Contents

 

5.3.2

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

5-11

 

5.3.3

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

5-12

 

5.3.4

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

5-18

 

5.3.5

ASUS AI Gear 2.............................................................

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 2...............................................................

5-23

 

5.3.9

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

5-24

 

5.3.10

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

5-25

5.4

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

5-30

 

5.4.1

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

5-31

 

5.4.2

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

5-31

 

5.4.3

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

5-35

5.5

Creating a RAID driver disk.......................................................

5-43

 

5.5.1

Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS....

5-43

 

5.5.2

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

5-43

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

 

Using the Intel® EM64T feature......................................................

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

 

Using the Hyper-Threading Technology ........................................

A-3

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