Contents

 

5.3.2

AI NET2..........................................................................

5-11

 

5.3.3

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

5-12

 

5.3.4

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

5-18

 

5.3.5

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

5-20

 

5.3.6

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

5-21

 

5.3.7

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

5-22

 

5.3.8

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

5-23

 

5.3.9

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

5-24

 

5.3.10

AI Remote......................................................................

5-25

 

5.3.11

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

5-33

5.4

Windows Vista feature...............................................................

5-38

 

5.4.1

ASAP (ASUS Accerlerated Propeller)............................

5-38

5.5

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

5-39

 

5.5.1

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

5-40

 

5.5.2

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

5-40

 

5.5.3

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

5-48

5.6

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

5-56

5.6.1Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk without enter the OS

 

 

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5-56

 

5.6.2

Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in the OS.................

5-56

Chapter 6:

ATI® CrossFire™ technology support

 

6.1

Overview........................................................................................

6-1

 

6.1.1

Requirements..................................................................

6-1

 

6.1.2

Before you begin.............................................................

6-1

6.2

Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards........................................

6-2

6.3

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

6-5

 

6.3.1

Installing the device drivers.............................................

6-5

 

6.3.2

Using the Catalyst™ Control Center...............................

6-7

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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