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

[Cpl Ledanek]

Its a good board. The only issues I have scene are the contact from the pwm cooler and minor issues with bios's but that is just the nature of the game. Yes it will work right out of the box with maybe adjusting the memory voltage being the only thing required.

Thanks for the vote on confidence Ron 61 & MADMAX22
so far I still got the board in the Newegg wishlist...still not sure what ppl are taking about getting a "MX2???" I know the AS5=Artic Silver 5, which I have used before. The MX2 is new to me....the PWM I'm also not sure, but I guess it has to do with the North and SouthBridge Cooler that Ace has on his pinned topic

BTW: Where else can I get an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale for less than $236? Someone posted this same CPU for $215???

[Ace-a-Rue]

Your problem sounds like the one I'm experiencing now. It doesn't happen every time I change a BIOS setting, just every other time or so if I adjust a critical setting related to the CPU or RAM. This issue only came up after I switched my PSU to a Corsair HX520, so I assumed it was similar to the compatibility issues that some people experienced. Once I can boot with the BIOS setting, I don't have a problem until I make another few CPU or RAM BIOS changes. It's annoying, but I can live with it.

if you are the ragged edge where changing a ram or cpu setting with just enough voltage to support the old setting, that will upset the apple cart...i generally will increase voltage first, save and then re-enter the bios to increase FSB or dram ratio....that way you eliminate the bios trying to set a higher voltage while simultaneously trying to increase FSB (cpu clock) and/or FSB to memory ratio....of course, if you are way out, it is just going to beep at you or you'll go into a black hole.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Thanks for the vote on confidence Ron 61 & MADMAX22
so far I still got the board in the Newegg wishlist...still not sure what ppl are taking about getting a "MX2???" I know the AS5=Artic Silver 5, which I have used before. The MX2 is new to me....the PWM I'm also not sure, but I guess it has to do with the North and SouthBridge Cooler that Ace has on his pinned topic

BTW: Where else can I get an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale for less than $236? Someone posted this same CPU for $215???

what are waiting on..a gold invitation to the Abit IP35 Pro club...it's an excellent board...best bang for the buck.

[Bastard-Nation]

I had quite a few problems with uguru until I had updated to the latest version, you might want to give it a shot. The latest version that I've seen is 3.107 and you can get it from here:

ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/utilities/uguru/

I've got my TT120 plugged into aux1, at first it seemed like it would control it when plugged into the cpu fan header, but it started acting up and wasn't speeding up and slowing down sometimes after reboots. After I moved it to aux1 those problems went away..

Thanks for the link.

[Cpl Ledanek]

dang! now the E8400 is out of stock!!!! Grrrr....I guess I just have to get the mobo and CPU cooler for now...I'll have to recycle my old HD and 7900GT..and wait what sale comes on President's Day.

[scorpion]

ace which is the better of the two,IP35pro which i recently fired or the IX38Quad GT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mysticwizard]

I've already been trying to oc my 8400 a bit. in combination with an Abit IP35.
I have some guestions:
-if i put 2.0 or 2.2v in my bios (what my memory needs to get up ) i only see in everst all the time : 1.92v :/ It looks this is a realy voltage because my memory have errors at 1000mhz+.
-If i overclock, should i change the 63% of CPU GTLREF
-I also have a vcore drop . bios is f.o. 1.3=> cpu-z shows 1.20v.
What should i believe?
-Also everest shows my bios version is : 13 ?? Are there updates so one of my problems could be fixed?

can someone help me?

[chawks2]

i read that the 45nm cpu's are designed to work at 63% for stock voltages

Sure hope this works for me, been struggling to figure out my "spontaneous reboot" issues. If I remember correctly, when I started playing around with these settings with a 65nm, I had the same behavior. DOH, my brain sucks!

[Ace-a-Rue]

ace which is the better of the two,IP35pro which i recently fired or the IX38Quad GT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

both deliver about the same performance...advantage goes to the IX38 which has less vdroop and also two full 16x PCIe slots (at 16X speed) in addition to having a third 16x PCIe slot working at 4x speed.

[steve30x]

Its only today that Komp[lett.ie got my IP35 PRO for RMA after I posted it to them 9 days ago. I hope to have a replacement board by friday next week.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Sure hope this works for me, been struggling to figure out my "spontaneous reboot" issues. If I remember correctly, when I started playing around with these settings with a 65nm, I had the same behavior. DOH, my brain sucks!

lets us know if it works better.

i found that 60% CPU GTLREF would fail wPrime 1024M stability bench but at 61%, it was a go at the very top of my overclock of 4.2ghz.

[scorpion]

thanks for the feed back

[major_john]

can someone help me?

You may look over here.
Try update BIOS to 14 or 15 version.
ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/ip35/
This thread is for Pro...different mobo and BIOS.

[Scope666]

Your problem sounds like the one I'm experiencing now. It doesn't happen every time I change a BIOS setting, just every other time or so if I adjust a critical setting related to the CPU or RAM. This issue only came up after I switched my PSU to a Corsair HX520, so I assumed it was similar to the compatibility issues that some people experienced. Once I can boot with the BIOS setting, I don't have a problem until I make another few CPU or RAM BIOS changes. It's annoying, but I can live with it.

ah ha! I have a Corsair HX-620, and I have heard about issues with that power supply. Luckily once I get that first successful bios save done after the flash, I never have boot problems again. It only occurs after a bios flash / clear cmos. The settings I suggested above seem to help get past that first save...

[Scope666]

if you are the ragged edge where changing a ram or cpu setting with just enough voltage to support the old setting, that will upset the apple cart...i generally will increase voltage first, save and then re-enter the bios to increase FSB or dram ratio....that way you eliminate the bios trying to set a higher voltage while simultaneously trying to increase FSB (cpu clock) and/or FSB to memory ratio....of course, if you are way out, it is just going to beep at you or you'll go into a black hole.

actually, the bug I'm referring to might be tied to the Corsair HX power supply. When I go for the first bios save I'm not overclocking at all. I think it's something in the cpu parameters / voltages and the abit EQ protection stuff. When I set all that stuff by hand and disable all protections, I can usually get a good first save. After that I'm golden...

[Cpl Ledanek]

Order placed...just gotta print ACE's mod list so I can take to hardware store.
What is/where to get this MX2 not sure if this is equivalent to Artic Silver 5

[ThatGuy16]

MX2 is slightly better than AS5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...86020&Tpk=mx-2

[Ace-a-Rue]

AND...MX2 is not conductive like AS5 is under heavy or extreme pressure...MX2 is a safer paste to use when doing the heatpipe mod...the safest paste is AS Ceramique; absoultely zero conductive.

[Cpl Ledanek]

thanks Ace-a-Rue & ThatGuy16, learned something new again.
I always thought AS5 was the , until today. Will just have to pick this up locally at Fry's since I clicked "purchased" already on the mobo and HS.
and maybe pick up the E8400 since everyone seems to enjoy this CPU.

now if I could only go back to my powdercoating issue

[derektm]

Thanks for the advice all.

Are using one of the AUX headers to run it and controlling the speed through Uguru Fan EQ panel.

Speaking of which..

I clicked on Optimise in the Fan eq settings in set up and now all the fans are very quiet.After leaving the fans settings i returned to the main screen of Uguru and saw their is a mode select button when i can select different fan settings Quiet,turbo, normal etc.

I selected turbo and (of course the fans grew louder) however Uguru locked up,tried pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del but in the end had to reboot.I have tried all the other fan settings using the mode button but each time it just locks the program up.I have tried quite afew versions of Uguru but each time it ends with a reboot.

Current version is 3106.


Anybody else had this problem.?

I am using bios 16.B04 and if I use uGuru from windows it messes the fan settings up and I have to clear my cmos. It seems uGuru in windows and uGuru in the bios are not in sync with each other. Clear your cmos and set the settings in the bios.

[strange|ife]

Ive been using mx-2 for a few months, honestly the diffrence is maybe diffrence is 1c, it could be anything, from application, not enough paste, to much paste etc. I Prolly go back to as5 whenever I re-seat again

[HaTaX]

I am using bios 16.B04 and if I use uGuru from windows it messes the fan settings up and I have to clear my cmos. It seems uGuru in windows and uGuru in the bios are not in sync with each other. Clear your cmos and set the settings in the bios.

What version of uGuru are you running?

[Volkswagen]

so 16.09 bios do you guys recommend it? If it fixes some of the vdroop with quads and is stable like the 16.04 I am flashing Just need some of you that are running it already to confirm so...

[GFORCE100]

so 16.09 bios do you guys recommend it? If it fixes some of the vdroop with quads and is stable like the 16.04 I am flashing Just need some of you that are running it already to confirm so...

For whatever reason every BIOS after 16 B03 reports higher CPU temps for no good reason whatsoever. Perhaps they do fix some things but Abit doesn't seem to be in a hurry or willing to state what the fixes are.

[chawks2]

Gents, thanks to A-a-R, it appears the GTL reference voltage (63%) may have been the culprit. I was convinced it had to do something with my RAM being overvolted, but the jury is still not out - 10 hours is pretty solid tho. Means I have more room to oc, AND this is all on AIR!!!