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

[Circaflex]

Whats the best ratio to go for? Better to go 1:1 or something else? My chip right now is priming at 400FSB 1:1, should i keep that or try another one? Im using gskill 8000HZ

[fallwind]

I received my IP35 Pro on Friday and got it up and running with my QX6700. The problem is DIMM slots 1 and 2 appear to be completely dead. Tried 3 differents sets of RAM and only #3 and 4 work. So it will be going back shortly.

In the mean time I played around with it and managed to get 500x7 mostly stable. It would Prime for over an hour no problem but I experienced occasional reboots and freezes. A little more tweaking might have got it stable but I'm not going to waste too much time on a broken board. I'll try again when the replacement gets here.

[Helli]

@ace-a-rue

I saw your oc to 3700. I tried this since a few days but cant get it stable.
Did you ever run with your config Everests "System Stability Test"?

I can run mine on 3700, but not stable enough for 24/7. What else have you
set in uGuru? MCH Voltage? ICH Voltage? Anything else?

I hope you can give me a hint.

Helli

[shimmishim]

Whats the best ratio to go for? Better to go 1:1 or something else? My chip right now is priming at 400FSB 1:1, should i keep that or try another one? Im using gskill 8000HZ

are you running the most recent beta bios?

if so then the 1:1.25 (4:5) is probably the best to go with and the one right under that (can't remember what it is).

these are the ones that supposedly run off of the 1066 strap while the first two force the 1333 strap (supposedly).

[shimmishim]

I received my IP35 Pro on Friday and got it up and running with my QX6700. The problem is DIMM slots 1 and 2 appear to be completely dead. Tried 3 differents sets of RAM and only #3 and 4 work. So it will be going back shortly.

In the mean time I played around with it and managed to get 500x7 mostly stable. It would Prime for over an hour no problem but I experienced occasional reboots and freezes. A little more tweaking might have got it stable but I'm not going to waste too much time on a broken board. I'll try again when the replacement gets here.

don't feel bad. i got a first bad board as well.

mine though was a problem with the vdimm vtt not tracking properly.

it was almost 1/3 of the vdimm voltage (rather than 1/2)!!!

other than that, this board has been good to me so far.

[HiS]

the "WB" switch is the one that flashes the Boot Block...

your problem could be not high enough vcore, MCH, ICHIO 1.5, ICH 1.05 and Vdimm...vcore is the most important element...

what kind of cpu cooler are you using?

Hi,

I've flash my board with the B04 bios but not flashed the boot block.

Is there a big pb?

For instant, everything is ok. I run at 3.6 Ghz (9 x 401) memory at 1002 Mhz 5/5/5/15.

Must I flash the board again with WD switch?

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have a Storm R2, I've been debating on lapping my C2D for some better temps. I have never gone over 55C load with over 1.55v at 3.9Ghz with this CPU

My Vcore was at 1.49 while my CPU was at 3Ghz, which it can easily do under stock. I can hit 500Mhz with 1.41v on MCH and I tried up to 1.5ish with no help. My memory is underclocked with 2.0vdimm

One thing I could try pushing a little more is ICHIO and ICH

are you saying 3.9Ghz is not stable for you at 1.55 Vcore?

my definition of stable is: "what ever you do with the puter and it does not randomly reboot, freeze, BSOD or programs close out on you."

that's my definiton of a 24/7 computer!

[Ace-a-Rue]

@ace-a-rue

I saw your oc to 3700. I tried this since a few days but cant get it stable.
Did you ever run with your config Everests "System Stability Test"?

I can run mine on 3700, but not stable enough for 24/7. What else have you
set in uGuru? MCH Voltage? ICH Voltage? Anything else?

I hope you can give me a hint.

Helli

no, i have not run the stability test in everest...my definiton of 24/7, stable computer, is posted above. each user is going to be different...so far my puter hasn't done any of those things to me so i'm still meeting my definition of stable!

EDIT:...ACTUAL BIOS VOLTAGE FOR VCORE IS SET TO 1.6325...that is an actual 1.58 which fluctuates between 1.56 to 1.59...i do not intend on keeping this cpu for 3 years.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi,

I've flash my board with the B04 bios but not flashed the boot block.

Is there a big pb?

For instant, everything is ok. I run at 3.6 Ghz (9 x 401) memory at 1002 Mhz 5/5/5/15.

Must I flash the board again with WD switch?

until i used the "WB" switch, my overall system performance was sub-par compared to my previously Abit AB9 QuadGT board...once i flashed the boot block...it soared right up there in overall performance....i think abit made the chipset latencies to be soft in the first bios release so the board would boot with almost any memory in it.

[HiS]

Ok

thanks for you're help (and the others too).

I will try the flash with WB switch after work.

[gundersausage]

How do you flash the boot block and what is the WD switch?

[Ace-a-Rue]

it is the "WB" switch not WD...

like this: A:AWDFLASH.EXE M629B_11.B04 /py /sy /WB /cd /cp /cc /CKS

order of switches do not matter...award flasher has to only know what switches you want to enable and it handles everything from there....also, lower case or upper case can be used.

OR...you can use a USB flash drive if you want...floppy drive or USB flash drive.

[HiS]

After flash WB I can now pass 8 x 450. Really good

Better perfs too.

Thx Ace-a-Rue

[shimmishim]

After flash WB I can now pass 8 x 450. Really good

Better perfs too.

Thx Ace-a-Rue

Welcome to 15 pages or so ago

it was a good find by Ace.

[Heidfirst]

What they mean (which has been discussed at length over on the Abit USA forums) is that the onboard NIC is on the pci bus. It is not on a 1x pci-express lane as most of the better motherboards NIC's are nowadays. Does it really affect real-world performance? That's debatable, but most likely not.

It's a negative because the pci bus is shared with all pci devices (ie sound cards) and uses a few more cpu cycles, where as pci-express uses less cpu and is not shared with anything else.

Shawn

on the other hand choosing to do it that way (& it appears to have been a deliberate design decision) means that if you run the x16 & the x4 you can still use the x1PCI-E whereas afaik boards like the DQ6 disable the x1 when the x16 & x4 are in use.

It's 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other for most people.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Welcome to 15 pages or so ago

it was a good find by Ace.

LOL...he's like me...i don't want to read 15 pages or more...hehehe

[Ace-a-Rue]

@ace-a-rue

I saw your oc to 3700. I tried this since a few days but cant get it stable.
Did you ever run with your config Everests "System Stability Test"?

I can run mine on 3700, but not stable enough for 24/7. What else have you
set in uGuru? MCH Voltage? ICH Voltage? Anything else?

I hope you can give me a hint.

Helli

i did everest stability test...i initially had a problem with running it in all four modes (cpu, fpu, cache and memory)...it would randomly reboot...but i just did the FPU, by itself, for about 20 minutes and then rengage all them and it handled it for 6 minutes...that is all i did before losing interest.

here, again, are my voltage settings (bios set to 1.6325 for Vcore)...i should mention that my GTL is set to 69%.

[Helli]

i did everest stability test...i initially had a problem with running it in all four modes (cpu, fpu, cache and memory)...it would randomly reboot...but i just did the FPU, by itself, for about 20 minutes and then rengage all them and it handled it for 6 minutes...that is all i did before losing interest.
....

Thanks for the attempt with Everest.

I've tried similar values a few days ago, but as i said, Everest Stress Test
of all four Components, CPU/FPU/CACHE and Memory at the same time failed. Yes,
i can do Internet, writing in Word, start Excel but with applications they uses
all four cores, my rig will do a hard power off.

Only at 4x450 (3600) i'm able to run my rig unter full load stable.

For me as 24/7 BOINC User its essential that my Computer runs unter full load.

Thanks again for your try

Helli

[MikalCarbine]

are you saying 3.9Ghz is not stable for you at 1.55 Vcore?

my definition of stable is: "what ever you do with the puter and it does not randomly reboot, freeze, BSOD or programs close out on you."

that's my definiton of a 24/7 computer!

1.55v is stable at 3.9GHz for my cpu but I'm worried about volts. I'm thinking of lapping my CPU in hopes of better temps/slightly better clock. I might also do the vdroop mod and see if it helps with stability

here, again, are my voltage settings (bios set to 1.6325 for Vcore)...i should mention that my GTL is set to 69%.

I notice your CPU VTT is 1.3, did that help marginally in clocking?

Any ideas why I still can't post at 520mhz?

[ante_ante]

Can someone link to the latest everest who support vista x64 ?

[Ace-a-Rue]

1.55v is stable at 3.9GHz for my cpu but I'm worried about volts. I'm thinking of lapping my CPU in hopes of better temps/slightly better clock. I might also do the vdroop mod and see if it helps with stability



I notice your CPU VTT is 1.3, did that help marginally in clocking?

Any ideas why I still can't post at 520mhz?

i won't be staying with this Q6600 for more than a year and a half...my wife will get it as a gift.

as far as volts go for the vcore, it is up to you to figure out how long you will have it in your puter case...intel warranties them for 3 years if it is a retail copy...whatever makes you comfortable.

i find that 1.31v set in the bios for CPU VTT is slightly better than say at 1.27v.

OH!...6 minutes running everest stability, in my book, is a good as running it 24/7

EDIT:..i can't beyond 505 FSB at 7X, not even 6X...so...feel lucky if you can post at 515

[derektm]

In B04 Standby is broken in XP if you use a TCL lower than 5.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Thanks for the attempt with Everest.

I've tried similar values a few days ago, but as i said, Everest Stress Test
of all four Components, CPU/FPU/CACHE and Memory at the same time failed. Yes,
i can do Internet, writing in Word, start Excel but with applications they uses
all four cores, my rig will do a hard power off.

Only at 4x450 (3600) i'm able to run my rig unter full load stable.

For me as 24/7 BOINC User its essential that my Computer runs unter full load.

Thanks again for your try

Helli

6 minutes doing all four everest tests simultaneous is an eternity to me and it is comparable in my mind of being 24/7

[Helli]

Can someone link to the latest everest who support vista x64 ?

That's the main Application, but every few days they release in their
board betas with supports the newest hardware.


http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...?ps=UE&lang=en

Helli

[Helli]

6 minutes doing all four everest tests simultaneous is an eternity to me and it is comparable in my mind of being 24/7

Six minutes? You must be a lucky guy. My best was 3 minutes, before
a hard power off destroys my dream of 3,7GHz.

Helli