGfever]

First off I would like to apologize for asking for help before reading through this thread. And yes I just finished reading all 233 pages! So far I like this board more than any board that I have purchased in a long time. My P5K Premium is a great board but this Abit board is so easy to use and is feature rich, one hell of a deal for the money and then some. I would recommend this board to everyone and already have. I can't wait to see what the IP45 Pro will do.

This server is a Cruncher running WCG "BOINC" 24/7:

Specs:
Q6600 G0 vid = 1.2125
IP35 Pro v1.1 (bios 14)
2 x1 Gb Corsair PC6400c4
single sata II drive 320gb
DVD
8mb STB PCI video card
Antec TP-550

watercooling:
Dtek FuZion WB (MX-2 TIM) Hard Mount
D5 Vario pump @5
MCR320QP rad (three 80cfm fans)
T-Line

Here is where I am at:

ambient 23c
vcore set = 1.4275 (uGuru), real = 1.35v @load (CPUZ v1.42.2)
Buss Speed 396
multi 9
Prc Spd 3564 Mhz
vMCH 1.29
vICH 1.09
CPU VTT 1.23
CpuGtlref: 0/2 68%
CpuGtlref: 1/3 68%
ICHIO 1.55

Memory:
5
5
5
15
1.9v

Here are my temp loaded running all four cores at 100% on BOINC (verified in Task Manager):
Cores 42,42,42,43c
PWM 51c

I do not run Prime95 as it is not needed for my testing, 24/7 crunching all four cores loaded test the system all that I need. I do run wPrime 1024m test.

My question is do you think that I will see any improvements if I upgrade my bios and if yes which one is most recommended for a Q6600 G0, there was conflicting recommendations in the posts. Also, do you think my settings are right?
Thanks,
John

Here is an Excel spreadsheet for keeping track of your overclocking:

[tw33ter]

will a Q9300 Yorkfield work alright, or will it at least boot up so i can update the bios so it will?

[sean_php]

While Asus made its old p35 boards officially compatible with FSB 1600 by a bios update, Abit is just introduced us the IP35 PRO XE, they even are in BIOS 14 after 8 months for IP35 PRO! Someone clearify me please or I dont go with abit anymore

[GFORCE100]

While Asus made its old p35 boards officially compatible with FSB 1600 by a bios update, Abit is just introduced us the IP35 PRO XE, they even are in BIOS 14 after 8 months for IP35 PRO! Someone clearify me please or I dont go with abit anymore

Yep unless you count the Beta versions up to 16 B10. They haven't yet realized that to gain marketshare and market acceptance you need to provide suitable customer care & support.

[Cole.ogg]

Hello everyone! I just ordered a Q9450 and since I have been eyeing this board since release, I have decided to choose it for my new build. Has anyone purchased one of these recently? I am hoping I won't have to find a non 45-nm processor to get it to boot...anyone know how things are on that front?

[kadozer]

Has anyone had problems running uGuru at the same time as CPU-Z?

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showpost.p...28&postcount=1

I have been freezing up even at stock speeds. Since I stopped uGuru from staying on, my system has kept running....so far so good.

Anyone else heard of this?

Yes it is a confirmed compatibility issue by many overclockers/users. I use the Uguru to set my fan settings then uninstall it, its pretty much useless for quad users other than fan settings.

[GoldiClocks]

While Asus made its old p35 boards officially compatible with FSB 1600 by a bios update, Abit is just introduced us the IP35 PRO XE, they even are in BIOS 14 after 8 months for IP35 PRO! Someone clearify me please or I dont go with abit anymore

It would be interesting to hear what are the actual differences between the "IP35 Pro" and the "IP35 PRO XE".
Would be great if someone who has the XE version could post here and tell about his experiences with that board... how is the bios compared to the ip35 pro bios etc..

In the wake of the threads about flashing maximus formulas and the dfi LT X38-t2r to their x48 versions, the most important question would of course imo be whether you could flash the ip35 pro with the ip35 pro XE bios (if it happens to be much better than the current bios for the ip35 pro).

[PCTwin]

Does anyone else have a problem overclocking their graphics on this board.
I have an Nvidia 8800gts 640mb (g80??) which, on another board, has been up to 650 core/945 mem. On this board I cant get it past 574 core/900 mem.
This is my 1st post so, hi everybody.