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

[Magic Chief]

Well I just completed my install of windows and for some strange reason I am getting corrupt downloads. Occasionally, my downloads will be fine but most of the time the are corrupt. I have been able to update using windows update but I can't install IE7 or Malicious Software Remover. I am running XP Pro SP2. I used all the updated drivers, etc. Thanks.

[anomalos]

hello you say the difference to me between ip35 and the IP 35pro
thanks

[vailr]

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

Try disabling in bios setup, the unused Lan port.
No problems, using the 5.673.712.2007 (WinXP) driver dated 7/12/2007.

[Ace-a-Rue]

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.

at one time my Areca Raid card could handle high PCIe bus speed but not anymore...it won't post beyond 110 mhz (i can raise it above 110 in windows)..use to get up to 125 mhz for posting purposes...the card must have deteriorated after a period of time running at that high of mhz...no deterioration in performance other than loss of the higher mhz capability...it is still a "great" card!

the limit of the intel chipset is 120 mhz..anything above that will not work for that chipset.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Well I just completed my install of windows and for some strange reason I am getting corrupt downloads. Occasionally, my downloads will be fine but most of the time the are corrupt. I have been able to update using windows update but I can't install IE7 or Malicious Software Remover. I am running XP Pro SP2. I used all the updated drivers, etc. Thanks.

how high of overclock are you running?

have you tried default everything to see if the problem persist?...might be a memory problem....not enough Vdimm.

[Ace-a-Rue]

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

which bios are you running?

[anomalos]

hello you say the difference to me between ip35 and the IP 35pro
thanks

you are kind thanks

[bingo13]

I can boot my memory at DDR2-1020 which is a decent overclock. What is the point of wanting 1100Mhz? Truly there is no difference for what I do (games mostly).

Actually in my personal systems I run the RAM lower (around 900) due to better latencies and timings but when testing boards it is important to find the limit of the board. I am able to get tighter timings and higher DDR2 speeds on the ASUS and Gigabyte boards with 4GB of memory so I think it is valid to try and figure out why the abit board is not performing in the same manner.

[The Viper]

Just curious...anyone have any issues with the stock BIOS? Anything major fixed with the most recent one vs the stock one? THANKS

[alpha0ne]

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.

I cant even go to the Abit forumn anymore because that tosser buff banned me for life for using NFI in my posts and calling Gigacrap Gigashyte, what a ;kin joke/disgrace

[C-N]

let us know how the Samsung drives work out.

I got the Samsung's loaded up with windows XP Pro & run ATTO & HD Tack see attachments.

The pair of 250GB Samsung Maxline 3's (7V250F0) have a slightly higher burst & average read than my older Hitachi Deskstar 80GB's all be it with a slower random access time.

I will leave the rig running @ 462 x 8 for a few days & see if I still get the iastor errors that I am getting with the Hitachi's.

[krille]

Ok, thanks people. I guess 4x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC-8500 is the way to go.

[Dredd]

Well I just completed my install of windows and for some strange reason I am getting corrupt downloads. Occasionally, my downloads will be fine but most of the time the are corrupt. I have been able to update using windows update but I can't install IE7 or Malicious Software Remover. I am running XP Pro SP2. I used all the updated drivers, etc. Thanks.

check your voltage and timings on the memory. Sounds like that is the problem to me.

[Dredd]

Whats the best way to flash the BIOS guys?

Can any1 link me to the latest BIOS?

ftp://ftp-usa.abit.com.tw/pub/downlo...ro/m629b11.zip

that is the latest one available from Abit's FTP site (official release). There is a beta 12 linked a coupel pages back if you want to give that a try.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I got the Samsung's loaded up with windows XP Pro & run ATTO & HD Tack see attachments.

The pair of 250GB Samsung Maxline 3's (7V250F0) have a slightly higher burst & average read than my older Hitachi Deskstar 80GB's all be it with a slower random access time.

I will leave the rig running @ 462 x 8 for a few days & see if I still get the iastor errors that I am getting with the Hitachi's.

OK!...looks good....lets hope different drives work for you.

just thought of something...what voltage are you supplying the ICH 1.05v and ICHIO 1.5v?...default or something higher?

[Heidfirst]

I cant even go to the Abit forumn anymore because that tosser buff banned me for life for using NFI in my posts and calling Gigacrap Gigashyte, what a ;kin joke/disgrace

actually it wasn't me - I was away for a few days & when I came back one of the others had banned you.

[Ace-a-Rue]

interesting stuff getting banned...[H] banned me plus a bunch of others back a long time ago...we all migrated over here to hang out..and NOW..look at this place!...what a GREAT forum...i didn't curse or anything like that i just challenged the validity of some benches and it got out of hand...they eventually lifted the ban..or...maybe it was because i changed my IP address...LOL

[strange|ife]

Try disabling in bios setup, the unused Lan port.
No problems, using the 5.673.712.2007 (WinXP) driver dated 7/12/2007.

first thing i tried a few weeks back when i realised it was doing this out of suspend. thanks though.

Gonna order a pcie card tonite, 21 bucks lol..has great reviews on egg..if that means anything

[The Viper]

ok well still on the stock Bios: was able to get DDR2 1200 speeds and 4.15Ghz.
I know, I know...probably shouldve took the time to get the max FSB! Im too impatient, Im hoping the newest BIOS with the improved latency will improve my Super PI scores...will report Back if anything changes

[The Viper]

hopefully I flashed the BIOS right...did the latest Beta file, i renamed it to a BIN file (hope I did that right). Im testing the 1T CR rate. right now it SUCKS it seems alot slower then my old ASUS P5N32 SLI PLUS

[Ace-a-Rue]

don't do 1T unless the memory is spec'd to do 1T.

[I)ickie]

don't do 1T unless the memory is spec'd to do 1T.

Since when does anyone on XS run within Spec
Better not overclock your processor might take it out of spec!
just joking man!

Just bought one of these boards. Seems like its one of the first really solid abit boards in a while. Been pretty sceptical about Abit since my Nforce 3 AGP piece of $%*! from them.

[The Viper]

Since when does anyone on XS run within Spec
Better not overclock your processor might take it out of spec!
just joking man!

Just bought one of these boards. Seems like its one of the first really solid abit boards in a while. Been pretty sceptical about Abit since my Nforce 3 AGP piece of $%*! from them.

haha easy does it: Ace-A-Rue has alot of knowledge! I am however convinced with trying the 1T CR and see how it does

[The Viper]

don't do 1T unless the memory is spec'd to do 1T.

unfortunately I think ur wrong...the mobo had alot to do with ther 1T CR

[Ace-a-Rue]

that's ok guys..make fun of me...i tried it with two different kinds of high end memory and i lost a few points in benchmarks!...1T is not ready for prime time unless the memory sticks can handle it.