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...38 3.8.4 BIOS FlashBack 3-39 3.9 Exit menu 3-40 3.10 Updating BIOS 3-41 3.10.1 ASUS Update utility 3-42 3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility 3-45 3.10.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-46 3.10.4 ASUS BIOS Updater 3-47 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD ...Technology Option ROM utility..... 4-18 4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility 4-22 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-26 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-26 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-26 Contents 3.8 Tools menu 3-36 3.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash Utility 3-36...
...38 3.8.4 BIOS FlashBack 3-39 3.9 Exit menu 3-40 3.10 Updating BIOS 3-41 3.10.1 ASUS Update utility 3-42 3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility 3-45 3.10.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-46 3.10.4 ASUS BIOS Updater 3-47 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD ...Technology Option ROM utility..... 4-18 4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility 4-22 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-26 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-26 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-26 Contents 3.8 Tools menu 3-36 3.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash Utility 3-36...
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... floppy disk drive 4-28 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 4-28 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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Drivers and applications * ASUS AI Suite II * ROG CPU-Z * 3DMark Vantage * Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 1-year license Extended ATX Form Factor, 12"x 10.6" (30.5cm x 26.9cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. xviii Maximus IV Extreme specifications summary BIOS Features Manageability Software Form Factor 32Mb Flash ROM, EFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Support DVD: -
Drivers and applications * ASUS AI Suite II * ROG CPU-Z * 3DMark Vantage * Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 1-year license Extended ATX Form Factor, 12"x 10.6" (30.5cm x 26.9cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. xviii Maximus IV Extreme specifications summary BIOS Features Manageability Software Form Factor 32Mb Flash ROM, EFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-Language BIOS WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Support DVD: -
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... CSM initialization 7A - 7F Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 80 - 8F OEM DXE initialization codes 90 Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started 91 Driver connecting is started 92 PCI Bus initialization is started 93 PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization 94 PCI Bus Enumeration 95 PCI Bus Request Resources...
... CSM initialization 7A - 7F Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 80 - 8F OEM DXE initialization codes 90 Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started 91 Driver connecting is started 92 PCI Bus initialization is started 93 PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization 94 PCI Bus Enumeration 95 PCI Bus Request Resources...
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... XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. • When using the motherboard support DVD and load the driver during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating ...system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Marvell Controller item in the BIOS to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for details. • Press + ...
... XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. • When using the motherboard support DVD and load the driver during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating ...system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Marvell Controller item in the BIOS to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for details. • Press + ...
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... Out Mic In - • 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 connect USB 3.0 devices to Headphone and Mic ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 2-53
... Out Mic In - • 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 connect USB 3.0 devices to Headphone and Mic ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 2-53
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...no SATA device is installed to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage 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 set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] [...Scroll down to display the following items: SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] Allows you want the SATA hard disk drives to the corresponding SATA port. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-21 3.5.3 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of commands.
...no SATA device is installed to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage 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 set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] [...Scroll down to display the following items: SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] Allows you want the SATA hard disk drives to the corresponding SATA port. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-21 3.5.3 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of commands.
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...the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable boot option for Legacy Network Devices. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-25 Intel 82583 LAN [Enabled] [Enabled] Enables the Intel 82583 LAN controller. [Disabled] Disables the controller. Intel 82583 LAN PXEOPROM [Disabled...you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller (ex. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you want the SATA hard disk drives to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X ...
...the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable boot option for Legacy Network Devices. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-25 Intel 82583 LAN [Enabled] [Enabled] Enables the Intel 82583 LAN controller. [Disabled] Disables the controller. Intel 82583 LAN PXEOPROM [Disabled...you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller (ex. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you want the SATA hard disk drives to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X ...
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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 4-3 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-26 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-26 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
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... want to display DVD/ motherboard information If Autorun is enabled in this chapter for reference only. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-1 The contents of the support DVD to open the folder of the user manual. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure...
... want to display DVD/ motherboard information If Autorun is enabled in this chapter for reference only. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-1 The contents of the support DVD to open the folder of the user manual. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure...
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... II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-3 The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. The actual screenshots vary with models. • Refer to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for more information. 4.3.1 AI Suite II AI Suite II...
... II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-3 The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. The actual screenshots vary with models. • Refer to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for more information. 4.3.1 AI Suite II AI Suite II...
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... Exit button Device advanced settings Connector settings Control settings window Analog and digital connector status Information button ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-15 Realtek HD Audio Manager A. Double-click on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Follow the installation wizard to display the...
... Exit button Device advanced settings Connector settings Control settings window Analog and digital connector status Information button ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-15 Realtek HD Audio Manager A. Double-click on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Follow the installation wizard to display the...
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... this setup. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-17 A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set , you want to install a Windows® operating system to a hard disk drive...for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of ...
... this setup. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-17 A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set , you want to install a Windows® operating system to a hard disk drive...for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of ...
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...;. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to avoid a computer virus infection. 4-26 Chapter 4: Software support Boot your computer. 2. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6.... 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing a Windows® operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. To work...
...;. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to avoid a computer virus infection. 4-26 Chapter 4: Software support Boot your computer. 2. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6.... 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing a Windows® operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. To work...
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... the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Click OK. 4. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-27 Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. To...
... the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Click OK. 4. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-27 Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. To...
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...solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. From the Universal Serial... the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the pop-up window. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID...
...solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. From the Universal Serial... the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the pop-up window. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID...
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...8226; You should have to uninstall all current applications. 2. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-1 For Windows XP, go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows Vista, go to your system. See page 2-46 for... Features. 3. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Select your computer. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. 5.1 ATI®...
...8226; You should have to uninstall all current applications. 2. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-1 For Windows XP, go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows Vista, go to your system. See page 2-46 for... Features. 3. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Select your computer. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. 5.1 ATI®...
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...system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. Click Go to continue to install the device drivers. You can also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-3 Ensure that came with your graphics card package to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced ...View window. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www....
...system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. Click Go to continue to install the device drivers. You can also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-3 Ensure that came with your graphics card package to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced ...View window. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www....
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... that you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for reference only. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-5 Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least...5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.2.1 Requirements • In SLI mode, you should have two...
... that you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for reference only. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-5 Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least...5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.2.1 Requirements • In SLI mode, you should have two...
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...; desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. com). 5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. A. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the two graphics cards separately. 6.... SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the graphics card. Right click on each graphics card. 4. Ensure that the connector is firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel...
...; desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. com). 5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. A. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the two graphics cards separately. 6.... SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the graphics card. Right click on each graphics card. 4. Ensure that the connector is firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel...