Asus P7P55D Premium - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Chapter 4: Software support
4.1 Installing an operating system .................................................................4-1
4.2 Support DVD information ..........................................................................4-1
4.2.1
Running the support DVD ...........................................................4-1
4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals..................................................4-2
4.3 Software information .................................................................................4-3
4.3.1
ASUS PC Probe II .......................................................................4-3
4.3.2 ASUS AI Suite .............................................................................4-4
4.3.3 ASUS Fan Xpert..........................................................................4-5
4.3.4 ASUS EPU-6 Engine...................................................................4-6
4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate SSD ...........................................................4-7
4.3.6 VIA ® High Definition Audio utility .................................................4-8
4.4 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility—TurboV EVO ...................................4-9
4.4.1
Using ASUS TurboV ....................................................................4-9
4.4.2 Using ASUS TurboV Auto Tuning Mode ....................................4-10
4.4.3 Using ASUS Turbo Key ............................................................. 4-11
4.5 RAID configurations ................................................................................4-12
4.5.1
RAID definitions ........................................................................4-12
4.5.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks .................................................4-13
4.5.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ..................................................4-13
4.5.4 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility .....................4-13
4.6 Creating a RAID driver disk.....................................................................4-17
4.6.1
Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................4-17
4.6.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows ® ..................................4-17
4.6.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows ® OS installation ......4-18
4.6.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive ...................................................4-18
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 ................................5-1
5.1.4 Installing the device drivers .........................................................5-2
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