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

[Ace-a-Rue]

My IP35 Pro is on its way from Clubit! Should i be using BIOS 11 or 14. Im planning on doing the bolt mod leaving the TIM pads in place. I have a Thermaltake Armor Case with a 25CM side intake fan. Do you think I still need the the 40mm fans for the NB and Mosfet area

i would go with the 16 beta bios...that bios allows to save bios changes without the puter shutting down and then powering back on...there is no change in performance as far as i can detect with my hardware.

memset will not work with this board unless you use the 11 bios.

i am considering to stay with this board with the Penryn cpu...i am planning on purchasing a QX9650 if they don't get sucked up in the first day of availablity...if the board does not work well with the QX9650 then i will move on to the X48 chipset.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ahhh ....... so I don't have enough CPU voltage.

I thought I had enough seeing other people getting this speed with 1.25V.

Guess they just have a better chip ?

every board, every cpu is different in output/performance..as my brother says, "it is what it is"!....hate that!

don't get wrapped around the axle with P95 because what voltages makes P95 to work will be overkill for many benches and standard software installed on your system....3DMark06 is the only exception where you need P95 type vcore to run the CPU core test in that bench.

[Daytime Dreamer]

I'm thinking of doing some mods on some old Athlon XP heatsinks and putting them instead of the stock cooling on this board. If the heatsink in the PW area is also tall enough it will get some air from one of the two fans of the Ultra 120 and it will really reduce temps. This combined with a bolt-on fit and the other fan at the rear of my case should reduce temps drastically ... I'm thinking aluminium instead of copper. Any comments on this idea?

BTW, after hours of normal pc usage the PW area temps are 52 Celcius (bios reading)

[Nelly]

Excellent review of the Abit IP35-Pro @ Anandtech CLICK HERE

One thing that put a really big smile on my face was that the Abit IP35-Pro got the GOLD Award.

The DFI UT P35-T2R got the SILVER Award.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Excellent review of the Abit IP35-Pro @ Anandtech CLICK HERE

One thing that put a really big smile on my face was that the Abit IP35-Pro got the GOLD Award.

The DFI UT P35-T2R got the SILVER Award.

that is a NICE review...Abit earns a WELL DONE along with Gary Key of Anandtech for recognizing this board as a top choice among heavy competition!

[Ace-a-Rue]

I'm thinking of doing some mods on some old Athlon XP heatsinks and putting them instead of the stock cooling on this board. If the heatsink in the PW area is also tall enough it will get some air from one of the two fans of the Ultra 120 and it will really reduce temps. This combined with a bolt-on fit and the other fan at the rear of my case should reduce temps drastically ... I'm thinking aluminium instead of copper. Any comments on this idea?

BTW, after hours of normal pc usage the PW area temps are 52 Celcius (bios reading)

what is the PWM reading in windows?

[AstroCreep]

Excellent review of the Abit IP35-Pro @ Anandtech CLICK HERE

One thing that put a really big smile on my face was that the Abit IP35-Pro got the GOLD Award.

The DFI UT P35-T2R got the SILVER Award.

FINALLY...took them long enough, lol.

[Ace-a-Rue]

i think gary was weighing all those P35 boards to come out with a clear winner....it looks like he gave abit a chance to produce a good bios to go along with a great board...i am seriously considering a QX9650 on my Pro board.

[Nelly]

i think gary was weighing all those P35 boards to come out with a clear winner....it looks like he gave abit a chance to produce a good bios to go along with a great board...i am seriously considering a QX9650 on my Pro board.

ETA of the QX9650 in the UK is 16th November 07, very expensive though as we pay Valid Added Tax - price would be $1,392 will be interesting to see your results if you do. Whats the cheapest price over in the USA?

[SHAIDO7]

why would anyone upgrade from a q6600 to a qx9650? I dont understand what the benefit is? i understand less power,smaller size.overclocks better and more cache but do you really think it will be worth upgrading from an overclocked q6600? im just curious ....

[AstroCreep]

why would anyone upgrade from a q6600 to a qx9650? I dont understand what the benefit is? i understand less power,smaller size.overclocks better and more cache but do you really think it will be worth upgrading from an overclocked q6600? im just curious ....

You must be new here.

[Ace-a-Rue]

ETA of the QX9650 in the UK is 16th November 07, very expensive though as we pay Valid Added Tax - price would be $1,392 will be interesting to see your results if you do. Whats the cheapest price over in the USA?

i am thinking somewhere from $1200-1300 USD area, possibly more....but, we have no tax for internet purchases for another 7 years.

[Ace-a-Rue]

why would anyone upgrade from a q6600 to a qx9650? I dont understand what the benefit is? i understand less power,smaller size.overclocks better and more cache but do you really think it will be worth upgrading from an overclocked q6600? im just curious ....

here you go!...the WHY!...a QX6850 up against a QX9650.

[Danger30Q]

I'm also considering the QX9650 chip with this board. I'm loving the board (although I just can't control these crazy high PWM temps) and I'd like to hope it will work well with the QX9650. I don't see why it wouldn't considering the Q6600 requires more juice.

The huge price tag will be very difficult for all of us to take but the potential *almost* 1.0ghz improved OC is a big jump and may make a lot of us jump on it. I'm running safely at 3.3ghz now with the G0 Q6600 and the thought of hopefully having a 4.3ghz OC makes me drool.

I know, I know you are thinking in your head that the OCs we have seen have come from ES. I highly doubt that the premium silicon used in the QX line will be any different than the ES silicon. They both come from the very top of the pile.

[pcdoc1]

You must be new here.

Great answer, that helped the Creep a lot!

[pcdoc1]

here you go!...the WHY!...a QX6850 up against a QX9650.

Hey Ace, I think you're right and would like to test the QX9650 myself. Can't wait for some of your results....

[AstroCreep]

Great answer, that helped the Creep a lot!

I was being sarcastic; there are a lot of hardcore enthusiests who are willing to plunk-down cash on the newest, high-end equipment regardless of high the performance gains may (or may not) be.

That's all.

[jagt]

Can anyone link me to the bios 16 that's supposed to be good? I can't find it.

Edit: Damn. Is it the one that's linked on the first post? I'm blind sometimes!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Can anyone link me to the bios 16 that's supposed to be good? I can't find it.

Edit: Damn. Is it the one that's linked on the first post? I'm blind sometimes!

PM me your email address and i will forward it to you.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I think everyone should be happy with this BIOS.

Beta 16

As always, use at your own risk, no official support, not yet anyways.

i found the link posted by Bingo13!

[jagt]

Thanks. But unless I'm missing something obvious, it appears as if the floppy port on my board is dead. I've tried two floppies now and the board can't find either of them. Very, very werid.

[siggie]

Thanks. But unless I'm missing something obvious, it appears as if the floppy port on my board is dead. I've tried two floppies now and the board can't find either of them. Very, very werid.

If you're feeling lucky like me , you can give abit flashmenu a go. Just make shure no other programs are running and you're not overclocking.
Just select the 'upgrade from file' option.

[jagt]

Well, this board has a function in the bios to turn off the floppy controller! You learn something new every day, I guess :P Floppy works fine now.

@ Siggie: Well, I've used FlashMenu ALOT in the past in the NF2 days where a new modified bios was out every day. And I never had any problems with it back then. I keep hearing bad things about it now though, so I thought I'd just avoid it. I need the floppy to install RAID in WinXP anyway.

[danmoody]

i want to order the freezerpro7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134
does anyone know if it will firt on this mobo with the big hs on the north bridge? Thanks for the help

[jagt]

Uhm.. Am I supposed to rename the beta bios file to .bin? I tried flashing it as it was, (.B01) and it didn't work. Got an error when the program tried to access the file. I think I did everything else correctly (Followed Ace-a-Rue's guide). "The error was: No M629B_16AT.B01 or you may have not execute the .exe file to be a .bin file yet. !!! Flash Failure !!!" What a cryptic error!

Edit: I tried renaming the file to .bin, and no difference. What the hell am I doing wrong?