**Official ABIT IX38 QuadGT Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[jcool]

i ask a harmless question and i get a sarcastic answer with the rolleyes!

you killed two boards and you are probably going to do in a third board...i would say you are not a master of finesse with motherboards.

AND...you ignored a recommendation from blind_ripper to add additional cooling and check the block pressure.

i won't give you the rolleyes back because you already know that you gave it to yourself for your poor showing with two dead motherboards.

Oh c'mon m8... that comment wasn't meant to be an attack on anyone's input and you know it. Being a little sarcastic is just the way I deal with this, because I never had dying mobos before and because it sucks.
Now, I have been around long enough to know that it's not my fault these boards died (except that I did overclock, which doesn't make me more guilty than any one of you).
I did check the block pressure, and like I said, it was as high as it gets.
Better cooling probably wouldn't help, considering andre X_X is having the same problems with a Dualcore. He was also running folding with >100A drawn from the CPU and he uses stock cooling with extra fans so I'm guessing it won't help either.
However, if you are right and the problem really is about cooling, we will see with the next one, since I will be using the new prototype block Mips sent me that goes directly onto the PWMs with thermal grease.

I really can't accept you blaming me for being the one who killed these boards out of stupidity or carelessness. It's not true and you know it - you'd also be mad if this had happened to you, now wouldn't you

[AMDfreak]

i ask a harmless question and i get a sarcastic answer with the rolleyes!

you killed two boards and you are probably going to do in a third board...i would say you are not a master of finesse with motherboards.

So by this reasoning, I killed my board because I suck at OC'ing? Even though I did not change the stock cooling other than adding a fan, and I did nothing more than what I've done with all my previous systems, which is Fold 24/7. I call BS, and you're out of line Ace.

[Beastage]

Well, now all the sudden , each time I reboot my PC I get BIOS ROM error and everything turns to default! it is all the sudden, I didn't change anything.

[Ace-a-Rue]

So by this reasoning, I killed my board because I suck at OC'ing? Even though I did not change the stock cooling other than adding a fan, and I did nothing more than what I've done with all my previous systems, which is Fold 24/7. I call BS, and you're out of line Ace.

maybe you and jcool should team up and hold hands in every forum...you work well together killing motherboards.

i care none about what you think!...i have zero respect for you and for your wise arse answers...i respect jcool more than you so butt out!...this is between me and jcool.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Oh c'mon m8... that comment wasn't meant to be an attack on anyone's input and you know it. Being a little sarcastic is just the way I deal with this, because I never had dying mobos before and because it sucks.

ok...that's an acceptable answer but why take it out on me!...you really need to address that with yourself...

Now, I have been around long enough to know that it's not my fault these boards died (except that I did overclock, which doesn't make me more guilty than any one of you).

anytime we, as a collective group of overclockers, adjust the design of the board by altering the cooling method, we are taking a big chance at harming or killing the board....blame is, would be soley on us, not abit.

I did check the block pressure, and like I said, it was as high as it gets. Better cooling probably wouldn't help, considering andre X_X is having the same problems with a Dualcore. He was also running folding with >100A drawn from the CPU and he uses stock cooling with extra fans so I'm guessing it won't help either.

you should have stated that but you got defensive with blind_ripper.

However, if you are right and the problem really is about cooling, we will see with the next one, since I will be using the new prototype block Mips sent me that goes directly onto the PWMs with thermal grease.

i wish you good luck that the modified block works for you...but...i will tell you that 165 amps is not right...i would have discontinued right away and have taken a smaller overclock to prevent the failure....i had to do that with my 2nd 9650...it is a bad overclocker and it draws the board into overheating the core and PWM...

I really can't accept you blaming me for being the one who killed these boards out of stupidity or carelessness. It's not true and you know it - you'd also be mad if this had happened to you, now wouldn't you

like i said above...anytime we modifiy the board we HAVE TO ACCEPT responsibility in killing the board.

[AMDfreak]

maybe you and jcool should team up and hold hands in every forum...you work well together killing motherboards.

i care none about what you think!...i have zero respect for you and for your wise arse answers...i respect jcool more than you so butt out!...this is between me and jcool.

Maybe you should change your tag from Xtreme Mentor to Xtreme Arse.

Since you're such a bad ass OC'er, I challenge you to go get a Q6600, OC it to 3.6+ on an IX38, and SMP fold for 1 month without any buzzing sounds. Instead of accusing people of killing boards through negligence/stupidity, how about you contribute something useful to this thread??

[Ace-a-Rue]

Maybe you should change your tag from Xtreme Mentor to Xtreme Arse.

Since you're such a bad ass OC'er, I challenge you to go get a Q6600, OC it to 3.6+ on an IX38, and SMP fold for 1 month without any buzzing sounds. Instead of accusing people of killing boards through negligence/stupidity, how about you contribute something useful to this thread??

[AMDfreak]

Helpful as ever.

@Abit There is a good point here, performing such a feat on this mobo is laughable.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Helpful as ever.

you are beyond any meaningful help!

[AMDfreak]

you are beyond any meaningful help!

Seriously, why do you feel the need to attack me in a personal manner? You've shown an amazing level of immaturity in response to a dissenting opinion of your posts.

Could we actually try to work toward figuring out the problems with this board and pressuring Abit to fix them? I'm not going anywhere. If all you're going to do is try to perpetuate a flame war, then please leave us be and go get your jollies elsewhere.

[R*r]

well just want to share my ix38 n q66 already run for a few month running at 3,6@1,4v bench ~4G

still doing ok even not 24/7 but its my only gaming n bench rig

just re-apply th paste n use nut&bolt +4cm fan but i guess some get unlucky

chill every body

i wonder when we can expect some more beta bios?maybe i can reach 550fsb on air with my q66

[Ace-a-Rue]

Seriously, why do you feel the need to attack me in a personal manner? You've shown an amazing level of immaturity in response to a dissenting opinion of your posts.

Could we actually try to work toward figuring out the problems with this board and pressuring Abit to fix them? I'm not going anywhere. If all you're going to do is try to perpetuate a flame war, then please leave us be and go get your jollies elsewhere.

LISTEN, you opened your big mouth first...this was between jcool and myself...SO...when you entered the discussion you caused the REPLY...so...stay out of it!

as to working out the problem with this board really comes down to the user...if you overclock with high voltages, you are going to get high amperage and a LOT of heat!..the two can and WILL destroy the board.

[AMDfreak]

LISTEN, you opened your big mouth first...this was between jcool and myself...SO...when you entered the discussion you caused the REPLY...so...stay out of it!

Grow up.

as to working out the problem with this board really comes down to the user...if you overclock with high voltages, you are going to get high amperage and a LOT of heat!..the two can and WILL destroy the board.

So why does this same problem not happen with other motherboards using digital PWM's? If other manufacturer's mobos are not having these problems (and I haven't seen any such reports) then it points to a problem and/or limitation with Abit's board, not the user.

R*r, good to hear your board is doing well. What's the amperage reading in uGuru?

[scorpion]

where is the amperage post in uguru?

[AMDfreak]

Check out the uguru pic in this post:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=681

[superbowtie]

Feeling the love. not to be Mean or anything but Why are you folding? I mean is part of your career or just a hobby. because would it be cheaper to just buy four playstation 3's and fold with them? Or how about a server board and some xeon's which probably would be more equipped for the higher temps.


I'm all for curing Cancer and such but please do it in a Safe and non fire Hazard way!

[scorpion]

will uguru show the amperage on the ip35 pro board!and if so where do you slect the amp? thanks scorpion!!!

[AMDfreak]

Feeling the love. not to be Mean or anything but Why are you folding? I mean is part of your career or just a hobby. because would it be cheaper to just buy four playstation 3's and fold with them? Or how about a server board and some xeon's which probably would be more equipped for the higher temps.


I'm all for curing Cancer and such but please do it in a Safe and non fire Hazard way!

Purely hobby, but I have had family members succumb to both cancer and Alzheimer's, so the project is near and dear to me. I'm building the system to be for gaming and such, but I leave it on and folding when I'm not using it.

[scorpion]

i know this is dum Q but what is folding

[jcool]

ok...that's an acceptable answer but why take it out on me!...you really need to address that with yourself...

I'm afraid you still missed my point - I did NOT intend to take it out on any one (or even specifically on you) and honestly, I don't see why you felt that way. You just gonna have to believe me, or ignore it.

About the 165A, of course I stepped down as soon as I saw it... but it didn't help, because one or more phase chips died. See, after the incident, I got like 110A at 3Ghz with 1,1V or so

Bottom line is, this mobo definitely has problems with permanent high load, no matter if the cooling is altered or not. I sure hope Johnny and Abit can figure it out together.

[AMDfreak]

i know this is dum Q but what is folding

It's a distributed computing project done through Stanford University. Basically there's a program that runs in the background and takes advantage of your unused CPU cycles. The project has to do with gene and protein folding for cancer and Alzheimer's treatment research. Check it out at http://folding.stanford.edu

[Ace-a-Rue]

I'm afraid you still missed my point - I did NOT intend to take it out on any one (or even specifically on you) and honestly, I don't see why you felt that way. You just gonna have to believe me, or ignore it.

About the 165A, of course I stepped down as soon as I saw it... but it didn't help, because one or more phase chips died. See, after the incident, I got like 110A at 3Ghz with 1,1V or so

Bottom line is, this mobo definitely has problems with permanent high load, no matter if the cooling is altered or not. I sure hope Johnny and Abit can figure it out together.

lets close this chapter and move on...i've read your words and you read my thoughts on it...we agree to disagree.

peace my friend!

[Ace-a-Rue]

will uguru show the amperage on the ip35 pro board!and if so where do you slect the amp? thanks scorpion!!!

no amp indication in Uguru for the IP35 Pro...only temperature indication...the Pro uses conventional mosfet circuits to provide power to the cpu...the AB9 QuadGT and the IX38 QuadGT use digital power chips so amps can be monitored.

[scorpion]

thanks amdfreak i will checked the site out it sound great.

[scorpion]

thanks ace for the info in on the two boards, by the way have heard anything in to regards of IX48MAX.