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

[jagt]

Yeah no problem. I'm priming with the final bios now to see how things go. I've had the board do this to me before too, but then I finally managed to stabilize things, and it was rock stable for around 8 months. In my experience the board can be a bit quirky from time to time. And it doesn't seem to like my new 4870x2 either. Ah well, if I can't get things to work the way I want I may get one of those Biostar Tpower P45 boards to test. Would be fun to get something new anyway.

[sunnyoc]

Hi,

I have this interesting situation. I have been using Abit IP 35 Pro for almost a year. I had 2 500GB hard drives in RAID 1 configuration (made 2 partitions one for system and another for other stuff). I recently purchased a 640gb WD drive and also wants to use this drive in the computer. This is the configuration I want to use:

640 GB WD drive as C - SYSTEM drive (around 100gb)
as D - DOWNLOADS (around 500gb)
2 500 GB drives in RAID 1 for PERSONAL stuff. I have been trying to set up like this and I am not able to do so. How can I get this configuration to work (will it work or it won't). When I set the RAID 1 volume and it gives me Bootable and there is no way I can not make unbootable. I have changed the priority in hard drive so that 640gb WD drive is the first bootable drive and then the SATA dvd writer (SAMSUNG). It doesnt allow me to boot from the cd (dvd) drive. This is what I have now:

SATA 1 Channel : SEAGATE 500gb
SATA 2 Channel : Samsung DVD Writer
SATA 3 Channel : Samsung 500gb
SATA 4 Channel : Western Digital 640 gb

How do I make the dvd writer the first bootable drive?
How do I make the RAID 1 for 2 500gb drives and load OS on 640gb drive(tried doing that but its just rebooting after splashing the XP boot screen?

Help me.
thanks
sunny

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi,

I have this interesting situation. I have been using Abit IP 35 Pro for almost a year. I had 2 500GB hard drives in RAID 1 configuration (made 2 partitions one for system and another for other stuff). I recently purchased a 640gb WD drive and also wants to use this drive in the computer. This is the configuration I want to use:

640 GB WD drive as C - SYSTEM drive (around 100gb)
as D - DOWNLOADS (around 500gb)
2 500 GB drives in RAID 1 for PERSONAL stuff. I have been trying to set up like this and I am not able to do so. How can I get this configuration to work (will it work or it won't). When I set the RAID 1 volume and it gives me Bootable and there is no way I can not make unbootable. I have changed the priority in hard drive so that 640gb WD drive is the first bootable drive and then the SATA dvd writer (SAMSUNG). It doesnt allow me to boot from the cd (dvd) drive. This is what I have now:

SATA 1 Channel : SEAGATE 500gb
SATA 2 Channel : Samsung DVD Writer
SATA 3 Channel : Samsung 500gb
SATA 4 Channel : Western Digital 640 gb

How do I make the dvd writer the first bootable drive?
How do I make the RAID 1 for 2 500gb drives and load OS on 640gb drive(tried doing that but its just rebooting after splashing the XP boot screen?

Help me.
thanks
sunny

you need to move the DVD drive to either Sata 5 or 6.

now move your raid drives to Sata 1 & 2

single drive to Sata 3

good luck!

[sunnyoc]

Hi,

I did exactly but still the same problem. One more thing, I had BIOS 14 before and I didn't see all the SATA ports in BIOS and I upgraded to 16 and could see them after I upgrading to 16. Now I can't see them any more and in the first screen of BIOS I see nothing in the SATA ports. Why is this happening and is this the problem to make DVD Writer bootable and use the hard drive in SATA 3 as bootable drive.

Let me know if there is any other way.

Right now I have this:

SATA 1 Samsung 500gb
SATA 2 Seagate 500gb - Both SATA 1 and 2 in RAID 1
SATA 3 WDC 640gb
SATA 4 ---
SATA 5 Samsung DVD Writer 183L

thanks

you need to move the DVD drive to either Sata 5 or 6.

now move your raid drives to Sata 1 & 2

single drive to Sata 3

good luck!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi,

I did exactly but still the same problem. One more thing, I had BIOS 14 before and I didn't see all the SATA ports in BIOS and I upgraded to 16 and could see them after I upgrading to 16. Now I can't see them any more and in the first screen of BIOS I see nothing in the SATA ports. Why is this happening and is this the problem to make DVD Writer bootable and use the hard drive in SATA 3 as bootable drive.

Let me know if there is any other way.

Right now I have this:

SATA 1 Samsung 500gb
SATA 2 Seagate 500gb - Both SATA 1 and 2 in RAID 1
SATA 3 WDC 640gb
SATA 4 ---
SATA 5 Samsung DVD Writer 183L

thanks

if you are running Intel Raid, the drives will not show up in the bios.

2nd, you have to go into the Intel Raid bios by hitting "Cntrl I" repeatedly right as the first post screen is about to disappear...once you are into the Intel Raid Bios screen, you should be able to tell the Raid bios to select the non-raid drive as the bootable drive.

[sunnyoc]

Hi Ace-a-Rue,

Tried what you have suggested but I don't see any option to make my WD 640GB Non RAID HDD bootable. Am I doing some thing wrong here, do I need to do something else. I can go into Intel RAID BIOS but I see 4 options:

1. Create Volume 2. Delete Volume 3. Modify Volume and 4 Exit.

I haven't found any place to change the Bootable option for the Non RAID hdd.

Let me know if there is anything I can do.

thanks

if you are running Intel Raid, the drives will not show up in the bios.

2nd, you have to go into the Intel Raid bios by hitting "Cntrl I" repeatedly right as the first post screen is about to disappear...once you are into the Intel Raid Bios screen, you should be able to tell the Raid bios to select the non-raid drive as the bootable drive.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi Ace-a-Rue,

Tried what you have suggested but I don't see any option to make my WD 640GB Non RAID HDD bootable. Am I doing some thing wrong here, do I need to do something else. I can go into Intel RAID BIOS but I see 4 options:

1. Create Volume 2. Delete Volume 3. Modify Volume and 4 Exit.

I haven't found any place to change the Bootable option for the Non RAID hdd.

Let me know if there is anything I can do.

thanks

i was off on the place to set the single bootable drive to boot from.

you want to use Sata ports 1-4 for your raid and single bootable drive...DVD ROM/writer should occupy Sata ports 5 or 6.

once you have Intel Raid enabled and then saved, re-enter the bios and click on "Advanced Bios Features"...from there, click on "Hard Disk Boot Priority"...your raid, your single bootable drive and any other drive should show up there.

now, put the single bootable drive to the top of the list...save and it should boot off that drive if you have Hard Drive as you first choice in the "Advanced Bios Features."

if you want to boot from your DVD drive first, look in the list under "Advanced Bios Features" for the actual name of the DVD writer....select that to be the first choice....so...that will force the bios to look to DVD drive before it looks to the single bootable drive for the boot command....also, don't forget to make Hard Disk or Hard Drive as your 2nd choice.

[LogAn'sRun]

I've been sitting on this board for 5mos now because I'm to damn slow to complete my build (have 3 other comps that take my attention), so my questions are this:

1. Should I even bother with this board, or should I move on to something else? If so, what?
2. Will it support 8600's if I decide to get one?
3. Can someone point me to some opening BIOS settings for a little OC as 6900 posts will take a little while to get through to find some. . .

Thanks for any help!!!!

[Ace-a-Rue]

I've been sitting on this board for 5mos now because I'm to damn slow to complete my build (have 3 other comps that take my attention), so my questions are this:

1. Should I even bother with this board, or should I move on to something else? If so, what?
2. Will it support 8600's if I decide to get one?
3. Can someone point me to some opening BIOS settings for a little OC as 6900 posts will take a little while to get through to find some. . .

Thanks for any help!!!!

move on!...the board is good but if you want to stay up with current tehnological advances then get a P45 board.

[cscheat]

Guys, really sad to know that abit will be exiting the mobo business ....

been loving abit ...

Moving into new digs, but headed in different direction

We started receiving word from several sources early this morning that Abit has started informing partners and distributors that they will be exiting the motherboard business at the end of the year.

While Abit has denied these rumors in the past, it seems that they have finally thrown in the towel in the competitive world of motherboard manufacturing and distribution. Sales have continued to decline and razor thin margins just don’t make it worthwhile to continue.

Abit, however, announced that they will be moving into new digs across the street from the new Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall. The new hi-tech building will be in the heart of the new Nangang Software Park.

According to what we have been hearing, Abit will still be taking orders and filling orders with the inventory that they have on hand till the end of the year. Abit will continue to honour their three-year warranty on the motherboard products that they have sold.

As for the future, our moles suggest that USI who is Abit’s parent company will continue the Abit brand name by moving it toward the consumer electronics space with products like the FunFab digital photo frame with integrated printer and the mobile Internet device (MID) that they showed during Computex.

[sunnyoc]

Still not working. I am getting frustrated and I tried to do only the RAID 1 with 2 disks and tried to boot with OS cd and couldn't get the OS (XP) CD to install the OS. I get a blue screen of death when I tried to install the OS. I am at loss now and don't know what I can do. Please help me.

Thanks

i was off on the place to set the single bootable drive to boot from.

you want to use Sata ports 1-4 for your raid and single bootable drive...DVD ROM/writer should occupy Sata ports 5 or 6.

once you have Intel Raid enabled and then saved, re-enter the bios and click on "Advanced Bios Features"...from there, click on "Hard Disk Boot Priority"...your raid, your single bootable drive and any other drive should show up there.

now, put the single bootable drive to the top of the list...save and it should boot off that drive if you have Hard Drive as you first choice in the "Advanced Bios Features."

if you want to boot from your DVD drive first, look in the list under "Advanced Bios Features" for the actual name of the DVD writer....select that to be the first choice....so...that will force the bios to look to DVD drive before it looks to the single bootable drive for the boot command....also, don't forget to make Hard Disk or Hard Drive as your 2nd choice.

[The Viper]

guys, I need some help...I just screwed up a bios flash, and now computer wont boot past A:drive, is there anything I can do other then buying a new bios chip? I also have an ABit IP35-E mobo, can I use that Bios chip?

[The Viper]

nevermind guys, I just figured it out using this as a guide... http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jefn/bootblock.html
that was pretty darn scary.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Still not working. I am getting frustrated and I tried to do only the RAID 1 with 2 disks and tried to boot with OS cd and couldn't get the OS (XP) CD to install the OS. I get a blue screen of death when I tried to install the OS. I am at loss now and don't know what I can do. Please help me.

Thanks

what official or beta bios are you using?

[sunnyoc]

Hi,

I am using BIOS 16. I am attaching some of the photos that I took with configuration details. I have no idea how to make the RAID 1 partition non bootable and once I have loaded the OS files in the WD 640GB it comes back to OS installation (if OS CD is inside the drive) or if not it gives me this message:

"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.

Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."

more images in the next mail.

thanks for any help

what official or beta bios are you using?

[sunnyoc]

more images

[Ace-a-Rue]

have you tried switching the single drive to either Sata port 5 or 6...that might be the answer

[sunnyoc]

Hi,

Right now I have removed all the drives except WD 640GB and have set up the OS on that. I have not connected any other drives and used the IDE on the SATA. I will change to RAID and see but I am getting a kick from my wife since this is the only computer we have.

I will update later.

have you tried switching the single drive to either Sata port 5 or 6...that might be the answer

[Dredd]

Hi all. Been a while since I visited this site but now I have a serious problem with my IP35 Pro. Everything was fine for many months until today. Just a simple restart and now the board hangs up on POST Code 26.

I have no clue what Code 26 means even from the manual.

I currently have the following hardware in my sig and like I said, everything worked for a very long time and all the sudden...poof. What can I do? I have tried CMOS reset a couple times but each time results in the same error. I have also tried each memoiry stick individually to no avail.

[Dredd]

well, i managed to get a startup by removing the battery and resetting cmos. but once i get to bios and change my settings I get the error again.

any help is appreciated

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi all. Been a while since I visited this site but now I have a serious problem with my IP35 Pro. Everything was fine for many months until today. Just a simple restart and now the board hangs up on POST Code 26.

I have no clue what Code 26 means even from the manual.

I currently have the following hardware in my sig and like I said, everything worked for a very long time and all the sudden...poof. What can I do? I have tried CMOS reset a couple times but each time results in the same error. I have also tried each memoiry stick individually to no avail.

well, i managed to get a startup by removing the battery and resetting cmos. but once i get to bios and change my settings I get the error again.

any help is appreciated

look in you manual on page 5-2, it has three reasons...i would try disconnecting all your hardware to see if it will take you to looking for the boot coomnand...once you have that add your drive to see if it hangs..keep adding single pieces until you find what it is hanging on....my guess it is the DVD or hard drive.

do you have any raptor drives?...the Pro board has a problem with some models of the Raptor.

[Dredd]

look in you manual on page 5-2, it has three reasons...i would try disconnecting all your hardware to see if it will take you to looking for the boot coomnand...once you have that add your drive to see if it hangs..keep adding single pieces until you find what it is hanging on....my guess it is the DVD or hard drive.

do you have any raptor drives?...the Pro board has a problem with some models of the Raptor.

No raptor.

On 5-2 under code 26 it says
1. If Early_init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization.
2. Init onboard PWM
3. Init onboard H/W monitor devices


Now I have no clue what that means at all. Also, I can get it to startup with all my settings, but it doesn't save the clock changes. It defaults to 266Mhz DDR2-666 for some reason. If I restart it gives error 26, I have to power down and hope that it will startup after I give it a minute.

[Ace-a-Rue]

if it does not save the clock changes, there is the problem...have you pop the battery out with the power cord unplugged from the PSU while clearing CMOS?...don't forget to hit the power button to unload the caps from the board and PSU...leave it for 5-10 minutes.

if this does not correct the problem, disconnect all extra hardware other than the bare minimum: memory, VC and CPU...now, enter the bios and try to change the clock a small amount to see if it saves...good luck!

[Dredd]

if it does not save the clock changes, there is the problem...have you pop the battery out with the power cord unplugged from the PSU while clearing CMOS?...don't forget to hit the power button to unload the caps from the board and PSU...leave it for 5-10 minutes.

if this does not correct the problem, disconnect all extra hardware other than the bare minimum: memory, VC and CPU...now, enter the bios and try to change the clock a small amount to see if it saves...good luck!

What you said didn't work, but here's what did. Video card out and startup...goes all the way to the final POST code where it would normally start windows. So I went out and bought a new card, Visiontek HD4870. Kind of an unexpected upgrade but now I have a faster card as a result. Works fine now, all is well. I even replaced the stupid battery on the mobo cause I was so lost

Thanks for your help.

[Ace-a-Rue]

good show!