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...ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 3-35 3.8.2 ASUS SPD Information 3-35 3.8.3 ASUS O.C. Profile 3-36 3.8.4 GO Button File 3-37 3.9 Exit menu 3-38 3.10 Updating BIOS 3-39 3.10.1 ASUS Update utility 3-40 3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 3-43 3.10.3 ASUS... 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 ...
...ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 3-35 3.8.2 ASUS SPD Information 3-35 3.8.3 ASUS O.C. Profile 3-36 3.8.4 GO Button File 3-37 3.9 Exit menu 3-38 3.10 Updating BIOS 3-39 3.10.1 ASUS Update utility 3-40 3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 3-43 3.10.3 ASUS... 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 ...
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...ThunderBolt Audio 4-31 4.3.11 Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 4-35 4.4 RAID configurations 4-38 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-38 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-39 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-39 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-40 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-43 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-43 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver... 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...
...ThunderBolt Audio 4-31 4.3.11 Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 4-35 4.4 RAID configurations 4-38 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-38 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-39 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-39 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-40 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-43 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-43 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver... 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...
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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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... to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that came with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Failure to do not need to use . 4. Refer to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. ROG Crosshair V Formula 2-11 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion...
... to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that came with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Failure to do not need to use . 4. Refer to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. ROG Crosshair V Formula 2-11 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion...
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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 create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard ...
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 create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard ...
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... the SATA configuration. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT1-6 to external SATA port. This item appears only when you want to report warning messages during the POST. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-19 When read/write of commands.
... the SATA configuration. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT1-6 to external SATA port. This item appears only when you want to report warning messages during the POST. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-19 When read/write of commands.
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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 use the Serial ATA hard disk drives ... the controller. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to internally optimize the order of the ASM1061 storage controller. ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-23 ASM1061 Storage OPROM [Enabled] This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable the...
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 use the Serial ATA hard disk drives ... the controller. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to internally optimize the order of the ASM1061 storage controller. ROG Crosshair V Formula 3-23 ASM1061 Storage OPROM [Enabled] This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable the...
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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 Extreme
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 Extreme
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... Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to run the DVD. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding ...updates to maximize the features of your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers...
... Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to run the DVD. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding ...updates to maximize the features of your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers...
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ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT LAN Driver Installs the ASUS ROG TunderBolt LAN driver and application. USB 3.0 Driver Installs the USB 3.0 driver. Realtek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek® audio driver and application. 4.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT Audio/LAN Drivers appear only when ROG ThunderBolt has been installed in the system. 4-2 Chapter 4: Software...
ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT LAN Driver Installs the ASUS ROG TunderBolt LAN driver and application. USB 3.0 Driver Installs the USB 3.0 driver. Realtek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek® audio driver and application. 4.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The ASUS ROG THUNDERBOLT Audio/LAN Drivers appear only when ROG ThunderBolt has been installed in the system. 4-2 Chapter 4: Software...
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Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support AMD AHCI/RAID Driver Disk Allows you to create an Intel® AHCI/RAID driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to create the AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit driver disk.
Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support AMD AHCI/RAID Driver Disk Allows you to create an Intel® AHCI/RAID driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to create the AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit driver disk.
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...to the optical drive. Installing AI Suite II To install AI Suite II on your settings. Follow the screen instructions to launch several ASUS utilities easily. Using AI Suite II Click each button to select and launch a desired utility, to monitor or update the system, to...to customize your computer: 1. The screenshots of the applications in the support DVD have wizards that came with models. 4-8 Chapter 4: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. After launching the...
...to the optical drive. Installing AI Suite II To install AI Suite II on your settings. Follow the screen instructions to launch several ASUS utilities easily. Using AI Suite II Click each button to select and launch a desired utility, to monitor or update the system, to...to customize your computer: 1. The screenshots of the applications in the support DVD have wizards that came with models. 4-8 Chapter 4: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. After launching the...
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... have successfully installed the LAN driver and have the latest version of the Windows Media Player installed on the desktop. Activating Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 After installing Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 successfully, you have connected to activate this utility online before installing Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-35 This installation requires...
... have successfully installed the LAN driver and have the latest version of the Windows Media Player installed on the desktop. Activating Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 After installing Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 successfully, you have connected to activate this utility online before installing Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-35 This installation requires...
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...at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you want to install a Windows® operating system to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. The RAID 5 configuration is required for this setup...AMD® SB950 chipset that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. 4-38 Chapter 4: Software support Among the advantages of both data and parity information across three or more hard ...
...at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you want to install a Windows® operating system to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. The RAID 5 configuration is required for this setup...AMD® SB950 chipset that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. 4-38 Chapter 4: Software support Among the advantages of both data and parity information across three or more hard ...
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... the Make Disk menu appears, press to complete the process. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-43 Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Start Windows®. 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID...
... the Make Disk menu appears, press to complete the process. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-43 Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Start Windows®. 2. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID...
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... version. Click the name of the device you to press the F6 key to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. 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 Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you 've...
... version. Click the name of the device you to press the F6 key to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. 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 Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you 've...
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... USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. or 3. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-45 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not...
... USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. or 3. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. ROG Crosshair V Formula 4-45 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not...
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... Uninstall. 5. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Select your system. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-1 For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your...for better thermal environment. • Visit the ATI Game website at least the minimum power required by your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows 7, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ ...
... Uninstall. 5. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Select your system. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-1 For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your...for better thermal environment. • Visit the ATI Game website at least the minimum power required by your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows 7, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ ...
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...the existance of multigraphics cards. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-3 Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI... Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control ...
...the existance of multigraphics cards. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-3 Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI... Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control ...
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...can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-5 The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that...has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Follow the installation procedures in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for reference ...
...can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. ROG Crosshair V Formula 5-5 The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that...has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Follow the installation procedures in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for reference ...