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

BUFF · 16 Aug 2007 at 17:49

new beta BIOS 12B02
Supposedly 4GB memory capability improved, general chipset latency tweaks, and a few other minor changes such as Firewire transfer speeds being improved, use at your own risk.

easyrider · 2 Sep 2007 at 12:45

I'm on 11

Whats the max option for your CPU VTT in the bios?

fornowagain · 2 Sep 2007 at 14:58

1.1 - 1.6

If yours is not changing, just suggest you clear the bootblock when you flash and set the clear switches.

AWDFLASH.EXE M629B_11.BIN /py /sn /Wb /cd /cp /cc /CKS

fornowagain · 2 Sep 2007 at 15:19

I find the quickest way is to use a USB flash drive, made bootable. 'HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool' and some system files can boot format directly to fat32.

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

Set the switches in the bat file and no config.sys or autoexec.bat

Sure you've seen it before, there's a simple little volt mod to get rid of the vdroop. 1Kohm 22 turn pot and really steady hands = virtually no droop at all.

This is where to measure the vcore, I find my uguru value is 0.02v out.

easyrider · 2 Sep 2007 at 16:17

I'm really confused why i'm not getting the correct values for the VTT?

Flashed to 11 no problems :confused:

fornowagain · 2 Sep 2007 at 19:47

I can think of two things, its either a board revision or some of the old bios persists. Flash the bootblock and use the clear switches. Take the battery out for a few minutes and then see.

easyrider · 2 Sep 2007 at 20:47

fornowagain said:
I can think of two things, its either a board revision or some of the old bios persists. Flash the bootblock and use the clear switches. Take the battery out for a few minutes and then see.

Ok will give it go

BUFF · 2 Sep 2007 at 23:17

easyrider said:
Whats the max option for your CPU VTT in the bios?

iirc it varies with Vcore - the higher your Vcore the higher VTT becomes available.

fornowagain · 2 Sep 2007 at 23:51

BUFF said:
iirc it varies with Vcore - the higher your Vcore the higher VTT becomes available.

Easy's core is higher than mine and I have more VTT.

EDIT: After a bit of research, I think the CPU VTT is linked to the MCH voltage. Up the MCH and the VTT range increases.

easyrider · 3 Sep 2007 at 00:02

ITs an odd one.

In Cpu-Z under the mainboard tab the bios version is 10

In the actual bios it says 11 :confused:

fornowagain · 3 Sep 2007 at 00:17

Is that before or after a re-flash and clear?

Scoobie Dave · 10 Sep 2007 at 13:19

Im going to be using Raid0 with my Abit using Vista64 Ultimate, but I cant find any raid drivers for it?

:confused:

BUFF · 10 Sep 2007 at 14:09

Normally there should be some on the CD & an utility for making a floppy from them but perhaps Vista already has them?

RAID/AHCI Software - Intel® Matrix Storage Manager v 7.6.0.1011 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit

Scoobie Dave · 10 Sep 2007 at 14:34

BUFF said:
Normally there should be some on the CD & an utility for making a floppy from them but perhaps Vista already has them?

RAID/AHCI Software - Intel® Matrix Storage Manager v 7.6.0.1011 for 2000/XP/2003/64bit

I will have a look on the cd, but that link you posted says nothing about Vista which got me wondering in the first place. . .

If anyone else can shed some light on this it would be appreciated!

Franco_cov · 10 Sep 2007 at 15:23

Guys,

I am about to buy this board and have a question with my current board which is the MSI p975 Platinum power up edition i had to mess around with sata drivers before i could install xp as it did not recognise my sata drives...

Can someone put my mind at rest and confirm I wont have this issue with this board as to be honest i have built loads of systems all with cheaper boards which never had this issue which quite frankly p***ed me off thinking by spending extra money on a better setup resulted into more annoying crap like that

Anyone please confirm that this board is worth getting as I plan on doing some over clocking with my q6600 GO cpu and this seems to be the direction to go ???

easyrider · 10 Sep 2007 at 15:37

Franco_cov said:
Anyone please confirm that this board is worth getting as I plan on doing some over clocking with my q6600 GO cpu and this seems to be the direction to go ???

Its a great mobo

Scoobie Dave · 10 Sep 2007 at 16:04

easyrider said:
Its a great mobo

Ditto.

Tripnologist · 10 Sep 2007 at 16:29

Franco_cov said:
Anyone please confirm that this board is worth getting as I plan on doing some over clocking with my q6600 GO cpu and this seems to be the direction to go ???

I didn't have any problems with my sata drives.
As the guys above have said, it's definitely a great board.

BUFF · 10 Sep 2007 at 20:04

Scoobie Dave said:
I will have a look on the cd, but that link you posted says nothing about Vista which got me wondering in the first place. . .

it doesn't?

English: iata76_enu.exe Download

Ver:7.6.0.1011 Date:8/2/2007 Size:5604 (KB) Time @56Kbps:12.97 min
OS:Windows Server* 2003, Windows Server* 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition, Windows Server* 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server* 2003 Standard x64 Edition, Windows Vista*, Windows Vista* 32, Windows Vista* 64, Windows Vista* Home Premium, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Ultimate, 32-bit version, Windows* XP Home Edition, Windows* XP Media Center Edition, Windows* XP Professional, Windows* XP Professional x64 Edition

Scoobie Dave · 10 Sep 2007 at 20:31

BUFF said:
it doesn't?

English: iata76_enu.exe Download

Ver:7.6.0.1011 Date:8/2/2007 Size:5604 (KB) Time @56Kbps:12.97 min
OS:Windows Server* 2003, Windows Server* 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition, Windows Server* 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server* 2003 Standard x64 Edition, Windows Vista*, Windows Vista* 32, Windows Vista* 64, Windows Vista* Home Premium, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Ultimate, 32-bit version, Windows* XP Home Edition, Windows* XP Media Center Edition, Windows* XP Professional, Windows* XP Professional x64 Edition

Im just gonna use the drivers that are on the abit cd.

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