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

[AstroCreep]

Wow, there's been a lot of activity in this thread over the last few days...haven't been getting my updates...oh well...

So I've been monkeying around with this and (being a rookie Intel overclocker) so far I'm at 2880MHz (360FSB x 8) at 'stock' vCore voltage (which appears to be 1.35v). All other voltages (sans vDIMM) are stock as well. Highest load temps thus far have been 47c per core (via Core Temp) and it idles down around 25c.

Thing I'm curious about is that the voltage seems to have...'scaled' with my overclock. When I had things at stock, CPUZ & SpeedFan were reporting the vCore at like, 1.08v and would scale as the CPU required it. Does that sound about right? I believe I turned off all the Intel power management values in the BIOS too (except the 'thermal protection' item).
Just seems weird; never seen anything like this in my AMD builds before.

[derektm]

I have problems with dual booting Vista 64 and XP 32 on this board. If I reboot from Vista into XP, XP BSOD's. I have to shutdown the computer from Vista and turn the PSU switch off and back on then boot into XP to keep XP from BSODing on startup. If I'm just booting into XP I don't get BSOD, it's only if I have gone into Vista 64 and then try going into XP.

I looked at the error logs and such and it has to do with something still in the memory when XP loads up (I'm guessing that's why turning the PSU switch off and then on allows XP to load properly). Hope Abit can fix that. I have tried a few different nVidia 8800 driver's and I only have a mouse and keyboard hooked up. Latest P35 drivers. Lower clock speed doesn't help. Mem timing pretty loose. Orthos and Memtest stable.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have problems with dual booting Vista 64 and XP 32 on this board. If I reboot from Vista into XP, XP BSOD's. I have to shutdown the computer from Vista and turn the PSU switch off and back on then boot into XP to keep XP from BSODing on startup. If I'm just booting into XP I don't get BSOD, it's only if I have gone into Vista 64 and then try going into XP.

I looked at the error logs and such and it has to do with something still in the memory when XP loads up (I'm guessing that's why turning the PSU switch off and then on allows XP to load properly). Hope Abit can fix that. I have tried a few different nVidia 8800 driver's and I only have a mouse and keyboard hooked up. Latest P35 drivers. Lower clock speed doesn't help. Mem timing pretty loose. Orthos and Memtest stable.

i have the same setup with XP and vista 64 ultimate....i have no BSOD issues coming from vista into XP...i suspect you have a corrupted XP installation or you have a Intel INF corruption.

[derektm]

i have the same setup with XP and vista 64 ultimate....i have no BSOD issues coming from vista into XP...i suspect you have a corrupted XP installation or you have a Intel INF corruption.

Can you tell me what nvidia drivers you have for your vista and xp? I have reinstalled vista and xp 6 times so far. I install XP first then install vista 64 which replaces the xp boot manager and I select earlier version of windows during boot. Also, are you using the latest intel drivers or the one's off the abit cd?

Thanks for your response...this is annoying I tried booting from vista into XP in safe mode and it didn't crash, so I suspect you are right about the drivers.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Can you tell me what nvidia drivers you have for your vista and xp? I have reinstalled vista and xp 6 times so far. I install XP first then install vista 64 which replaces the xp boot manager and I select earlier version of windows during boot. Also, are you using the latest intel drivers or the one's off the abit cd?

Thanks for your response...this is annoying I tried booting from vista into XP in safe mode and it didn't crash, so I suspect you are right about the drivers.

i was using an older nvidia driver for a long time, 93 series...it worked perfectly...now, i am using 158 driver with no problems...i heard some of the newer nvidia VC's are having problems with vista but not XP.

as for the intel driver, i've used the ones off the CD and the newest release on intel's website.

does this happen if you use vista 32 bit?

are you overclocking?

[derektm]

i was using an older nvidia driver for a long time, 93 series...it worked perfectly...now, i am using 158 driver with no problems...i heard some of the newer nvidia VC's are having problems with vista but not XP.

as for the intel driver, i've used the ones off the CD and the newest release on intel's website.

does this happen if you use vista 32 bit?

are you overclocking?

I have tried stock settings. I haven't tried vista 32. If we have near the same setup I don't see why yours would work and mine doesn't. It doesn't happen if I just use XP. If I reboot from XP into XP it never crashes it only does it when I reboot from Vista. Hmmm... I just tried disabling the floppy, firewire, and jmicron controller, that didn't help anything.

Do you have any experience looking at memory dumps? I have plenty of those. I will also add that I have played CSS for hours overclocked to 3.2ghz and my 8800gts to 640/960ish without a single hiccup.

Edit: Also just tried removing my X-Fi. Didn't help

[derektm]

Ace-a-Rue I found the problem! I am using 4x1GB of RAM. I took 2 sticks out and I no longer have any issues. I am guessing it has something to do with Vista utilizing all 4GB of the RAM then when I switch to XP it weirds out. I'm not sure if this is a BIOS issue or not but I will call Abit later today and ask them about it. Maybe they can setup a workbench and reproduce it.

I didn't notice any memory hole map options in the BIOS but my last AMD TForce 550 board did. Not sure if that would help or not but I didn't try dual boot with that setup.

For now if I want to dual boot I will just have to switch the PSU off and back on

[eva2000]

Ace-a-Rue I found the problem! I am using 4x1GB of RAM. I took 2 sticks out and I no longer have any issues. I am guessing it has something to do with Vista utilizing all 4GB of the RAM then when I switch to XP it weirds out. I'm not sure if this is a BIOS issue or not but I will call Abit later today and ask them about it. Maybe they can setup a workbench and reproduce it.

I didn't notice any memory hole map options in the BIOS but my last AMD TForce 550 board did. Not sure if that would help or not but I didn't try dual boot with that setup.

For now if I want to dual boot I will just have to switch the PSU off and back on

vista patch time http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=4188

[derektm]

vista patch time http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=4188

I already have that update installed. I think that has to do with installing vista. My problem is booting into XP after rebooting from Vista.

Edit: I fixed this problem by adding the following to my boot.ini for XP:

/PAE /3GB

Not sure which one of those fixed it. PAE is supposed to be on by default I believe (at least that's the way the Microsoft website puts it.).

[Ace-a-Rue]

good show derek!

[Masami]

Whic is better? This ip35 pro or gigabyte dq6??? Help me!! (the layout of ip5 is amazing..)

[Ace-a-Rue]

Whic is better? This ip35 pro or gigabyte dq6??? Help me!! (the layout of ip5 is amazing..)

this should help you make a decision:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/0...uk/page21.html

[xTr33m sammich!]

well heck, in terms of which is better, I got an Abit AB9 pro for my wife will be here tomorrow, I'm thinking of letting her use the IP35 until some bios updates come out, and although a bit off subject, between the AB9 pro and Quad GT - are there any real performance differences on a dual core cpu? is the AB9 a better performer at this point compared to the IP35pro? unfortunately my budjet and the upcoming Intel price cut, I could not allow myself to get another C2D or Quad.. so I'll be using my P-D 805 smithfield cpu in the Wifes PC, whatever board she gets for the time being...

Nice link Ace

[Masami]

this should help you make a decision:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/0...uk/page21.html

Incredible, ip35 beats dq6...

[JPxM0Dz]

Nice! Looking forward to getting mine

[michaLcoughliN]

asus p5k Deluxe beats IP35pro

[JPxM0Dz]

asus p5k Deluxe beats IP35pro

Not in FSB

[HamidFULL]

1.Please Tell me why Abit IP35 Pro?

2.I want to buy a P35/33 my need is OCing Stability and Cool mobo not any more!

[mojo_lo]

asus p5k Deluxe beats IP35pro

not really.

Adjusting for the P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP's slight 0.24% overclock, its actual performance lead over the lowest board is 2.50%. Again, this puts Asus in the middle of the pack

[Ace-a-Rue]

gentlemen! ....all those boards are soooo close in overall performance..we are talking about in tenths and hundreds of a decimal point.

[shimmishim]

can anyone provide their bios settings for 3.6 (9x400) settings?

i'm not familiar with all these new voltage options such as GTL ref (which i belive is for quadcore overclocking)

[luihed]

everything at lowest voltage will probably do.... gtl and ddr ref i just leave as is....

[michaLcoughliN]

not really.

your kidding right?

It outperforms all p35 based boards.. But a hair. I wish I could find that Graph.. Errr poor search skills.

Regardless. Abit Ip35pro is still a good board.. Just not the best.. IMO

[luihed]

Its no a matter of whos got the best board, its how one uses them.... Ive seen geeks with Corsair Pc2 8888s and running ddr1000 5-5-5-15 lol.... I dont look at reviews like that cos at what fsb were they testing? Theres so much more to a board thats its hard to say which is best, it depends on what youre gonna use it for, what hardware you got etc... For 965 boards I think the QuadGT or 965-s is the best, if youre a bencher with an E6600 or lower they are... but for somebody that wants a good reliable headache free 24/7 machine, those 2 are probably near the bottom.... so like I said, its what satisfies your needs the best is the best board.......

your kidding right?

It outperforms all p35 based boards.. But a hair. I wish I could find that Graph.. Errr poor search skills.

Regardless. Abit Ip35pro is still a good board.. Just not the best.. IMO

Dont be a fanboy and go by reviews and say P5K is the best.... buy one, show some sick benches then tell everyone its the best....

[aka1nas]

your kidding right?

It outperforms all p35 based boards.. But a hair. I wish I could find that Graph.. Errr poor search skills.

Regardless. Abit Ip35pro is still a good board.. Just not the best.. IMO

It's also overclocked by a smidge when you run it at stock settings to generate benchmarks wins, just like every other Asus board.