Need suggestions my Abit IP35-E blew up last night

[EvilSponge]

Hello all,

Looking for mother board suggestions to replace my departed Abit IP35-E. Looking for a clockable value board $120.00 max either p35, p45 chipset. Cross fire would be nice if possible at this price range. I found an Asus PK5 pro p35 board in my price range is it a good board? or are there other better options? Any help provided would be much appreciated.

-sponge

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I thought I saw a lot of positive skinny on the PK5 last fall on these forums. And this is only second-hand "intel."

When the rubber meets the road, it depends on how much you were demanding from the old board that you seek from the new one. I just blew up my own ASUS 680i board, and I don't think it was undue carelessness. But I was pushing it to its known limits. In my replacement choice, I'll sorely miss the ASUS features on the old one -- for instance, thermal sensor plugs paired with fan headers.

 

[EvilSponge]

Thanks for the reply BDuck I want to have my Q6600 back at 3.6ghz all day long. I'm looking at the the P5K pro p35 and the MSI P35 Neo2-FR both have crossfire. To be honest I probably killed it by trying to clock my q6600 up to 3.8ghz though it was working fine when I pulled it from the other chassis mabe esd during transplant dunno

-sponge

 

[nerp]

What happened to your IP35-E?

 

[EvilSponge]

It did not survive the transplant but to be fair I was pretty hard on it

-sponge

 

[nerp]

Ok, just wondering. A couple other members posted threads about their boards simply crapping out all of a sudden. Your post would have been the third in the last couple of weeks.

 

[EvilSponge]

Abit or other brands?

-sponge
I can't complain too much I got the board for $76.00 after rebate

 

[nyker96]

maybe try warranty service? they'd probably replace yours with a P43/45.

 

[EvilSponge]

Nope out of warranty, it's ok I ordered a Asus P5K pro as a replacement

-sponge

 

[kg4icg]

Heck when i went to Microcenter Friday they had a restocked P5KC Asus motherboard on the shelf for $107. and some change, But I picked up a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L for 129.00. I got tired of my 680i motherboard and the heat issues from the nort and south bridge chips.

http://www.microcenter.com/sea...=Gigabyte&sortby=match

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: EvilSponge
Nope out of warranty,

in terms of warranty length it can't be as the board hasn't been out as long as abit's warranty period.
Of course they could say that the damage wasn't covered (blew the PWM by running a quad at 3.8GHz with poor MOSFET cooling by any chance?).

 

[EvilSponge]

I was under the impression the warranty was 1 year fro abit? Well regardless I abused that board pretty bad so I would not hold abit responsible. I had a fan cooling the mosfet heat sink I just pushed it too hard it happens

-sponge

 

[soccerballtux]

Could you tell us more about this? Like, what voltage were you giving it? I'm about to get a quad for my Ip35-e and push it hard, too. I'm trying to decide between a 45nm (harder on the board because I'll have to run at higher fsb frequencies, but easier on the board because it's 45nm) vs. a 65nm q6600 (less frequency stress, more power stress on the board).

 

[EvilSponge]

Hi I was running 1.55 vcore and 1.6 mch before it blew out

-sponge

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: EvilSponge
I was under the impression the warranty was 1 year fro abit?

Nope, in North America it's 2 years free parts & labour & free parts but $25 labour in the 3rd year.
Still, kudos to you for not being 1 of those people that runs stuff way out of spec. , breaks it & then expects to get a replacement.

 

[SolMiester]

Originally posted by: nerp
Ok, just wondering. A couple other members posted threads about their boards simply crapping out all of a sudden. Your post would have been the third in the last couple of weeks.

God...dont say that....please!