I did some more googling and I can finally confirm that rev1.0 Abit IP35 Pro does not support E8600. It's not supposed to work, so I really have no idea why it worked for the first 3 days
All the E0 processors are not supported, which are the new E8400/E8500/E8600. My E8400 is C0. Ouch Universal abit > CPU Support List I guess "Test" means "not supported"
No it didn't. It's basically the same BIOS with some hidden BIOS options unlocked, doesn't address the E0 incompatibility problems.
Just checked Intel's doc. The E0 stepping fixed a few (8) bugs in the C0 and M0 steppings but also introduced 13 new bugs (AW61 through AW73). LOL! Hmm.. For most of these bugs, Intel suggests a BIOS workaround would be able to fix the problem, instead of a new stepping.
Damn... Who would have thought that a P35 based mainboard can't support E8600. Even a P965 supports it just fine I don't think my IP35 Pro ever get a BIOS update now that Abit has got out of mainboard business
It is... I just don't expect IP35 to not support it without a BIOS update After all it's supposed to be "newer".
Max already tested on another P35, it's definitely BIOS issue. Whether Abit is going to fix it, it's a different story.
I guess Abit will never fix this... it's been months since this problem appeared and they have not issued any BIOS updates to fix this I really miss my IP35 Pro, but I really don't have a choice So yeah, I'm using an ASUS mainboard now. Playing with some overclocking at the moment. Stress testing in progress.