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 MyLogo2™...........................................................

5-9

 

5.3.2

AI NET2..........................................................................

5-11

 

5.3.3

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

5-12

 

5.3.4

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

5-18

 

5.3.5

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

5-19

5.4

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

5-23

 

5.4.1

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

5-23

 

5.4.2

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

5-24

 

5.4.3

Intel® RAID configurations.............................................

5-24

 

5.4.4

JMicron® RAID Configuration.........................................

5-33

5.5

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

5-41

 

5.5.1

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

5-41

 

5.5.2

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

5-41

Appendix:CPU features

 

A.1

Intel® EM64T..................................................................................

A-1

 

Using the Intel® EM64T feature......................................................

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

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