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

[bfox2]

Bah... I cant figure out how to upgrade the bios. My flash drive will not format as a bootable drive. Ive tried the programs that you all have listed here, as well as some others, and just reformatting my drive and making it dos bootable through the vista interface. I think it may be because I am in Vista 64 bit. Has anyone else done this succesfully in vista 64 bit? I dont want to flash until I am absolutely certain that it will be safe.

[shimmishim]

Bah... I cant figure out how to upgrade the bios. My flash drive will not format as a bootable drive. Ive tried the programs that you all have listed here, as well as some others, and just reformatting my drive and making it dos bootable through the vista interface. I think it may be because I am in Vista 64 bit. Has anyone else done this succesfully in vista 64 bit? I dont want to flash until I am absolutely certain that it will be safe.

yeah. i made my flash boot drive through vista 64 with no problems.

you did follow that guide i assume that's been linked in this thread?

[GRAFiZ]

I just got my IP-35 Pro setup and although it is impressive I am incredibly dissapointed by one aspect.

So you can't run your ram at a slower speed then the FSB? The lowest divider is 1:1?

Am I correct?

I mean, my chip has more to give then my ram does, how can I run the FSB up and max out my CPU while allowing my memory a more relaxed time of it?

[GRAFiZ]

And another thing I need help with...

Ok, so I go into the BIOS, crank the voltages... well, within reason, and set the fsb to 500mhz... trying for a 4ghz suicide run.

Anyways, save my settings, system reboots, turns off, turns back on and the boots up at my previous setting, ignoring all the changes I made.

WTF?

Seriously, so far I'm a touch dissapointed with this motherboard.

Any ideas? Do I need to update my BIOS?

Thanks all!

[AstroCreep]

...Any ideas? Do I need to update my BIOS?

Thanks all!

I would. It would help take some of the guess work out, anyway.

[Ace-a-Rue]

And another thing I need help with...

Ok, so I go into the BIOS, crank the voltages... well, within reason, and set the fsb to 500mhz... trying for a 4ghz suicide run.

Anyways, save my settings, system reboots, turns off, turns back on and the boots up at my previous setting, ignoring all the changes I made.

WTF?

Seriously, so far I'm a touch dissapointed with this motherboard.

Any ideas? Do I need to update my BIOS?

Thanks all!

that is called going beyond what the bios can support for your cpu and memory...it goes back to the previous settings because you have EXCEEDED your hardware parameters.

[RLM]

And another thing I need help with...

Ok, so I go into the BIOS, crank the voltages... well, within reason, and set the fsb to 500mhz... trying for a 4ghz suicide run.

Anyways, save my settings, system reboots, turns off, turns back on and the boots up at my previous setting, ignoring all the changes I made.

WTF?

Seriously, so far I'm a touch dissapointed with this motherboard.

Any ideas? Do I need to update my BIOS?

Thanks all!

I see that as a pretty handy feature. On previous boards I've had, if it didn't like the overclock it wouldn't boot to bios at all(I'm thinking boards like the DFI NF4 Sli DR). Instead you were forced to flush cmos every time. In addition that was pre little switches on the back. That was frustrating.

Just save your overclock in the profiles in bios (F6). If it resets as you say, then reload that profile (F7) and make the necessary adjustments.

RLM

[tomati]

Hi,

Get the board yesterday and after some "cooling tweaking" discovered that the heatpipe heatsink are in painted alloy not in real copper ??? too bad!

so have had to managed a new cooling system:





will test later when my cpu will arrived at home .

is this the PWM area that is showing by µguru (temp value)?



wonder if it will be enough for cooling them as I saw poeple report till 100°C for the PWM

[Dredd]

I just got my IP-35 Pro setup and although it is impressive I am incredibly dissapointed by one aspect.

So you can't run your ram at a slower speed then the FSB? The lowest divider is 1:1?

Am I correct?

I mean, my chip has more to give then my ram does, how can I run the FSB up and max out my CPU while allowing my memory a more relaxed time of it?

every intel chipset based board is this way. Regardless if you spend $250 for the Asus P5KC Deluxe or $79 for the Abit IP35-E

[Brother Esau]

I just bought a IP35 PRO to replace this POS EVGA / FOXCON hows this thing overclocking Q6600 GO?

[Dami3n]

Any advice about 2 2x1gb kits that works without problems in this board?

[bfox2]

gskill hz


That bolt mod is fantastic. Dropped my pwm temps 20C! I also stuck a 60mm fan bw my tunic tower and the board, it fit perfectly, the tunics fins hold it down and it blows air right over the pwm. I also loosened up my tuniq tower a bit, bc I noticed that my board was warping around it and it lowered temps considerably. Now I am not breaking 60C when priming, with like 26C ambient @ 3.5 ghz and 1.38v!!!