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

[strange|ife]

Linksys, wrt54g with a dd-wrt firmware.

i have the same setup except i use GL, with tomato firmware

its the drivers, i had the out of box realteks and my lan ports would crap out after going out of sleep. using the newtest drivers from aug fixed the issue.

[Alik4041]

After I installed the drivers I had the same issue for like 5 minutes. It wouldn't turn off, but it just slows down to a halt. But now it seems to be fixed. I guess the drivers wore in

[Calcu]

After having the IP35 Pro for over a week now, I'll comment on some of the problems I'm having with this board. First off, I've tried 3 different G0 stepping Q6600's(2x L727A903's & L726A820) and the first A9 wasn't bad, it did 3.2GHz(400x8) @ 1.30v stable(only Primed for 1+hr cause it was the first overcloked speed i tested) but I couldn't get 3.4 or 3.6GHz stable, no matter how much voltage I threw at it. Now the A8 was crap, 3.2GHz required almost 1.40v to keep stable and the current A9 I'm running is at 3.15GHz(450x7) because anything above that, it can't keep stable. As for FSB overclocking, the first A9 booted into windows @ 475FSB but I couldn't get it stable and the other 2 won't even boot @ 475FSB. So either I've had 3 crappy G0 Q6600's or this board is not overclocking my quads very well. But on a side note, I did try my old e6300 that did 495x7@1.35v on my DFI P965-S and it maxed out at the same 495x7@1.35v(looks like my e6300 has a wall @ 495) but this board did require .1v less on the memory to keep stable(2.15v vs 2.25v), so that was a plus. So I'm now debating on RMA'ing this board for another IP35 Pro, trying another different stepping Q6600 or hell, even trying the quad on my DFI,

[Ace-a-Rue]

After having the IP35 Pro for over a week now, I'll comment on some of the problems I'm having with this board. First off, I've tried 3 different G0 stepping Q6600's(2x L727A903's & L726A820) and the first A9 wasn't bad, it did 3.2GHz(400x8) @ 1.30v stable(only Primed for 1+hr cause it was the first overcloked speed i tested) but I couldn't get 3.4 or 3.6GHz stable, no matter how much voltage I threw at it. Now the A8 was crap, 3.2GHz required almost 1.40v to keep stable and the current A9 I'm running is at 3.15GHz(450x7) because anything above that, it can't keep stable. As for FSB overclocking, the first A9 booted into windows @ 475FSB but I couldn't get it stable and the other 2 won't even boot @ 475FSB. So either I've had 3 crappy G0 Q6600's or this board is not overclocking my quads very well. But on a side note, I did try my old e6300 that did 495x7@1.35v on my DFI P965-S and it maxed out at the same 495x7@1.35v(looks like my e6300 has a wall @ 495) but this board did require .1v less on the memory to keep stable(2.15v vs 2.25v), so that was a plus. So I'm now debating on RMA'ing this board for another IP35 Pro, trying another different stepping Q6600 or hell, even trying the quad on my DFI,

simple question; did you disable C1E (and EIST)?

EDIT:..did you do the heatpipe mod?

[Calcu]

simple question; did you disable C1E (and EIST)?

Yes they are disabled,

[Knight]

After having the IP35 Pro for over a week now, I'll comment on some of the problems I'm having with this board. First off, I've tried 3 different G0 stepping Q6600's(2x L727A903's & L726A820) and the first A9 wasn't bad, it did 3.2GHz(400x8) @ 1.30v stable(only Primed for 1+hr cause it was the first overcloked speed i tested) but I couldn't get 3.4 or 3.6GHz stable, no matter how much voltage I threw at it. Now the A8 was crap, 3.2GHz required almost 1.40v to keep stable and the current A9 I'm running is at 3.15GHz(450x7) because anything above that, it can't keep stable. As for FSB overclocking, the first A9 booted into windows @ 475FSB but I couldn't get it stable and the other 2 won't even boot @ 475FSB. So either I've had 3 crappy G0 Q6600's or this board is not overclocking my quads very well. But on a side note, I did try my old e6300 that did 495x7@1.35v on my DFI P965-S and it maxed out at the same 495x7@1.35v(looks like my e6300 has a wall @ 495) but this board did require .1v less on the memory to keep stable(2.15v vs 2.25v), so that was a plus. So I'm now debating on RMA'ing this board for another IP35 Pro, trying another different stepping Q6600 or hell, even trying the quad on my DFI,

Have you tried adjusting the other voltages? Sorry if that is a noob question for you. What divider are you using?

Latest BIOS?

[Ace-a-Rue]

As for FSB overclocking, the first A9 booted into windows @ 475FSB but I couldn't get it stable and the other 2 won't even boot @ 475FSB.

what do you mean by not getting it stable?..are you talking about P95 and how much time did you run it until it errored out?

what were voltages set when running P95?

[Danger30Q]

Is there anyway to update the BIOS without having to use a floppy? I don't own one and have not needed a floppy with previous motherboards in order to flash the BIOS.

Please tell me there is another way. I tried using the FlashMenu through the uGuru but it says this motherboard doesn't support FlashMenu.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Is there anyway to update the BIOS without having to use a floppy? I don't own one and have not needed a floppy with previous motherboards in order to flash the BIOS.

Please tell me there is another way. I tried using the FlashMenu through the uGuru but it says this motherboard doesn't support FlashMenu.

you can use a USB thumb drive or flash drive...download this HP prog to set your drive up to boot off from...works very well...use the FAT32 formatting.


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

[GameGuru]

Is there anyway to update the BIOS without having to use a floppy? I don't own one and have not needed a floppy with previous motherboards in order to flash the BIOS.

Please tell me there is another way. I tried using the FlashMenu through the uGuru but it says this motherboard doesn't support FlashMenu.

I have just done this and know it can be a little confusing so I thought I'd try to give a little guide for using a USB key to flash the bios. This is assuming you have basic knowledge of the bios.

1) Place your USB key in your machine.
2) Go here, download the zip file and follow the guide. First thing you need to do is make your USB key a bootable device which is what this guide shows you how to do.
3) Next place Bios files on the now bootable USB key, also look to Ace's guide in his sig for additional info or just click here.
4) Once your USB key is all ready, re-boot your machine, go into the bios and here's where it get's a little tricky because there are a few options that will need to be changed.
5) First you need to change the "First boot device" option to USB-HDD
6) Next under "Hard Disk Boot Priority" you'll need to move your USB key to the first in the selection using your +/- keys on the number pad (if I remember correctly )
7) Next you need to go into your USB settings and look for "USB Keyboard support Via" and change that to Bios from OS. Also somewhere in here there is an option to change the USB key from "Auto", to HDD, switch this to HDD.
8) That should do it if I remember correctly. Next all you should have to do is reboot the machine then at the "C:" prompt type: RUNME.BAT and follow the on screen prompts, also look to Ace's guide for further info.

Note: I will clean this guide up a bit and post pics this weekend when I have the time. This was all written off the top of my head so if you see something that I have missed please let me know. Also this was done on XP 32bit, I'm assuming it wouldn't matter for Vista, correct me if I'm wrong.