Contents

5.3

Software information....................................................................

5-8

 

5.3.1

ASUS MyLogo2™...........................................................

5-8

 

5.3.2

PC Probe II....................................................................

5-10

 

5.3.3

ASUS AI Suite...............................................................

5-16

 

5.3.4

ASUS AI Gear................................................................

5-18

 

5.3.5

ASUS AI Nap.................................................................

5-19

 

5.3.6

ASUS AI N.O.S..............................................................

5-20

 

5.3.7

ASUS Q-Fan..................................................................

5-21

 

5.3.8

ASUS AI Booster...........................................................

5-22

 

5.3.9

SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility.......................

5-23

5.4

RAID configurations...................................................................

5-28

 

5.4.1

RAID definitions.............................................................

5-28

 

5.4.2

Installing Serial ATA hard disks......................................

5-29

 

5.4.3

Intel® RAID configurations.............................................

5-29

 

5.4.4

JMicron® RAID Configuration.........................................

5-37

5.5

Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk.............................................

5-45

5.5.1Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS

....................................................................................... 5-45

 

5.5.2

Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows®............

5-45

Appendix:

CPU features

 

A.1

Intel® EM64T..................................................................................

A-1

A.2

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST).........................

A-1

 

A.2.1

System requirements.......................................................

A-1

 

A.2.2

Using the EIST.................................................................

A-2

A.3

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology............................................

A-3

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