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

[redrumy3]

at least recommend to him to add 40mm or 60mm fan to cool the PWM and NB heatsinks.

yep told him that already

[Cpl Ledanek]

at least recommend to him to add 40mm or 60mm fan to cool the PWM and NB heatsinks.

meant to ask you Ace, is this the idea spot for the 40mm fan for the PWM?

OR, should I place it on top like you have yours?

[18 is # 1]

Just in case you guys aren't in the habit of checking the deals section you still have a few hours before the ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 $100 after MIR is over.

Wow...one day only!!!

[tw33ter]

Will this board work ok out of the box with a Q9450 Yorkfield?

[Ace-a-Rue]

meant to ask you Ace, is this the idea spot for the 40mm fan for the PWM?

OR, should I place it on top like you have yours?

this is my suggestion since the choke coils will also get cooled....i used a plastic tie to fasten it to a heatpipe on each side or to the base legs of my TRUE.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Will this board work ok out of the box with a Q9450 Yorkfield?

it should since the bios code has been updated to handle wolfdales and yorkfields.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Just in case you guys aren't in the habit of checking the deals section you still have a few hours before the ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 $100 after MIR is over.

OH...the price has gone back up to 139 after rebate....still a nice deal for an excellent board.

[Cpl Ledanek]

this is my suggestion since the choke coils will also get cooled....i used a plastic tie to fasten it to a heatpipe on each side of the base of my TRUE.

you gives me an excuse to try the inverted-ATX/ATX temperature benching again

[Ace-a-Rue]

you gives me an excuse to try the inverted-ATX/ATX temperature benching again

we all need a "cause" to do more testing

[Cpl Ledanek]

we all need a "cause" to do more testing

any suggestion for a quiet SB cooler, it tends to get warm to the touch...I know its subjective...that's why this n00b is asking

should I stay on the 40mm fan, or
go 80mm?---most 60mm are too loud, unfortunately

[Ace-a-Rue]

if you have good CFM fan on the PWM and NB heatsinks, you should not need one on the SB...besides...you do not need any higher voltage higher than 1.05 or 1.09 on the ICH, which is the core voltage for the SB chipset!...that is separate from the ICHIO which is your Input/Output voltage for the SB

[Datektrader]

I can beleive this thread is almost to 400k

anyway, I had a couple questions as every now and again like to play with the clock settings on my system.

what would you say is the upper limit on the voltave for the northbridge and MCHIO? I have gone as high as like 1.56 and 1.8 respectivly and im wondering if trying them that high is causing any damage to the board. just to be clear they are not running that high all the time but I have taken them there to see what the top end of my overclock is. i do have a fan on the northbridge but i haven't done that bolt mod yet. the fan btw is a cpu cooling fan from a P4 so i know its getting good airflow.

also in trying to overclock it seems that above 500fsb my e6550 seems to work but in a strange way, when I run orthos the cpu spikes to 100% but then drops like a second later to like 6 percent. orthos doesn't stop and the system laggs like it is under load but the control pannel does not indicate its under load nor does the temp go up in core temp. any ideas on that?

and lastly my system has around 6100hours of runtime, most of that is 24/7 every now and again the board hangs on post, either displaying nothing at all or showing my cpu as a single core. is this indicative of a failing board?

my system specs are in my sig. for reference.

[Ace-a-Rue]

what is your vcore?

Vdimm?

[18 is # 1]

I can beleive this thread is almost to 400k

anyway, I had a couple questions as every now and again like to play with the clock settings on my system.

what would you say is the upper limit on the voltave for the northbridge and MCHIO? I have gone as high as like 1.56 and 1.8 respectivly and im wondering if trying them that high is causing any damage to the board. just to be clear they are not running that high all the time but I have taken them there to see what the top end of my overclock is. i do have a fan on the northbridge but i haven't done that bolt mod yet. the fan btw is a cpu cooling fan from a P4 so i know its getting good airflow.

also in trying to overclock it seems that above 500fsb my e6550 seems to work but in a strange way, when I run orthos the cpu spikes to 100% but then drops like a second later to like 6 percent. orthos doesn't stop and the system laggs like it is under load but the control pannel does not indicate its under load nor does the temp go up in core temp. any ideas on that?

and lastly my system has around 6100hours of runtime, most of that is 24/7 every now and again the board hangs on post, either displaying nothing at all or showing my cpu as a single core. is this indicative of a failing board?

my system specs are in my sig. for reference.

At least you can get there. I can't get stable above 450 regardless of RAM/Voltage/multiplier settings.

[Ace-a-Rue]

At least you can get there. I can't get stable above 450 regardless of RAM/Voltage/multiplier settings.

when you say "stable", are you talking about Prime 95 or OCCT???...what is your method to determine stable?

[WrigleyVillain]

I can beleive this thread is almost to 400k

Can't believe you mean? Good mobo I guess....

[Datektrader]

I have gone as high as 1.6 on my vcore and I have taken the memory as high as 2.425

my current 24/7 stable voltages are
Vcore 1.49v
DDR2 2.275v
MCH 1.25v 1.48v
ICHIO1.5v 1.70v
CPU VTT 1.31v
DDR2 REF 0%v
ICH 1.05V 1.25v

freq right now is 458x7 for the cpu and ram is on the 1:1 ratio so its like 916mhz
btw the ram is the Supertalent T8000UX2GC4
i have the latest bios

also I have the latest UGURU and it still freaks out at low temps where it goes from like 17c to 128c core temp shows it to be running at 14c idle. i have generaly found UGURU to be about 10 degrees off when its actualy displaying temps.

and the total up time i mentioned before is actually 6920h

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have gone as high as 1.6 on my vcore and I have taken the memory as high as 2.425

my current 24/7 stable voltages are
Vcore 1.49v
DDR2 2.275v
MCH 1.25v 1.48v
ICHIO1.5v 1.70v
CPU VTT 1.31v
DDR2 REF 0%v
ICH 1.05V 1.25v

freq right now is 458x7 for the cpu and ram is on the 1:1 ratio so its like 916mhz
btw the ram is the Supertalent T8000UX2GC4
i have the latest bios

also I have the latest UGURU and it still freaks out at low temps where it goes from like 17c to 128c core temp shows it to be running at 14c idle. i have generaly found UGURU to be about 10 degrees off when its actualy displaying temps.

and the total up time i mentioned before is actually 6920h

the spikes in core % from 100% down to 6% and then back up is probably telling you that you are on the ragged edge of having enough vcore to support your overclock at 100% core engagement...OR...your FSB is outstripping the vcore available

your ICH is way to high...the most you should use is 1.09v

is your Vcore read from Uguru?

[Datektrader]

yea im getting them atm from Uguru
the live reading from Uguru is 1.46-47
I just turned the ich down to 1.09

also dunno if it matters much but the ram configuration is 4 sticks@1gb each

[Ace-a-Rue]

yea im getting them atm from Uguru
the live reading from Uguru is 1.46-47
I just turned the ich down to 1.09

also dunno if it matters much but the ram configuration is 4 sticks@1gb each

4 sticks generally require the MCH to be in the 1.5x to 1.6x range...just something to think about if it won't post or gives you a BSOD

[18 is # 1]

when you say "stable", are you talking about Prime 95 or OCCT???...what is your method to determine stable?

Prim and Orthos. OCCT will run at 3.8GHz.
I'm hesitant to run Vcore at more than 1.38 uGuru (1.36 shown on CPUZ)

[Ace-a-Rue]

3.8 ghz is a respectable overclock...stay right where you are.

[emoners]

Prim and Orthos. OCCT will run at 3.8GHz.
I'm hesitant to run Vcore at more than 1.38 uGuru (1.36 shown on CPUZ)

3.8 ghz is a respectable overclock...stay right where you are.

Ace is right...it could be a chip issue rather than the motherboard.

[vailr]

JMICRON JMB36X RAID Controller drivers version 1.17.33
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/jmicron.htm

[Knight]

Time I add more to this thread.

I have a question in regards to uGuru and the fan control settings. I can't seem to have my fans run with less than six volts. It is like six volts is the lowest value, but uGuru lets the user to pick a value less than six. I can tell that there is no change when I pick a value less than six volts, and the RPM's do not lower.

Has this issue been raised before? My search didn't led to much. I'm not too worried. I just thought that I would see that the board's control program could do other than modifications. I am running version v3104 of uGuru.