Possible IP35 Pro Problem

Newflesh2000 · 3 Oct 2007 at 20:58

I've just built myself a new system comprising of :

Abit IP35 Pro
Q6600 GO
2GB OCZ Reaper pc6400 mem
BFG 8800GTX OC

Now I can boot into windows fine, play games, browse the interenet, etc. However, when I go into the BIOS, if I try to make any significant changes such a turning the speedstepping option off or any other sort of change, when I save the changes and exit the bios the system will not reboot. It hangs on a blank screen until I switch the pc off at the psu and restart. When I then went back into the Bios the Uguru utility wasn't showing cpu temp and other settings.

Now I thought that this might be due to the bios requiring an update so I flashed the bios to the lastest one and the problem still persisted. I then flashed the bios back to the original one and the problem still persisted. I've also started to notice that some of the text when entering the Uguru utilility appears to be corrupt.

I'm guessing the board is possibly faulty to some extent, but before I RMA it back to Oc I just wanted to see if anyone else may have some words of wisdom about this.

Newflesh2000 · 4 Oct 2007 at 07:18

Already done that several times. When I go back into the bios straight after resetting the cmos everything is okay, but when i make any changes it wont restart. The only change I can make that reboots the system is to turn the Abit splash screen off. Any other changes result in the above.

Newflesh2000 · 4 Oct 2007 at 13:14

I never thought of checking that. I shall have a look when I get home from work tonight. It's worth a try.

I've sent Oc a webnote to see if they might have any ideas on the problem.

Newflesh2000 · 4 Oct 2007 at 18:19

Well I've had a reply from Oc and they seem to think that the motherboard is faulty and have given me a RMA number to send it back. Shame really as I'm going to have to wait unit next week to do this now.

Interestly they've also said that the windows uguru utility is known for showing errors and making systems hang.

Newflesh2000 · 5 Oct 2007 at 08:24

I'm going to stick with the IP35.

Newflesh2000 · 7 Oct 2007 at 22:20

Haven't got around to taking the board out yet so I might give the 1.4 BIOS a try, otherwise it'll be taken out after work tomorrow.

Sly: Oc seem to think that the Uguru utility in windows is a bit buggy which is why it isn't reliable. It wont cause any problems with the board because, as already stated, you can do it the old fashioned way via the BIOS.

Newflesh2000 · 16 Oct 2007 at 10:05

Just to resurrect this one, I rma'd my board back to Oc. Turned out it was faulty, but I haven't been told what the fault was. Recieved my replacement board yesterday, fitted it last night and all appears well at the moment.

Newflesh2000 · 16 Oct 2007 at 11:57

mk17 said:
What o/s are you running. I've uninstalled uGuru on my Vista 64 Ultimate, Abit IP35 Pro, bios v11, coz it causes my system to crash on startup.

XP Pro SP2.

Haven't installed the windows uGuru utility yet but I think that the v14 bios update solves the crashing issue that I experienced with it. Don't know if this will also apply to Vista users however.