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

BUFF · 20 Jul 2007 at 05:54

Azza said:
The whole RAM thing is confusing me nothing like my 680i board. Think it needs a BIOS update aswell.

Yes, RAM on nVidia & Intel are different-ish.
You can get beta BIOS in the abit USA forum beta BIOS sticky.

Kirth Gersen · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:46

fyi

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/abit-ip35-pro_9.html#sect0

Pretty glowing review.

Rab · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:12

lets see these oc results ppl

the_m0ney · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:14

Hi there could someone please answer a few questions for me . I have just ordered this board from ocuk aswell as a intel q6600 and 2 lots of Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) CAS 5-5-5-12 after reading some other posts i wondering i shoulf have bought the corsair ram with 4-4-4-12 is this case or will i be ok with what i ahve got ?

Also has anybody fitted a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme because im thinking of getting one of these aswell

thanks in advance for your help

Rab · 22 Jul 2007 at 21:00

Thermalright Ultra-120
yes will fit, few have it in these post's

ram should be fine

Rab · 25 Jul 2007 at 17:42

finaly got my cpu yest

got 2 say really impresed with this board
3.3ghz on stock cooler (no Ultra yet :mad:

)
idles @ 36-38c, 1hr after 2x sp2004 temps dont go any higher than 62c, not bad for basic cooler i think.

Details

Still playing around with it, but got 2 say these c2d something else after coming from a x3800

one thing thou, just cant get TAT to work, + vista closes core temp after about 5 mins

Azza · 25 Jul 2007 at 18:43

Rab said:
finaly got my cpu yest
got 2 say really impresed with this board
3.3ghz on stock cooler (no Ultra yet )
idles @ 36-38c, 1hr after 2x sp2004 temps dont go any higher than 62c, not bad for basic cooler i think.

Details

Still playing around with it, but got 2 say these c2d something else after coming from a x3800
one thing thou, just cant get TAT to work, + vista closes core temp after about 5 mins

Dont think TAT works on this board it dont on mine anyway. Dont think is works in Vosta aswell and CoreTemp dont work in Vista.

C64 · 25 Jul 2007 at 22:30

I urge people not to use abits flash menu with this board
just buggered mine recently and Yes by default flashmenu has
bootblock ticked seriously put me off abit for life this has
i have never had a bad flash or crash on any other board using a windows
utility.I am going to see if i can save it via a floppy bought one today and had issues the drive refuses to format or read any floppy discs just my luck taking it
back to shop tomoz to get a different model that hopefully reads HD floppy disks.Will let you know how i get on it should be abits responsibility to send you a replacement bios chip imho if their buggy software crashes and causes a bad flash.

Kirth Gersen · 26 Jul 2007 at 12:27

Uguru

Very interested in this board. Also interested in Uguru. 3 quick questions:

1. My understanding is that Uguru allows typical overclocking changes to be carried out in Windows instead of BIOS. Correct? If so what degree does it allow? FSB changes, mulitplier, vcore, everything you can do in BIOS?

2. Do all Abit IP35 boards support Uguru? Or is it just for the Pro version?

3. I am not a hardcore overclocker. Is Uguru the sort of tool for the likes of me? For those that use it, what are your views about it?

Thanks in advance.

BUFF · 26 Jul 2007 at 13:22

1) fsb, lots of voltages you can change in Windows.
CPU multis & CPU:RAM ratios you can't

2) Only the Pro has uGuru in the IP35 range

3) Quite possibly.
I tend to use it more for the fan control/hardware monitoring plus I also setup the 3 user profiles how I like & use those rather than the factory presets.
I usually have something like an underclocked, very quiet setup for browsing etc., a medium overclocked/ medium noise setup & a somewhat more overclocked but noisier setup for gaming.

Scoobie Dave · 26 Jul 2007 at 13:24

C64 said:
I urge people not to use abits flash menu with this board
just buggered mine recently and Yes by default flashmenu has
bootblock ticked seriously put me off abit for life this has
i have never had a bad flash or crash on any other board using a windows
utility.I am going to see if i can save it via a floppy bought one today and had issues the drive refuses to format or read any floppy discs just my luck taking it
back to shop tomoz to get a different model that hopefully reads HD floppy disks.Will let you know how i get on it should be abits responsibility to send you a replacement bios chip imho if their buggy software crashes and causes a bad flash.

Looks like I was not the only one who was unluck then!

Does anyone know how you can make a bootable bios cd?

If so can you post all instructions and links on how to do this as it maybe very helpful to other users to.

BUFF · 26 Jul 2007 at 13:29

there's a sticky on the abit USA forum on how to flash using an USB memory stick.

Scoobie Dave · 26 Jul 2007 at 13:33

BUFF said:
there's a sticky on the abit USA forum on how to flash using an USB memory stick.

I tried that but I could not get it to work. I think my problem is that I dont have the windows dos files to include on the flash drive. If anyone knows of where I can get the suitable files that would be a massive help!

The link for the guide is here for anyone who wants to look at it:
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=121953

Where can you get the DOS files for it?

Kirth Gersen · 26 Jul 2007 at 14:05

Thanks BUFF, sounds like a very neat tool.

snow patrol · 26 Jul 2007 at 17:04

has anyone experienced any problems with this board using GEIL memory? I have the Geil ultra PC6400 and when i had xp and vista installed was experiencing major stability issues. I formatted and was trying to install xp again last night but couldn't even get that far!

Going through the install process as we speak now, but not holding out too much hope that things will be ok this time around

BUFF · 26 Jul 2007 at 17:12

memory voltage set to the mfr's recommended setting not JEDEC 1.8V?

Nelly · 27 Jul 2007 at 15:30

Their have been updates to the drivers, I have only just updated them on this thread - see the dates next to the corresponding driver for when I updated them.

On another note, I have listed below a link to the a Revised Edition of the Manual i.e Revision 1, I'm not sure what has changed but it has also been added to the IP35-PRO section on the ABIT Website.

English Version (Revison 2) April 2007

The above link is now also on first thread which I posted.

Just recieved my E6850 Batch# L719B027 :eek:

will finally get round to building my new rig! :eek:

split · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:30

Scoobie Dave said:
Looks like I was not the only one who was unluck then!

Does anyone know how you can make a bootable bios cd?

If so can you post all instructions and links on how to do this as it maybe very helpful to other users to.

Try here.
It may look drawn out, but it's comes with burning software (so you don't need instructions for NERO etc).
It's just like booting to a floppy

Take notice of the notes though.
I call it BCD1 etc.

Scoobie Dave · 27 Jul 2007 at 16:42

split said:
Try here.
It may look drawn out, but it's comes with burning software (so you don't need instructions for NERO etc).
It's just like booting to a floppy

Take notice of the notes though.
I call it BCD1 etc.

Cheers for that.

I have to say I would love to use the USB flash drive method, all I need is the dos files for it. Its annoying that in the guide it tells you everything to do but does not have a link for the DOS files that you need.

I dont suppose you (or anyone else for that matter) know where you can get them from as im sure it would be quite benificial to a lot of people around here and probably easier than the CD method.

split · 27 Jul 2007 at 17:10

I found this.

It may depend on whether the HP tool sees your USB key.

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