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Chapter 4: Software support
4.1 Installing an operating system ................................................................. 4-1
4.2 Support DVD information ..........................................................................
4-1
4.2.1 Running the support DVD ...........................................................
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
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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
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