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

[18 is # 1]

Turns out my memory is just freaking out. I purchased a cheapo 667mhz stick (found out 533 won't boot with this board) and it booted up, changed the voltages and timings bam works... but only with one stick. I guess my other stick died. I'm so sick of these ballistix.

How do Corsair Dominators PC6400 work with this?

Took my Dominator 6400 C3DF to 1150MHz @ 5-5-5-15. Un fortunately, my E8400 doesn't want to play past 3.8GHz.

[MikalCarbine]

Just got off the phone with Crucial, they are sending me a new kit of single sided sticks

If they suck I'm going to sell them, get some cheap dominators

[redphoenix]

Just got off the phone with Crucial, they are sending me a new kit of single sided sticks

If they suck I'm going to sell them, get some cheap dominators

let us know how that goes, i just sent back 4 sticks of pc2-8500

[Ace-a-Rue]

Just got off the phone with Crucial, they are sending me a new kit of single sided sticks

If they suck I'm going to sell them, get some cheap dominators

i have a set of Gskill DDR2-800 (PC-6400) stuff which work great on the Pro board...i have it up to DDR-1068

[conzymaher]

Abit IP35 Pro XE

Whats the difference other than blacks heatsinks and official 1600mhz fsb support?

It has its own bios....

[redphoenix]

So for the life of me I cannot get the audio to work in Vista 32.

It was working from the updates and then I installed the latest drivers through Realtek. Worked fine and then after a couple of programs I installed it stopped working.

I uninstalled, reinstalled... still wont play anything.

[Ace-a-Rue]

are you sure it is enabled within the bios?

[hokiealumnus]

Abit IP35 Pro XE

Whats the difference other than blacks heatsinks and official 1600mhz fsb support?

It has its own bios....

Have a look at the side-by-side in post #8 of this thread. There is some hardware difference, but no one really knows what. I neither condone nor take any responsibility if you try, but the XE BIOS does work on a Pro if you use the switch to force-flash it. No clue what it changes though.

[redphoenix]

are you sure it is enabled within the bios?

yes absolutely.

I just reformatted... and it works now. so weird.

[SkItZo]

Hoping to get some help with my OC, Im trying to hit the 4ghz mark without breaking 1.60 idle vcore. Im 24/7 stable at 3.6 gig with 1.41 idle (1.44 bios) vcore (the rest of the voltages are at stock) as you can see from the screen below, i was able to do a 1024 run at 3960 with 1.58 idle vcore. Any assistance would be most appreciated, not looking for a 24/7 stable machine, just want to break the 4ghz mark

[Ace-a-Rue]

yes absolutely.

I just reformatted... and it works now. so weird.

obviously a corrupted registry...next time, you might want to try a system restore from windows first and then from the vista install disc if restore from windows does not do the trick.

one other thing is to hit F8 key just prior to boot and select "settings that previously worked" or something in those words to see if that can get you back on track...

[ZeroX]

Hi

Im getting this board with 4gb of "random" ddr667. Can this board OC without OC-ing the memory? Or it just has upwards divisors?

Thanks!

[Ace-a-Rue]

if you overclock the FSB, you will overclock the memory...the only way that you can not overclock the memory if you have an extreme cpu where you can just raise the multi...right now, my QX9650 will not go above 9x multi (default)...abit does not have the sh*t in order with the bioses...i haven't tried the latest beta; that might be the gem to unlock mine.

[hokiealumnus]

if you overclock the FSB, you will overclock the memory...the only way that you can not overclock the memory if you have an extreme cpu where you can just raise the multi...right now, my QX9650 will not go above 9x multi (default)...abit does not have the sh*t in order with the bioses...i haven't tried the latest beta; that might be the gem to unlock mine.

Not sure if this is your issue, but a guy I know from the abit forums has an IX38 and must have EIST enabled in order to use his 9650's unlocked multi above 9x. If you haven't already, can't hurt to try.

[ChuckM]

Will be ordering everything as soon as the rebate on this board comes back at Newegg. Going with;
IP35 Pro
E7200
Xigmatek 1283 cooler
2 Gig of DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix
WD 160 Gb HD
Sapphire 2600 XT w/ 512 Mb (I'm not much of a gamer)
Samsung Sata DVD burner
Corsair VX550 PSU

My best friend has bought me an Antec 300 case(damn nice of him if I do say so myself) and I was wondering about the fans which have L M H switches. If I set them on high will I be able to control the RPM from uguru?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Not sure if this is your issue, but a guy I know from the abit forums has an IX38 and must have EIST enabled in order to use his 9650's unlocked multi above 9x. If you haven't already, can't hurt to try.

i remembered trying this before with C1E and EIST enabled...tried it just with EIST; no luck!

[MADMAX22]

You know if abit had there stuff together they would have the best mobo on the market by a long shot. Tobad they dont care or just cant make a decent bios.

[MikalCarbine]

You know if abit had there stuff together they would have the best mobo on the market by a long shot. Tobad they dont care or just cant make a decent bios.

QFT

[Demo]

Does the pro/xe have any pll voltage controls ?

[kadozer]

Hoping to get some help with my OC, Im trying to hit the 4ghz mark without breaking 1.60 idle vcore. Im 24/7 stable at 3.6 gig with 1.41 idle (1.44 bios) vcore (the rest of the voltages are at stock) as you can see from the screen below, i was able to do a 1024 run at 3960 with 1.58 idle vcore. Any assistance would be most appreciated, not looking for a 24/7 stable machine, just want to break the 4ghz mark

You won't be able to do it. Watercooling has its limits and you pretty much reached it. I tried also and got similar results. The consensus is you will need much higher end cooling like phase. This is assuming you don't have that super rare golden one chip.

[Ace-a-Rue]

You know if abit had there stuff together they would have the best mobo on the market by a long shot. Tobad they dont care or just cant make a decent bios.

i'd bet my QX9650 being locked out above the default multi of 9X has something to do with the settings for MCH being locked and that restriction prevents 'MemSet' from working in windows....darn-garn shame!

[hokiealumnus]

Huh...I'm surprised the unlocked multi doesn't work with the new BIOS. Sorry you're having issues Ace. Heh, if you want to run v.14 and have some funky temp & Vcore readings, Deanzo had insane success before the new BIOSes were even out.

[redphoenix]

So I think my board just died.

I was swapping everything over to my new case and when I tuned it on, it powered off and then on. Trying to figure out what the problem was, i undid my pump, fans etc and then it started. I tried hooking up a fan to the header and the computer died, posted 8.2 error which is ATX power supply.

Tested the PSU in a diff computer and it worked, but the IP35 is stuck in a 8.2 code. When its on it will stay on for about 10 sec and then power surge very fast and stay on, code is constantly 8.2


Think the board is dead?

[Ace-a-Rue]

sounds like it...could have shorted or surged when trying to hook up the fan.

[redphoenix]

sounds like it...could have shorted or surged when trying to hook up the fan.

bummer, ive had worse motherboards survive better lol.


how is Abits RMA service? Is it worth it to do the advance motherboard shipping?