Asus A8N-SLI DLX User Manual - Page 6

SLI™ technology support, Appendix - drivers

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Contents 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Manuals menu 5-5 5.2.5 ASUS Contact information 5-6 5.2.6 Other information 5-6 5.4 Software information 5-9 5.4.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-9 5.4.2 AI NET 2 5-11 Using the Virtual Cable Tester 5-11 5.4.3 Audio configurations 5-12 5.4.4 Using the NVIDIA® Firewall 5-18 5.5 RAID configurations 5-21 5.5.1 Installing hard disks 5-22 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-23 5.5.3 Silicon Image RAID configurations 5-30 5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-40 5.7 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 5-41 5.7.1 Enabling Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 5-41 5.7.2 Launching the Cool 'n' Quiet!™ software 5-42 Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 6-2 6.2.1 Setting the ASUS EZ selector card 6-2 6.2.2 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards 6-4 6.2.3 Setting the SLI mode in BIOS 6-8 6.2.4 Installing the device drivers 6-8 6.2.5 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows 6-8 Appendix A.1 Using the SATA extension module A-1 A.1.1 Installing the 2-port SATA extension module ......... A-1 A.1.1 Installing SATA hard drives A-2 vi

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5.2
Support CD information
........................................................
5-1
5.2.1
Running the support CD
.........................................
5-1
5.2.2
Drivers menu
..........................................................
5-2
5.2.3
Utilities menu
..........................................................
5-3
5.2.4
Manuals menu
.........................................................
5-5
5.2.5
ASUS Contact information
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5-6
5.2.6
Other information
...................................................
5-6
5.4
Software information
...........................................................
5-9
5.4.1
ASUS MyLogo2™
....................................................
5-9
5.4.2
AI NET 2
...............................................................
5-11
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™
...........................
5-11
5.4.3
Audio configurations
............................................
5-12
5.4.4
Using the NVIDIA
®
Firewall™
.................................
5-18
5.5
RAID configurations
............................................................
5-21
5.5.1
Installing hard disks
..............................................
5-22
5.5.2
NVIDIA
®
RAID configurations
................................
5-23
5.5.3
Silicon Image RAID configurations
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5-30
5.6
Creating a RAID driver disk
.................................................
5-40
5.7
Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology
...............................................
5-41
5.7.1
Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology
...................
5-41
5.7.2
Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software
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5-42
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support
6.1
Overview
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6-1
6.2
Dual graphics card setup
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6-2
6.2.1
Setting the ASUS EZ selector card
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6-2
6.2.2
Installing SLI-ready graphics cards
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6-4
6.2.3
Setting the SLI mode in BIOS
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6-8
6.2.4
Installing the device drivers
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6-8
6.2.5
Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows
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6-8
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
A.1
Using the SATA extension module
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A-1
A.1.1
Installing the 2-port SATA extension module
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A-1
A.1.1
Installing SATA hard drives
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A-2
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