Asus SABERTOOTH 55i - Motherboard - ATX User Manual page 6

Contents
3.9.3
3.9.4
3.10 Exit menu .................................................................................................. 3-38
Chapter 4:
4.1 Installing an operating system ................................................................. 4-1
4.2 Support DVD information .......................................................................... 4-1
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.3 Software information ................................................................................. 4-3
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
4.3.5
4.4 RAID configurations .................................................................................. 4-8
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk..................................................................... 4-13
4.5.1
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.5.4
Chapter 5:
5.1 ATI
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.1.4
5.1.5
5.2 NVIDIA
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
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AI NET 2 .................................................................................... 3-37
ASUS EZ Flash 2 ...................................................................... 3-37
Software support
Running the support DVD ........................................................... 4-1
Obtaining the software manuals.................................................. 4-2
ASUS PC Probe II ....................................................................... 4-3
ASUS Fan Xpert.......................................................................... 4-4
VIA High Definition Audio utility ................................................. 4-5
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ASUS Drive Xpert ....................................................................... 4-6
ASUS T.Probe ............................................................................. 4-7
RAID definitions .......................................................................... 4-8
Installing Serial ATA hard disks ................................................... 4-9
Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................... 4-9
Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility ....................... 4-9
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Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................ 4-13
Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
Installing the RAID driver during Windows
Using a USB floppy disk drive ................................................... 4-14
Multiple GPU technology support
CrossFireX™ technology .................................................................. 5-1
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Requirements .............................................................................. 5-1
Before you begin ......................................................................... 5-1
Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards ................................ 5-2
Installing the device drivers ......................................................... 5-3
Enabling the ATI
SLI™ technology ......................................................................... 5-5
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Requirements .............................................................................. 5-5
Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards ...................................... 5-5
Installing the device drivers ......................................................... 5-6
Enabling the NVIDIA
CrossFireX™ technology ............................... 5-3
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SLI™ technology ..................................... 5-6
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.................................. 4-13
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OS installation ...... 4-14
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