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

[Ace-a-Rue]

Guys could one of you please tell me an approximate weight of the motherboard including the box it came in and all its contents. I need to know to calculate how much it will cost for postage back for RMA

to ship that back it's going to be 5-6 pounds.

[Ace-a-Rue]

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=122393

I'm counting 2 BSOD with beta 09 + Vista(x32)..

I'm running at: CPU 9x400 1,43 (From BIOS) 1,39 Real@Load,Rams@1000 4-4-4-12 2.275V (Muskin 1066 D9),MCH 1,44V,CPU VTT 1,27,ICHIO 1.55V
,ICH 1,12V.

With BIOS 14 I was Prime Stable with this Settings..

sometimes switching bioses can upset the apple cart...even going back might not help either.

think about raising MCH and ICHIO

[steve30x]

Thank you ACE. It cost 8 euro for shipping. I think I had a bad motherboard from the start anyway before I even started to OC I got a buzzing sound from it when I started doing anything that would stress the CPU. That was at all stock settings.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Thank you ACE. It cost 8 euro for shipping. I think I had a bad motherboard from the start anyway before I even started to OC I got a buzzing sound from it when I started doing anything that would stress the CPU. That was at all stock settings.

that doesn't sound right...i hope your replacement is a GOOD one!

[steve30x]

I dont know if I will keep the replacement motherboard yet. But if I do I wont power it up without that 4 pin aux plugged in just incase I lose the Ethernet connections again. It might or might not help with Overclocking ut ill be happy with 3,5ghz on a quad core.

[HaTaX]

Steve, I hope your new motherboard works out better then the troubles you've had with this one. I've powered mine on by accident once without the 12V cpu plug in but all it did was spin the fans up and stall out.

I'm not using either of the onboard NICs either though, I'm using an Intel Pro/1000 pci-e card. I had enough of onboard NICs and their issues a year or two ago.

I got a new E8400 yesterday and this is much happier then the last one, will complete orthos testing with 1.29v VS the 1.44v needed by the old chip.

[PossumK]

what are your specs...it could be caused by the cpu or it could be caused by your memory...list all your hardware and what FSB to Memory ratio you are using.

CPU: Q6600 G0
Memory: 2x2GB G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ (DDR2 1000)
Motherboard: Abit IP35 Pro v1.1
Power supply: Corsair HX520 520W (also tested with Antec Smartpower 500W)
Video card: XFX 8800GT 512MB
Sound card: Sound blaster X-FI XtremeMusic
Hard drive 1: SATA Western Digital 500GB 5000AAKS
Hard drive 2: SATA Seagate 320GB 7200.10
DVD-RW: SATA Pioneer 212D

CPU is stable at 3.6 @ 9x400 with Prime95 small FFT temperatures under 70C. For the FSB test, I'm trying multipliers of 7 and 6 to keep the overclock below 3.6 GHz. The memory has been tested stable at DDR2 1080, and I'm using a 1:1 ratio so the memory overclock doesn't come into play. I've tried BIOS versions 16 beta 3, beta 4, and now beta 9.

[BassKozz]

• How hot is too hot for the PWM temp?
• And how would one go about getting a NB temp reading?

I've been testing and overclocking my Server Rig (see sig) recently, and I'ce already Bolt Modded it, but I haven't added fans yet, and I am trying to get a grasp of what is too hot of a temp for the PWM?

I am currently at 3.3ghz 370x9, and I am getting a reading of PWM=54°c from CPUID HWMonitor, should I be concerned with that? Is it time to strap a fan on the PWM HS?

Also what app can I use to get a temp reading from the NB?

[l3fty]

Sorry to hear ya gota RMA your board steve30x.

Is everyone else using the 4 pin aux plugg?

Two things that I noticed on my system with the beta 9 bios. (Aside from what's been pointed out.) My VID from core temp is now 1.1125v when before it was 1.0375v. It also seems to do a better job reading the SPD settings on auto. My tRAS setting before while on auto was 13 at 450mhz. Now it's 16 which seems to be more inline with the frequency scale. Haven't really seen a difference in overclockability, but the voltage readings is mucho better.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Steve, I hope your new motherboard works out better then the troubles you've had with this one. I've powered mine on by accident once without the 12V cpu plug in but all it did was spin the fans up and stall out.

need to clarify something..the plug that steve is referring to is the one in between the PCIe slots...it is a 5 volt and 12 volt molex plug...it is not the 12V ATX CPU power plug that you might be referring to.

[steve30x]

The vid on my Q6600 was 2.35 (or was it 1.35) as far as I can rember. I may be wrong but thats a bit too high to get a good OC.

[steve30x]

need to clarify something..the plug that steve is referring to is the one in between the PCIe slots...it is a 5 volt and 12 volt molex plug...it is not the 12V ATX CPU power plug that you might be referring to.

Yes its the 4 pin Molex between the PCI express slots im refering to.

[BassKozz]

These work for me on 400x9

VTT:1.27
MCH:1.29
:ich:1.09
ICHIO:1.55

Vcore will depend your chip, if running 1:1 your FSB shouldnt have any problems and 1.29 mch is fine. 1.33v tops for 400FSB. Your vdimm settings will vary per memory aswell.

hope that helps.

strange|ife,
What vCore are u using to get 400x9?

I've hit a roadblock, and I can't seem to get to 400x9

[BenSanford]

I currently have a rev. 1.0 board on the PC that I'm currently using, and planning on another build with a new rev 1.1 board in another case. I would like to put a new E8400 processor into the system that I will start using, and pass the system with the E6750 CPU to my wife.

Would there be any advantage (or not) to pairing the E8400 processor with the newer or the older MB? I'm probably going to open up my case as well to swap some memory, etc, so the effort in moving things between systems isn't a concern

[wilson]

Hi guys how do i post pictures as ive just put some thermalright HR-05-IFX chipset cooler`s on and have some pic`s i want to load up but don`t know how
Cheers Paul..

[redrumy3]

new bios is working great on my end.

now im running 450 x 8 1.45v in bios and under load it goes to 1.42 much better than other bios. mch is on auto ddr2 2.1v 5-5-5-12 =] loving it so far

[redrumy3]

Hi guys how do i post pictures as ive just put some thermalright HR-05-IFX chipset cooler`s on and have some pic`s i want to load up but don`t know how
Cheers Paul..

load them on www.imageshack.us and post link here

[BassKozz]

Hi guys how do i post pictures as ive just put some thermalright HR-05-IFX chipset cooler`s on and have some pic`s i want to load up but don`t know how
Cheers Paul..

photobucket.com

[BassKozz]

new bios is working great on my end.

now im running 450 x 8 1.45v in bios and under load it goes to 1.42 much better than other bios. mch is on auto ddr2 2.1v 5-5-5-12 =] loving it so far

What Proc are you using?

[redrumy3]

What Proc are you using?

Q6600 G0

[Volkswagen]

what was your vdroop like with the old bios and what was ur old bios?

[redrumy3]

what was your vdroop like with the old bios and what was ur old bios?

old one i had to keep in bios volts @ 1.55 and it would drop to 1.42 now i keep it 1.45v and it drops to 1.42 its much better =]

[tripleflip18]

Happy to report that New BIOS beta 09 seems to be working better then 04. Power saving features are now working on my wolfdale and my stock volts im up to 3500mhz where before i was at 3150. Im very happy so far!

[theELVISCERATOR]

that much vdroop could be psu related....

I only drop from 1.42 to 1.40 under full load.... at 466x9 on bios14

[theELVISCERATOR]

So on the motherboard which I received (Rev 1.1), the springs which hold down the heatpipe pads are extremely strong, and the TIM pads are white, not black.

I am happy to report that I did not have to perform the heatpipe mod, and my PWM temperatures hover around 40 deg C. That's good, right?

I did the mod and I idle 32C so you go right ahead......