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

[CERO]

wrong post on wrong thread lol * deleted post*

[Phlash]

Hey guys

I'm getting a "CDBoot - Cannot boot from cd: Code 5"

This happens with (3) of my XP disks, but I have one that actually boots and seems to be working until setup says "Setup is now starting Windows" at which I get a "systemroot/system32/ntdll.dll stop error"

What am I doing wrong here?

[GameGuru]

Can I ask why anyone REALLY needs 4gb of memory. I don't want to start a heated discussion here but in all reality (real world) is it really necessary?

[Phlash]

Can I ask why anyone REALLY needs 4gb of memory. I don't want to start a heated discussion here but in all reality (real world) is it really necessary?

Probably not.

I bought 4 gigs of Ballistix RAM and I'm also building a server PC, and decided that I'm only going to put 2 gigs of it into my current build and 2 gigs into the server build. I already have my X2 3600+ on the way which will be overclocked hardcore =]

[Forsaken1]

Can I ask why anyone REALLY needs 4gb of memory. I don't want to start a heated discussion here but in all reality (real world) is it really necessary?

Vista.

[GameGuru]

Vista.

(2) video cards, (2) quads & 4gb's all for an OS =

[furballi]

Hey guys

I'm getting a "CDBoot - Cannot boot from cd: Code 5"

This happens with (3) of my XP disks, but I have one that actually boots and seems to be working until setup says "Setup is now starting Windows" at which I get a "systemroot/system32/ntdll.dll stop error"

What am I doing wrong here?

Are you using an old HDD with existing data? Zero format the HDD to delete the old data, then set optical drive as the 1st boot. Connect only one HDD and install windows.

[cLOUDFAn]

if you use photoshop or something like it a lot, then you prolly need 4G
I have 4x1G and use vista (not a heavy PS user but do a lot of programming)
I create a ramdisk and put all temp/exchange files there
my mem utilization is usually >80%

Can I ask why anyone REALLY needs 4gb of memory. I don't want to start a heated discussion here but in all reality (real world) is it really necessary?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Any news on the dual boot issue from abit? Also, does the Thermalright ultima-90 fit alright?

what dual boot issue?...i am unfamiliar with that issue.

i have the ultima 90 and it fits just fine...it is not the best HS solution...

[Ace-a-Rue]

(2) video cards, (2) quads & 4gb's all for an OS =

it was told to me that vista and gamers were going to need 4gb's of memory but 32 bit can not handle 4gb's...you have to go to the 64 bit version.

personally, a waste of money to go to 4gb's unless you are into heavy photoshop or movie making!

[Soulburner]

Alright I have the side of the case on now so its all closed up.

PWM is now up to 62c after 35 minutes of Orthos, I don't suspect it will get much higher but it is slowly rising. It only reached 55c with the side off. Seems my temps are a bit closer to the norm now with the system all closed up.

I have pretty good airflow though, lots of warm air blowing out the back. It would probably get higher if the GPU were fired up to increase the inside case temp a bit, although that exhausts out the back.

The reported System Temp is 36c and Core Temp is 58c.

E6550 @ 460x7
1.29v
Thermalright SI-128 w/Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm

All stock volts.

[Knight]

Ace, I'm going to try Vista again to see if I get any luck. I will load the drivers from the floppy as well.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ace, I'm going to try Vista again to see if I get any luck. I will load the drivers from the floppy as well.

wasn't your problem with XP before?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Alright I have the side of the case on now so its all closed up.

PWM is now up to 62c after 35 minutes of Orthos, I don't suspect it will get much higher but it is slowly rising. It only reached 55c with the side off. Seems my temps are a bit closer to the norm now with the system all closed up.

I have pretty good airflow though, lots of warm air blowing out the back. It would probably get higher if the GPU were fired up to increase the inside case temp a bit, although that exhausts out the back.

The reported System Temp is 36c and Core Temp is 58c.

E6550 @ 460x7
1.29v
Thermalright SI-128 w/Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm

All stock volts.

what is the cfm of that cpu fan?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hey guys

I'm getting a "CDBoot - Cannot boot from cd: Code 5"

This happens with (3) of my XP disks, but I have one that actually boots and seems to be working until setup says "Setup is now starting Windows" at which I get a "systemroot/system32/ntdll.dll stop error"

What am I doing wrong here?

if i am understanding your post, you are trying to run setup from the CDROM or DVDROM and it is giving you that code failure...right?..if so, my best guess is a cable problem or actual CD or DVD drive problem.

[strange|ife]

4gb with 64bit is a good idea, vista will use all the memory it can. Even with 4 gb and superfetch , vista caches all of the 4gb! it loves to cache

there is a diffrence between 2gb and 4gb on x64 vista, you can feel it

[Knight]

wasn't your problem with XP before?

Yes my PC is running XP Pro right now. I installed Vista the first time, but I let it load its driver for raid. (the HD Tune graph was a wave LOL) I then moved to XP without anymore troubleshooting.

Is the BIOS right?



I flashed to ID:11, but it shows 10. Is it a bug or did the flash not work?

Hitting pause during boot does not show me the BIOS version. (maybe I can't see it)

[strange|ife]

I think all boards are a little more difficult to overclock with 4GB of RAM & its only logical 4 cores & 4GB is going to load a board more than 2 cores & 2GB its just the way it is.

I also have a Q6600 & it runs fine with 2GB of RAM havent tested 4GB as I dont need it.

CN

the weird part is orthos is stable for 6 hours.

yet everything else crashes, like games..or stutter. Ive tried diffrent video cards already, my memory passes memtest all night.

Iam gonna try not using the raptor and see if some of those rumours are true

btw iam only running 400x9, memory is 1:1, @800mhz. yes having 4gb and trying to run high FSB can be hard, but it shouldnt be at such low FSB. Even with relaxed timings i get these errors in games, and during installs sometimes.

I put an order in for a new psu aswell, its been acting up a lil. could be the root of the issue

[Alik4041]

maybe there is a vdroop on the mem LOL

[furballi]

Reset to default BIOS and retest. This should eliminated the GPU and video drivers.

[nfsnfs]

I am thinking of picking this board .Whats the max FSB this board can go upto on air cooling and WC ?

[strange|ife]

no droop on memory, iam not even overclocking my memory. IT does this at stock settings aswell,

I took the quadcore out, xfi sound card. USing realtek. just to leave no stone un turned.

put my E6600 back in, only 2gb this time. fully memtested for 10 hours.. no errors yesterday. memory checks out fine in another system aswell.

still problems show up. Bioshock is a mess, bf2 crashes, stutters..all games behave weird.

VDIMM is 2.1v, uguru shows no droop, besides iam not overclocking memory, and running cpu+mem stock still yields these results

its either my PSU taking a dump on me, or the board is FUBAR. wouldnt surprise me with the run of bad boards ive had the past year.


ive had this setup for 3 months almost, when i got back from my vacation i did the bolt through mod, and added a QUAD. Only thing besides dying psu, or mobo. Would be i may have over torqued the Heatpipes, causes board flex, and in turn jacking up the pcie port

the odd thing again is, i can run prime95 and orthos for hours..no problem. Must be a bad pcie port

anyway gonna RMA.

anyone reading this, dont let it put u off on this great board. sometimes just happens, its probably my own dumb fault.

80% of people seem to have no issues with ip35pro on the forums

[Brother Esau]

I must say after having my Abit IP35 Pro for a couple of weeks now I am very pleased with my decision to purchase this Motherboard Very solid board as far as I can see so far!

One thing I should state for the record though, If you do a clear Cmos with the jumper you MUST also clear via the switch on the back of the Motherboard as well or else the data is saved in UGuru and leads to problems kinda like flashing the D.F.I Bios and using a Old Bios Cmos Reloaded saved setting.

[strange|ife]

brother is right. flip dip, take batt out, move jumper for 10 mins. make sure cord is out of psu

like any mobo, those where the first things i tried in my trouble shooting

looks like i just have a streak of really bad luck.

[Soulburner]

what is the cfm of that cpu fan?

74cfm, 2000rpm. I think it gets my northbridge and PWM area a little since it blows downward and at a slight angle to all sides.