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... Updater 3-45 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 Video menu 4-5 4.2.7 ASUS Contact information 4-5 4.2.8 Other information 4-6 4.3 Software information 4-8 4.3.1 ASUS AI Suite II 4-8 4.3.2 Tool 4-9 4.3.3 DIGI+ VRM 4-14 4.3.4 EPU 4-18 4.3.5 FAN Xpert 4-19 4.3.6 Probe II 4-20 4.3.7 Sensor Recorder 4-22...
... Updater 3-45 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 Video menu 4-5 4.2.7 ASUS Contact information 4-5 4.2.8 Other information 4-6 4.3 Software information 4-8 4.3.1 ASUS AI Suite II 4-8 4.3.2 Tool 4-9 4.3.3 DIGI+ VRM 4-14 4.3.4 EPU 4-18 4.3.5 FAN Xpert 4-19 4.3.6 Probe II 4-20 4.3.7 Sensor Recorder 4-22...
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... floppy disk drive 4-45 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® SLI™ technology 5-5 5.2.1 Requirements 5-5 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-5 5.2.3 Installing the device...
... floppy disk drive 4-45 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® SLI™ technology 5-5 5.2.1 Requirements 5-5 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-5 5.2.3 Installing the device...
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xvii Crosshair V Formula specifications summary Internal I/O Connectors Software Form Factor 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector supports additional 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 7 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Red)...START (Power on) button 1 x RESET button 1 x Go button 1 x Audio front panel (AAFP) header 1 x System panel connector Drivers Sound Blaster® X-Fi 2 Utility Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ROG CPU-Z ASUS Utilities ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice.
xvii Crosshair V Formula specifications summary Internal I/O Connectors Software Form Factor 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector supports additional 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 7 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Red)...START (Power on) button 1 x RESET button 1 x Go button 1 x Audio front panel (AAFP) header 1 x System panel connector Drivers Sound Blaster® X-Fi 2 Utility Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ROG CPU-Z ASUS Utilities ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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... support. When using PCI cards on the slot. 5. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you removed earlier. 6. 2.2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you physical injury and damage motherboard components. Replace the system cover. Align...
... support. When using PCI cards on the slot. 5. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you removed earlier. 6. 2.2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you physical injury and damage motherboard components. Replace the system cover. Align...
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... Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to the corresponding SATA port.
... Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to the corresponding SATA port.
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... [IDE] S.M.A.R.T. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT1-6 to external SATA port. You can only set SATA Port5-Port6 to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-19 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Hot...
... [IDE] S.M.A.R.T. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT1-6 to external SATA port. You can only set SATA Port5-Port6 to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-19 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Hot...
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ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-23 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of the ASM1061 ...
ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-23 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of the ASM1061 ...
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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 4-8 4.4 RAID configurations 4-38 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-43 ROG Crosshair V Formula
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-8 4.4 RAID configurations 4-38 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-43 ROG Crosshair V Formula
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... for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to the optical drive. Use the setup procedures presented in your computer,... www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support DVD to your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-1 The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu ...
... for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to the optical drive. Use the setup procedures presented in your computer,... www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to avail all motherboard features. The contents of the support DVD to your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-1 The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu ...
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... Controller Driver Installs the Asmedia SATA Controller driver. AMD Chipset Driver Installs the AMD® chipset driver. Browser Configuration Utility Installs the browser configuration utility. ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT LAN Driver Installs the ASUS ROG ThunderBolt LAN driver and application. Realtek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek® audio driver and application. USB 3.0 Driver Installs the USB 3.0 driver. The ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT Audio/LAN Drivers appear...
... Controller Driver Installs the Asmedia SATA Controller driver. AMD Chipset Driver Installs the AMD® chipset driver. Browser Configuration Utility Installs the browser configuration utility. ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT LAN Driver Installs the ASUS ROG ThunderBolt LAN driver and application. Realtek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek® audio driver and application. USB 3.0 Driver Installs the USB 3.0 driver. The ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT Audio/LAN Drivers appear...
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Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). AMD AHCI/RAID Driver Disk Allows you to create the AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit driver disk. 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 driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals.
Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). AMD AHCI/RAID Driver Disk Allows you to create the AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit driver disk. 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 driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals.
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Place the support DVD to complete installation. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the screen instructions to ...launch AI Suite II right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite II > AI Suite II v1.xx.xx. Click the icon to customize your settings. 4.3 Software ...174; notification area. View the online help or readme file that will conveniently guide you to launch several ASUS utilities easily. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. The screenshots of the applications ...
Place the support DVD to complete installation. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the screen instructions to ...launch AI Suite II right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite II > AI Suite II v1.xx.xx. Click the icon to customize your settings. 4.3 Software ...174; notification area. View the online help or readme file that will conveniently guide you to launch several ASUS utilities easily. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. The screenshots of the applications ...
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...CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-sensing feature, retasking functions and multi-streaming technology that you have successfully installed the LAN driver and have the latest version of the Windows Media Player installed on the desktop. Ensure to start activation. Ensure that simultaneously sends different audio streams... Windows Media Player before first use. 1. 4.3.11 Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 This application is available only under Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-35 Double-click Activate on your system.
...CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-sensing feature, retasking functions and multi-streaming technology that you have successfully installed the LAN driver and have the latest version of the Windows Media Player installed on the desktop. Ensure to start activation. Ensure that simultaneously sends different audio streams... Windows Media Player before first use. 1. 4.3.11 Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 This application is available only under Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-35 Double-click Activate on your system.
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...drives as a boot disk. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Refer to a second drive. If one drive to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. 4-38 Chapter 4: Software support Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup. With...174; XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP2 or later versions. • Due to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows...
...drives as a boot disk. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Refer to a second drive. If one drive to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. 4-38 Chapter 4: Software support Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup. With...174; XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP2 or later versions. • Due to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows...
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You have to use either 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. Start Windows®. 2. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-43 Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Follow the succeeding... drive, then press . 8. 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 to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID...
You have to use either 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. Start Windows®. 2. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-43 Insert a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Follow the succeeding... drive, then press . 8. 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 to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID...
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...installation disk, we strongly recommend that you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, �y�o�u��h�a�v�e��t�o��u...65533;s�e��a�n�o��th��e�r computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to complete the installation. During the OS installation, the system prompts you install the optical dirve ...
...installation disk, we strongly recommend that you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, �y�o�u��h�a�v�e��t�o��u...65533;s�e��a�n�o��th��e�r computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to complete the installation. During the OS installation, the system prompts you install the optical dirve ...
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... the oem file. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-45 The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows®...; XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. The Vendor ID (...
... the oem file. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-45 The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows®...; XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. The Vendor ID (...
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...can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. • We recommend that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. For Windows Vista and 7, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-1 For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the... section. 5.1.1 Requirements • You should have to Control Panel > Programs and Features. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows 7, go to uninstall all current applications. 2. To uninstall existing graphics card...
...can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. • We recommend that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. For Windows Vista and 7, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-1 For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the... section. 5.1.1 Requirements • You should have to Control Panel > Programs and Features. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows 7, go to uninstall all current applications. 2. To uninstall existing graphics card...
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ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ... 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. You can also ...
ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ... 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. You can also ...
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Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your ... latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list. 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards The following pictures are properly seated on the slots. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-5 If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology.
Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your ... latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list. 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards The following pictures are properly seated on the slots. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-5 If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology.