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...connectors on ASUS hardware and software products. Optional documentation Your product package may include optional documentation, such as warranty flyers, that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support This chapter tells how to install SLI‑... may have to perform when installing system components. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of the motherboard and the new technology it supports. •...
...connectors on ASUS hardware and software products. Optional documentation Your product package may include optional documentation, such as warranty flyers, that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support This chapter tells how to install SLI‑... may have to perform when installing system components. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of the motherboard and the new technology it supports. •...
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... Serial ATA power cables Accessories LC�D�Po�st�er SupremeFX II Audio Card HDMI/DVI adapter ASUS Q-Shield 3-Way SLI bridge ASUS SLI bridge ASUS Optional Fan 3-in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! The motherboard delivers a host of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® Crosshair II Formula motherboard! ASUS Crosshair II Formula 1-1 1.1 Welcome!
... Serial ATA power cables Accessories LC�D�Po�st�er SupremeFX II Audio Card HDMI/DVI adapter ASUS Q-Shield 3-Way SLI bridge ASUS SLI bridge ASUS Optional Fan 3-in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! The motherboard delivers a host of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® Crosshair II Formula motherboard! ASUS Crosshair II Formula 1-1 1.1 Welcome!
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...Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for details. 1.3.3 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the fastest platform in competitions. AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™ 64 FX / Athlon™ 64 / Sempron™ CPU support This motherboard... ideas, and we excel in the world. See page 2-8 for enthusiast, extreme overclocking capability, ultimate gaming performance with NVIDIA® SLI™ support at dual x16 mode or at triple x8 mode, and up to create a smoother, faster computing environment. It's ...
...Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for details. 1.3.3 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the fastest platform in competitions. AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™ 64 FX / Athlon™ 64 / Sempron™ CPU support This motherboard... ideas, and we excel in the world. See page 2-8 for enthusiast, extreme overclocking capability, ultimate gaming performance with NVIDIA® SLI™ support at dual x16 mode or at triple x8 mode, and up to create a smoother, faster computing environment. It's ...
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...ASUS Crosshair II Formula 1-7 Hybrid SLI technology today includes two primary features: GeForce Boost and HybridPower™. GeForece Boost turbo-charges performance of NVIDIA discrete graphics cards when combined with the highest-quality home theater experience. Since the Intel® driver for Windows® XP OS does not include screen scraper defense, you with motherboard... CPU models. Hybrid SLI™ Hybrid SLI™ technology is a set of this motherboard also supports DVI output. It provides faster data transfer rate and more bandwidth to www.asus. For some of ...
...ASUS Crosshair II Formula 1-7 Hybrid SLI technology today includes two primary features: GeForce Boost and HybridPower™. GeForece Boost turbo-charges performance of NVIDIA discrete graphics cards when combined with the highest-quality home theater experience. Since the Intel® driver for Windows® XP OS does not include screen scraper defense, you with motherboard... CPU models. Hybrid SLI™ Hybrid SLI™ technology is a set of this motherboard also supports DVI output. It provides faster data transfer rate and more bandwidth to www.asus. For some of ...
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2.2.3 Motherboard layout CLR_CMOS CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN2 LCD_CON KB_USB56 EATX12V 24.5cm (9.6in) ...(9.6in) VGA_HDMI LAN2_USB34 E1394 LAN1_USB12 88E1116 88E8056 OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 PCIEX1_1 NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL ROG PCIEX16_1 CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ® PCIEX1_2 PCIEX16_2 PCI1 OPT_TEMP2 OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 EATXPWR OPT_TEMP3 DDR_CRAZY DDR_HIGH DDR_NORMAL OPT_FAN3 BR_CRAZY BR_HIGH BR_NORMAL ...about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. 2.2.4 Audio card layout SUPREMEFX II Listen with Absolute HD ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-5
2.2.3 Motherboard layout CLR_CMOS CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN2 LCD_CON KB_USB56 EATX12V 24.5cm (9.6in) ...(9.6in) VGA_HDMI LAN2_USB34 E1394 LAN1_USB12 88E1116 88E8056 OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 PCIEX1_1 NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL ROG PCIEX16_1 CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ® PCIEX1_2 PCIEX16_2 PCI1 OPT_TEMP2 OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 EATXPWR OPT_TEMP3 DDR_CRAZY DDR_HIGH DDR_NORMAL OPT_FAN3 BR_CRAZY BR_HIGH BR_NORMAL ...about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. 2.2.4 Audio card layout SUPREMEFX II Listen with Absolute HD ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-5
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... 1 2 - 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Standard function System Timer Keyboard Controller Redirect to IRQ#9 Reserved IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Floppy Disk Controller NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI System CMOS/Real Time Clock IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Reserved Numeric Data Processor Primary...
... 1 2 - 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Standard function System Timer Keyboard Controller Redirect to IRQ#9 Reserved IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Floppy Disk Controller NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI System CMOS/Real Time Clock IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Reserved Numeric Data Processor Primary...
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... PCIe 2.0 devices. This motherboard supports 3 SLI-ready Express x16 graphics cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. Audio/PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot PCI Express x 16 slot PCI slot PCI Express x16 slot ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-21 All of the ... • Install a PCIe x1 device to a PCIe x1 slot prior to a PCIe x16 slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots This motherboard has three PCI Express x16 slots that support PCI Express x16 graphic cards complying with the PCI Express specifications. Refer to the figure below for...
... PCIe 2.0 devices. This motherboard supports 3 SLI-ready Express x16 graphics cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. Audio/PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot PCI Express x 16 slot PCI slot PCI Express x16 slot ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-21 All of the ... • Install a PCIe x1 device to a PCIe x1 slot prior to a PCIe x16 slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots This motherboard has three PCI Express x16 slots that support PCI Express x16 graphic cards complying with the PCI Express specifications. Refer to the figure below for...
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... Currently, only NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 and GeForce® 9800 GTX graphics cards support Hybrid Power function under Hybrid SLI™ mode. • Hybrid SLI™ mode is supported by Windows® Vista OS only. The operating frequency of this slot changes, depending on the type ...of 8 GB/s. x8 mode) This motherboard also supports universal PCI Express x16 slots with a maximum speed of PCI Express card ...
... Currently, only NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 and GeForce® 9800 GTX graphics cards support Hybrid Power function under Hybrid SLI™ mode. • Hybrid SLI™ mode is supported by Windows® Vista OS only. The operating frequency of this slot changes, depending on the type ...of 8 GB/s. x8 mode) This motherboard also supports universal PCI Express x16 slots with a maximum speed of PCI Express card ...
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... RSATA_TXP4 GND CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ® SATA4 SATA3 GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND GND RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND RSATA_TXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND SATA6 RESET CROSSHAIR II FORMULA SATA connectors SATA5...;�u�l�t.���I �D��IA�® nForce 780a SLI controller. See section 4.5.6 MCP Storage Config for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk ...graphics cards. Make sure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1...
... RSATA_TXP4 GND CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ® SATA4 SATA3 GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND GND RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND RSATA_TXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND SATA6 RESET CROSSHAIR II FORMULA SATA connectors SATA5...;�u�l�t.���I �D��IA�® nForce 780a SLI controller. See section 4.5.6 MCP Storage Config for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk ...graphics cards. Make sure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1...
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... want to boot the system from one drive to a second drive. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. 5.4.1 RAID definitions...
... want to boot the system from one drive to a second drive. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. 5.4.1 RAID definitions...
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... application list. See page 2-35 for details. • The NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology is supported by your system. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-1 6.1 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you should have three identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Make sure that...
... application list. See page 2-35 for details. • The NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology is supported by your system. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-1 6.1 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you should have three identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Make sure that...
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... work together properly. • The following pictures are NVIDIA®-certified. Each graphics card should have goldfingers for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 6.1.2 Graphics card setup Installing three...
... work together properly. • The following pictures are NVIDIA®-certified. Each graphics card should have goldfingers for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 6.1.2 Graphics card setup Installing three...
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...displays are driven through the dGPU. • HybridPower and GeForce Boost are connected to both the mGPU and the dGPU, the Hybrid SLI mode is disabled and the multi-display mode is not needed. HybridPower cannot be connected to learn the supported GPUs. 6.2.1 System requirements... X2 3800+ CPU (operating at 1800Mhz or higher) • 2 x 1024MB of DDR2-667 DRAM • Discrete GPU recommended for the motherboard GPU ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-9 You can be connected (two displays driven by the mGPU and two displays by certain set of the dGPU is enabled. HybridPower™ ...
...displays are driven through the dGPU. • HybridPower and GeForce Boost are connected to both the mGPU and the dGPU, the Hybrid SLI mode is disabled and the multi-display mode is not needed. HybridPower cannot be connected to learn the supported GPUs. 6.2.1 System requirements... X2 3800+ CPU (operating at 1800Mhz or higher) • 2 x 1024MB of DDR2-667 DRAM • Discrete GPU recommended for the motherboard GPU ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-9 You can be connected (two displays driven by the mGPU and two displays by certain set of the dGPU is enabled. HybridPower™ ...
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...65533;r�in Performance mode and that GeForce Boost is properly installed. The onboard GPU will find the Hybrid SLI icon on the taskbar. Otherwise, the motherboard cannot detect your changes and Exit Setup. 4. Make sure that you will share the rendering load with the... for details. • The Hybrid Support item appears only when a minimum of the dGPU. 6-10 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Turn on your motherboard. • Make sure that your display to [Enabled]. See section 4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration for GeForce Boost on the system. ...
...65533;r�in Performance mode and that GeForce Boost is properly installed. The onboard GPU will find the Hybrid SLI icon on the taskbar. Otherwise, the motherboard cannot detect your changes and Exit Setup. 4. Make sure that you will share the rendering load with the... for details. • The Hybrid Support item appears only when a minimum of the dGPU. 6-10 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Turn on your motherboard. • Make sure that your display to [Enabled]. See section 4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration for GeForce Boost on the system. ...