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...EVO 4-5 4.3.4 EPU 4-9 4.3.5 FAN Xpert 4-10 4.3.6 Probe II 4-11 4.3.7 Sensor Recorder 4-12 4.3.8 Ai Charger 4-13 4.3.9 Monitor 4-14 4.3.10 System Information 4-15 4.3.11 Audio configurations 4-16 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-17 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-18 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... two 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® ...
...EVO 4-5 4.3.4 EPU 4-9 4.3.5 FAN Xpert 4-10 4.3.6 Probe II 4-11 4.3.7 Sensor Recorder 4-12 4.3.8 Ai Charger 4-13 4.3.9 Monitor 4-14 4.3.10 System Information 4-15 4.3.11 Audio configurations 4-16 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-17 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-18 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... two 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® ...
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xii M5A99X EVO specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x LAN (... switch 1 x TPU switch 32 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2.0, 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...
xii M5A99X EVO specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x LAN (... switch 1 x TPU switch 32 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2.0, 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...
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... Side Speaker Out ASUS M5A99X EVO 2-43 Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for your USB 3.0 devices. • If 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.... • 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...
... Side Speaker Out ASUS M5A99X EVO 2-43 Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for your USB 3.0 devices. • If 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.... • 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...
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... 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 internally optimize the order of commands. SB SATA Configuration Options for SATA...] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to [AHCI], the information of SATA devices. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you set the SATA configuration. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the AHCI (Advanced...
... 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 internally optimize the order of commands. SB SATA Configuration Options for SATA...] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to [AHCI], the information of SATA devices. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you set the SATA configuration. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the AHCI (Advanced...
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... serial port configuration. 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=3] Chapter 3 3-20 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Realtek PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item appears only when you set this function. Realtek...
... serial port configuration. 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=3] Chapter 3 3-20 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Realtek PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item appears only when you set this function. Realtek...
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... subject to install. Click an item to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The contents of the user manual. Click each menu tab and select the items you can install to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-1 The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you...
... subject to install. Click an item to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. The contents of the user manual. Click each menu tab and select the items you can install to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-1 The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you...
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... the software application for more information. 4.3.1 AI Suite II AI Suite II is an all-in the support DVD have wizards that integrates several ASUS utilities and allows users to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. 4.3... system, to update the motherboard BIOS, to display the system information, and to the software manual in the Windows® notification area. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-3
... the software application for more information. 4.3.1 AI Suite II AI Suite II is an all-in the support DVD have wizards that integrates several ASUS utilities and allows users to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. 4.3... system, to update the motherboard BIOS, to display the system information, and to the software manual in the Windows® notification area. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-3
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...plug and play convenience. Follow the installation wizard to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows XP Configuration options Control settings window Information button Exit button Minimize button Chapter 4 Information button Refer... to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Realtek HD Audio Manager for ...
...plug and play convenience. Follow the installation wizard to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows XP Configuration options Control settings window Information button Exit button Minimize button Chapter 4 Information button Refer... to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Realtek HD Audio Manager for ...
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...interleaved stacks. The RAID 5 configuration is available only if you to a second drive. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. The new drive must install Windows® ... mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work as RAID sets. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-17 The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID ...
...interleaved stacks. The RAID 5 configuration is available only if you to a second drive. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. The new drive must install Windows® ... mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work as RAID sets. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-17 The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID ...
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... the USB floppy disk drive due 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. To work around this OS limitation, refer to Windows® XP limitation.... complete the process. Chapter 4 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the ...
... the USB floppy disk drive due 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. To work around this OS limitation, refer to Windows® XP limitation.... complete the process. Chapter 4 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the ...
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... later OS: 1. Click the name of the device you to press the F6 key to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-23 Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete...
... later OS: 1. Click the name of the device you to press the F6 key to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A99X EVO 4-23 Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete...
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... (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. Select Device Manager. Chapter 4 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID...
... (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. Select Device Manager. Chapter 4 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID...
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...at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. See Chapter 2 for better thermal environment V�i�s�it��th�e��A��M�...174; certified. • Ensure that you install additional chassis fans for details. • We recommend that your system. Turn off your current graphics card drivers. 4. Select your computer. ASUS M5A99X EVO 5-1 For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5.
...at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. See Chapter 2 for better thermal environment V�i�s�it��th�e��A��M�...174; certified. • Ensure that you install additional chassis fans for details. • We recommend that your system. Turn off your current graphics card drivers. 4. Select your computer. ASUS M5A99X EVO 5-1 For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5.
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... Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Chapter 5 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Right-click on the Windows® ...desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. Click Go to continue to act as the display GPU. 1 3. Select Enable CrossFireX. 4. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS M5A99X EVO...
... Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Chapter 5 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Right-click on the Windows® ...desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. Click Go to continue to act as the display GPU. 1 3. Select Enable CrossFireX. 4. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS M5A99X EVO...
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... that allows you should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. If your system. See Chapter 2 for details. • We recommend that you install additional chassis fans...properly seated on the slots. 5-4 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are for multi-graphics card installation. 3. The graphics cards...
... that allows you should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. If your system. See Chapter 2 for details. • We recommend that you install additional chassis fans...properly seated on the slots. 5-4 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are for multi-graphics card installation. 3. The graphics cards...
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... 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the goldfingers on the empty space of the Windows® desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods. ASUS M5A99X EVO 5-5 Align and firmly insert... the SLI bridge connector to the documentation that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. A. Download the latest driver from the power supply to the ...
... 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the goldfingers on the empty space of the Windows® desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods. ASUS M5A99X EVO 5-5 Align and firmly insert... the SLI bridge connector to the documentation that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. A. Download the latest driver from the power supply to the ...