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

[Cathgar]

Sniggle, the 16.09 Bios seems to show high temps with Q6600's. Try the 16.03 Bios.

[sniggle]

Sniggle, the 16.09 Bios seems to show high temps with Q6600's. Try the 16.03 Bios.

Regardless of the high temps the system is not stable at stock settings. I suppose the culprit could also be the motherboard. If I can later today I'm going to try to swap in another Q6600 to see if I can figure out what the culprit really is.

[vailr]

INTEL Chipset Device Software drivers 8.6.0.1007 (non-official)
http://www.station-drivers.com/forum...hp?p=8381#8381
Direct link:
http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...ivers.com).exe
Note: may require manual updating of each System Device, if existing older drivers are already installed.

[leo5111]

just a little update my e6750 is up to 3.5 stock cpu volt the board started with ill have to update my bios sometime for more ram options but the flashing procedure looks tricky dont want to edit the file wrong and brick my board...

[neuron]

Anyone got some suggestions on values to start with on a Q6600 G0?

It boots on 400*9 atm with voltages as, but crashes prime within a few seconds. I know the cpu can deal with 400*9 as I've had it on another motherboard before.

CPU : 1.45
DDR : 1.9
CPU VTT : 1.23
MCH : 1.29
ICH : 1.09
ICHIO : 1.55
CPU REF : 67%

It'd be fun to push it further than that as well of course

[dstedman]

Hard to tell without having a component sig like below. Is the RAM stable at 400? What is the VID of your CPU? You might just have a bad clocker. Or perhaps the vdroop is costing you the voltage you need...

[wolfgang]

Anyone got some suggestions on values to start with on a Q6600 G0?

It boots on 400*9 atm with voltages as, but crashes prime within a few seconds. I know the cpu can deal with 400*9 as I've had it on another motherboard before.

CPU : 1.45
DDR : 1.9
CPU VTT : 1.23
MCH : 1.29
ICH : 1.09
ICHIO : 1.55
CPU REF : 67%

It'd be fun to push it further than that as well of course

I had the same issue try raising mch to 1.45 or so.

[neuron]

Hard to tell without having a component sig like below. Is the RAM stable at 400? What is the VID of your CPU? You might just have a bad clocker. Or perhaps the vdroop is costing you the voltage you need...

Yeah I'll get around to making that sig , the memory is ballistix 8500 chips, and I've had em in a 400fsb system before, the only thing that's been replaced is the motherboard. The vdroop is quite nasty though.

I had the same issue try raising mch to 1.45 or so.

Thanks, it's on 1.44 now, and that helped considerably. Toying with the voltage and I'm on test5 now, which is a large improvement from a test1 crash :p

I'm reaching my temperature limit though, 68C atm, but the arctic silver isn't completely set yet either. So I figure I wont get it any higher than 3.6, but I'm happy with that anyway.

//edit, at those voltages I have PWM1 overheating :/

[samykoka]

@Ace-a-Rue
plz need your advice , i'm now using beta 16.b04 is it worth to move to the new beta 16.b09 bios ?
thanks
regards

[Dami3n]

Anyone with 2x2gb gskill 1066 PK in this board?

[neuron]

Just saw Ace-a-Rue's PWM mod post and realized that's what I need, I should have the spare screws and bolts in my collection, but I dont have any AS ceramique left. Now I have normal AS5 and whatever crap came with my thermalright ultra 120 extreme.

Would I be better off using AS5 or using the stuff that's already there, just making sure it's got proper contact?

[AstroCreep]

...Would I be better off using AS5 or using the stuff that's already there, just making sure it's got proper contact?

No, you don't want to reuse the pad (the thing that's already there) nor do you want to use AS5 because of it's conductive nature.
I can't speak on the stuff that came with your TRUE 120, but you'll want to get a tube of non-conductive TIM.

[neuron]

No, you don't want to reuse the pad (the thing that's already there) nor do you want to use AS5 because of it's conductive nature.
I can't speak on the stuff that came with your TRUE 120, but you'll want to get a tube of non-conductive TIM.

Yeah I was thinking something like that, which is why I asked first, thanks a lot , gonna order AS Ceramique now

//edit, when removing the middle heatsink, there's a white pad around the core, I kept that on, should I remove that as well and use ceramique there too? Or just keep it on the core itself.

[MADMAX22]

Hey guys just wondering, how much does tref actually effect stability and ram speed.

My ballistics would change the tref depending on divider on this board and speed I think. My team extreme wont, its allways at 2600t no matter what.

Is this a spd thing or does the mobo change it. I didnt see any option any where in our bios.

[mezryn]

Yeah I was thinking something like that, which is why I asked first, thanks a lot , gonna order AS Ceramique now

//edit, when removing the middle heatsink, there's a white pad around the core, I kept that on, should I remove that as well and use ceramique there too? Or just keep it on the core itself.

I kept that pad on and applied only on the core - 30c PWM temps here That northbridge cooler is the one you'll have a lovely time getting back on with the bolts and nuts.... remember to use your very small nylon lock nut, and thread it first before using...

[Ace-a-Rue]

@Ace-a-Rue
plz need your advice , i'm now using beta 16.b04 is it worth to move to the new beta 16.b09 bios ?
thanks
regards

i'd stay with 16.B04...

[HaTaX]

Good advice, the 16B09 is really only for E8x00 users.

Ace, you heard anything about that latest bios? Looks like it failed some QA checkpoints...

[Ace-a-Rue]

not sure what's causing the delay...i will try to find out if any new word is out...on monday, i was told by bingo13 that abit was working on refinning the wolfdale code.

[mezryn]

not sure what's causing the delay...i will try to find out if any new word is out...on monday, i was told by bingo13 that abit was working on refinning the wolfdale code.

Thanks for keeping us updated Ace

[mezryn]

Just a quick question about going to 500 FSB and above on this board... I've been currently running stable at 512FSB x 7.5, w/ 1.3 volts on my E8400 - I'll be posting full voltage specs soon when I reach my final speeds. I've read elsewhere that using 500 FSB or above can actually decrease performance by forcing a northbridge strap....

Would anyone know if this is still the case with this board and what the details would be? Asking first as the testing will take an hour out of my few available each night for testing

[Budwise]

man, i just got a Gateway system from CompUSA with a Q6600 in it for 350. Turned out to be a B3 The kicker is, ive got it running orthos at 3.4Ghz, set at 1.5v in the bios, it reads 1.47v in the OS, and when running Orthos drops to a whopping 1.4v. Is this much droop normal? Thats insane! At least its running stable though even with the droop at 3.4Ghz. Just looked and the PWM is at 93C under load according to HW Monitor!

[Volkswagen]

vdroop is bad with this mobo Especially with Quad cores only fix is the vdroop physical mod

[Budwise]

yea, no kidding. And man oh man do those B3's run hot. 66C under load across 2 cores and 62C on the other 2.

[HaTaX]

VDroop mod works quite well though, It took me about 20 minutes of work to complete it on the mobo, another 30 or so to take it all apart and put it back together. The results were great for $2 in parts and an hour of my time.

Budwise, if your PWM temps are getting that high I'd put a small fan on the PWM heatsink or better yet, take a look at Ace's signature and follow the heatpipe mod link. Because you have a quad core, the PWM area will be under more stress and generating more heat.

[Budwise]

yea, i already did the heatpipe mod. A fan may be necessary. I dropped the Vcore down a hair and continue to test. So far PWM is at 80C...