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Contents
Chapter 4: Software support
4.2 Support DVD information .......................................................................... 4-1
4.2.1 Running the support DVD ........................................................... 4-1
4.1 Installing an operating system ................................................................. 4-1
4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals.................................................. 4-2
4.3 Software information ................................................................................. 4-3
4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II ....................................................................... 4-3
4.3.2 ASUS AI Suite ............................................................................. 4-4
4.3.3 ASUS EPU .................................................................................. 4-5
4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert..........................................................................4-6
4.3.5 ASUS TurboV .............................................................................. 4-7
4.3.6 ASUS Turbo Key ......................................................................... 4-8
4.3.7 ASUS Drive Xpert ....................................................................... 4-9
4.3.8 ASUS Express Gate..................................................................4-10
4.3.9 Audio congurations.................................................................. 4-11
4.4 RAID congurations ................................................................................ 4-12
4.4.1 RAID denitions ........................................................................ 4-12
4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ................................................. 4-12
4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................. 4-13
4.4.4 Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility ..................... 4-13
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk.....................................................................4-17
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................ 4-17
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® ................................4-17
4.5.3 Using a USB oppy disk drive ................................................... 4-19
Chapter 5: ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology support
5.1 ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology ..................................................................5-1
5.1.1 Requirements .............................................................................. 5-1
5.1.2 Before you begin ......................................................................... 5-1
5.2 Installing CrossFireX™ graphics cards ................................................... 5-2
5.2.1 Dual CrossFireX installation ........................................................ 5-2
5.3 Software information ................................................................................. 5-4
5.3.1 Installing the device drivers ......................................................... 5-4
5.3.2 Enabling the ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology ............................... 5-4