Abit P35 Worthy Buy Still

[easyrider]

Good mobo's

P35 clcoks Q6600 well.

NOt bad for £66

[handscombmp]

Well i ordered it last night and apparantly it was dispatched within 5mins of me ordering it! but it now says out for delivery.

I'll plug it in today and test it before i send it on to my mate.
I hope he's pleased.

I've decided i'll update the bios for him and when i downloaded the file it said i needed to create a MS-DOS but disk and boot into MS-DOS and run a file. How would i go about doing this?

[CaptainCrash]

I've decided i'll update the bios for him and when i downloaded the file it said i needed to create a MS-DOS but disk and boot into MS-DOS and run a file. How would i go about doing this?

http://www.bootdisk.com/ - use the "driver free disk".

If you don't have a spare floppy drive kicking around, and you don't want to mess around creating your own bootable DOS CD ISO or flash drive, you could just download Magic Boot Disk - note that you'd still need UltraISO or something similar to insert the BIOS update files into the ISO.

IIRC Bios 14 was the last one recommended for the IP-35 Pro/Q6600 combination, as later revisions were designed for the newer Intel chips and had temperature reporting issues with the Q6600, which led to the uGuru onboard fan controls (excellent BTW) not behaving properly, and overclocking utilities misreporting temps. I haven't used this board for a while though, so there may have been a later BIOS which fixed things.

[handscombmp]

http://www.bootdisk.com/ - use the "driver free disk".

IIRC Bios 14 was the last one recommended for the IP-35 Pro/Q6600 combination, as later revisions were designed for the newer Intel chips and had temperature reporting issues with the Q6600, which led to the uGuru onboard fan controls (excellent BTW) not behaving properly, and overclocking utilities misreporting temps. I haven't used this board for a while though, so there may have been a later BIOS which fixed things.

Thanks. I assume i just run the driver free disk and it takes me through what i need to do.

The most uptodate bios i see for the Pro XE is 11 but when i compare it to the BIOS for just the Pro the same update have been added into it as No. 17

UPDATE: Just tried to create a bootable USB Flash and when i run 'Driver free disk' it says please insert floppy.

[CaptainCrash]

No, the driver free disk is just a self-extracting/writing floppy image, it won't create a bootable USB drive. You copy the BIOS update files to the floppy you've created, then just boot from it and execute "runme.bat" or whatever it is.

I've always found it simplest to temporarily connect up a floppy drive to flash a BIOS, but you could follow the instructions here if you want to boot from a USB drive (don't forget to copy the BIOS files across when you're done).

[BUFF]

how to flash abits both from floppy & from USB memory stick http://www.theraptorpit.com/forum/in...showtopic=2628

[subucni]

Sorry for a little bit of a thread hijack here, but what exactly is the difference between the IP35 Pro and the IP35 Pro XE? Other than the obvious change in the colour of the heatsinks, the only thing i can see is that the XE says it'll support 1600fsb.

If this is the case, would it be safe to assume the XE has the same OC potential as the IP35 pro does in all it's many reviews?

[BUFF]

it's essentially a Rev 1.1 IP35 Pro with different coloured heatsinks & "official" 1600 fsb CPU support so yes, it has the same performance as the standard IP35 Pro.

[staffsMike]

I would say it's safe to assume the XE has the same if not better OC potential (black copper > copper ) than the PRO such was it's intention.

[Fraz]

I would say it's safe to assume the XE has the same if not better OC potential (black copper > copper ) than the PRO such was it's intention.

Black aluminium you mean

[staffsMike]

Ohhhh is that right? lol

[Fraz]

Ohhhh is that right? lol

Yup - the original IP35 pro has aluminium heatsinks that are painted to look like copper

[handscombmp]

Well arived today before 12 and was brand new (didn't have seal but everything inside is sealed and pristine)

My friend found another question that he'd like answered (i told him he should get his own Hexus acount ) and so would i know. He wants to know when he put the RAM + CPU into the Mobo before it goes into the case what surface should he put it on.
I've read that you can put it on the anti-static bag it comes in but i've also read that how the static bags wrok are by channeling the electricy round the outside the bag so surely that would short (maybe destroy the mobo)
My idea was to put it on a newspaper. What the best method.

[Fraz]

Well arived today before 12 and was brand new (didn't have seal but everything inside is sealed and pristine)

My friend found another question that he'd like answered (i told him he should get his own Hexus acount ) and so would i know. He wants to know when he put the RAM + CPU into the Mobo before it goes into the case what surface should he put it on.
I've read that you can put it on the anti-static bag it comes in but i've also read that how the static bags wrok are by channeling the electricy round the outside the bag so surely that would short (maybe destroy the mobo)
My idea was to put it on a newspaper. What the best method.

In general anti-static stuff has a high resistance (e.g. 1 MegaOhm for those anti-static wrist bands), but are definitely not insulators. The idea is to avoid static build up, but not really be good conductors AFAIK.

It should be happy sitting on the anti-static bag either plugged in and running, or unplugged, I believe. I generally use the anti-static bag or something made of cotton to rest things on. Basically, just don't bring any man-made fibres anywhere near electronics.

Other good alternative if the board is unpowered is to just rest it on the side of your case (assuming it detaches from the chassis). You don't want it on a metal surface if the board is powered though!

edit: Seems there are many types of anti-static bag, and some are a lot more conductive than others (Faraday cage bags!), so you may have to be careful if the item is powered and you are resting it on one of the more conductive ones: http://www.packagingknowledge.com/Anti_Static_Bags.asp

[handscombmp]

It should be happy sitting on the anti-static bag either plugged in and running, or unplugged, I believe. I generally use the anti-static bag or something made of cotton to rest things on. Basically, just don't bring any man-made fibres anywhere near electronics.

Other good alternative if the board is unpowered is to just rest it on the side of your case (assuming it detaches from the chassis). You don't want it on a metal surface if the board is powered though!

Hmmm. Thanks for that.

I can see a couple of probs that i may just have testing the board.

1. It's going to be running outside a board just whilst i test it for my friends

2. It's going to be on my desk which i think is chipboard (or something like that) but more worrying is the fact that i will be stood on what feels like a nylon carpet. Should i be careful.

[staffsMike]

I stick it on or in the mobo box.. perfect fit