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4.4.6 Push Notice ............................................................................... 4-19
4.4.7 Version ...................................................................................... 4-22
4.5 Turbo LAN .................................................................................................4-23
4.6 Audio configurations ............................................................................... 4-24
Chapter 5: RAID Support
5.1 RAID configurations ..................................................................................5-1
5.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 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 AMD
®
Option ROM Utility ............................................................ 5-3
5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk ......................................................................5-7
5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
................................... 5-7
5.3 ASUS AMD Series SATA Mode Notice .....................................................5-8
5.3.1 Installing AHCI driver in Windows
®
XP ........................................ 5-8
5.3.2 Converting an existing system drive from
IDE mode to AHCI mode............................................................. 5-8
Chapter 6: Multiple GPU support
6.1 AMD
®
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 ......................................................... 6-4
6.1.5 Enabling the AMD
®
CrossFireX™ technology ............................. 6-4
6.2 NVIDIA
®
SLI
®
technology ...........................................................................6-6
6.2.1 Requirements .............................................................................. 6-6
6.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards ...................................... 6-6
6.2.3 Installing the device drivers ......................................................... 6-7
6.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA
®
SLI
®
technology ....................................... 6-8
Appendix
Notices .................................................................................................................... A-1
ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-5