Contents

 

4.3.4

TurboV EVO................................................................................

4-7

 

4.3.5

EPU...........................................................................................

4-12

 

4.3.6

ASUS FAN Xpert.......................................................................

4-13

 

4.3.7

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

4-14

 

4.3.8

Ai Charger+...............................................................................

4-15

 

4.3.9

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

4-16

4.4

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

4-17

 

4.4.1

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

4-17

 

4.4.2

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

4-18

 

4.4.3

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

4-18

 

4.4.4

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility.................

4-18

4.5

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

4-24

 

4.5.1

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

4-24

 

4.5.2

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

4-24

 

4.5.3

Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation.......

4-25

 

4.5.4

Using a USB floppy disk drive...................................................

4-26

Chapter 5:

Multiple GPU technology support

 

5.1

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

5-1

 

5.1.1

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

5-1

 

5.1.2

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

5-1

 

5.1.3

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

5-2

 

5.1.4

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

5-3

 

5.1.5

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

5-3

5.2

NVIDIA® SLI™ technology..........................................................................

5-4

 

5.2.1

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

5-4

 

5.2.2

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

5-4

 

5.2.3

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

5-5

 

5.2.4

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

5-5

5.3

LucidLogix® Virtu™ solution.....................................................................

5-8

 

5.3.1

Hardware installation...................................................................

5-8

 

5.3.2

Software configuration.................................................................

5-9