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

[emuexport]

Whoops somehow I had uguru 3.1.03 installed! Even though I have uninstalled (deleted remaining files) restarted and then installed 3.1.07 it still says the exe is version 3.1.03! wtf

no uguru for me atm then in Vista might try it in XP tonight! Maybe after some GunGame! lol

Tried it in XP and no go either not sure what is going on maybe its cos I leave it and CPU-Z open at the same time. I might try and use uguru only to adjust voltages etc in windows and then close it! More testing is required on my side to help determine this!

emu

Will set up my water cooling this weekend so hopefully I'll see some nice temps!

[excOC]

a few questions: (1) why is it that memtest86 wouldn't work on stock settings while memtest86+ did on the same settings? and (2) do i have to install the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" drive if i'm not going to use raid? (3) how accurate are the temps reported in the BIOS?

Q6600, 2x1gb crucial ballistix

thanks everyone.

[dtube]

2) you don't have to install intel matrix storage manager if you want to do RAID.
The raid setup can be done by CTRL-I. The raid driver is installed during xp/vista setup. The intel matrix storage manager gives you a GUI so you can manage your array and settings.

If you have a bootable windows or can boot to windows already, you can attach more drives in remaining SATA ports. Go to bios, go to sata and change mode to RAID. When the system reboot, you can CTRL-I to create raid set OR just boot to windows, install MSM, run it and create the array using the GUI interface.

[BenSanford]

2) Go to bios, go to sata and change mode to RAID. When the system reboot, you can CTRL-I to create raid set OR just boot to windows, install MSM, run it and create the array using the GUI interface.

This was timely, I was confusing myself trying to install the RAID driver software, and kept getting a message from the Intel install software, that my board didn't meet the minimum hardware requirements for installation [WTF!!], and then it would close the install program. I finally figured that unless RAID is enabled in the BIOS, the Intel software thinks that the board doesn't support RAID.

So now I have files spread across a couple of drives, that I want to use in RAID mode. Can I enable RAID on these drives without losing the data - or do I first need to backup that data somewhere else before proceeding... My boot drive is NOT one of the drives I want to use in the RAID array.

[Spyrus]

Ι have put the beta 04 bios by using abit flashmenu from windows.
No changes in my overclocking so far.
I still cannot pass 550 with my memory.
The issue with loosing control with cpu fan seems to be fixed.
Also indeed it does not shut down in some occasions when changing something
in bios

[Nosfer@tu]

hehe Im pretty sure I killed the board.
by tigthening the cpu pot to hard, Now I suffer from the famus C1 bug

[dtube]

This was timely, I was confusing myself trying to install the RAID driver software, and kept getting a message from the Intel install software, that my board didn't meet the minimum hardware requirements for installation [WTF!!], and then it would close the install program. I finally figured that unless RAID is enabled in the BIOS, the Intel software thinks that the board doesn't support RAID.

So now I have files spread across a couple of drives, that I want to use in RAID mode. Can I enable RAID on these drives without losing the data - or do I first need to backup that data somewhere else before proceeding... My boot drive is NOT one of the drives I want to use in the RAID array.

You must back up your data first. Once you select those drives to be in a raid set, it will initialize those drives and you will loose your data

[Ace-a-Rue]

hehe Im pretty sure I killed the board.
by tigthening the cpu pot to hard, Now I suffer from the famus C1 bug

somthing in the PCB apparently just breaks when you bend it to much.
Every other board in the world can handle that, but not this board

GAD!...sorry to hear that...i suppose you have gone through the complete cmos clearing procedure with battery out and removing the dimms....then insert one dimm in a different dimm slot after "x" minutes of clearing.

[myerz635]

I had the C1 error for a long time i went through everything trying to fix it RMAd my RAM and everything even bought new RAM to see what the deal was.....ended up being my video card. The board worked for a couple days and then quit out of nowhere and gave me the C1 error....took my vid card out and put it back in and it has worked fine ever since lol

[Pntgrd]

Help, I have a problem. System had been running fine @ 3.6 for a long time. A few days ago I updated to the B04 bios and all was well except for Uguru temp readings. I got the idea to update Vista with the SP1 Beta but something went screwy in the install and it totally screwed my Vista install. I could get nothing but bsod in regular boot or even safemode. I even tried booting to the disk to try a repair but when it gets so far into the load it even bsod, also. The bsod always mentions a hardware change. So I booted back to XP and recoverd my identity folders for web and email programs along with my Crysis save games. Went to Computer Management and deleted my Vista partition and booted to the Vista disk. It goes through the file loading and then it brings up the splash screen with the mouse pointer and then just stays there. Something is confusing the install is my guess. The only change in the system made is the beta bios. Could this be causing the problem?

[RAdoxx]

Just a suggestion, but did you clear cmos after you flashed with B04?

[ingeborgdot]

Is my bios messed up? I went in to my computer to start on the oc. I only went up from 2.4 to 2.5 with this board and a Q6600 with crucial ballistix 4-4-4-12 memory. I didn't do too much at all. I restarted and the bios reset itself . So I tried again and it did it again. Ok, now I decided maybe not to oc right now until I can work things out and see what is going on. Well, I went back in and reset all the settings to default and all the others that I had disabled or enabled back to where they were. I have had this thing running for 5 days straight with no problems at all.
Well, anyway now the thing won't boot back up. I clear cmos and redo the bios and reset to where I had first set the bios again NO OC at all again and it won't go. It just sputters and spurts. Right now the only way it works is if I leave the Abit splash screen enabled. What is going on?????????

[Spyrus]

The only bug i have seen in beta 04 is the vdimm setting.
I have set that to 2.0 but after restarting in bios it says 1.975!

[excOC]

I'm not doing RAID. But I do have SATA drives and one IDE optical drive...
Do I have to install...
1) The JMicron SATA Driver?
2) The RAID/ACHI software - Intel Matrix Storage Manger?
3) The JMicron installation disk?

I don't have a wifi-Card installed on the the ip35 Pro. i don't think it has one built in, so do i need to install the abit airpace wi-fi card driver?

thanks in advance everyone.

[pross]

@excOC: if its SP2 disk then you wont need the floppy

[Pntgrd]

Just a suggestion, but did you clear cmos after you flashed with B04?

Not at first. I have since tried setting defaults and then all Default and that is where it is now. I will try the battery pull reset tonight when I get home.

[edit]
The more that I think about this the more I think it is a bios related problem. I noticed last night that when set the boot drive to my XP drive but left the disk drive as 1st boot with the Vista disk in, but without hitting a boot to disk key, the system still tried to boot to the Vista install. And that is weird as that partition has been deleted. If I take the disk out the system will go on and boot to the XP drive. It is like there are remaining Vista gremlins residing in something that don't go away, even off a deleted partition.

[joshuaboston]

Whoops somehow I had uguru 3.1.03 installed! Even though I have uninstalled (deleted remaining files) restarted and then installed 3.1.07 it still says the exe is version 3.1.03! wtf

no uguru for me atm then in Vista might try it in XP tonight! Maybe after some GunGame! lol

Tried it in XP and no go either not sure what is going on maybe its cos I leave it and CPU-Z open at the same time. I might try and use uguru only to adjust voltages etc in windows and then close it! More testing is required on my side to help determine this!

emu

Will set up my water cooling this weekend so hopefully I'll see some nice temps!

There is a problem with leaving CPUZ and Uguru open at the same time.

[joshuaboston]

hehe Im pretty sure I killed the board.
by tigthening the cpu pot to hard, Now I suffer from the famus C1 bug

somthing in the PCB apparently just breaks when you bend it to much.
Every other board in the world can handle that, but not this board

I have the GeminiII heatsink and I tightened it so much that my mobo can never go straight... I would do what Ace says... it may... your mobo may be OK. I thought before I installed everything that I might of damaged my mobo... but everything works. I had to clear my CMOS a few times... when I put everything together, a few times when I oced to high, and after installing the new bios.

[dtube]

I'm not doing RAID. But I do have SATA drives and one IDE optical drive...
Do I have to install...
1) The JMicron SATA Driver?
2) The RAID/ACHI software - Intel Matrix Storage Manger?
3) The JMicron installation disk?

I don't have a wifi-Card installed on the the ip35 Pro. i don't think it has one built in, so do i need to install the abit airpace wi-fi card driver?

thanks in advance everyone.

1. no - unless you want to use it in ahci mode (mode change in bios)
2. no need for raid or IMSM if you not using it. AHCI driver is needed only if you change the SATA mode from IDE to AHCI. (mode change in bios)

[Panthols]

Is there any decent aftermarket PWM heatsinks for this board, or any way to mod something existing to fit? I'm putting the NB and SB on water shortly after christmas and I didn't feel like cutting up or baking the stock solution.

[Nosfer@tu]

Is there any decent aftermarket PWM heatsinks for this board, or any way to mod something existing to fit? I'm putting the NB and SB on water shortly after christmas and I didn't feel like cutting up or baking the stock solution.

There is a mod, Look a Ace signature for link = its free and DOI

[Heidfirst]

Is there any decent aftermarket PWM heatsinks for this board, or any way to mod something existing to fit? I'm putting the NB and SB on water shortly after christmas and I didn't feel like cutting up or baking the stock solution.

there are a couple of mosfet blocks from European manufacturers.

[Pntgrd]

Not at first. I have since tried setting defaults and then all Default and that is where it is now. I will try the battery pull reset tonight when I get home.

[edit]
The more that I think about this the more I think it is a bios related problem. I noticed last night that when set the boot drive to my XP drive but left the disk drive as 1st boot with the Vista disk in, but without hitting a boot to disk key, the system still tried to boot to the Vista install. And that is weird as that partition has been deleted. If I take the disk out the system will go on and boot to the XP drive. It is like there are remaining Vista gremlins residing in something that don't go away, even off a deleted partition.

OK reset bios by removing battery for 20 minutes. Loaded defaults and still the same. Try to boot to the Vista disk and it hangs after the splash screen first appears. If I try to boot to my XP disk with the Vista disk in the drive I get a screen saying something about a "recovered" Vista install and a missing file. Yes, a file is missing, the whole partition is gone. How can I get past this to reinstall Vista?

This is starting to annoy me

[ingeborgdot]

What am I doing wrong?
IP35 Pro
Q6600
4GB Crucial Ballistix
Arcitc cooling pro 7 cpu cooler
HT Omega Claro sound card
Leadtek 7900 GS TDH
2 seagate 500GB 32MB cache
Corsair HX620
I can't get this thing over 2.6. When I try it just shuts down and resets itself and won't go any higher. I set the memory to 2.2 and started adjusting my fsb just a little at a time. When I get to 2.6 it happens. Can anyone give me their settings for their overclock and the exact things they had to change on this board to get it to work. All I want to get to is 2.8. Thanks.

[myerz635]

Is there any decent aftermarket PWM heatsinks for this board, or any way to mod something existing to fit? I'm putting the NB and SB on water shortly after christmas and I didn't feel like cutting up or baking the stock solution.

I just used swiftech ramsinks with a 70mm fan blowing over them....33C idle 51C prime load. Don't waste your time w/c the SB....it doesnt get hot enough, im using a passive enzotech copper heatsink on mine and its barely warm I have my NB w/c but im realizing that its also a waste and adding unecessary heat to my loop so i will be removing it when i get my 8800 GT