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

[sonofander]

did you select the correct drive or raid array to boot in "HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY" within the bios under "ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES"?

the other thing...to switch between raid array and IDE drive, you need to take it out of the raid mode to boot from a single IDE drive.

I did select the correct drive under boot prority, but had not set it to IDE mode...

Do you think thats what FUBARed my raid array? tying to bot to a single drive in raid mode?

one other question:
If I have to take it out of raid mode to boot from the single HDD, that means I won't be able to access the files on my raid array while I'm in the single drive, right?

is there no way to have both raid and not raid at the same time???

[myerz635]

i dont know if we are allowed to post links from other forums but i did find this ip35 pro overclocking guide for anyone who is new to this board/overclocking http://vnboards.ign.com/pc_generalha.../105386368/p1/

[Ace-a-Rue]

I did select the correct drive under boot prority, but had not set it to IDE mode...

Do you think thats what FUBARed my raid array? tying to bot to a single drive in raid mode?

one other question:
If I have to take it out of raid mode to boot from the single HDD, that means I won't be able to access the files on my raid array while I'm in the single drive, right?

is there no way to have both raid and not raid at the same time???

did you actually reset Raid back to IDE before running the solo setup?

the way i have both worlds of Raid and single IDE drive is to have a separate Raid card...i have an Areca PCIe raid card...that card opens all sorts of possibilities.

[sonofander]

no. I booted into the single drive with raid on... That's what f'd it all up, huh?

[joshuaboston]

I'm also having a RAID issue. All of a sudden I get a error message in the boot up screen saying one of my drives have faled (instead of domain name). Don't know how to fix it but my system seems to work fine.

I plan on reinstalling my OS soon. To Vista, I want directx 10 for games. Which Vista should I go to 64 or 32? Do most stuff work on Vista 64? I think everything I have has a 64bit driver.. I just don't know how good it is... but i am leaning towards Vista Ultimate 32bit.

Any suggestions?

About overclocking, I got it stable at 3.6 but I am having a really tough time getting it stable at 3.7. I have settled for 402FSB and I am running about DDR2975 speeds at a 5:6 ration, I am trying to tighten up my timing and have set it at... 5-4-4-12. ACE... I have no clue what I am doing regarding memory timming. Any suggestions? Should I try 4-4-4-12? Or should I be really happy with what I have?

[Capt_Caveman]

Hi All,

Started putting together a new system with the IP35 Pro, E2180 and Ballistix DDR2-800.

The system originally booted-up quickly. But I realized I should only have one drive attached to install Windows, so I detached my other drives. Since then, the system takes over five minutes to get past the Post screens.

I've cleared the bios, swapped another set of ram but it still takes forever to get to Windows.

Any thoughts?

Update - the boot issues are at 52 - Memory Testing and 75 - USB initialization

Should I reflash my bios?

[MADMAX22]

I'm also having a RAID issue. All of a sudden I get a error message in the boot up screen saying one of my drives have faled (instead of domain name). Don't know how to fix it but my system seems to work fine.

I plan on reinstalling my OS soon. To Vista, I want directx 10 for games. Which Vista should I go to 64 or 32? Do most stuff work on Vista 64? I think everything I have has a 64bit driver.. I just don't know how good it is... but i am leaning towards Vista Ultimate 32bit.

Any suggestions?

About overclocking, I got it stable at 3.6 but I am having a really tough time getting it stable at 3.7. I have settled for 402FSB and I am running about DDR2975 speeds at a 5:6 ration, I am trying to tighten up my timing and have set it at... 5-4-4-12. ACE... I have no clue what I am doing regarding memory timming. Any suggestions? Should I try 4-4-4-12? Or should I be really happy with what I have?

Defintaly go with 64bit, its a far better os.

As far as your raid setup goes what kind of raid are you running and how many drives you got going on.

[afireinside]

Ok so I got this so called "motherboard" today (IP35 regular) and it is somehow worse than my MSI. How is that possible you ask? I CAN'T EVEN INSTALL WINDOWS! It hangs at finalizing or whatever every time. 2x 74gb raptors RAID 0 vista x64. Some quick google searching shows that this board apparently doesn't "like" raptors. If I disable raid, windows install doesn't even realize the raptors are connected. HOW DID ABIT PULL THAT ONE OFF? This crap is making ASUS look good. So good, infact, that I'm going to buy a maximus and send this heap back to mwave.

[nzbleach]

noob. Buy a raid controller.

[afireinside]

noob. Buy a raid controller.

Thanks. I'll get right on that. I can't wait to adventure into the world of stand alone RAID controllers. I'm really excited about having another add on card that probably won't work with my motherboard!

[fhpchris]

noob. Buy a raid controller.

:banana::banana::banana:got, buy a monitor that isn't some crappy 19" CRT.

Really, AFI cannot fill an 80gb hard drive, why does he need a 800$ stand alone raid card?

[Ron 61]

Looks like 16.B03 is not compatible with OCZ memory. I've upgraded bios to this version, and now I'm getting C1-error . I'll have to find some other memory module and downgrade to 11 version of bios...

Try booting with one stick of ram. I haven't tried the B03 yet but it could be defaulting to a lower VDimm than your previous bios.

[scwam]

Thanks. I'll get right on that. I can't wait to adventure into the world of stand alone RAID controllers. I'm really excited about having another add on card that probably won't work with my motherboard!

Hilarious response! Sorry to hear about your problem. I always heed warning and triple check my mb against all other peripherals b4 purchase. But I know it's something that we should not have to anticipate given the money we spend on this .

[myerz635]

i have 2 x 74Gb raptors in RAID 0 and they work fine....i am also using vista 64 bit and i love it, all of the drivers work flawlessly with my components. Afireinside have you flashed to the latest beta bios for that board? http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.php?t=122393 Joshua what kind of ram are you using again, i forget.....you should go up to User CP and create a sig listing all of your system specs. Makes it a lot easier for us to help you! You can try 4-4-4-12 and run memtest86 for about an hour and see if you have any errors....i can help you out further once i know what ram you have

[MikeB12]

I have a raptor 150gb and it works fine, though it's in ide mode. also a seagate 7200.11 500gb... works too.


IDE MODE
RAPTOR 150


IDE MODE Seagate 7200.11 500gb

[olskool3565]

Has anyone been able to run a raid set while also running a HDD that is not in a raid set?

I'm having some serious problems here... I have enabled raid to run my 2 raptors in raid 0 and everything has been fine w/ no problems. Today I installed a new HDD by itself and tossed an OS on there.

after instalation of the new os, I re-enabled raid and set my single drive as primary boot device. Wouldn't boot. It got to the windows loading screen then bsod. did this over and over till I gave up.

I changed my primary boot device back to my raid array and I can't get into windows. its FUBAR

So now i'm trying to recover data, but i think it's a lost cause at this point...

My question remains... after I put my messed up life back in order, is there a way to run a raid set AND a non-raid HDD???

The way I did it was put a raid array on ports 1 & 2 and single (non-raid) drives on Ports 3 & 4 with raid mode enabled in the BIOS. When installing to the single drive I disconnected the drives on the other ports and installed the OS on the single dive with raid mode still enabled in the BIOS. You will have to hit F6 and install the raid drivers just like you did on the raid array so the drive will be seen by the OS install. When you boot from the single drive it should see the raid array when you hook those drives back up also.

Just my 2 cent worth.... hope it works for ya.

btw: thanks to all that have contributed to this thread I've learned a lot

[scwam]

Interesting. I was having the same problems after installing sata raid on 3 drives and trying to boot another single sata drive with it's own OS. I had to disable the raid all the time. I'll have to try your way.

[silverphoenix]

is it true on this board you can connect high powered fans to the mobo headers?

[sonofander]

The way I did it was put a raid array on ports 1 & 2 and single (non-raid) drives on Ports 3 & 4 with raid mode enabled in the BIOS. When installing to the single drive I disconnected the drives on the other ports and installed the OS on the single dive with raid mode still enabled in the BIOS. You will have to hit F6 and install the raid drivers just like you did on the raid array so the drive will be seen by the OS install. When you boot from the single drive it should see the raid array when you hook those drives back up also.

Just my 2 cent worth.... hope it works for ya.

btw: thanks to all that have contributed to this thread I've learned a lot

Dude thanks for the heads up... I'll give that a shot. Seems funny installing raid drivers on a single drive though

[Ace-a-Rue]

no. I booted into the single drive with raid on... That's what f'd it all up, huh?

just by doing that should not necessairly screw up the boot command or give you a BSOD...i am thinking that you either selected the wrong drive or you did not select the "Intel SCSI Drive (raid drives)" as your first choice to boot from.

the other way to boot off a single drive while still maintaing a Intel Raid Array is to use the Jmicron controller...you will need an older 40 pin IDE drive or a SATA to IDE converter to make a sata drive to work on that controller.

[Ace-a-Rue]

is it true on this board you can connect high powered fans to the mobo headers?

i have many 120 x 38mm fans connected to the fan headers on this mobo...works great...you just want to have a good 12v feed from your PSU (amps that is).

[Ace-a-Rue]

Ok so I got this so called "motherboard" today (IP35 regular) and it is somehow worse than my MSI. How is that possible you ask? I CAN'T EVEN INSTALL WINDOWS! It hangs at finalizing or whatever every time. 2x 74gb raptors RAID 0 vista x64. Some quick google searching shows that this board apparently doesn't "like" raptors. If I disable raid, windows install doesn't even realize the raptors are connected. HOW DID ABIT PULL THAT ONE OFF? This crap is making ASUS look good. So good, infact, that I'm going to buy a maximus and send this heap back to mwave.

you probably need to update your bios before going ballistic on a product that works very good...you should have gone with the "Pro" version, IMO....vista 64 is probably the root of your problem with the current bios onboard.

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have a raptor 150gb and it works fine, though it's in ide mode. also a seagate 7200.11 500gb... works too.


IDE MODE
RAPTOR 150


IDE MODE Seagate 7200.11 500gb

interesting to see that seagate "11" version drive has a higher sequential read speed than a Raptor...never going to beat a raptors access time until you see 10K sata drives from other companies.

[Capt_Caveman]

Hi All,

Started putting together a new system with the IP35 Pro, E2180 and Ballistix DDR2-800.

The system originally booted-up quickly. But I realized I should only have one drive attached to install Windows, so I detached my other drives. Since then, the system takes over five minutes to get past the Post screens.

I've cleared the bios, swapped another set of ram but it still takes forever to get to Windows.

Any thoughts?

Update - the boot issues are at 52 - Memory Testing and 75 - USB initialization

Should I reflash my bios?

Update - reflashed the bios to the official 14. Still slow boot-up. Flashed it to the beta bios 16b03, still same problem.

Again, it just takes forever to process 52 - Memory Test and 75 - Detect IDE.

Anybody have any thoughts? It was working fine and fast in the beginning. It's also fine when it gets into Windows.

[Ace-a-Rue]

noob. Buy a raid controller.

:banana::banana::banana:got, buy a monitor that isn't some crappy 19" CRT.

Really, AFI cannot fill an 80gb hard drive, why does he need a 800$ stand alone raid card?

hey guys...PLEASE control the name calling..."fa----" is really an inflammatory word.

nzbleach, "noob" is not a good word either since AFI had like 8000+ posts to his credit and besides, he was probably very frustrated when he made his post.

lets maintain some civility...ok