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4.3 Software information ................................................................................. 4-3
4.3.1 AI Suite II
..................................................................................... 4-3
4.3.2 Audio congurations
.................................................................... 4-4
4.4 RAID congurations ..................................................................................
4-5
4.4.1 RAID denitions ..........................................................................
4-5
4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ...................................................
4-6
4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ....................................................
4-6
4.4.4 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility .................. 4-6
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
..................................................................... 4-10
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................
4-10
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
.................................. 4-10
4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS installation ...... 4-11
4.5.4 Using a USB oppy disk drive ...................................................
4-12
Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support
5.1 ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology ..................................................................5-1
5.1.1 Requirements ..............................................................................
5-1
5.1.2 Before you begin .........................................................................
5-1
5.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards ................................
5-2
5.1.4 Installing the device drivers .........................................................
5-3
5.1.5 Enabling the ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology ............................... 5-3
5.2 NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology ......................................................................... 5-4
5.2.1 Requirements ..............................................................................
5-4
5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards ......................................
5-4
5.2.3 Installing the device drivers .........................................................
5-5
5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology ..................................... 5-5
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