motherboards.

[lodore]

hello,
i will be building myself a new pc soon and wondered what the major differences between the abit ip35 and abit ip35pro?
its a £40 difference.
the main differences I saw was two easta ports and an extra gigabit ethernet.
i will want to get a wireless card since sometimes the computer will be upstairs.
this will be my first build.
once i get all the cash i will post my full list of componants and then ask for any adjustments you would make before i buy all the stuff from scan.
also does 32bit software work on 64bit vista?
or does all the software have to be 64bit?
lodore

[silentvoice]

Apart from what you mentioned, other differences include:

A second physical x16 PCI-E slot (4x electrical); the IP35 has an extra x1 PCI-E instead
The heat sink/pipe assembley
Right angled SATA sockets
An external CMOS switch
2 Firewire ports (instead of 1)
A diagnostic display (on the motherboard)

I think only the pro uses uGuru and has 100% solid capacitors as well.

The BIOSes are different and more importantly the pro doesn't suffer from the 'double boot issue' - although this is *supposed* to be fixed.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

What is this "double boot issues" out of interest??

[Clunk]

What is this "double boot issues" out of interest??

Edit: sorry, they are double bootey shoes.