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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 Fan ... 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 Fan ... 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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...to use . 4. Secure the card to install expansion cards. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that they support. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2-23 The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that came with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Replace...necessary BIOS settings, if any. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. 2.5 Expansion slots In...
...to use . 4. Secure the card to install expansion cards. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that they support. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2-23 The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that came with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Replace...necessary BIOS settings, if any. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. 2.5 Expansion slots In...
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...an updated BIOS file • Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and • View the BIOS version information. The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or...the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment.) 2. Place the support DVD in the future. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-1 The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Click ...
...an updated BIOS file • Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and • View the BIOS version information. The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or...the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment.) 2. Place the support DVD in the future. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-1 The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Click ...
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...IDE] SATA Port5 - Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Select an...this menu allow you have to install the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of the SATA connectors 1-6 can be seen only under the OS environment. Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Main Storage Configuration OnChip SATA Channel [...
...IDE] SATA Port5 - Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Select an...this menu allow you have to install the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of the SATA connectors 1-6 can be seen only under the OS environment. Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Main Storage Configuration 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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... hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to change at www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support... support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 Refer to your computer, browse the contents of the...
... hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to change at www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support... support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 Refer to your computer, browse the contents of the...
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... JMicron® controller driver. ASUS TurboV EVO Installs ASUS TurboV, the advanced overclocking tool for extreme O.C. AMD Chipset Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers. Sound Blaster X-Fi Installs the Sound Blaster X-Fi driver. USB 3.0 Driver Installs USB 3.0 driver. record. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. ASUS EPU Installs the ASUS EPU driver and utility. Install...
... JMicron® controller driver. ASUS TurboV EVO Installs ASUS TurboV, the advanced overclocking tool for extreme O.C. AMD Chipset Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers. Sound Blaster X-Fi Installs the Sound Blaster X-Fi driver. USB 3.0 Driver Installs USB 3.0 driver. record. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. ASUS EPU Installs the ASUS EPU driver and utility. Install...
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Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support 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. 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. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support 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. AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create the AMD RAID driver disk.
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...;�p�l�e�te��i�n�s�t�a�l�la�t�io��n�. The Drivers installation tab appears if your media files. Click the Volume Panel icon to complete installation. 4. Click Main Display to use..., which amount to launch the Mixer control panel. Click the Drivers tab and click VIA Audio Driver. 3. Double-click the Volume Panel icon to ultimate gaming experience. Place the support DVD to go ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-9 to the optical drive. 4.3.2 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility...
...;�p�l�e�te��i�n�s�t�a�l�la�t�io��n�. The Drivers installation tab appears if your media files. Click the Volume Panel icon to complete installation. 4. Click Main Display to use..., which amount to launch the Mixer control panel. Click the Drivers tab and click VIA Audio Driver. 3. Double-click the Volume Panel icon to ultimate gaming experience. Place the support DVD to go ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-9 to the optical drive. 4.3.2 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility...
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... instructions to start monitoring your computer the moment you to close the Preference panel ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-13 After launching the application, the PC Probe II icon appears in your computer,... CPU temperature, and system voltages, among others. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. Because PC Probe II is software-based, you can start installation....computer: 1. The PC Probe II main window appears. Click to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab appears if your system and change the utility configuration. Click this utility, you...
... instructions to start monitoring your computer the moment you to close the Preference panel ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-13 After launching the application, the PC Probe II icon appears in your computer,... CPU temperature, and system voltages, among others. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. Because PC Probe II is software-based, you can start installation....computer: 1. The PC Probe II main window appears. Click to the optical drive. The Drivers installation tab appears if your system and change the utility configuration. Click this utility, you...
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...1 configurations. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the total capacity over 2TB can only be set , you have to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows®...; operating system to a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. Refer to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID ...
...1 configurations. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the total capacity over 2TB can only be set , you have to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows®...; operating system to a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. Refer to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID ...
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...Disk menu, and then click AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit xxxx Driver to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 1. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33 Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy... device. 4. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver or the support DVD. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. When the Make Disk menu appears, ...
...Disk menu, and then click AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit xxxx Driver to section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 1. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33 Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy... device. 4. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver or the support DVD. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. When the Make Disk menu appears, ...
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... the name of the device you install the optical dirve to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. Using...you use another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you have to use a SATA optical drive to run the OS installation ...
... the name of the device you install the optical dirve to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. Using...you use another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you have to use a SATA optical drive to run the OS installation ...
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From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. Double-click the file. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Select Device Manager. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. 3.
From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. Double-click the file. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. Select Device Manager. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. 3.
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... Windows Vista, go to Control Panel > Programs and Features. 3. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-1 Select your computer. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • You should ... begin For ATI CrossFireX to work properly, you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your graphics card...
... Windows Vista, go to Control Panel > Programs and Features. 3. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-1 Select your computer. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • You should ... begin For ATI CrossFireX to work properly, you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your graphics card...
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... 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...install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Right-click on the Windows® desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. You can also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-3 Ensure that...
... 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...install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Right-click on the Windows® desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. You can also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-3 Ensure that...