Abit iX38 QuadGT - Living Review.

[supershanks]

Thanks gilgamesh for the clarrification, not that anyone thought for a minute

Stool FOR THEM!

, Clunk & I are both Abit virgins coming to this board so regretabbly i have too say i've not seen your review on the IP35 PRO.

Prior to getting this board i cast my eye over a few ip35 threads to get some rough ideas of what the bios was like etc.,

I understand what your saying about sweet spots, but clunk & I have had the same issues both with q6600 go processors, which have been faultless in the previous x38 boards. 3.6k with these cpu's is virtually a given, even on air.

It will be interesting to see how your quad goes, in particular what vcore it needs.

I'm wondering atm whether there is some balance between VTT/GTLRef that will allow a lower vcore. I know on my p5k there was more tolerance of a lower vcore when running with CPU PLL(=vtt) of 1.6v & CPU Voltage Ref(=gtlref)

Yep i posted a pic earlier on in my thread showing the scuffed tray due to mobo movement whilst in transit it's on my grouse list

cheers

[Clunk]

Not quite an Abit virgin - last Abit I had was the NF7-S v2.0, and before that, there was the KD7 RAID, KT7 RAID, BX6, BH6.

I also understand what gilgamesh is saying about sweetspots, but in this case, the board doesnt allow them, at least not for the moment, and not with a quad.

Has anyone seen anyone posting any stable results using a Q6600 yet? I'm just wondering if the new BIOS had any effect on the >400FSB stability?

[lethial]

Speaking of Abit, how are their customer service btw? After the ASUS experience I will never get a ASUS anything again for a long time, I hope ABIT has better CS?

[Clunk]

Conclusion.

[BUFF]

Originally Posted by Clunk

Conclusion.he manual states that there should be some PWM-heatsink-fan-retention-clips included. Unfortunately, I didn't get any of these, and neither did anyone else that I have spoken to. We also asked about getting some, and Abit UK refused, saying that they didn't have enough stock. Full thread, complete with comedy excuses here.

& if you read that thread Sean didn't say that about the PWM fan clips (he's looking into that) but the USB PCI-slot plate.
At the end of the day though Sean is tech. support & not sales/marketing & he doesn't make policy.

[supershanks]

Hi buff,

At the end of the day though Sean is tech. support & not sales/marketing & he doesn't make policy.

Yes your right i felt a bit sorry for him dumping the high quad vcore question on him this am, he's a good guy who's helped me in the past with abit questions i've had.

Have you seen anything like this on other ABit boards re the Quad vcore. ??

[Clunk]

Originally Posted by BUFF

& if you read that thread Sean didn't say that about the PWM fan clips (he's looking into that) but the USB PCI-slot plate.
At the end of the day though Sean is tech. support & not sales/marketing & he doesn't make policy.

Regarding the clips, you are correct, I was mistaken, and I have fixed it

Regarding the PCI USB bracket, it was you that told me to give "Sean Abit" a shout regarding it

[BUFF]

Originally Posted by Clunk

Regarding the PCI USB bracket, it was you that told me to give "Sean Abit" a shout regarding it

Yes, well at the time we didn't know that it wasn't just a packaging error etc. & Sean is a good (& easily reached) contact for things that are within his remit. It's certainly the first time that I've seen abit ship a high end board without 1 & I suspect that later production will have 1 (pretty sure that somebody cocked up & forgot to put it in the bill of materials rather than a deliberate policy decision not to supply).
I'm sure that if it had just been a packaging error on your board that a plate would have been winging it's way to you foc very quickly.

[supershanks]

Further detail on Hard Drive Detection

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[Clunk]

Originally Posted by BUFF

Yes, well at the time we didn't know that it wasn't just a packaging error etc. & Sean is a good (& easily reached) contact for things that are within his remit. It's certainly the first time that I've seen abit ship a high end board without 1 & I suspect that later production will have 1 (pretty sure that somebody cocked up & forgot to put it in the bill of materials rather than a deliberate policy decision not to supply).
I'm sure that if it had just been a packaging error on your board that a plate would have been winging it's way to you foc very quickly.

I'm not sure which is worse, the refusal to supply a part that is needed, or leaving it out in the first place.

Anyway, it doesn't matter who's fault it was, from a customer's point of view, the entire Abit IX38 QuadGTpackage just seems very amateurish.

Supershanks' latest findings just reinforce that.