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Asus Maximus Extreme User Manual

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Contents

5.2

Support DVD information ............................................................ 5-1
5.2.1

Running the support DVD ............................................... 5-1

5.2.2

Drivers menu ................................................................... 5-2

5.2.3

Utilities menu .................................................................. 5-3

5.2.4

Make Disk menu ............................................................. 5-5

5.2.5

Manual menu .................................................................. 5-6

5.2.6

Video menu ..................................................................... 5-6

5.2.7

ASUS Contact information .............................................. 5-7

5.2.8

Other information ............................................................ 5-7

5.3

Software information ................................................................... 5-9
5.3.1

ASUS MyLogo 3

........................................................... 5-9

5.3.2

AI NET 2.........................................................................5-11

5.3.3

AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX

®

High Definition Audio utility) ... 5-12

5.3.4

ASUS PC Probe II ......................................................... 5-21

5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite ............................................................... 5-27
5.3.6 ASUS EPU Utility—AI Gear 3 ....................................... 5-29
5.3.7

ASUS AI Nap ................................................................ 5-30

5.3.8

ASUS Q-Fan 2 .............................................................. 5-31

5.3.9

ASUS AI Booster ........................................................... 5-32

5.3.10 CPU Level Up ............................................................... 5-33

5.4

RAID configurations .................................................................. 5-34
5.4.1

RAID definitions ............................................................ 5-34

5.4.2

Installing Serial ATA hard disks ..................................... 5-35

5.4.3

Intel

®

RAID configurations ............................................. 5-35

5.4.4

JMicron

®

RAID Configuration ........................................ 5-43

5.5

Creating a RAID driver disk ....................................................... 5-51
5.5.1

Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS .... 5-51

5.5.2

Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows

®

............ 5-51

Chapter 6:

ATI® CrossFire™ technology support

6.1

Overview ....................................................................................... 6-1
6.1.1

Requirements .................................................................. 6-1

6.1.2

Before you begin ............................................................. 6-1

6.2

Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards ....................................... 6-2

6.3

Software information ................................................................... 6-5
6.3.1

Installing the device drivers ............................................. 6-5