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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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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: - 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
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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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... for details. • Press + during OS installation. For 32/64bit Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver. Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for data drives only. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack... hard disk drives. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Marvell Controller item in the BIOS to create a RAID driver disk using the Marvell SATA controller, you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the motherboard support DVD...
... for details. • Press + during OS installation. For 32/64bit Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver. Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for data drives only. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack... hard disk drives. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Marvell Controller item in the BIOS to create a RAID driver disk using the Marvell SATA controller, you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the motherboard support DVD...
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... 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 Rear Speaker Out - 6-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In...
... 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 Rear Speaker Out - 6-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In...
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... Mode] when you 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 create a RAID configuration from the ...when you want to the corresponding SATA port. Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-21 The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface).
... Mode] when you 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 create a RAID configuration from the ...when you want to the corresponding SATA port. Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-21 The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface).
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...allows you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage controller. 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 Controller... This item appears only when you set this item to use the full functin of the Marvell storage controller. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-25 Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] JMB Storage Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller...
...allows you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage controller. 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 Controller... This item appears only when you set this item to use the full functin of the Marvell storage controller. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3-25 Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] JMB Storage Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller...
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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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... for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Install the necessary drivers to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-1 Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI...
... for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Install the necessary drivers to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-1 Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. Click the Contact tab to create the RAID/AHCI...
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... in the Tool menu vary with models. • Refer to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for detailed software configuration. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. The AI Suite... the online help or readme file that came with the software application for reference only. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-3 Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. 4.3 Software information Most of the applications in the...
... in the Tool menu vary with models. • Refer to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for detailed software configuration. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. The AI Suite... the online help or readme file that came with the software application for reference only. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-3 Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. 4.3 Software information Most of the applications in the...
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...default Minimize device button button 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. If the Realtek audio software is correctly installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio...wizard to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Double-click on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. The software provides Jack-Detection function, S/PDIF Out support, and interrupt...
...default Minimize device button button 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. If the Realtek audio software is correctly installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio...wizard to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Double-click on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. The software provides Jack-Detection function, S/PDIF Out support, and interrupt...
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...existing drive and three new drives for this setup. RAID 10 is required for this setup. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Windows®... Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-17 The Serial ATA RAID feature is best suited for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is available only if you get ...
...existing drive and three new drives for this setup. RAID 10 is required for this setup. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Windows®... Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-17 The Serial ATA RAID feature is best suited for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is available only if you get ...
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... the optical drive. 4. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. .... • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to complete the process. 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. Follow the ...
... the optical drive. 4. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. .... • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to complete the process. 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. Follow the ...
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... the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-27 Click OK. 4. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you 've inserted, go to install...
... the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 4-27 Click OK. 4. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you 've inserted, go to install...
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... floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Right-click My Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage 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 driver. 2. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. A window appears...
... floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the steps below: 1. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Right-click My Computer on the Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage 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 driver. 2. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. A window appears...
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... Add/Remove Programs. For Windows Vista, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. See page 2-46 for details. • We recommend that you install additional chassis fans...that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-1 Select your computer. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that ...
... Add/Remove Programs. For Windows Vista, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. See page 2-46 for details. • We recommend that you install additional chassis fans...that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-1 Select your computer. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that ...
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...Maximus IV Extreme 5-3 You can also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Click Go to continue to install the device drivers.... Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing...
...Maximus IV Extreme 5-3 You can also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Click Go to continue to install the device drivers.... Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing...
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Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-5 Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. If your motherboard has more than two ... into the PCIEX16 slots. 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.
Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. ROG Maximus IV Extreme 5-5 Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. If your motherboard has more than two ... into the PCIEX16 slots. 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.
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...firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel under the Windows® Vista™ operating system. Ensure that your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in place. 5. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia. Connect a ...5-6 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support com). 5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. 4. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the graphics card. Launching the ...
...firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel under the Windows® Vista™ operating system. Ensure that your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in place. 5. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia. Connect a ...5-6 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support com). 5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. 4. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the graphics card. Launching the ...