5.2.3

Utilities menu...................................................................

5-3

 

5.2.4

Make disk menu..............................................................

5-5

 

5.2.5

Manual menu...................................................................

5-6

 

5.2.6

ASUS Contact information...............................................

5-6

 

5.2.7

Other information.............................................................

5-7

5.3

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

5-9

 

5.3.1

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

5-9

 

5.3.2

Audio configurations.......................................................

5-11

 

5.3.3

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

5-15

 

5.3.4

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

5-21

 

5.3.5

ASUS EPU Utility -- AI Gear 3.......................................

5-23

 

5.3.6

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

5-24

 

5.3.7

ASUS Q-Fan 2...............................................................

5-25

 

5.3.8

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

5-26

 

5.3.9

ASUS AI Direct Link.......................................................

5-27

5.4

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

5-29

 

5.4.1

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

5-29

 

5.4.2

NVIDIA® RAID configurations........................................

5-30

5.5

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

5-37

Chapter 6:

NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support

 

6.1

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

6-1

 

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

6-1

6.2

Dual graphics card setup.............................................................

6-2

 

6.2.1

Installing SLI-ready graphics cards.................................

6-2

 

6.2.2

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

6-5

 

6.2.3

Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows®..................

6-5

Appendix:

CPU features1

 

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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