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

[Dredd]

Hey guys I have just a couple of min to ask a quick question, I just got my Q6600 GO from Tankguys and one of my cores keeps failing Prime 95, the other 3 are running upwards of 3.7Ghz but the one that is failing starts crapping out around 3.4Ghz, I am running the system in my sig and my temps are 66* under full load on the 3 cores still running P95.


The Vid on my chip is 1.2625v and I am running 1.43v bio with a load voltage of 1.36, idle is sitting at 1.4v but what would be the max "safe" core voltage for this chip?

Try 1.465v this is just over 1.4v actual after droop etc at load. That would probably be the spot to get it stable. It was for my E6400 to get to 3.4

[cLOUDFAn]

on the subject of 4G rams
I am using Crucial Ballistix PC6400 1Gx4 @1100MHz 5-5-5-15
DDR2 vol is 2.1v in bios
OS is vista x64
its all good


P.S.
cpu is q6600 @370x9 w/ 1.4625v in bios

[cLOUDFAn]

The Vid on my chip is 1.2625v and I am running 1.43v bio with a load voltage of 1.36, idle is sitting at 1.4v but what would be the max "safe" core voltage for this chip?

1.2625 isn't bad
I'd say keeping it below 1.5v in BIOS for 24/7 usage
then you will be fine (if you use air cooling)

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hey guys I have just a couple of min to ask a quick question, I just got my Q6600 GO from Tankguys and one of my cores keeps failing Prime 95, the other 3 are running upwards of 3.7Ghz but the one that is failing starts crapping out around 3.4Ghz, I am running the system in my sig and my temps are 66* under full load on the 3 cores still running P95.


The Vid on my chip is 1.2625v and I am running 1.43v bio with a load voltage of 1.36, idle is sitting at 1.4v but what would be the max "safe" core voltage for this chip?

welcome to "real" world of overclocking.

don't feel bad about 1 of 4 cores not cooperating....that happens to my B3 Quad...always one core won't keep up with three other cores...it comes down to not enough vcore being supplied to all four cores for the overclock you are trying to attain.

[Tarowah]

Thanks for the replys folks, I am running stable at 3.4Ghz now so I will work on it a bit tomorrow with a little higher Vcore.

[lazy]

hey guys, i cant seem to get the computer to go into windows

the computer goes to bios and everything.. but before it loads the windows screen it just goes bank

whats wrong

[Heidfirst]

new OS install or carried over?

POST codes on the LED?

Overclock & voltages?

[Ace-a-Rue]

hey guys, i cant seem to get the computer to go into windows

the computer goes to bios and everything.. but before it loads the windows screen it just goes bank

whats wrong

you transported your hard drive and already installed OS from which board?

[alpha0ne]

I really hope Abit can include a boot menu in the next bios as I usually have at least two different OS installed on diff HDD's and having to go into bios to choose which drive to boot from is a pain

This is the first board I have used in ages that does not have a boot menu

[Ace-a-Rue]

you will accommodate to the change; i did!

[alpha0ne]

you will accommodate to the change; i did!

No I wont

[Nelly]

I really hope Abit can include a boot menu in the next bios as I usually have at least two different OS installed on diff HDD's and having to go into bios to choose which drive to boot from is a pain

This is the first board I have used in ages that does not have a boot menu

You never know your luck, when I e-mailed Abit Techinical support previously, on the reply they even said "is their anything else you would like to see in the bios", e-mail them & request it. . . you never know lol.

[lazy]

the hd go carried from a p35 ds3r board, it booted fine few days ago but it just wont boot now

i had it oc'ed before to 3.6 with 1.35 vcore but i would everything back to stock but the same problem

post code stays @ 75 or FF

[Tarowah]

Well I am sitting on a max oc of 3.52Ghz on my Q6600, I ran Prime95 x 4 last night and it ran for 7 hours without a problem, yeah I know I should have let it go 8 but I wanted to play with it a bit more.


I did manage to run 3d06 at 3.6ghz at 8x450 and Prime95 ran a bit longer but core 1 still fails P95 and Orthos after a few min, I havent gone over 1.46v in the bios yet but I doubt I will worry about it too much untill the chip is broken it a bit more, I am running at 8x425 right now at 3.4ghz and my temps are 38*, 33*, 38*, 33* at idle, so I am a happy camper thus far.


Also I just wanted to say thanks for the great information and suggestions I have gotten from this thread, I was bitten by a bad AB9 board (which is flawless now btw) and I wasnt going to give Abit another chance untill I saw the results from this thread, sure there are other boards that might be a bit better but the price/performance of this board has restored my faith in Abit.

[Countryman]

Nelly has kindly provided updates/drivers for some of the utilities. Some questions though:

1) 'JMicron Installation Disk V1.03 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 27th June 07'. What is this and how does it differ from; 'JMicron SATA Driver V 1.17.21 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit - 23rd July 07 *NEW*'.

2) 'Realtek 8110SC Gigabit Lan V6.195 Driver for Vista 32bit / Vista 64bit - 20th July 07 *NEW*'. Is this a replacement for the LAN driver on the Abit IP35-Pro bundled CD? It seems to be for a seperate card.

Thanks.

[GAR]

vdroop is really bad with quads on this board, hope a new bios can save it, or else its a great board.

[Ace-a-Rue]

No I wont

LOL

[Ace-a-Rue]

the hd go carried from a p35 ds3r board, it booted fine few days ago but it just wont boot now

i had it oc'ed before to 3.6 with 1.35 vcore but i would everything back to stock but the same problem

post code stays @ 75 or FF

it says in the manual that post code "75" is trying to "Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM"

i presume the hard drive is the problem...try doing a repair to the OS, totally new install or attempt to boot off another drive.

[lazy]

ill try a new install then... thnx

[Ace-a-Rue]

let us know if that cures your problem.

[Ace-a-Rue]

vdroop is really bad with quads on this board, hope a new bios can save it, or else its a great board.

have you tried unplugging, at least, your 12v cpu fan header to see if vdroop is not as bad...there was supposedly a report that if you did not use any of the 12v fan headers the vdroop wasn't as noticeable....when i pull my board out to put in my "G0" Q6600, i will try it....but...that won't happen for about 2-3 weeks.

the problem could have been with this other user's PSU...possibly a problem with delivering sufficient 12v rail power.

[GAR]

Ill give it a shot, also what PCI-E mhz is everyone using, im on 115 with no issues yet....got me a couple of frames boost, not that i needed it.

[kenofstephen]

what is the recommended voltage settings for 540+ MHz FSB??

Please advise, thanks!

[Ad1tya]

Whats the best way to flash the BIOS guys?

Can any1 link me to the latest BIOS?

[strange|ife]

either with a flash drive, or the oldfashion way via floppy, i still use this method..

hey has anyone firgured out why the hell the Lan ports drop out after coming out of suspend?! its driving me freaking crazy, a reboot fixes the issue. I turned off "let computer turn off device to save power" , installed the latest realtek drivers dated from july. Still no dice

I may just order one of those Rosewill pci-e nic cards..more bandwidth anyway

any ideas on this issue with nic though..

thanks