ABIT IP35 PRO

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User JimmyGosling's Specs for interested parties:

• CPU Intel 2.66
• 2Gb Ram

Contents 1 Status 2 Hardware features 2.1 CPU 2.2 Chipset 2.3 Memory 2.4 LAN 2.5 Audio 2.6 IEEE 1394 2.7 Serial ATA 2.8 Expansion Slots 2.9 Back Panel I/O 2.10 Form Factor 2.11 Pros & Cons 3 User Impressions

Status

This motherboard has been mentioned, though not confirmed by several users. While the motherboard does work, there are certain considerations to be taken during setup

Hardware features

Board Specifications:

CPU

• Designed for Intel® LGA 775 Processors

Chipset

• Intel® P35 Express / ICH9R Chipset

Memory

• 4 X 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. memory capacity 8GB
• Supports Dual channel DDR2 800/667 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory

LAN

• On board Dual Gigabit LAN controller supports 10/100/1000M Ethernet (Realtek RTL8110SC)

Audio

• On board 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC (Realtek ALC888)
• Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out
• HDMI ready header (SPDIF header)

IEEE 1394

• Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394 at 400Mb/s transfer rate (Texas Instruments Chip)

Serial ATA

• 6 x SATA 3Gb/s offer by Intel® ICH9R support Intel® Matrix Storage Tech(AHCI & RAID0/1/5/10)
• 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s through JMicron® JMB363 support 0,1JBOD RAID function

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI-E X16
• 1 x PCI-E X16 (x4 bandwidth)
• 1 x PCI-E X1
• 3 x PCI

Back Panel I/O

• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
• abit Silent OTES™
• 1 x S/P DIF In, 1 x S/P DIF Out
• 2 x eSATA
• 7.1 CH Audio connector (Front, Line-in, MIC-in, Center/Subwoofer, Surround, Rear Surround)
• 4 x USB 2.0
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN connector
• EZ CCMOS Switch

Form Factor

• ATX form factor 305 x 245mm
• PCB Color: Blue

Pros & Cons

Pros: Firewire, Dual Gigabit LAN, Hardware RAID

Cons: SATA ports 1-4 are on the same interrupt as the USB controller. Intermittent locking problems will occur during startup if a USB device and a hard drive are plugged in. Instead, ports 5 and 6 can be used, but these are PATA.

User Impressions

Observations:

No formal testing has been done on this box as a core/hybrid, but the hardware itself has been running solid for over a year now. The case used is a MAJOR consideration with this board. I have placed it in a 4U rack mount case from Frys and run into multiple issues squeezing in my hardware. SATA ports and Power Supply block connectors on the front of the board have given me issues when trying to place any additional drives in the case (other than the single drive over the DVD ROM). I've also run out of PCI card slots, loosing 1 too a PCI Express card I will never use. Somewhat off topic: the 600 watt power supply I purchased for this board does not have a SATA plug for all the hard drives I wish to put in for my raid. Make sure you consider power supply connectors (or adapter) with your purchase.