Interesting Abit IP35 Issues - Is it Faulty?

optimus · 9 Oct 2008 at 09:34

I've got an abit IP35, which has a few strange anomolies, which seem to be getting worse by the day:-

When you turn the machine on, it appears to start, powers down totally and restarts again (usually normally) -you get no VDU out but during this process?

Yesterday, when I turn the machine on I got a 'CPU has changed - Check Softmenu' error, which required going into BIOS and loading defaults, and now it all works fine again.

I've installed the latest BIOS...any other thoughts?

Cheers

stude1983 · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:58

the powering down thing after turning it on is something i get and have had since day 1 so i thought this was normal for this mobo tbh...

BUFF · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:29

it's normal on a P35 chipset mobo on first boot if you had totally removed power (incl standby power) from the mobo .

The "CPU is unworkable or has changed" message is normal after a CMOS clear which is part of a BIOS update.

optimus · 10 Oct 2008 at 12:08

Thanks Guys,

Damn, I though I had an excuse to buy some new kit then aswell :-)

Phil2008 · 10 Oct 2008 at 13:47

optimus said:
I've got an abit IP35, which has a few strange anomolies, which seem to be getting worse by the day:-

When you turn the machine on, it appears to start, powers down totally and restarts again (usually normally) -you get no VDU out but during this process?

Yesterday, when I turn the machine on I got a 'CPU has changed - Check Softmenu' error, which required going into BIOS and loading defaults, and now it all works fine again.

I've installed the latest BIOS...any other thoughts?

Cheers

Ive just built a system using the abit ip35, and if you update the bios to the latest 1, the booting issue will be fixed plus a few other bugs I came across is fixed with the latest update.