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

[Ace-a-Rue]

ok thanks, which one for bus speed?

Uguru should be accurate since it has a chipset on your board communicating with the bios...if you think it is giving you errors, i would clear the bios with the battery out for about five minutes...after doing that, go into the bios and load optimized bios settings...save!...now, re-enter and make your changes....i would also go into the Bios Uguru section to make sure you have all the voltages, temps and fans checked mark for sensing...if you don't, uguru in windows desktop won't display that information.

sometimes, you also have to set "default" values in windows Uguru to get the red highlights to disappear.

the only thing that might be off is the core temp...that is subject to interpetation and abit's formula might be in question.

[silverphoenix]

So how long does it take to flash the bios lol, cuz I just used the runme in DOS, and it has been flashing "Please Wait" for a good 5-7minutes.

I need to upgrade from 16 to 17 as I'm giving the board to my brother and he is using a wolfdale.


-edit btw the bios is 16 BO4

-edit lol figured it out I was running beta 16 bios so I flashed to official release 16 then to 17

[Glow9]

how do these boards handle e8500s?

[silverphoenix]

I just put my brothers E7200 which is I believe the same as the E8400 with half the cache and VT disabled, Installing windows now so I'll post up some results.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Can I flash from bios 14 directly to 17 or first to 16 and then 17?

[Cob]

You can go direct to 17.

[mop231]

i used the under the windawz appz from abit and it was fast check it out

[Ace-a-Rue]

So how long does it take to flash the bios lol, cuz I just used the runme in DOS, and it has been flashing "Please Wait" for a good 5-7minutes.

I need to upgrade from 16 to 17 as I'm giving the board to my brother and he is using a wolfdale.


-edit btw the bios is 16 BO4

-edit lol figured it out I was running beta 16 bios so I flashed to official release 16 then to 17

well...that should not have made any difference what bios is installed when flashing to another version bios....something went wrong with that flash....just make sure you are not overclocking...if you haven't up to now, read my flashing guided (link in signature).

if you are doing a floppy flash, it shouldn't take more than 2-3 minutes to complete the flash...if you are doing it by USB flash drive, it should be over in less than 60 seconds.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Just wanna report I tested bios 17 but went back to good ol' 14. For me seems like anything newer than 14 I only get worse results as far as overclocking and mem performance goes. Oh and I grabbed the modded 17 bios for performance level setting and memset support but seems despite tweaking timings with memset etc. I still get better performance with bios 14 (~9950 MB/s read, ~10570 MB/s write, 49 ns latency in Everest with config in my sig so I'm not complaining, with 17 the closest I got was around 100MB/s lower read and write and 51~52 ns latency)

[jcool]

I have been using Bios 16 final with all 45nm builds so far, works a treat. Beware of 14 though, isn't stable when OCing 45nm CPUs.
I can't detect any flaw in bios 16 though, which is impressive considering I've built around 30 rigs with an IP35 pro + 45nm CPU so far
Only thing maybe is changing FSB/mem divider and timings at the same time (after updating bios), it tends to hang sometimes and you need to re-set the FSB.

[RPGWiZaRD]

^ What you mean bios 14 isn't stable when OCing 45nm CPUs? I've had better results with it than 16 and 17 with my Wolfie E8400...

The only prob is the vcore showed in bios isn't correct so it'll be a higher value than it really is which is perhaps why you find 16 and 17 better to OC with as with 16+ the bios / windows vdroop (idle) is for me 0.05 only while with 14 it's a lot more but then again it's only not showing correct value.

[18 is # 1]

Where is a good place to compare Everest scores?
I have no idea if mine are good, bad, or average....

[Zehnsucht]

Nevermind.

[vassalle]

Im currently using bios 16 with my e8400. Currently I need at least 1.29v (set in bios) to get 3.6 and about 1.44v to get 4ghz stable. Would I see any difference if I were to change to bios 17? My gut feel says that I'm just very unlucky to have a chip that needs so much juice to run 4ghz. Wonder if this new release will magically make my chip require less vcore. If there's no diffence, i prefer not to update (updating this bios is not good for my heart, waiting anxiously for it to complete)

[Daytime Dreamer]

I was using this board with Ubuntu releases, always overclocked to 500X7 using an C2D6300 and it was dead stable

Now after installing a Raptor 150 X for a Windows partition it seems to lose the hard disk during the install. I loaded BIOS defaults and it all went well. However I would very much like to return to my stable 500X7 overclock. I am running 4X1gb Crucial Ballistix sticks with active cooling which do not seem to be the problem as the pass memtest for 2 days in a row at 500 fsb at 5-5-5-12 and 2t

I am using Bios 11 which came with the board. Do you reccomend using at least bios 14? I really dont care about wolfdale support as I'm using a 6300

Thanks for any answers

[Ace-a-Rue]

absolutely upgrade to 14 as a minimum.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Im currently using bios 16 with my e8400. Currently I need at least 1.29v (set in bios) to get 3.6 and about 1.44v to get 4ghz stable.

is 1.44v actual vcore in windows or set Vcore in the bios?

[nsegative]

Is there any point to updating the bios if your system is running stable? I'm still on bios 10 that came with the system. Also from what I hear having raid and a usb keyboard with the latest bios doesn't let you enter it due to some conflict.

[Heidfirst]

if it ain't broke ...

[redrumy3]

Also from what I hear having raid and a usb keyboard with the latest bios doesn't let you enter it due to some conflict.

i have raid/usb keyboard/lastest bios i have zero problems

[Daytime Dreamer]

absolutely upgrade to 14 as a minimum.

Is updating through windows (non overclocked) safe? I just hate to deal with floppy discs!

[hokiealumnus]

Is updating through windows (non overclocked) safe? I just hate to deal with floppy discs!

IMHO it's like playing Russian roulette with your BIOS chip. If you prefer not to use a floppy, you can always create a bootable USB flash drive.

[aztec]

If you want to sell 2 of the good ones let me know. I'm lookin' at G.Skill, Geil, Muskin, and supertalent....decisions,decisions.

Chuck, I have 2x1GB sticks of the Ballistix double sided 16 chip I'll sell. These are the good ones, with the BL12864AA1065.16FD3 model number and wrap around heat spreaders, not the newer BL12864AA1065.8FE5. They've run great for the past year in my IP35 Pro. Selling b/c I couldn't find another pair so I already bought the G.Skill.

PM me.

[Daytime Dreamer]

Update

I flashed to Bios Version 14, following Ace-A-Rue's rules with the USB flash method ... all went well

Now ... here are my 24/7 settings which were stable on my UBUNTU 8.04 setup but not during the installation of Windows (I have noticed that stable overclocks often fail Windows setups, anyway). The thing is that when I formatted the hard disk and the Windows installation started copying files, it froze at various stages (69%, 85%) and said it could not read from the DVD ... when I pushed the reset button the hard drive could not be detected anymore during post. The only fix was to run the pc off and back on again

This were my BIOS settings for 500X7=3500mhz on a c2d6300 with 4X1gb Crucial Ballistix D9GMH, actively cooled by an OCZ cooler

CPU Core Voltage = 1.4850
DDR2 Voltage = 2.100V
CPU VTT 1.2V Voltage = 1.31
MCH 1.25V Voltage = 1.48V
ICH 1.05V Voltage = 1.09V
ICHIO 1.5V Voltage = 1.65
DDR2 Reference Voltage = 0%
CPU GTLREF 0&2 = 67%
CPU GTLREF 1&3 = 67%

Memory was set at 5-5-5-15 with all other settings at auto & 2T

Please suggest any tweaks/changes to the above settings. Just a note : I could pass memtest all day with the above settings and Ubuntu ran like a dream (video encoding, mp3's, movies) BUT keep in mind the UBUNTU setup was on a SCSI controller, the SATA ports of the IP35-Pro were never used (DVD ran of the IDE controller)

[jtf2]

if your pc was overclocked when installing windows,i would suggest you run everything at stock,other than maybe a little extra vcore and vdimm!!