Abit IP35-Pro Review

[kimochii72]

haha I read somewhere that using the fan connectors on this board makes the vdroop pretty bad.. so i figured it couldn't hurt. I took the fans off of the mobo and tried 500x6 and it works!!!!!!! (i havent ran orthos or any stability tests yet though)

Edit:520X6 (feels like oc'ing for the first time)

Edit 2: 540X6 I cant believe it was my fans holding me back

No ****!. I can't believe a measly fan that pulls maybe .15a would do that. Most fans actually pull less than that (120mm even) even as they rev-up. I tried this out on a power meter and was surprised to see most ratings are still overrated for even startup current needed.
I'm ordering mine (mid level) to $147 - $25 rebate tonight from mwave

What length are the included SATA cables? 19" or 24" ?

 

[Albaholic]

Thats just nuts,

Cant wait to get home from work to try this.

Edit: Do you mind posting up your volt settings

I had to go visit a friend that just got back from iraq... I work in four hours. I gotta get some sleep. When i get home from work I will post my settings. Keep in mind though I havent tested it to confirm stability yet. btw I tried 560 then 550... no post.. I will try with the balistix once they come in.

Edit: I'm still at work but here is what I remember of my settings...

Vcore 1.37
vdimm 2.25
MCH 1.32 ( I think)
everything else is at default (including ram timings) so I may have some room after tweaking.
this is all on WC btw I idle at 29-31C

I still haven't run orthos but my rig is down right now while i reroute the fan wiring. I'll post my results after i make sure its stable (or not stable) it's just nice to know i can do over 500+

 

[Albaholic]

Here's a little update 540mhz would fail orthos in about 2 seconds. ive dropped back to 500mhz and orthos is running okay for now.

I'll leave it for a few hours and see how she does. I still haven't set any of the timings manually so im hoping that gives me a bit more headroom.

 

[Evilsizer]

just remember then when you go over 499mhz fsb the 1333fsb strap is forced. The higher chipset latencey with 1333fsb means your losing performance at 500+. If you stayed with a higher multi and sub 500mhz fsb, the performance would be better.

I will doing a Abit IP35-E thread in about a week, i need a few more parts for the parents rig. The main parts, E2140,corsair 6400-c4's, needing new psu thats what im waiting on.

 

[bing]

Evil,

Although I don't have this mobo, while doing my own research on different mobo brands, downloaded this mobo latest Bios m629b10.zip dated 5/17/2007.

The ucodes listing inside this bios :

ID CPUID
---------
0B 0F02
09 0F65
04 0F64
0F 0F62
07 0F61
05 0F60
04 0F4A
03 0F49
03 0F47
06 0F44
05 0F43
03 0F42
17 0F41
02 0F37
17 0F34
0C 0F33
0A 0F32
0B 0F31
12 0F30
04 0660
32 0661
82 06F9
60 06F7 --> Q6600 B3 stepping
C6 06F6
33 06F5
33 06F5
26 06F4
11 06F1
56 06F2
05 06F0
05 06F0
05 06F0

Fyi, that 06FB microcode required for latest Q6600 G0 stepping isn't there yet and I assume there will be an update soon from Abit.

Hope this useful.

 

[Evilsizer]

Evil,

Although I don't have this mobo, while doing my own research on different mobo brands, downloaded this mobo latest Bios m629b10.zip dated 5/17/2007.

The ucodes listing inside this bios :

ID CPUID
---------
0B 0F02
09 0F65
04 0F64
0F 0F62
07 0F61
05 0F60
04 0F4A
03 0F49
03 0F47
06 0F44
05 0F43
03 0F42
17 0F41
02 0F37
17 0F34
0C 0F33
0A 0F32
0B 0F31
12 0F30
04 0660
32 0661
82 06F9
60 06F7 --> Q6600 B3 stepping
C6 06F6
33 06F5
33 06F5
26 06F4
11 06F1
56 06F2
05 06F0
05 06F0
05 06F0

Fyi, that 06FB microcode required for latest Q6600 G0 stepping isn't there yet and I assume there will be an update soon from Abit.

Hope this useful.

check this bios, this is a newer beta bios.
http://fugger.netfirms.com/11B04.zip

 

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check this bios, this is a newer beta bios.
http://fugger.netfirms.com/11B04.zip

Checked on Bios m629b_11.b04 ucodes listing, identical as above, no Q6600 G0 (06FB) yet.

 

[Deanzo]

Hey bing

Do you know what code to look for with the new E6850 ?

 

[bing]

Hey bing

Do you know what code to look for with the new E6850 ?

For Q6600, E6850, E6750 which are all G0 stepping, they are designated with the same 06FB microcode/cpuid.

 

[Albaholic]

just remember then when you go over 499mhz fsb the 1333fsb strap is forced. The higher chipset latencey with 1333fsb means your losing performance at 500+. If you stayed with a higher multi and sub 500mhz fsb, the performance would be better.

I will doing a Abit IP35-E thread in about a week, i need a few more parts for the parents rig. The main parts, E2140,corsair 6400-c4's, needing new psu thats what im waiting on.

Thanks for the tip evil... I dropped it to 499*6 and it was orthos stable for 21hrs(i stopped it after that) Then I tried 499*7 and it wouldnt boot so I upped the vcore to 1.40 it booted but shut down after about 10 minutes.

 

[chawks2]

Now that my temps make sense, it's time to revisit my oc.

 

[Deanzo]

Im starting to think my 520fsb wall may well be my ram, or a setting at lest.

With a 6 X multi and 4:5, I lock up at 530MHz (1060) Im at work now but when I get home I'll post up a screenshot of memset for you guys to look at, but Im sure my G.Skill 6400 HZ's should do better than that.
I cant re-call all the sub timings off the top of my head but it went something like 5-5-5-15 2.3volts.

 

[Albaholic]

What bios is everyone running over here?

 

[Evilsizer]

What bios is everyone running over here?

im running the first beta from june still, havent tried the newer one i linked to in the post above.

 

[Albaholic]

I'm a bit apprehensive about flashing my bios without having a spare chip around.. my Aw9d bricked itself last time. The downtime waiting for a new chip sucked. If I can't run 499*7 but I can do 499*6 it is most likely my cpu holding me back right?

 

[Evilsizer]

I'm a bit apprehensive about flashing my bios without having a spare chip around.. my Aw9d bricked itself last time. The downtime waiting for a new chip sucked. If I can't run 499*7 but I can do 499*6 it is most likely my cpu holding me back right?

try unplugging all the fans from the headers on the board. run them from either 4pin molex or a fan controller and watch

 

[IntruderII]

For Q6600, E6850, E6750 which are all G0 stepping, they are designated with the same 06FB microcode/cpuid.

Considering people are using the E6850 on this board with no problems, I'm assuming the G0 q6600 will boot just fine.

 

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Considering people are using the E6850 on this board with no problems, I'm assuming the G0 q6600 will boot just fine.

Nobody knows for sure, only time will tell. But in Intel section, Wiiliam Hung with Q6600 G0 didn't boot if there is no 06FB ucodes in the bios for Intel badaxe mobo, he managed to mod the bios by inserting the ucodes, very risky biz though.

 

[IntruderII]

Nobody knows for sure, only time will tell. But in Intel section, Wiiliam Hung with Q6600 G0 didn't boot if there is no 06FB ucodes in the bios for Intel badaxe mobo, he managed to mod the bios by inserting the ucodes, very risky biz though.

Here are some cases of it booting fine without the ucode:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2264577
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=124502

Looking good so far

 

[Albaholic]

try unplugging all the fans from the headers on the board. run them from either 4pin molex or a fan controller and watch

Already did that... thats what was keeping me from hitting 400... I only have an rpm monitor hooked up for one of my pumps connected to the mobo.