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Contents
Chapter 4:
Software support
4.2
Support DVD information
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4-1
4.2.1
Running the support DVD
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4-1
4.1
Installing an operating system
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4-1
4.2.2
Obtaining the software manuals
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4-2
4.3
Software information
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4-3
4.3.1
ASUS PC Probe II
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4-3
4.3.2
ASUS AI Suite
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4-4
4.3.3
ASUS EPU
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4-5
4.3.4
ASUS Fan Xpert
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4-6
4.3.5
ASUS TurboV
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4-7
4.3.6
ASUS Turbo Key
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4-8
4.3.7
ASUS Drive Xpert
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4-9
4.3.8
ASUS Express Gate
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4-10
4.3.9
Audio configurations
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4-11
4.4
RAID configurations
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4-12
4.4.1
RAID definitions
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4-12
4.4.2
Installing Serial ATA hard disks
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4-12
4.4.3
Setting the RAID item in BIOS
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4-13
4.4.4
Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility
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4-13
4.5
Creating a RAID driver disk
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4-17
4.5.1
Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
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4-17
4.5.2
Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows®
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4-17
4.5.3
Using a USB floppy disk drive
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4-19
Chapter 5:
ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology support
5.1
ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology
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5-1
5.1.1
Requirements
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5-1
5.1.2
Before you begin
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5-1
5.2
Installing CrossFireX™ graphics cards
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5-2
5.2.1
Dual CrossFireX installation
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5-2
5.3
Software information
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5-4
5.3.1
Installing the device drivers
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5-4
5.3.2
Enabling the ATI
®
CrossFireX™ technology
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5-4