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

[Ace-a-Rue]

Can you guys please tell me how to make a MS Dos USB Flash Drive? I'm trying to flash my bios with Ace's Guide. Really need help on this. Thanks.

use this tool to make your USB drive into a bootable drive:

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

[neonflx]

fully compatible!...i have the card...check my specs...running fine as i am using it to type this post...barely going to see a difference between 4x and 8x speed!

thx for the feedback i went ahead and ordered today from the egg, thx

[Alik4041]

use this tool to make your USB drive into a bootable drive:

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

Thanks. I'm doing your heatpipe mod as I post this Homedepot only had the #4 Galvanized washer. And the #4 bolts are flat head bolts but it'll do. I'm gonna leave the thermal tape on until I receive my MX-2. BTW, do you guys think it's worth the upgrade from a Zalman 9500 to a TRUE?

[Ace-a-Rue]

cool!

[Ace-a-Rue]

thx for the feedback i went ahead and ordered today from the egg, thx

you are not going to be disappointed...the card just smokes...hehehehehehe

[Alik4041]

Heatpipe Mod done! I think that 1/2inch would have done it. The 3/4 inch is simply too much. Although I think it would have been harder to install a 1/2inch so I'm happy Here's some pix. Enjoi






Finally my work area (bed room)

[pcdoc1]

That mod is much easier if you bring the bolts down from the top and then use some dikes to cut the extra bolt length flush with the nut... Either way it works quite well.

[Alik4041]

Anyone know what settings I should set in bios to boot from the flash drive? It's not as simple as my old p4 system

[Ace-a-Rue]

That mod is much easier if you bring the bolts down from the top and then use some dikes to cut the extra bolt length flush with the nut... Either way it works quite well.

your way is as good!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Heatpipe Mod done! I think that 1/2inch would have done it. The 3/4 inch is simply too much. Although I think it would have been harder to install a 1/2inch so I'm happy Here's some pix. Enjoi

Finally my work area (bed room)

that work room is like mine...LOL

[Alik4041]

that work room is like mine...LOL

Great minds work a like BTW, I installed that hp program. I just don't know where to find my Dos files. Any idea? it says it needs them from my pc. I've done this before but it really has been a while I took the win 98 files in the link instead. But the motherboard is either having a hard time booting from the usb drive, or the files aren't working.

[Ace-a-Rue]

That's pretty impressive with the Q6600

My E6850 @ 4.2Ghz

YOU, above!

--------------------------------------------------------

ME, below!

lets see...hmmmmm...i beat you by 2 whole Mhz...LOL

hey guys..this is a workable Mhz..open up the browser and sent/received email.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Great minds work a like BTW, I installed that hp program. I just don't know where to find my Dos files. Any idea? it says it needs them from my pc. I've done this before but it really has been a while I took the win 98 files in the link instead. But the motherboard is either having a hard time booting from the usb drive, or the files aren't working.

you make a boot disk using windows format tool

[Alik4041]

you make a boot disk using windows format tool

Well you can't use windows format tool to make an ms dos usb boot drive. But I figured it out. The link you gave me had two links. One for win98 dos files and the other was the hp tool. You were supposed to use the win98 dos files as the source. Bah I guess I'm tired. But no sleep, not yet anywayz

[AstroCreep]

hp tool FTW.

[Alik4041]

I just flashed it, but I'm not all happy yet. It went through the steps and started flashing it and I started praying It said flash complete and I hit F1. Now the monitor went off but the motherboard didn't reset. And because you said this will take 2 minutes when it took 20 seconds, I'm scared to reset it

EDIT: Ok, I grew some balls in the last 30 seconds and decided to reset and it failed it's not working any more. I don't know whether to RMA or what. Just kidding it worked

[Ace-a-Rue]

LOL...you prankster!...hehehehehehehehe

[Ace-a-Rue]

Well you can't use windows format tool to make an ms dos usb boot drive.

yes, you can!...you make the disk and when you open the USB format tool, you just point to the "A" drive to pull the boot command off from the floppy.

[Alik4041]

yes, you can!...you make the disk and when you open the USB format tool, you just point to the "A" drive to pull the boot command off from the floppy.

I don't understand. It doesn't let me choose the ms dos start up. I don't have a floppy drive, hence why I've been talking about usb the whole time

[Ace-a-Rue]

you are trying to fool me!

[scwam]

Ok my new IP35 pro is running about 80-81c on the PWM after 30 minutes at 3.8ghz 1.55 vcore. Wondering if I should still do the PWM mod.

Here are my verified via DMM vcore readings

Bios set 1.615
Bios Reading 1.56
DMM 1.56 to 1.57 (actual)

In windows:

UGURU: 1.55 to 1.57
DMM : 1.56

Under Load at above Bios setting @ 3.95 ghz

UGURU: 1.53 to 1.54
DMM: 1.52
So my vdroop doesn't seem to bad (0.04v) at load. It's the Bios setting vs the DMM actual that is the big difference.
Uguru is pretty accurate at reporting vcore but the temps to me don't seem to be acurate. It's about 10c above Coretemp.
I'm going to throw one of my micro thermistors between the motherboard's cpu pins and put it there permanently to get the real temp.

http://www.mcshaneinc.com/html/Sens_TS91HP.html
Just happens that it fits without hindering anything. These things are very accurate.

[Ace-a-Rue]

the PWM temps should be somewhere in the 60's...to high for my own liking...your decision on the mod but you won't regret it if you do it.

your vdrop+vdroops is close to mine...somewhere between a total of 0.08 to 0.09 under load.

[Alik4041]

Can you guys please tell me what's going on here. At first I was not doing anything and was at 1.3vcore then I ran orthos on each core, and my vcore started to go down (vdroop). But after I stopped orthos, it started going lower and lower. WTF is going on. Is this the vdroop everyone else was talking about. I'm definitely doing the vdroop mod. I bough the vr before I bought the motherboard :P:
http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ntitledfu7.png

[C-N]

Can you guys please tell me what's going on here. At first I was not doing anything and was at 1.3vcore then I ran orthos on each core, and my vcore started to go down (vdroop). But after I stopped orthos, it started going lower and lower. WTF is going on. Is this the vdroop everyone else was talking about. I'm definitely doing the vdroop mod. I bough the vr before I bought the motherboard :P:
http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ntitledfu7.png

Have you got C1E or EIST enabled in BIOS as these can reduce both your multiplier & voltage.

CN

[Alik4041]

Have you got C1E or EIST enabled in BIOS as these can reduce both your multiplier & voltage.

CN

That's weird though. I had the pc on for an hour or so. Finally when I start to stress test it goes down? And the worst part is it doesn't go back up after done stress testing. Even if I let it sit for a while and stress test again. I just turned eist and c1e off. Hopefully I won't have this issue any more after the vdroop mod. BTW, I'm attempting to overclock the fsb right now. I just maxed out on default voltage at 340FSB. Don't know if that's good or bad. Will keep testing. Thanks for the reply CN.