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

[jamieuk23]

Hi what bios is best for overclocking Q6600 please ??

[ToyTen]

Hi what bios is best for overclocking Q6600 please ??

I had very good results with the first release on myQ66 GO, after that I changed of mobo, only 4 cpu alimentation phases :/

[loonym]

Hi what bios is best for overclocking Q6600 please ??

I'm currently using 16 but I see a lot of people having great success with q6600 on 14 as well.

[MikeB12]

I'm currently using 16 but I see a lot of people having great success with q6600 on 14 as well.

I'm still on 14 on mine from Oct... 3.4-3.6ghz... haven't had any need to goto 16, no issues and just lazy I guess.. if it aint broke dont fix it kinda thang.. sys in sig

[lyl]

Sorry if this has been covered already....I read through about 100 pages and didn't see anything so...

Ok just got a e8400 and IP35pro tonight and was having the weird temp probs many were having with the bios 14. Flashed to 16 and now CPUZ is showing half clock speed and the same vcore that it was showing under the old bios (i bumped it by .2).

Is bios 16 more stable for wolfdales than 14? Any bios setting suggestions. I am having trouble getting it stable above 3.5. Should I leave the options in "CPU Feature" alone or turn them off?

Thanks for any help you can give.

i am also wondering what rev is the best for the wolfdales atm. thanks

[eaa315]

17b4 here with no issues, actually has better memory scores in Everest too.
500x8 on my E3110 @ 1.32 vcore 24/7

[18 is # 1]

i am also wondering what rev is the best for the wolfdales atm. thanks

16 final was made for Wolfdales.

Careful with 17b4, some reported problems...check on abit forums:

http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.php?t=124502&page=145

[eaa315]

Thanks for the heads up, not running any raid atm.
So far so good for me

[shinymod]

I'm currently using 16 but I see a lot of people having great success with q6600 on 14 as well.

16 beta? or final?

by the way thanks to the guys that helped with my memory questions - i've now bought 2x2gb of gskill pc2 8000 and the problem's have been resolved

[NapalmV5]

16 final was made for Wolfdales.

Careful with 17b4, some reported problems...check on abit forums:

http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.php?t=124502&page=145

well 16 final is the worst bios for my 2 x e8400

17b4 here with no issues, actually has better memory scores in Everest too.
500x8 on my E3110 @ 1.32 vcore 24/7

gotta give the 17b4 a try then..

[NapalmV5]

updated to 17 b4 but its no different than 16 final..

i just cant boot into windows @ 500 fsb anymore.. 500x9 nor 500x8

prior to 16 i was running 500x9 stable

some sort of cap..

oh well, itll be handed down to some else.. time to move on to x48+ddr3

[OC4/3]

Sorry if this has been covered already....I read through about 100 pages and didn't see anything so...

Ok just got a e8400 and IP35pro tonight and was having the weird temp probs many were having with the bios 14. Flashed to 16 and now CPUZ is showing half clock speed and the same vcore that it was showing under the old bios (i bumped it by .2).

Is bios 16 more stable for wolfdales than 14? Any bios setting suggestions. I am having trouble getting it stable above 3.5. Should I leave the options in "CPU Feature" alone or turn them off?

Thanks for any help you can give.

16 final is a must for wolfdale14 have a huge vdroop,something like .2v

[MikeB12]

14 have a huge vdroop,something like .2v

I've heard people complain about vdroop on some IP35pro's, but mine's .04v with 14..

also I have 2 GA-P35-DS3L's running Q6600's and they have different vdroops using the same bios. one is .06 and one is .09

so I don't know how much a bios ver really has to do with vdroop, I think it's more the board itself.. just like different chips in the same stepping oc different, different boards in the same rev with the same bios have different vdroops.

otherwise it would be more uniform across boards in the same model and mfr date..

[loonym]

16 beta? or final?

by the way thanks to the guys that helped with my memory questions - i've now bought 2x2gb of gskill pc2 8000 and the problem's have been resolved

Yes, it's bios 16 final. Seems very stable, temps look good. Vdroop is in the area of .04v which I think is minor compared to a couple other boards I've seen such as the ds3l as MikeB12 just mentioned and also my msi 780i. The more I oc the nv board and push the volts the worse the droop gets. I'm not sure I ever really tried 14 unless that's what it came with. I really can't recall but the board has been virtually issue free since I did Ace's heatpipe fix to solve the crazy pwm temps.

[kotty]

Guys,need help here......
Everytime i change the memory voltage,The computer does not boot......its 1.8 default,if i change 0.5 it does not boot.......but o notice that it only happens when i insert a stick on the fourth memory slot.......if i try it without any memory on this slot,it does boot.......
This start to happen like a week ago.....
any ideas???? i have 4x1gb crucial tracer 8500

[loonym]

Guys,need help here......
Everytime i change the memory voltage,The computer does not boot......its 1.8 default,if i change 0.5 it does not boot.......but o notice that it only happens when i insert a stick on the fourth memory slot.......if i try it without any memory on this slot,it does boot.......
This start to happen like a week ago.....
any ideas???? i have 4x1gb crucial tracer 8500

What are your other voltages like? Are you certain all the sticks are ok?

[kotty]

What are your other voltages like? Are you certain all the sticks are ok?

yeah,im sure they r okay.....the problem is with the fourth slot i think....
all my voltages are stock......

[MikeB12]

try running 2 sticks with one in the 4th slot. I've never tried ocing ram or voltages with all ram slots filled, that was always preached as a taboo... and is why I went with a 2x2gb kit when I wanted 4gb... anyway, that's how you can try to isolate whether it's the slot, or just because all the slots are filled..

[conzymaher]

Anyone running RAID 0 on the IP35 Pro? I'm contemplating going with RAID 0 on my Summer build and just wondering what RAID support is like on the IP35 Pro

Thanks

[JPH1589]

Anyone running RAID 0 on the IP35 Pro? I'm contemplating going with RAID 0 on my Summer build and just wondering what RAID support is like on the IP35 Pro

Thanks

Under Vista Ultimate 64 bit, it is great. No f6 garbage and everything works out of the box.

[OC4/3]

I've heard people complain about vdroop on some IP35pro's, but mine's .04v with 14..

also I have 2 GA-P35-DS3L's running Q6600's and they have different vdroops using the same bios. one is .06 and one is .09

so I don't know how much a bios ver really has to do with vdroop, I think it's more the board itself.. just like different chips in the same stepping oc different, different boards in the same rev with the same bios have different vdroops.

otherwise it would be more uniform across boards in the same model and mfr date..

That huge droop only occur on E3110(Wolfdale) and IP35 Pro bios 14Something like .15v-.2v,after flash to 16 final,it is much more normal But i am using a bad E8400 now

[scottk]

Anyone running RAID 0 on the IP35 Pro? I'm contemplating going with RAID 0 on my Summer build and just wondering what RAID support is like on the IP35 Pro

Thanks

Running fine with 2x 74GB Raptors in RAID 0 since Sept '07 here...

[Ace-a-Rue]

That huge droop only occur on E3110(Wolfdale) and IP35 Pro bios 14Something like .15v-.2v,after flash to 16 final,it is much more normal But i am using a bad E8400 now

if you are using the difference from what is set in the bios and what is readout as actual voltage, that is a big mistake...vdroop is the difference between actual voltage at idle and the actual voltage at load in windows....forget what the indicated bios voltage setting is set to.

[OgaiB]

Does abit ip35pro support celeron d347? If yes, what kind of bios with?

[MikeB12]

if you are using the difference from what is set in the bios and what is readout as actual voltage, that is a big mistake...vdroop is the difference between actual voltage at idle and the actual voltage at load in windows....forget what the indicated bios voltage setting is set to.

I always thought...

Vdrop = difference between bios vcore and windows idle vcore.
Vdroop = difference beteen bios vcore and windows load vcore.


at least that's what most users complain about on the internet when reporting vdroop and vdrop. but vdroop is usually what's discussed most because it's what effects stability testing under 100% load. maybe it's just a big misconception, dunno.. but a lot of people think this when reporting vdroop. so many of the posts your read are defined this way... even if it is wrong..