BIOS 15 released for the IP35-E

[ghost recon88]

Not sure why its not listed on the US site I just updated my board to it, and it fixed the Wolfdale temp BIOS readings so they're accurate now. Before hand on the old BIOS 15 beta 4, the Wolfdale temps were being read as 6 or 7c upon bootup. Here's a link, http://www.abit.com.tw/page/uk...-E&pSOCKET_TYPE=LGA775

 

[Heidfirst]

it's available on all sites hosted/administrated by abit Taiwan.
afaik abit USA is the only abit branch that runs it's own website & consequently it's usually behind - just get used to looking on the abit Global site first.

 

[Replay]

I'm going to wait and let someone else find out what, if anything, is wrong with this latest bios. They often fix one problem, and introduce another problem. Release 13 was so bad they pulled it from the site, and some people have issues with bios 14. I'm still on 12.

 

[watek]

I'm using beta 13, seems to be stable. I've read beta 13 and official 12's are decent.

 

[ghost recon88]

I was using BIOS 14 beta 5 before this, and it seems its a little better than BIOS 15. However it appears the double-POST is back every single time you restart. I'll take my inaccurate temp readings if it means better stability. Also its taking a lot more voltage to reach certain clocks than it did with BIOS 14 beta 5. Not sure if that means the older BIOS wasn't properly feeding the chip volts, or what?

 

[Tempered81]

wonder which bios is going to be the best overall for wolfdale overclocking on this board?

 

[nofferman]

had the same issue with an E8400 and an IP35-Pro, v14 originally showed 127C for my CPU temp. v15 and v16 beta 4 both fixed it.

 

[ghost recon88]

I just put 14 beta 5 back on, much better. And for the time being, Coretemp is inaccurate for the Wolfdale core temperatures anyways, so having a BIOS that reads the core temps correctly isn't that big of a deal.

 

[Tempered81]

can you use 16 beta 4 with ip35 e, or just the pro?

 

[ghost recon88]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
can you use 16 beta 4 with ip35 e, or just the pro?

Just the Pro, the normal IP35 and IP35 Pro use a different BIOS than the "-E".

 

[Tempered81]

so there aren't that many options for the ip35e bios wise. Is flashing the bios difficult? I dont even know how to put the files onto a floppy, and dont have a thubmdrive. bah, i hope mine comes with the best bios.

 

[ghost recon88]

The best BIOS so far is ether BIOS 14, or BIOS 14 beta 5. I currently have BIOS 14 beta 5 on mine, and am about to test BIOS 14.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
Is flashing the bios difficult? I dont even know how to put the files onto a floppy,

the stickies at the top of http://forum.abit-usa.com/foru...e3be27ddc58f13f97&f=12 should cover you.

 

[rockfella79]

Even i am stil on 12. I guess it is the best overall.

 

[GundamF91]

I'm also on BIOS 12, double booting is annoying, but it's by the far the most stable of the bunch for me in terms of overclocking stabililty. Bios 14 kept giving me problem and loss of FSB setting and no boots.

 

[Regalk]

Tried 12 - too many issues for me - quickly scrapped
14 - was OK (could not get to 400FSB)
15 was best so far - a bit quicker than 14 and definitely more headroom in my overclock
Still though double booting - cuurrently 370 X 9 with Q6600 and runnig well

 

[ghost recon88]

Originally posted by: Regalk
Tried 12 - too many issues for me - quickly scrapped
14 - was OK (could not get to 400FSB)
15 was best so far - a bit quicker than 14 and definitely more headroom in my overclock
Still though double booting - cuurrently 370 X 9 with Q6600 and runnig well

You've been able to overclock better with 15 compared to the other ones?

 

[brencat]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
so there aren't that many options for the ip35e bios wise. Is flashing the bios difficult? I dont even know how to put the files onto a floppy, and dont have a thubmdrive. bah, i hope mine comes with the best bios.

@jared, check out my posts on page 122 of the Abit IP35-E Review thread... @ 11:09pm on 1/18 and @ 3:33pm on 1/19 for a quick refresher on flashing bios with a floppy.

IP35-E Review Thread

Also...another vote for Bios 14 Beta 05

 

[Regalk]

Originally posted by: Regalk
Tried 12 - too many issues for me - quickly scrapped
14 - was OK (could not get to 400FSB)
15 was best so far - a bit quicker than 14 and definitely more headroom in my overclock
Still though double booting - cuurrently 370 X 9 with Q6600 and runnig well

Yes (not a whole lot more but more stable) - with 12 and 14 lots of reboots and instabilities. With 15 I was able to get up to 370 X 9 and been like that now for a few days (Q6600 B3) Lots of gaming time last week end without a problem. I was going to kill the IP35-E and go for the DFI but after Bios 15 I decided to hold off for a while longer

 

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: brencat

@jared, check out my posts on page 122 of the Abit IP35-E Review thread... @ 11:09pm on 1/18 and @ 3:33pm on 1/19 for a quick refresher on flashing bios with a floppy.

IP35-E Review Thread

Also...another vote for Bios 14 Beta 05

Thank you

Originally posted by: Heidfirst

Originally posted by: jaredpace
Is flashing the bios difficult? I dont even know how to put the files onto a floppy,

the stickies at the top of http://forum.abit-usa.com/foru...e3be27ddc58f13f97&f=12 should cover you.

Thank you too!

 

[MovingTarget]

Wow, I finally got my processor today and thought I had just made a really expensive mistake in putting everything together. I'm glad that this isn't actually an issue with overheating.

:thumbsup: Thanks AT!

/continues to build system