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zeromark,

Here is the link to the vdroop mod, I havent done it because I am happy with my oc but others have had great success with it. I have yet to hear of anyone frying their board, on the other hand how many people would come on here and say uhh I did the vdroop mod and fry'd my board cause I didnt do it right.

http://www.itsjohnnybravo.com/Overcl...0&%20vcore.jpg

I was able to take my oc from 2.4 to 3.15 without any modding at all, I did the bolt mod because I thought it was needed but actually my temps are higher now that I did it I am guessing because now there is no air getting through between the mosfets and the heatsink which yes I know makes no sence, the heatsink is supposed to keep things cool but without active cooling I think the heatpipe idea is a bad one, because now the heat from the the northbridge and southbridge follow the pipe up (heat rises) to the end where the mosfets are and from my personal experience I feel that the mosfets are the ones that need the cooling the most.

As to your idea about why the vdroop happens, sorry but you are wrong. The vdroop is always there, the harder you stress the system the more you can see it but none the less it is still always there, even after the mod. After the mod though it is not nearly as bad and it doesnt fluctuate hardly at all even when the systems is stressed according to others that have done it.

mentholmoose

I updated the original post with a bunch of new information. First time in over two months.

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MADMAX22

OK maybe you guys know. I am trying to figure out how to get the extra hdd I have now to show up. I redid my install and went with a raid0 so I have two drives for raid 0 and installed vista and all that good stuff.

Now I have a second hdd that is plugged in that I wanted to use for backup and stuff. This guy shows up in bios, shows up in task manager but does not show up in mycomputer. Any reason why, Ive never had to run raid and an extra hdd with this board as long as Ive had it so I cant remember if this was a issue with the board/bios/or the OS.

Thanks for the input guys

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ncsa

It is to do with the way the Intel Controller operates - either all RAID mode or not, but run up the Matrix Manager within the OS and select the single drive and from there you maybe able to deassociate it as a RAID spare ... it is not something I have tried as generally all 6 ports are doing someting RAID ... other wise use the JMiron eSata ports, they are not as fast but still work OK. You can use an eSata-SATA cable or put the drive in an external case with eSata support.

EDIT: How is the RAID-0 setup in BIOS - 1 or 2 RAID partitions across the drives ie using the Matrix feature?

MADMAX22

OK I am not thinking today. Anyways I didnt partition that drive while I was installing vista so when I was in windows so I redid my install and partitioned it so its all good now. Shows up in mycomputer and allows me to do what I want to it.

Raid 0 I havent gotten to play with yet. Had a few issues. I also had a problem with the partition size. I am using two 250gigs so I figured I would do 400g for the whole vista setup and storage and the rest of it for maybe installing some other OS's to play with (like linux or something) anyways now the extra 80gigs isnt readable and it isnt readable from the install point of vista. Basically Ill have to go back to the raid controller options get rid of the current raid and redo it to max then make sure I partition it correctly.

I am tired and sick so I guess I shouldnt be doing this stuff ahh well.

Ill post some benches when I finally get this all worked out.

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ncsa

The Intel Controller can support up to two RAID Arrays, so if you have two HDDs and configure them for RAID-0 - set the partition size to say 40Gb for Vista and then the 2nd RAID (on the same pair of drives could be RAID-1 for the remainder fo the partition, while VIsta allows for the partition to be resized it is not the same as enabling the Matrix feature of the controller .. also I setup the initial partition first then install Vista and complete the other partiotns or various HDDs later, seems to allow Vista to install easier... if you want a performance boost on the arrays have a play with it and sizes...

MADMAX22

Thanks for the input NCSA, Ill have to play around with that before I get to attached to this install. Just playing right now but compared the bench between the raid0 and the single hdd on its own. The single hdd has the pagefile on it. Theya re all the same 250g WD drives.

single drive


raid 0

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ncsa

Looking good ...

Here is a test with 6 drives using the Intel Matrix Controller on the IP35-Pro and Vista x64 - WBC also enabled and the Stripe is 64K

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MADMAX22

Thats really nice dude.

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mrtn400

Let me contribute some info:
Abit Forums' Official IP35 Pro Thread

Compatible RAM:
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000 (2x2GB) CAS5
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400 (2x2GB) CAS5
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-6400 (2x2GB) CAS4
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HK PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4

Mushkin 4GB DDR2 XP2-8500 (2x2GB) CAS5
Mushkin 4GB DDR2 XP2-6400 (2x2GB) CAS4
Mushkin 2GB DDR2 Redline XP2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS4
Mushkin 4GB DDR2 HP2-6400 (2x2GB) CAS5

Corsair 2GB Dominator DDR2 PC2-8888 (2x1GB) CAS4
Corsair 2GB Dominator DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS3
Corsair 2GB Dominator DDR2 PC2-8500 (2x1GB) CAS5
Corsair 2GB TwinX DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4

Crucial 2GB Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC2-8500 (2x1GB) CAS5
Crucial 2GB Ballistix DDR2 PC2-8500 (2x1GB) CAS5
Crucial 2GB Ballistix DDR2 PC2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS5 <Discontinued>
Crucial 2GB Ballistix DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4
Crucial 2GB Ballistix DDR2 PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS3
Crucial 2GB 10th Anniversary DDR2 PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS3 (Limited Edition) <Discontinued>

OCZ 2GB REAPER HPC Edition DDR2 PC-9200 (2x1GB) CAS5
OCZ 2GB REAPER HPC Edition DDR2 PC-8500 (2x1GB) CAS5
OCZ 2GB FlexXLC Edition DDR2 PC2-9200 (2x1GB) CAS5
OCZ 2GB SLI-Ready Edition DDR2 PC2-8500 (2x1GB) CAS5
OCZ 2GB SLI-Ready Edition DDR2 PC2-7200 (4x1GB) CAS4
OCZ 2GB SLI-Ready Edition DDR2 PC2-7200 (2x1GB) CAS4
OCZ 2GB Platinum XTC Series DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4

Kingston HyperX 2GB DDR2 PC2-9600 (2x1GB) CAS5

Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x2GB) CAS5

Super Talent 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4

A-DATA Desktop 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x2GB) CAS5

Team 2GB Xtreem DDR2 PC2-9600 (2x1GB) CAS5
Team 2GB Xtreem DDR2 PC2-8500 (2x1GB) CAS5
Team 4GB Xtreem DDR2 PC2-6400 (4x1GB) CAS4
Team 2GB Xtreem DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4
Team 2GB Xtreem DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS3 <Discontinued>

CellShock 2GB DDR2 PC2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS4
CellShock 2GB DDR2 PC-8000 (2x1GB) CAS5
CellShock 2GB DDR2 PC-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4

Compatible CPU Coolers:
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme
Thermaright Ultra-120A
Thermaright SI-128 SE
Thermaright SI-120
Thermaright XP-120
Thermaright Ultima-90
Thermaright XP-90C

Noctua NH-U12F

Tuniq Tower 120 Blue LED CPU Cooler
Tuniq Tower 120

Thermaltake Big Typhoon 120 VX (CL-P0310)
Thermaltake Big Typhoon 120 (CL-P0114)

Enzotech Ultra-X

Zalman CNPS9700 LED Aero Flower
Zalman CNPS9700 NT Aero Flower
Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower

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