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

[Cole.ogg]

Hey Guys, just had a quick question. I am trying to decide whether I want to jump to watercooling right away or not. If I do, I realize that if I want to cool the NB with water I will have to replace the heatsinks for the SB and MOSFET. What would you reccomend I do for those two? Any replacement heatsink that would be ample cooling or should I use water for it all?

[Cpl Ledanek]

Abit official website forum down, so I'm posting here.
Does the IP35 pro support SATA DVD burners?
Looking particulary on this Lite-On DVD burner

Super thanks

[loonym]

That's the exact burner I used for my IP35 pro cruncher. Works like a champ for me. Very nice unit and great price too.

[Cpl Ledanek]

That's the exact burner I used for my IP35 pro cruncher. Works like a champ for me. Very nice unit and great price too.

ok, that was quick and painless, ordering it now...cute kid btw

[Cpl Ledanek]

anyone got a Blu-Ray player with their IP35 PRO?
I'm just toying with this particular model will there be issues with my grapic car and monitor...its not HDMI connected.

[rhiridflaidd]

What sort of VTT voltages are you all needing. I've just got up to 10 mins (and still increasing) on OCCT - but I had to upt the VTT to 1.17 bios (1.16 in uguru in Windows)

Vcore 2.9 - 2.6 won't boot. 2.8 or 7 might be stable - i'll need to experiment, mch 1.47
Clock 426mhz,
core 3408 as it is right now - under a waterblock
2x2gigs ocz reaper at 2.9v +2%

My bigest problem is that I don't fail anything with a warning I just hard crash when I do fail.

Might this be my PSU (a Tagan u22 480w)

To those of you streuggling with high FSB memory stability, particulalry with 2x2GB try tRFC = 54 and
tRD=8
Worked for me - not htat I've got ballistix.

[MADMAX22]

You sure your vcore is 2.9, that will burn some stuff up.

[sbinh]

He meant vcore = 1.29v ... ... vdimm = 2.9v ?? :O .. maybe 2.0v ???

[rhiridflaidd]

I read you post and got a rush of blood to my head. But yep, of course it is 1.29. I just forgot to add the 1 and put the decimal point in.

But at the moment I really am annoyed about my PSU.

I do have a Hiper type R modular, but it only has a 4 pin input for the CPU.

Is it worth trying to swap it in?

[rhiridflaidd]

Not good, right?!

Suggestions for a replacement will be welcome- 2 hard disks, watercooling, loads of fans (7x120mm) , 8800GT

[Ace-a-Rue]

Wow, this is like, the only place I know of that carries this memory; I tried to Google it and found nothing.

Do they do 2x 2GB kits? I fear running 4x 1GB sticks...

right now they only make 1gb sticks.

try zipzoomfly.com to see if they still carry cell shock memory...they did about 2 months ago.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Are there any known issues with Seasonic PSU's (aside from the problems with the modular Corsair's) and the abit IP35 Pro? I have the Seasonic S12 650w and I'm starting to suspect that it is responsible for the completely random irreproducible bouts of instability my system has.

Following Ace's recommendations for BIOS settings and RAM timings to run 4 DIMMs I made the following changes:

FSB: 440x8
MCH: Upped to 1.48v
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4x1GB DDR2-800
RAM Timings: 5-5-5-18-48-2T, 2.2v, running at 880 mhz

I can run memtest86+ test #5 for over 100 consecutive passes without error, and I had a 10 hour run of Prime95 blend that was successful as well. Then, suddenly I'll get a rounding error (it first occurred with the 768K test). I then stopped the test, closed Prime95, and re-opened it... multiple failures within a few seconds on the 1024K test. Continuous failure would occur at any uGuru settings (significantly lowering FSB to under 400 didn't help at all) until the computer was restarted.

Then later that night, my gf was playing World of Warcraft on my computer (a game which is fairly stressful on RAM) and the system just completely froze... no ability to Ctrl+Alt+Del or move the mouse. Event viewer in vista just noted the non-descriptive 6008 error.

So I can't get a handle on why the system would just randomly become unstable like this, if not a compatibility problem with my hardware. Do these problems sound like a PSU problem, or something related to tRFC being too tight at 48 or something??

need to go higher on the MCH to about 1.64 or 1.56

[rentay]

Ace,

What would be the maximum voltage to push through the MCH?

Regards

[Ace-a-Rue]

to prove a point i went to max MCH to do Prime 95 at 3.8Ghz on a Q6600...i would try near the upper limit to see if that helps...if it still freezes or BSOD, then back down some and increase the Vcore some more...it is going to be either not enough vcore or MCH...the other thing that could bring you down is heat.

i should mention that 2.2 vdimm should be enough unless you have a bad stick and that might require higher vdimm to get it to fall in line.

[AuDioFreaK39]

Ace,

What would be the maximum voltage to push through the MCH?

Regards

Yeah I've been wondering this too (for a non-water cooled northbridge, just bare motherboard).

[rhiridflaidd]

I don't believe it - swapped in a different PSU - same voltage drops.

Swapped surge protector - drop gone. (or is there a clash between occt and uguru.)

Anyway, those drops seem to have gone. Phew.

[18 is # 1]

Well I think I'm having RAM problems. Memtest reports errors whem OC'd (not at stock). The Egg is returning my Ballistix and I'm going to try 2x1GB OCZ Titanium CL3 (PC2 6400). I hope that the RAM has been holding me back and not the E8400.

[sbinh]

This is the content of email I just got from Abit Technical support:

Dear Valued Customer, 

Unfortunately, This motherboard is not ready for the Q9450 cpu.
There will beta bios  update # 17 for the Q9300 pretty soon but, 
for the other one youwill have to wait just a litte bit longer.Thank you. 
   
Regards

Mike Guabit 
Technical supportwww.uabit.com   

Please keep in mind that you can always get help from the followingwebsites:  
Drivers, Bios, FAQ, and Manual:  www.ubit-usa.com or www.abit.com.tw 
(clickon the global link)  Please note: If the information provided by user is 
not accurate you willnot get accurate response.If being asked to provide 
more information, please be as detail as possibleto get support.We do not 
warranty products damaged by overclocking or any means beyondspecification.

What do you all think???

[Ace-a-Rue]

surprise they answered.

[resyn]

Are there any known issues with Seasonic PSU's (aside from the problems with the modular Corsair's) and the abit IP35 Pro? I have the Seasonic S12 650w and I'm starting to suspect that it is responsible for the completely random irreproducible bouts of instability my system has.

I can run memtest86+ test #5 for over 100 consecutive passes without error, and I had a 10 hour run of Prime95 blend that was successful as well.
Then later that night, my gf was playing World of Warcraft on my computer (a game which is fairly stressful on RAM) and the system just completely froze... no ability to Ctrl+Alt+Del or move the mouse. Event viewer in vista just noted the non-descriptive 6008 error.

So I can't get a handle on why the system would just randomly become unstable like this, if not a compatibility problem with my hardware. Do these problems sound like a PSU problem, or something related to tRFC being too tight at 48 or something??

Don't happen to be running everest by chance, are ya?

[TheSMJ]

Are there any known issues with Seasonic PSU's (aside from the problems with the modular Corsair's) and the abit IP35 Pro? I have the Seasonic S12 650w and I'm starting to suspect that it is responsible for the completely random irreproducible bouts of instability my system has.

Following Ace's recommendations for BIOS settings and RAM timings to run 4 DIMMs I made the following changes:

FSB: 440x8
MCH: Upped to 1.48v
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4x1GB DDR2-800
RAM Timings: 5-5-5-18-48-2T, 2.2v, running at 880 mhz

I can run memtest86+ test #5 for over 100 consecutive passes without error, and I had a 10 hour run of Prime95 blend that was successful as well. Then, suddenly I'll get a rounding error (it first occurred with the 768K test). I then stopped the test, closed Prime95, and re-opened it... multiple failures within a few seconds on the 1024K test. Continuous failure would occur at any uGuru settings (significantly lowering FSB to under 400 didn't help at all) until the computer was restarted.

Then later that night, my gf was playing World of Warcraft on my computer (a game which is fairly stressful on RAM) and the system just completely froze... no ability to Ctrl+Alt+Del or move the mouse. Event viewer in vista just noted the non-descriptive 6008 error.

So I can't get a handle on why the system would just randomly become unstable like this, if not a compatibility problem with my hardware. Do these problems sound like a PSU problem, or something related to tRFC being too tight at 48 or something??

My SeaSonic S12-500 500W PSU is doing great on my rig. My 5V, 12V, and 3.3V rails are dead steady during OCCT testing. As far as I know SeaSonic is one of the top PSU manufacturers, so there shouldn't be an issue there.

Try running OCCT for an hour and check the voltage graphs for spikes or drops.

[WrigleyVillain]

your gf is playing WoW. There's your problem right there...

[TheSMJ]

Ohhh... snap!

[18 is # 1]

This is the content of email I just got from Abit Technical support:

[code]Dear Valued Customer,

Regards

Mike Guabit
Technical supportwww.uabit.com

Mike Guabit ?

[scottk]

I want to cut up the heatpipe assembly, reuse the PWM block with bolts and a fan, and replace the NB and SB sinks....

Are the SB, NB, and PWM heatsink bases on the IP35 "solid" ? i.e. the heatpipes do not extend into the blocks?

What material is inside the heatpipes? Does it have mercury or some other major toxic stuff?