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3-3 Technical Manuals ......................................................................................... 58
3-4 Contact........................................................................................................... 59
3-5 System ........................................................................................................... 59
3-6 Download Center ........................................................................................... 60
3-7 New Utilities ................................................................................................... 60
Chapter 4 Unique Features ...........................................................................................61
4-1 Xpress Recovery2 .......................................................................................... 61
4-2 BIOS Update Utilities ..................................................................................... 64
4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility .......................................................... 64
4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility ............................................................67
4-3 EasyTune 6 .................................................................................................... 68
4-4 Q-Share ......................................................................................................... 69
4-5 Smart 6
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4-6 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) .......................................................................... 74
4-7 Cloud OC ....................................................................................................... 75
4-8 TouchBIOS..................................................................................................... 76
Chapter 5 Appendix ......................................................................................................77
5-1 Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s) .................................................................... 77
5-1-1 Conguring Intel X79 SATA Controllers ................................................................77
5-1-2 Conguring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers ................................................ 83
5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System ............................ 89
5-2 Bigfoot Killer Network Manager ..................................................................... 96
5-3 Conguring Audio Input and Output .............................................................. 98
5-3-1 Conguring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio ................................................................. 98
5-3-2 Conguring S/PDIF Out ........................................................................................ 99
5-3-3 Creative Software Suite ...................................................................................... 100
5-3-4 Enabling Dolby Digital Live/DTS Connect Encoding ..........................................101
5-3-5 Conguring Audio Recording ..............................................................................103
5-4 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................... 104
5-4-1 Frequently Asked Questions ...............................................................................104
5-4-2 Troubleshooting Procedure .................................................................................105
5-4-3 Regulatory Statements ........................................................................................107