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... menu 3-44 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 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-4 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-4 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information 4-5 4.2.7 Other information 4-5 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo3 4-7 4.3.2 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility 4-9 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-13 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 4-19 4.3.5 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-20 4.3.6 CPU Level Up 4-21...
... menu 3-44 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 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-4 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-4 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information 4-5 4.2.7 Other information 4-5 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo3 4-7 4.3.2 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility 4-9 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-13 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 4-19 4.3.5 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-20 4.3.6 CPU Level Up 4-21...
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...ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO......... 4-23 4.3.9 ROG Connect 4-26 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-28 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-29 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-29 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-30 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-33 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver... disk in Windows 4-33 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows®...
...ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO......... 4-23 4.3.9 ROG Connect 4-26 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-28 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-29 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-29 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-30 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-33 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver... disk in Windows 4-33 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows®...
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Crosshair IV Formula specifications summary Internal I/O Connectors BIOS Features Manageability Software Form Factor 3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 5 USB 2.0 ports 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (red) 1 x SATA 3Gb/s connector (black) 8 x ... AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Support DVD: - xiv Drivers and applications * ASUS PC Probe II * ASUS Update * ASUS AI Suite * AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) * Sound Blaster X-Fi Utility * Kaspersky® Anti-Virus (1-year license) ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm...
Crosshair IV Formula specifications summary Internal I/O Connectors BIOS Features Manageability Software Form Factor 3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 5 USB 2.0 ports 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (red) 1 x SATA 3Gb/s connector (black) 8 x ... AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Support DVD: - xiv Drivers and applications * ASUS PC Probe II * ASUS Update * ASUS AI Suite * AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) * Sound Blaster X-Fi Utility * Kaspersky® Anti-Virus (1-year license) ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm...
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... card. Turn on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Refer to install expansion cards. Failure to do not need to the table on the slot. 5. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2-23 The following sub‑sections describe the...
... card. Turn on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Refer to install expansion cards. Failure to do not need to the table on the slot. 5. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2-23 The following sub‑sections describe the...
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... in Windows® environment. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-1 3.1 Managing and updating your system. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. 3.1.1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either... 3. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. The Drivers menu appears. 2. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX...
... in Windows® environment. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-1 3.1 Managing and updating your system. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. 3.1.1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either... 3. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. The Drivers menu appears. 2. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX...
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... seen only under the OS environment. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you install the optical drive to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to [IDE] mode. Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Main Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled] SATA Port1... Port1-Port 4 and the SATA Port5-Port 6 items are set to [AHCI], the information of commands. Port4 [IDE] SATA Port5 - ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 If you use a SATA optical drive to [Enabled]. SATA Port5-Port6 [IDE] Setting this menu allow you set the OnChip SATA Channel...
... seen only under the OS environment. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you install the optical drive to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to [IDE] mode. Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Main Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled] SATA Port1... Port1-Port 4 and the SATA Port5-Port 6 items are set to [AHCI], the information of commands. Port4 [IDE] SATA Port5 - ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 If you use a SATA optical drive to [Enabled]. SATA Port5-Port6 [IDE] Setting this menu allow you set the OnChip SATA Channel...
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Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 ROG Crosshair IV Formula
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 ROG Crosshair IV Formula
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...install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of ... from the BIN folder. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that the motherboard supports. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 Double-click the ASSETUP...
...install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of ... from the BIN folder. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that the motherboard supports. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 Double-click the ASSETUP...
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... JMicron® controller driver. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. record. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. AMD Chipset Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers. USB 3.0 Driver Installs USB 3.0 driver. ASUS EPU Installs the ASUS EPU driver and utility. ASUS TurboV EVO Installs ASUS TurboV, the advanced overclocking tool for extreme O.C. Browser Configuration Utility...
... JMicron® controller driver. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. record. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. AMD Chipset Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers. USB 3.0 Driver Installs USB 3.0 driver. ASUS EPU Installs the ASUS EPU driver and utility. ASUS TurboV EVO Installs ASUS TurboV, the advanced overclocking tool for extreme O.C. Browser Configuration Utility...
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Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64 bit WinXP Driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create the AMD RAID driver disk. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64 bit WinXP Driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create the AMD RAID driver disk. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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... the audio codec and Sound Blaster X-Fi interface. to use Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility. You need to install VIA Audio Driver to go ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-9 Place the support DVD to the Main Panel. Click Main Display to the optical drive. Click the support DVD... Drivers tab and click Sound Blaster X-Fi. 5. ���F�o��ll�o�w��t�h�e��...
... the audio codec and Sound Blaster X-Fi interface. to use Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility. You need to install VIA Audio Driver to go ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-9 Place the support DVD to the Main Panel. Click Main Display to the optical drive. Click the support DVD... Drivers tab and click Sound Blaster X-Fi. 5. ���F�o��ll�o�w��t�h�e��...
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... To install PC Probe II on your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. Double-click the setup.exe file to start monitoring your...ASUS PC Probe II folder. PC Probe II senses fan rotations, CPU temperature, and system voltages, among others. You can close or restore the application. Place the support DVD to complete installation. Follow the screen instructions to the optical drive. With this icon to close the Preference panel ROG Crosshair IV...
... To install PC Probe II on your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. Double-click the setup.exe file to start monitoring your...ASUS PC Probe II folder. PC Probe II senses fan rotations, CPU temperature, and system voltages, among others. You can close or restore the application. Place the support DVD to complete installation. Follow the screen instructions to the optical drive. With this icon to close the Preference panel ROG Crosshair IV...
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Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Use two new drives or use an ... disk drives to read and write data in a RAID set as a boot disk. With the RAID 0+1 configuration you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of the data in the other business systems. Use a minimum of...
Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Use two new drives or use an ... disk drives to read and write data in a RAID set as a boot disk. With the RAID 0+1 configuration you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of the data in the other business systems. Use a minimum of...
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...a USB flash drive with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Start Windows®. 2. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33 For Windows® Vista... or later operating systems, use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due...
...a USB flash drive with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Start Windows®. 2. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33 For Windows® Vista... or later operating systems, use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due...
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... solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to install, select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Right-click My Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from a floppy disk during ... F6 key to complete the installation. Refer to complete the installation. or 4-34 Chapter 4: Software support Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID...
... solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to install, select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Right-click My Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from a floppy disk during ... F6 key to complete the installation. Refer to complete the installation. or 4-34 Chapter 4: Software support Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID...
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Select Device Manager. Double-click the file. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Click Details tab. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. 3. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window.
Select Device Manager. Double-click the file. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Click Details tab. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. 3. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window.
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... to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Select your computer. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-1 To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that your power...
... to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Select your computer. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-1 To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that your power...
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... card package to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Ensure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst ...driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. ROG Crosshair IV...
... card package to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Ensure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst ...driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. ROG Crosshair IV...