Contents

Chapter 5:

Software support

 

5.1

Installing an operating system....................................................

5-1

5.2

Support DVD information.............................................................

5-1

 

5.2.1

Running the support DVD................................................

5-1

 

5.2.2

Drivers menu...................................................................

5-2

 

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

5-9

 

5.3.2

AI NET 2.........................................................................

5-11

 

5.3.3

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

5-12

 

5.3.4

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

5-21

 

5.3.5

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

5-27

 

5.3.6

ASUS EPU Utility—AI Gear 3+......................................

5-29

 

5.3.7

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

5-31

 

5.3.8

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

5-32

 

5.3.9

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

5-33

5.4

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

5-34

 

5.4.1

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

5-34

 

5.4.2

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

5-35

5.5

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

5-42

 

5.5.1

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

5-42

 

5.5.2

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

5-42

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

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