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... 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-19 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-22 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-22 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-22 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-23 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 4-24 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology...
... 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-19 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-22 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-22 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-22 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-23 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 4-24 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology...
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... 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. M5A97 EVO specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS...
... 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. M5A97 EVO specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS...
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...you want to use the hot-plug function of the external SATA ports, you connect USB 3.0 devices to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Gray - 4-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In - Chapter 2 • DO NOT insert a different connector ... port. • Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under Windows® OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only. • We strongly recommend that you have to set the JMB Storage...
...you want to use the hot-plug function of the external SATA ports, you connect USB 3.0 devices to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Gray - 4-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In - Chapter 2 • DO NOT insert a different connector ... port. • Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under Windows® OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only. • We strongly recommend that you have to set the JMB Storage...
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... the SATA connectors 1-6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to [AHCI], the information of SATA devices. Advanced Mode Exit Main Back Ai...-Port 4 and the SATA Port5-Port 6 items are set the OnChip SATA Channel item to the corresponding SATA port. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you set to internally optimize the order of commands.
... the SATA connectors 1-6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to [AHCI], the information of SATA devices. Advanced Mode Exit Main Back Ai...-Port 4 and the SATA Port5-Port 6 items are set the OnChip SATA Channel item to the corresponding SATA port. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you set to internally optimize the order of commands.
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... Chapter 3: BIOS setup Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging Support [Disabled] [Enabled] Enables this function. [Disabled] Disables this item to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. IRQ=4] Allows you to enable or disable the JMB storage controller. IRQ=4] [IO=2F8h; Realtek PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item...
... Chapter 3: BIOS setup Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging Support [Disabled] [Enabled] Enables this function. [Disabled] Disables this item to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. IRQ=4] Allows you to enable or disable the JMB storage controller. IRQ=4] [IO=2F8h; Realtek PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item...
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ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-1 The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support ...DVD into the optical drive. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of the support DVD...
ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-1 The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support ...DVD into the optical drive. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of the support DVD...
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...AI Suite II To install AI Suite II on models with the TurboV EVO function. • The applications in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for detailed software configuration. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click the icon to the optical... motherboard BIOS Click to monitor sensors or CPU frequency Click to select a utility Shortcut to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-3 View the online help or readme file that came with the software application for reference only. Follow the onscreen instructions to ...
...AI Suite II To install AI Suite II on models with the TurboV EVO function. • The applications in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for detailed software configuration. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click the icon to the optical... motherboard BIOS Click to monitor sensors or CPU frequency Click to select a utility Shortcut to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-3 View the online help or readme file that came with the software application for reference only. Follow the onscreen instructions to ...
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... installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the icon to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for all audio ports, eliminating cable connection errors and giving users plug and play convenience. Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows®... settings window Analog and digital connector status B. 4.3.11 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package.
... installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the icon to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for all audio ports, eliminating cable connection errors and giving users plug and play convenience. Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows®... settings window Analog and digital connector status B. 4.3.11 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package.
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...three new drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the ... data access and storage. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-17 Refer to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you ...
...three new drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the ... data access and storage. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-17 Refer to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you ...
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...• Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due 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. Select USB ...the motherboard support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Chapter 4 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support 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. You have to Windows® XP limitation. Press during...
...• Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due 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. Select USB ...the motherboard support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Chapter 4 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support 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. You have to Windows® XP limitation. Press during...
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...to complete the installation. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-23 When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, ... to run the Windows XP OS installation disk, we strongly recommend that you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Click OK. 4. During the OS installation, the system prompts you install the optical drive to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to ...
...to complete the installation. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-23 When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, ... to run the Windows XP OS installation disk, we strongly recommend that you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Click OK. 4. During the OS installation, the system prompts you install the optical drive to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to ...
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...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. Double-click the file. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID... 4 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Refer to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to...
...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. Double-click the file. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID... 4 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Refer to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to...
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... card that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics... all current applications. 2. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. Select your computer. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have...
... card that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics... all current applications. 2. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. Select your computer. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have...
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... multi-graphics cards. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-3 Click Go to continue to install the device drivers. In the Catalyst Control Center window, click Graphics Settings > CrossFireX > Configure. 2. Ensure that came with 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...
... multi-graphics cards. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-3 Click Go to continue to install the device drivers. In the Catalyst Control Center window, click Graphics Settings > CrossFireX > Configure. 2. Ensure that came with 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...