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

[Ace-a-Rue]

Got her up and running. It was deff. the PSU causing the problem. Im now the owner of a Silverstone 850W mod. PSU.

just goes to show you that even one of the best in the industry have PSU's that go bad...i hear one to many posters, who can't face the music, say it CAN'T be my PCP&C power supply because it is "the" best one made in the industry!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi all,

Nobody have watercooled (chipset and mofset) her IP35 pro?

SURE, some have done it!..."luihed" did it but he doesn't like the board anymore so he's going to junk it!

i personally love the board except for my USB drive screwing up the flash routine.

[TheGoat Eater]

just goes to show you that even one of the best in the industry have PSU's that go bad...i hear one to many posters, who can't face the music, say it CAN'T be my PCP&C power supply because it is "the" best one made in the industry!

is that toward me? I said I doubt it was the PSU because I am able to use different memory just not the 6400HZ(but didn't state that) - yes I tried sticks separately too ... a stick of G.Skill 256MB DDR2 533 boots though whenever I change memory I must unplug mobo and reset cmos and take out battery

[TheGoat Eater]

i personally love the board except for my USB drive screwing up the flash routine.

I'm on the fence about it as I stated above about the memory and it does clock my E6850 well though I am now starting to miss my 680i as I know that board "like the back of my hand" <- maybe I just have to give this board some time

[Ace-a-Rue]

well guys, i might try the mod but i will practice on my "now" dead QuadGT board...burned up one of the digital PWM's...long story but i didn't do the mod correctly on the PWM heatsink so it was not sitting level on the 5 PWM's...when i went for a big overclock with decent vcore, it smoked that one pwm into heaven...couldn't get to the PSU kill switch fast enough as i smeeled it burning.

the reason i was fooling with the QuadGT was another bad flash on the Pro...luckily i did the hot flash before i screwed the board...LOL

i've come to the conclusion that the usb flash drive was corrupted...i used a standard FAT table to format it and that might had something to do with "why" factor...so, i formatted again with FAT32 table this time around....haven't tried it yet.

even though the flash said it was successful, i could tell something was not right...to long of a lag time between the last bar showing being flashed and the message popping up saying flash was successful....normally a few seconds lag but mine was like 15 seconds.

now, i've added the flash switch that returns to the "A" prompt instead of forcing me into a reboot....this way i can do it many more times to make sure!

i might have to buy another Pro flash chip from abit just to be on the safe side before i flash again!...amazing that a floppy drive was my method used to hot flash on the QuadGT...many disbelievers out there who don't trust the floppy but it has been true blue to me!

[Xtasy]

some pictures of my setup waiting for ln2

[Ace-a-Rue]

is that toward me? I said I doubt it was the PSU because I am able to use different memory just not the 6400HZ(but didn't state that) - yes I tried sticks separately too ... a stick of G.Skill 256MB DDR2 533 boots though whenever I change memory I must unplug mobo and reset cmos and take out battery

NO!...i was NOT talking to you directly...it was a general statement...the reason i said it...to many just do not want to recognize that even though they have the best hardware made, it does not preclude it from failing..or..it can not hack the power requirements because it lost efficiency.

[Ace-a-Rue]

some pictures of my setup waiting for ln2

very nice...i see you did the mod...is the toggle switch there to deactivate the mod for testing purposes?

[TheGoat Eater]

OK - just wish I could figure out my memory issue - will try more BIOSs today as I am not working =lol=

[Ace-a-Rue]

I'm on the fence about it as I stated above about the memory and it does clock my E6850 well though I am now starting to miss my 680i as I know that board "like the back of my hand" <- maybe I just have to give this board some time

each board has its own little perks that you can miss when you move on to another board...give it some more time; it might grow on you!

[Xtasy]

very nice...i see you did the mod...is the toggle switch there to deactivate the mod for testing purposes?

correct its only the vcore read out and drop mod. i need to do the vcore mod itself

i flashed bios under windows XD the system stocked and than nothing when he was verifiying the version. so i restarted and the new bios was flashed correctly, what a luck

[Ace-a-Rue]

oh, i definitely stayed away from flashing in windows...heard about to many failures using that method.

[Xtasy]

i red it but i thought, how do you want to know it if you dont test it ? ^^ do you know where i can read out vdimm? on the normal mosfets for memory? i should take my time and figure it out myself XD

[fornowagain]

NO!...i was NOT talking to you directly...it was a general statement...the reason i said it...to many just do not want to recognize that even though they have the best hardware made, it does not preclude it from failing..or..it can not hack the power requirements because it lost efficiency.

You're right there. Everything, every single piece of electrical equipment has a MTBF and typical lifespan. Some models are just better than others and build quality differs, units still fail. Personally knowing electronic manufacturing, I always dread the Friday afternoon models. I think it fair to point out. In this particular instance the psu in question is unlikely to have a generic problem with the board and its even more unlikely under normal circumstances, given a reasonable age and component derating to be an overload issue.

Yup I'm going to do that. Its really weird though, the PSU will boot my second desktop no problems. Maybe the PCP&P just didn't have enough "umph" for the new rig.

As I said, with a healthy unit its unlikely to be the loading, if it cant boot a board from cold with hardly any load it has a problem. The PCP&C 510 has very capable rails, the 12v alone can supply over 400W continuous load rating at 50C with very little droop or ripple. I've booted the board with 4 different psu's, the smallest an old 350W worked just fine for initial soak testing. From my bits and pieces, I had the choice of a 850W Toughpower and the PCP&C, I went with the 510, as it showed the lowest voltage drop benching a 3.8GHz quad and GTX.

Its just odd that yours is still powering another unit, did you check the outputs with a meter?

This is mine running 4 cores prime small fft's + 3dmark06.

[largon]

Xtasy,
One of the many vDIMM measuring points on IP35 Pro:

[Ace-a-Rue]

what vdimm do you read from the mosfet and what does the bios & uguru readout?

[Xtasy]

what vdimm do you read from the mosfet and what does the bios & uguru readout?

well i read 1,44 vcore in bios its 1,445 real ( multimeter)

vdimm ist 2.02 stable ( multimeter ) an bios shows me between 1.98-2.01v

[luihed]

Xtc.. good luck with your ln2 run... just make sure you insulate well where the vmods are cos I didnt and had to stop cos my vcore was jumping all ovr the place ( 1.75v-1.86v )....

Intead of leaving it open like this, I wrapped armaflex over the mod all the way to the back of board to be safe and I didnt have issues... mod came off though when I took off the armaflex to do the vcore mod.....


My rig on Ln2.... NB, SB and Mosfett watercooled... not that the mosfett needed it cos it was at 2c without wc.....

[scorpion]

help, newbee to ip-35 pro bios, 3.2 stable canot get any higher,used to d975xbx2 bios,thanks in advance, scorpion

[Soulburner]

oh, i definitely stayed away from flashing in windows...heard about to many failures using that method.

Just flashed to the 11 BIOS via Flashmenu with no problems

On the other hand, I read a post by you earlier that I found by searching...about the FanEQ not working after you make a change in the BIOS. Well the CMOS reset fixed it, then I loaded my profile and away I went. Got this Delta to slow down to 50&#37; so its fairly quiet but it makes a high pitched whine. Anyway that will be replaced with something else soon enough.

The problem is, it does not control the fan past 50%. It stays there, and will not kick up no matter how hot it gets. I had the same exact problem on the IP35.

Also does anyone have trouble setting the multiplier? On both the 10 and 11 BIOS, so far I can't change the multipler. It all looks fine in the BIOS, but when I get into Windows it always kicks up to 9 no matter what I set. I want 450x8 for starters. Does EIST conflict with multiplier adjustments maybe? I'd like to use both.

[Xtasy]

Xtc.. good luck with your ln2 run... just make sure you insulate well where the vmods are cos I didnt and had to stop cos my vcore was jumping all ovr the place ( 1.75v-1.86v )....

Intead of leaving it open like this, I wrapped armaflex over the mod all the way to the back of board to be safe and I didnt have issues... mod came off though when I took off the armaflex to do the vcore mod.....


My rig on Ln2.... NB, SB and Mosfett watercooled... not that the mosfett needed it cos it was at 2c without wc.....

ill takte the vrms away so they don get the cold. its normal that the vcore begins to jump because the resisetence becomes lower. wou was that person using that mini pot, arent you?

[Bbq]

Just a question.. Anyone have any problems with Buffalo Firestix PC8000 (D9GKX) on the IP35? The default voltage of 1.8 didn't work, and using a seperate stick of ram to boot up and change the voltage to 2.2 also didn't let these sticks run at all.

[TheGoat Eater]

Just a question.. Anyone have any problems with Buffalo Firestix PC8000 (D9GKX) on the IP35? The default voltage of 1.8 didn't work, and using a seperate stick of ram to boot up and change the voltage to 2.2 also didn't let these sticks run at all.

same problem as my 6400HZ

[Master of None]

Just flashed to the 11 BIOS via Flashmenu with no problems

On the other hand, I read a post by you earlier that I found by searching...about the FanEQ not working after you make a change in the BIOS. Well the CMOS reset fixed it, then I loaded my profile and away I went. Got this Delta to slow down to 50% so its fairly quiet but it makes a high pitched whine. Anyway that will be replaced with something else soon enough.

The problem is, it does not control the fan past 50%. It stays there, and will not kick up no matter how hot it gets. I had the same exact problem on the IP35.

Also does anyone have trouble setting the multiplier? On both the 10 and 11 BIOS, so far I can't change the multipler. It all looks fine in the BIOS, but when I get into Windows it always kicks up to 9 no matter what I set. I want 450x8 for starters. Does EIST conflict with multiplier adjustments maybe? I'd like to use both.

You need to disable EIST and maybe also C1E before you drop the multi.

[strange|ife]

[QUOTE=Xtasy;2422679]some pictures of my setup waiting for ln2

nice table set up u have there, i do carton bencing on the floor right now lol. sold my dinner table heh