*****OFFICIAL OcUK/JW IP35 Pro THREAD*****
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Im having real awful overclocking problems with this board
I cant get my Q6600 past 2.4 at all. Tried voltages, RAM timings, everything. It just wont budge, anybody else having the same thing?
Actually, no - I found it an absolute doddle to overclock to about 360x9 (don't adjust anything except maybe CPU voltage) and after that I've had real issues with getting any further.
I would quite literally reset the BIOS to Optimized Defaults then turn up the FSB to 300 and it should come up at 2.7GHz. Then try 333MHz and it should come up at 3GHz. After that I needed 1.35V+ on my CPU to get it stable at 350MHz.
The RAM speed settings (both FSB divider and timings) are absolutely rotten with bugs though, so just leave all that on AUTO at the moment. It may overclock your RAM a little, but it's very easy to give the RAM a smidgen extra volts to help that out.
It really does need a revised BIOS though.
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will release a new BIOS asap, but as I know, this update (v1.3) involoves a complete new ROM, and is under testing during the week, if everything runs fine, it will be released next week. please be patient.
P.S. AHCI (for Vista) issue & RAM issue & the useless settings are going to be solved.
P.S. AHCI (for Vista) issue & RAM issue & the useless settings are going to be solved.
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is it better to try everything with the 6x multiplier instead of 9x?
like finding out the max fsb and then increasing the multiplier to 7x, 8x...?
above is my usual practice.
I think you may be having a better CPU than mine.
Excellent.
Mine doesn't work well at the lower multipliers. It's fine at 9x.
I thought you had 3.6GHz on the old BIOS?
This board has been reviewed in this month's PC FORMAT Magazine, see page 47.
It was given 82%, which by PC Format standards is great (the best of the main reviews this month got 87%)
Thier conclusion was "There are plenty of good motherboards out there to choose from, but the price and features make this a very tempting prospect for anyone after a low cost 45nm setup"
It was given 82%, which by PC Format standards is great (the best of the main reviews this month got 87%)
Thier conclusion was "There are plenty of good motherboards out there to choose from, but the price and features make this a very tempting prospect for anyone after a low cost 45nm setup"
Right now - P31-DS3L or P35-DS3L. Once they release the new BIOS, then I might change my mind, but I've tested both back to back and the P31-DS3L is much cheaper and clocks more consistently.
The current BIOS is quite buggy however a new one is on it's way, and I'm very hopeful. There are only a handful of people on here with these boards and most are reporting them not to be straightforward to overclock, whereas the Gigabytes are a known commodity.
Please take this in the spirit intended, which is constuctive criticism, and not negative, as it will undoubtedly appear negative at first glance:
kenofstephen, put the same type of ancillary contents package in the box, that Gigabyte, Asus, etc do.
You aren't going to win friends if customers have to spend out on extra cables, which then puts your board very much the wrong side of the competition, pricewise.
The P31 board is about £2.50 cheaper than the Gigabyte at OcUK, an extra SATA cable (getting to be pretty essential) retail costs £5.86, for example.
Retail, I can get Abit, MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte (all strong, well known brand names) P35 chipset boards for LESS than the OcUK Value IP35 Pro.
I've been building PC's for a very long time, and am always keen to look at and support new products of high quality at a good price with good customer service.
I started using Gigabyte boards when they first appeared on the market, because they oozed quality, were solidly reliable, and were a very substantial saving compared to any alternative. I've sold 1,000's in systems over the years from word of mouth recommendation and repeat business (never advertised, never had to), and my customers have had outstanding service from them (basically once they leave me, only lightning strikes and retirement seem to put them out of action). Equally important, my support calls are so close to zero as really doesn't matter, which has saved ME many £1,000's of pounds a year due to absence of expensive callouts.
I should mention I'm pretty much retired from it all now, and only do a few custom builds a year for old friends, to keep my hand in and my brain active.
As Dreadi said: "having read this thread i'm not sure what to do. Go for the this ocuk board or get a gigabyte ds3l ???"
As demonstrated, buying your boards is a gamble for people right now, a roll of the dice, a risk. You need to transform that into a rock solid certainty ASAP, and get OcUK to put the existing stock ancillary kits up to scratch, as well as any stock in transit that might be deficient.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours, and hope you can become another Gigabyte. I might even buy a IP35 Pro later in the week to tinker with, with an E21**/22** (though to be honest the one I would like to really have a look at soon, is your G35 mATX).
kenofstephen, put the same type of ancillary contents package in the box, that Gigabyte, Asus, etc do.
You aren't going to win friends if customers have to spend out on extra cables, which then puts your board very much the wrong side of the competition, pricewise.
The P31 board is about £2.50 cheaper than the Gigabyte at OcUK, an extra SATA cable (getting to be pretty essential) retail costs £5.86, for example.
Retail, I can get Abit, MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte (all strong, well known brand names) P35 chipset boards for LESS than the OcUK Value IP35 Pro.
I've been building PC's for a very long time, and am always keen to look at and support new products of high quality at a good price with good customer service.
I started using Gigabyte boards when they first appeared on the market, because they oozed quality, were solidly reliable, and were a very substantial saving compared to any alternative. I've sold 1,000's in systems over the years from word of mouth recommendation and repeat business (never advertised, never had to), and my customers have had outstanding service from them (basically once they leave me, only lightning strikes and retirement seem to put them out of action). Equally important, my support calls are so close to zero as really doesn't matter, which has saved ME many £1,000's of pounds a year due to absence of expensive callouts.
I should mention I'm pretty much retired from it all now, and only do a few custom builds a year for old friends, to keep my hand in and my brain active.
As Dreadi said: "having read this thread i'm not sure what to do. Go for the this ocuk board or get a gigabyte ds3l ???"
As demonstrated, buying your boards is a gamble for people right now, a roll of the dice, a risk. You need to transform that into a rock solid certainty ASAP, and get OcUK to put the existing stock ancillary kits up to scratch, as well as any stock in transit that might be deficient.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours, and hope you can become another Gigabyte. I might even buy a IP35 Pro later in the week to tinker with, with an E21**/22** (though to be honest the one I would like to really have a look at soon, is your G35 mATX).
i also am quite looking forword to the G35 board, the 6 sata ports are what are drawing me to this in matx form but the lack of a pci x4 slot is a little dissapointing.
i orderd one of these ip35 pro boards to pair with a e2140 for a friend and im looking forword to getting my hands on it.
i orderd one of these ip35 pro boards to pair with a e2140 for a friend and im looking forword to getting my hands on it.
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Please take this in the spirit intended, which is constuctive criticism, and not negative, as it will undoubtedly appear negative at first glance:
kenofstephen, put the same type of ancillary contents package in the box, that Gigabyte, Asus, etc do.
You aren't going to win friends if customers have to spend out on extra cables, which then puts your board very much the wrong side of the competition, pricewise.
The P31 board is about £2.50 cheaper than the Gigabyte at OcUK, an extra SATA cable (getting to be pretty essential) retail costs £5.86, for example.
Retail, I can get Abit, MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte (all strong, well known brand names) P35 chipset boards for LESS than the OcUK Value IP35 Pro.
I've been building PC's for a very long time, and am always keen to look at and support new products of high quality at a good price with good customer service.
I started using Gigabyte boards when they first appeared on the market, because they oozed quality, were solidly reliable, and were a very substantial saving compared to any alternative. I've sold 1,000's in systems over the years from word of mouth recommendation and repeat business (never advertised, never had to), and my customers have had outstanding service from them (basically once they leave me, only lightning strikes and retirement seem to put them out of action). Equally important, my support calls are so close to zero as really doesn't matter, which has saved ME many £1,000's of pounds a year due to absence of expensive callouts.
I should mention I'm pretty much retired from it all now, and only do a few custom builds a year for old friends, to keep my hand in and my brain active.
As Dreadi said: "having read this thread i'm not sure what to do. Go for the this ocuk board or get a gigabyte ds3l ???"
As demonstrated, buying your boards is a gamble for people right now, a roll of the dice, a risk. You need to transform that into a rock solid certainty ASAP, and get OcUK to put the existing stock ancillary kits up to scratch, as well as any stock in transit that might be deficient.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours, and hope you can become another Gigabyte. I might even buy a IP35 Pro later in the week to tinker with, with an E21**/22** (though to be honest the one I would like to really have a look at soon, is your G35 mATX).
Thank you very much! It is my pleasure to have your 1st post here giving us such valuable comments and inspiration. :adore:
we will keep on making good products and offering the best value in 2008!!
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by the way, Intel is going to release the new driver for G31 on March to enable its Clear Video feature.
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confirmed today that a BIOS which fix AHCI for Vista and RAM timing settings and accuracy will be released very soon, maybe within a week. will push them for earlier.
Hi there, recieved this board this morning. after putting the system together i set about overclocking the cpu wich is a E2140, i know the chip will do 2.5ghz easy but when i set the FSB nothing changes i set it and the machine will restart. once the restart has took place it fails to boot so i shut it down fully and start the machine up again.
once the machine has restarted the clock speed of the chip is at stock still.
no matter what i do i cant get the chip to budge off of stock speeds.
this is the system
E2140 INTEL CPU
J&W P35 MOBO
2GB GEIL ULTRA LOW LATENCY RAM
GEFORECE 8800GT
OCUK HUNTKEY 500 WATT PSU
once the machine has restarted the clock speed of the chip is at stock still.
no matter what i do i cant get the chip to budge off of stock speeds.
this is the system
E2140 INTEL CPU
J&W P35 MOBO
2GB GEIL ULTRA LOW LATENCY RAM
GEFORECE 8800GT
OCUK HUNTKEY 500 WATT PSU
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if you set FSB without locking the RAM speed and SPD beforehand (e.g. 667MHz, 5-5-5-15, 1:1....etc),
definitely fail will be the result.
definitely fail will be the result.
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Ultra Low Latency = Lower overclocking power, if you don't loosen the timings and increasing the vdimm.