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4.3 Software information ................................................................................. 4-4
4.4 ASUS Utilities ............................................................................................. 4-4
4.4.1 Ai Charger+ ................................................................................. 4-7
4.4.2 USB 3.1 Boost.............................................................................4-8
4.4.3 EZ Update ................................................................................... 4-9
4.4.4 USB BIOS Flashback ................................................................ 4-11
4.4.5 USB Charger+ ........................................................................... 4-13
4.4.6 Push Notice ............................................................................... 4-14
4.4.7 System Information ................................................................... 4-17
4.5 Audio congurations ............................................................................... 4-19
Chapter 5: RAID Support
5.1 RAID congurations .................................................................................. 5-1
5.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 5-1
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks .................................................. 5-2
5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................... 5-2
5.1.4 Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility .................. 5-3
5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk.......................................................................5-7
5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS .................. 5-7
5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
® ................................................................. 5-8
5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS installation ........ 5-8
Chapter 6: Multi GPU Support
6.1 AMD
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CrossFireX™ technology ............................................................... 6-1
6.1.1 Requirements .............................................................................. 6-1
6.1.2 Before you begin ......................................................................... 6-1
6.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards ................................ 6-2
6.1.4 Installing the device drivers ......................................................... 6-3
6.1.5 Enabling the AMD
®
CrossFireX™ technology ............................. 6-3
6.2 NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology ......................................................................... 6-5
6.2.1 Requirements .............................................................................. 6-5
6.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards ...................................... 6-5
6.2.3 Installing the device drivers ......................................................... 6-6
6.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA
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SLI™ technology ..................................... 6-7
Appendix
Notices .................................................................................................................... A-1
X99-M WS/SE block diagram .................................................................................. A-2
ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-6