Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX User Manual

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Chapter 4: RAID Support
Chapter 4
Exiting the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility
To exit the utility:
1. From the utility main menu, select 5. Exit, and then press <Enter>. The following
warning message appears:
Are you sure you want to exit? (Y/N):
[CONFIRM EXIT]
2. Press <Y> to exit or press <N> to return to the utility main menu.
4.2 Creating a RAID driver disk
4.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
To install the RAID driver for Windows
®
OS:
1. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to select the installation
media containing the RAID driver.
2. Insert the support USB drive with RAID driver into the USB port, and then click
Browse.
3. Click the name of the device you’ve inserted, go to Drivers > RAID, and then select
the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Click OK.
4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
To set up a Windows
®
UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to load the UEFI
driver for your optical drive.

Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Socket	LGA 1151
Chipset	Intel Z270
Memory Slots	4
Max Memory Support	64 GB
Memory Type	DDR4
PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots	2
PCIe x16 Slots	2
PCIe 3.0 x4 Slots	1
PCIe x1 Slots	1
SATA 6Gb/s Ports	6
M.2 Slots	2
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A	2
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C	1
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Ports	2
USB 3.1 Gen 1 Ports	6
USB 2.0 Ports	6
USB Ports	14
Audio	SupremeFX
LAN	Intel I219-V
RAID Support	0, 1, 5, 10
Multi-GPU Support	NVIDIA 2-Way SLI, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX