Contents

 

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 MyLogo3™...........................................................

5-9

 

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

5-20

 

5.3.6

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

5-21

 

5.3.7

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

5-22

 

5.3.8

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

5-23

 

5.3.9

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

5-24

 

5.3.10

AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)...

5-26

5.4

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

5-35

 

5.4.1

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

5-35

 

5.4.2

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

5-36

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/SATA driver disk in Windows®............

5-43

Chapter 6:

NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support

 

6.1

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

6-1

 

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

6-1

6.2

Graphics card setup.....................................................................

6-2

 

6.2.1

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

6-2

 

6.2.2

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

6-5

 

6.2.3

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

6-6

 

6.2.4

Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology in Windows®.....

6-6

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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