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Asus P8B WS User Manual

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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

AI Suite II ........................................................................ 4-3

4.3.2

EPU ................................................................................. 4-4

4.3.3

FAN Xpert ....................................................................... 4-5

4.3.4

Probe II ........................................................................... 4-6

4.3.5

Sensor Recorder ............................................................. 4-7

4.3.6

Ai Charger+ ..................................................................... 4-8

4.3.7

Audio configurations ....................................................... 4-9

4.4

RAID configurations .................................................................. 4-11
4.4.1

RAID definitions .............................................................4-11

4.4.2

Installing Serial ATA hard disks ..................................... 4-12

4.4.3

Setting the RAID item in BIOS ...................................... 4-12

4.4.4

Intel

®

Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility .... 4-12

4.5

Creating a RAID driver disk ....................................................... 4-16
4.5.1

Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS .... 4-16

4.5.2

Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows

®

...................... 4-16

4.5.3

Installing the RAID driver

during Windows

®

OS installation ................................... 4-17

4.5.4

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 CrossFireX graphics cards .............................. 5-2

5.1.4

Installing the device drivers ............................................. 5-3

5.1.5

Enabling the ATI

®

CrossFireX™ technology ................... 5-3

5.2

NVIDIA

®

CUDA™ technology ...................................................... 5-5

5.2.1

Requirements .................................................................. 5-5

5.2.2

Installing CUDA-ready graphics cards ............................ 5-5