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Asus P6X58D-E User Manual

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3.9.4

AI NET 2 ....................................................................................3-37

3.10

Exit menu ..................................................................................................3-38

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 EPU ..................................................................................4-5

4.3.4

ASUS Fan Xpert..........................................................................4-6

4.3.5

ASUS TurboV ..............................................................................4-7

4.3.6

ASUS Express Gate....................................................................4-8

4.3.7

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

4.4

RAID configurations ................................................................................4-10
4.4.1

RAID definitions ........................................................................4-10

4.4.2

Installing Serial ATA hard disks ................................................. 4-11

4.4.3

Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................. 4-11

4.4.4

Intel

®

Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility ..................... 4-11

4.5

Creating a RAID driver disk.....................................................................4-15
4.5.1

Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................4-15

4.5.2

Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows

®

..................................4-15

4.5.3

Installing the RAID driver during Windows

®

OS installation ......4-15

4.5.4

Using a USB floppy disk drive ...................................................4-16

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 ................................5-2

5.1.4

Installing three CrossFireX™ graphics cards ..............................5-3

5.1.5

Installing the device drivers .........................................................5-4

5.1.6

Enabling the ATI

®

CrossFireX™ technology ...............................5-4

5.2

NVIDIA

®

SLI™ technology .........................................................................5-6

5.2.1

Requirements ..............................................................................5-6

5.2.2

Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards ......................................5-7

5.2.3

Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards ....................................5-8

5.2.4

Installing the device drivers .........................................................5-9

5.2.5

Enabling the NVIDIA

®

SLI™ technology .....................................5-9

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