New Abit IP35 Pro with lots of problems

Muntyness · 19 Sep 2007 at 20:05

Hi all, I hope you can help me with these problems.

I have a new Abit IP35 Pro for my new computer, and it's been nothing but trouble so far.

So far, it hasn't detected the USB keyboard. It can't access the floppy drive, and it hangs during post if I have all 4 sticks of RAM installed.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem could be? I'm out of ideas over here.

Alternatively, does anyone know of an alternative board I can use? (This computer must be up and running by Friday

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Muntyness · 19 Sep 2007 at 20:32

Thanks for the reply.

I've been using a (very) old ps2 keyboard, but I'll look in the BIOS for a USB keyboard option.

The computer specs I have are:

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
2x Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache
2x Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

In regards to RAM, it seems that the only thing causing it to hang are when I use all 4 RAM sticks. I've checked that all of my sticks are working and all of the slots are working by swapping the RAM around, so it just seems like it's using 4 that's the problem. I've also tried upping the voltage to 2.0 on the RAM after reading the Abit websites tech FAQs, but that didn't help at all.

Muntyness · 19 Sep 2007 at 20:44

Yeah I've plugged in the extra 4pin power slot next to the PCIe connector.

I'll try 2.2 on the RAM and see how that goes.

Does anyone have any ideas about the Floppy though? I need to put on the RAID drivers when installing windows, so I can install it on a RAID partition.

During POST the Floppys LED turns on, and it doesn't turn off, and the system can not read from any disks in the drive. (The Make Raid Driver utility you get when you boot the system from the motherboards CD-ROM states that there is a time out error on the drive)

Muntyness · 19 Sep 2007 at 20:49

Alright, just tried upping the voltage to 2.2, and the system hung again.

Edit:
Dna14: The code that comes up is 0d. It comes up right after code 05.

Muntyness · 19 Sep 2007 at 21:13

Dna14: It works fine with up to 3 sticks of RAM installed in any of the 4 RAM slots. It's only when I put in 4 sticks that the board hangs with a code 0d

Rab: it's definitely a code 0d and not an 0a.

At this point I'm thinking about just junking this board and getting a new one. While I can live with using 3 sticks of RAM, I need the floppy to work so that I can install Windows on a RAID 1 partition. (According to the manual, I need to load the RAID drivers in from a floppy disk before I can install windows...)

Muntyness · 19 Sep 2007 at 21:41

Morg: the floppy cable only goes in one way round. (Parts of the plug stick out so that you can't put it in the other way around. And the floppy cable has tags on the ends so you know which plug goes to which device)

Muntyness · 20 Sep 2007 at 00:38

Rab: nope, but I'll be calling the Abit tech support line tomorrow when it opens (about 10am). If they can't help me to fix the problems I'm having with the board, I'll have no choice but to buy a different one. (I have to get this new computer working by Friday :|)

Muntyness · 20 Sep 2007 at 01:12

Strange and annoying.

I haven't tried the the Memtest yet, but I'll see about giving it ago tomorrow. (It's late here, and I don't want to wake people up by messing around with the new computer

) I don't see how there would be problems with the memory though, as they all work as long as I don't have 4 in the slots.

I'll also try out slipstreaming the driver into the XP disc. (Though it's kind of worrying that the floppy drive isn't working anyways...)

Mind you, it looks like I'm not the only person to run into this 0d error code. if you look on google for "ip35 pro 0d" you'll find several references to it. (Though I haven't seen any solutions to it posted...)

Muntyness · 20 Sep 2007 at 02:18

...
fsck!

Fornowagain, you're a genius.
The cable was in the wrong way round on the floppy drive. It's now working

Now to install Windows and go to bed!

(I'll work do RAM stuff tomorrow)

Muntyness · 20 Sep 2007 at 13:22

Well I've updated the BIOS and still I cant use 4 sticks. Plus I couldn't get through to Abit tech support this morning. :rolleyes:

As far as the memory goes, I tried running them at 2.2v, with the timings set to 5-5-5-18-T2. I also tried 5-5-5-15-T2. Neither setting worked.

Well whatever. I've got Windows installed now, and if worst comes to worst, I can order a new motherboard later in the year and install the extra RAM then. (Though I hope it doesn't come to that.)

Meanwhile I'm going to install programs until the tech line opens, and then I'll try getting through to them again.