hello NG,
for my new PC which I will assamble shortly the Abit IP35 Pro is a hot
candidate. Does anyone know this board well and could tell me the good
sides (and, if there are any, also the "bad" sides)?
One thing that worries me a bit is that there are only 4 USB ports - this
seems a little low number of ports; or do I misunderstand something?
Thanks for your hints, best regards, Erich
1) the reboot issue but mine is abou 99% better with ver 11 bios and the
write block for
bios upgrade - check this group for more info
"sussed it
ignore the abit switches to flash
use these
/py /sn /Wb /cd /cp /cc /CKS
clearing bootblock is key i think
hope it helps someone "
2) i find the sata sockets a real pain where they are but i can cope - you
get 6
but i like the passive cooling
"Erich Seidenschmiedt" <erich.seidenschmiedt@chello.at> wrote in message
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hello NG,
for my new PC which I will assamble shortly the Abit IP35 Pro is a hot
candidate. Does anyone know this board well and could tell me the good
sides (and, if there are any, also the "bad" sides)?
One thing that worries me a bit is that there are only 4 USB ports - this
seems a little low number of ports; or do I misunderstand something?
Thanks for your hints, best regards, Erich
The IP35 Pro has 4 I/O panel USB connectors, but it also has 4 USB headers
on board. Each of those headers supports 2 USB ports. I don't know whether
it would be possible to use the maximum 12 ports, but I expect that you
could.
Abit supplies a card slot USB/IEEE1394 bracket, so you can use 6 USB ports
without additional hardware. I also use two front USB ports on my case, so I
have a total of 8 available.
The 6 Intel SATA connectors all face the rear of the board, which isn't
always convenient. (It means that they don't interfere with a long graphics
card like an nVidia 8800GTX, though.)
The integrated gigabit LAN controllers are connected to the PCI bus rather
than the PCI-E bus, which limits their maximum rate. (I could care less, as
I'm not on a gigabit LAN.)
I got the board because I wanted a P35 mainboard, with the ICH9R RAID
controller, but without all the extras that Asus (for example) puts on their
high-end boards.
Asus has two features that I miss:
1) ability to update the BIOS using a BIOS-based utility (rather than
booting into an operating system like DOS)
2) BIOS recovery feature (probably related to feature 1)
I've been satisfied with the IP35 Pro. I haven't pushed the overclocking to
its limits, but it runs a Q6600 (G0) at 3 GHz without difficulty (air
cooling).
Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
"Erich Seidenschmiedt" <erich.seidenschmiedt@chello.at> wrote in message
news:8c8a1$470d182b$5471814c$2044@news.chello.at.. .
> hello NG,
> for my new PC which I will assamble shortly the Abit IP35 Pro is a hot
> candidate. Does anyone know this board well and could tell me the good
> sides (and, if there are any, also the "bad" sides)?
> One thing that worries me a bit is that there are only 4 USB ports - this
> seems a little low number of ports; or do I misunderstand something?
> Thanks for your hints, best regards, Erich
>
>
"Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
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<snip>
> Asus has two features that I miss:
>
> 1) ability to update the BIOS using a BIOS-based utility (rather than
> booting into an operating system like DOS)
That's odd. I just put together a Asus cheapie board and was able to flash
the BIOS from the BIOS screen you can use EZFlash 2 to do this using a thumb
drive, which I did.
In fact I'm sure I can do the same thing on an older Socket A board I have
here, but it only works with 3.5in floppy drives.
> 2) BIOS recovery feature (probably related to feature 1)
I don't think there are too many manufacturers who don't have some kind of
feature which does this.
Asus has Crashfree 2 where the BIOS will look for a ROM on a floppy or CD if
a corrupted BIOS is detected.
Not as convenient as boards that store their CMOS info locally, but how
often do you think you will need to recover from a corrupted BIOS?
"Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:19:17 +0100, "ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com>
wrote:
>
>Supposedly its very good
>
>i have one
>
>2 things i dont like
>
>1) the reboot issue but mine is abou 99% better with ver 11
You must have an IP35E or IP35. The Pro version never had an issue
with reboots.
"ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com> wrote in message
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I have an IP35 Pro - it does have the same issues
but bios 11 99% better
"Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:19:17 +0100, "ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com>
wrote:
>
>Supposedly its very good
>
>i have one
>
>2 things i dont like
>
>1) the reboot issue but mine is abou 99% better with ver 11
You must have an IP35E or IP35. The Pro version never had an issue
with reboots.
EZFlash 2 and the BIOS recovery tool are Asus features that the Abit board
lacks. So, I miss them.
"SumGuy" <some@one.de> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:VcCdnUToCJMkCpDanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> <snip>
>> Asus has two features that I miss:
>>
>> 1) ability to update the BIOS using a BIOS-based utility (rather than
>> booting into an operating system like DOS)
>
> That's odd. I just put together a Asus cheapie board and was able to flash
> the BIOS from the BIOS screen you can use EZFlash 2 to do this using a
> thumb drive, which I did.
>
> In fact I'm sure I can do the same thing on an older Socket A board I have
> here, but it only works with 3.5in floppy drives.
>
>> 2) BIOS recovery feature (probably related to feature 1)
>
>
> I don't think there are too many manufacturers who don't have some kind of
> feature which does this.
> Asus has Crashfree 2 where the BIOS will look for a ROM on a floppy or CD
> if a corrupted BIOS is detected.
>
> Not as convenient as boards that store their CMOS info locally, but how
> often do you think you will need to recover from a corrupted BIOS?
>
>
> <snip<
>
"ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127029
>
> "ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com> wrote in message
> news:9yvPi.579$ag2.461@fe097.usenetserver.com...
>
> I have an IP35 Pro - it does have the same issues
>
> but bios 11 99% better
>
>
>
> "Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message
> news:fhlsg3dl3cb08tvif9vg7evqba80tqvovm@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:19:17 +0100, "ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Supposedly its very good
>>
>>i have one
>>
>>2 things i dont like
>>
>>1) the reboot issue but mine is abou 99% better with ver 11
>
> You must have an IP35E or IP35. The Pro version never had an issue
> with reboots.
>
>
>
>
>
"ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127029
>
> "ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com> wrote in message
> news:9yvPi.579$ag2.461@fe097.usenetserver.com...
>
> I have an IP35 Pro - it does have the same issues
>
> but bios 11 99% better
>
>
>
> "Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message
> news:fhlsg3dl3cb08tvif9vg7evqba80tqvovm@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:19:17 +0100, "ocotber" <ocotber@ocotber.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Supposedly its very good
>>
>>i have one
>>
>>2 things i dont like
>>
>>1) the reboot issue but mine is abou 99% better with ver 11
>
> You must have an IP35E or IP35. The Pro version never had an issue
> with reboots.
>
>
>
>
>
Who has experience with the IP35 Pro? 
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