Contents

4.3

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

4-3

 

4.3.1

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

4-3

 

4.3.2

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

4-4

 

4.3.3

ASUS Fan Xpert..........................................................................

4-5

 

4.3.4

ASUS EPU-6 Engine...................................................................

4-6

 

4.3.5

ASUS TurboV..............................................................................

4-7

 

4.3.6

ASUS Express Gate....................................................................

4-8

 

4.3.7

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

4-9

4.4

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

4-10

 

4.4.1

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

4-10

 

4.4.2

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

4-10

 

4.4.3

Setting the RAID item in BIOS...................................................

4-11

 

4.4.4

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility.....................

4-11

4.5

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

4-15

 

4.5.1

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

4-15

 

4.5.2

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

4-15

Chapter 5:ATI® CrossFireX™ technology support

 

5.1

ATI® CrossFireX™ technology...................................................................

5-1

 

5.1.1

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

5-1

 

5.1.2

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

5-1

5.2

Installing CrossFireX™ graphics cards....................................................

5-2

 

5.2.1

Dual CrossFireX installation........................................................

5-2

 

5.2.2

Triple CrossFireX installation.......................................................

5-3

5.3

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

5-4

 

5.3.1

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

5-4

 

5.3.2

Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology................................

5-4

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