User Manual

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Contents
4.2.2 Drivers menu ................................................................... 4-2
4.2.3 Utilities menu .................................................................. 4-3
4.2.4 Make disk menu .............................................................. 4-4
4.2.5 Manual menu .................................................................. 4-4
4.2.6 Video menu ..................................................................... 4-5
4.2.7 ASUS Contact information .............................................. 4-5
4.2.8 Other information ............................................................ 4-6
4.3 Software information ................................................................... 4-8
4.3.1 ASUS AI Suite II .............................................................. 4-8
4.3.2 TurboV EVO .................................................................... 4-9
4.3.3 FAN Xpert ......................................................................4-11
4.3.4 Probe II ......................................................................... 4-12
4.3.5 Sensor Recorder ........................................................... 4-14
4.3.6 Sound Blaster X-Fi ........................................................ 4-15
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4.4.1 RAID definitions ............................................................ 4-18
4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ..................................... 4-19
4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ...................................... 4-19
4.4.4 Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility ......... 4-20
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk ....................................................... 4-25
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS .... 4-25
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
...................... 4-25
Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support
5.1 ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology .................................................... 5-1
5.1.1 Requirements .................................................................. 5-1
5.1.2 Before you begin ............................................................. 5-1
5.1.3 Installing CrossFireX graphics cards .............................. 5-2
5.1.4 Installing the device drivers ............................................. 5-3
5.1.5 Enabling the ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology ................... 5-3
5.2 NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology ........................................................... 5-5
5.2.1 Requirements .................................................................. 5-5
5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards .......................... 5-5
5.2.3 Installing the device drivers ............................................. 5-6
5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology ......................... 5-6