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... 4-8 4.3.4 EPU 4-12 4.3.5 USB 3.0 Boost 4-13 4.3.6 USB BIOS Flashback Wizard 4-14 4.3.7 ASUS SSD Caching 4-16 4.3.8 Probe II 4-17 4.3.9 Sensor Recorder 4-18 4.3.10 ASUS Update 4-19 4.3.11 MyLogo2 4-20 4.3.12 Audio configurations 4-22 4.4 RAID configurations 4-23 4.4.1 RAID... 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Before you begin 5-1 5.1.3 Installing 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® SLI™ technology 5-4 5.2.1 Requirements 5-4 5.2.2 Installing two...
... 4-8 4.3.4 EPU 4-12 4.3.5 USB 3.0 Boost 4-13 4.3.6 USB BIOS Flashback Wizard 4-14 4.3.7 ASUS SSD Caching 4-16 4.3.8 Probe II 4-17 4.3.9 Sensor Recorder 4-18 4.3.10 ASUS Update 4-19 4.3.11 MyLogo2 4-20 4.3.12 Audio configurations 4-22 4.4 RAID configurations 4-23 4.4.1 RAID... 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Before you begin 5-1 5.1.3 Installing 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® SLI™ technology 5-4 5.2.1 Requirements 5-4 5.2.2 Installing two...
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... SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL 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. xiv P8Z77-V DELUXE specifications summary Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector...
... SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL 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. xiv P8Z77-V DELUXE specifications summary Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector...
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... initialization PCH DXE Initialization (PCH module specific) ACPI module initialization CSM initialization Reserved for future AMI DXE codes Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources... for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) Ready To Boot event Legacy Boot event Exit Boot Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 2-25
... initialization PCH DXE Initialization (PCH module specific) ACPI module initialization CSM initialization Reserved for future AMI DXE codes Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources... for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) Ready To Boot event Legacy Boot event Exit Boot Services event Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 2-25
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... the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller item in the BIOS to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 2-29 For 32/64bit Windows XP OS, load first the... Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver. Chapter 2 • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later...
... the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller item in the BIOS to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 2-29 For 32/64bit Windows XP OS, load first the... Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver. Chapter 2 • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later...
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... USB3.0 Chapter 2 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 2-49 Locate the connecting jacks of the Module from the exterior IO area of the computer chassis, and attach the Wi-Fi Bluetooth Ring Moving Antenna. IO Shield Be sure to determine that the installation is complete. software. Give a slight pull to install the BT4 driver before installing the...
... USB3.0 Chapter 2 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 2-49 Locate the connecting jacks of the Module from the exterior IO area of the computer chassis, and attach the Wi-Fi Bluetooth Ring Moving Antenna. IO Shield Be sure to determine that the installation is complete. software. Give a slight pull to install the BT4 driver before installing the...
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...SATA 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 connect USB 3.0 devices to USB... module LED indications Status Description Off Blue Blinking No link Linked Data activity * Wi-Fi LED indications Status Off Green Description No link Linked ASUS Wi-Fi GO! Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for your USB 3.0 devices. • If you want to use the hot-plug...
...SATA 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 connect USB 3.0 devices to USB... module LED indications Status Description Off Blue Blinking No link Linked Data activity * Wi-Fi LED indications Status Off Green Description No link Linked ASUS Wi-Fi GO! Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for your USB 3.0 devices. • If you want to use the hot-plug...
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... port. Advanced Mode Exit Main Back Ai Tweaker Advanced Advanced\ SATA Configuration > Monitor SATA Configuration SATA Mode AHCI Mode S.M.A.R.T. 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 internally optimize the order of SATA devices...
... port. Advanced Mode Exit Main Back Ai Tweaker Advanced Advanced\ SATA Configuration > Monitor SATA Configuration SATA Mode AHCI Mode S.M.A.R.T. 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 internally optimize the order of SATA devices...
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... file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of the support DVD to change at www.asus.com for reference only. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-1 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Software support 4.1 Installing... folder of your computer. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in this chapter for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the...
... file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of the support DVD to change at www.asus.com for reference only. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-1 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Software support 4.1 Installing... folder of your computer. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to display the ASUS contact information. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in this chapter for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the...
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Follow the onscreen instructions to the optical drive. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-3 Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. Chapter 4 Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the ... enter the Windows® operating system (OS). 4.3 Software information Most of 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 customize the settings of AI Suite II. View the online help...
Follow the onscreen instructions to the optical drive. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-3 Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. Chapter 4 Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the ... enter the Windows® operating system (OS). 4.3 Software information Most of 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 customize the settings of AI Suite II. View the online help...
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... by Windows® 7™/Windows® XP™. • To play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with DTS UltraPC II for all audio ports, eliminating cable connection errors, and giving users plug and play convenience... at www.asus.com for detailed software configuration. • Due to Intel® Z77 platform does not support Windows® Vista™, Realtek HD Audio driver is correctly installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on your computer. Follow the installation wizard to use an HDCP ...
... by Windows® 7™/Windows® XP™. • To play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with DTS UltraPC II for all audio ports, eliminating cable connection errors, and giving users plug and play convenience... at www.asus.com for detailed software configuration. • Due to Intel® Z77 platform does not support Windows® Vista™, Realtek HD Audio driver is correctly installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on your computer. Follow the installation wizard to use an HDCP ...
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...XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. • Due to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Refer...for this setup. RAID 10 is required for this setup. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be calculated and written. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-23 Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an...
...XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. • Due to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Refer...for this setup. RAID 10 is required for this setup. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be calculated and written. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-23 Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an...
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... consumption also goes down by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin. Intel® Smart Response Technology Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. Select which HDD for SSD caching.
... consumption also goes down by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin. Intel® Smart Response Technology Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. Select which HDD for SSD caching.
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...Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. You have to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Press during... as the primary boot device. 4. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Start Windows®. 2. 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.
...Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. You have to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Press during... as the primary boot device. 4. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Start Windows®. 2. 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.
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... RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-45 When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to complete the installation. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Before loading the RAID driver from... the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use another 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. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the...
... RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 4-45 When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to complete the installation. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Before loading the RAID driver from... the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use another 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. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the...
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... Manager. Chapter 4 4-46 Chapter 4: Software support Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Click Details tab. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. To solve this issue, add the USB ...floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) 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. 4.5.4 ...
... Manager. Chapter 4 4-46 Chapter 4: Software support Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Click Details tab. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. To solve this issue, add the USB ...floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) 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. 4.5.4 ...
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...cards. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. Select your computer. For ...65533;f�o�r�d��e�ta��il�s�. • We recommend that your system. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 5-1 For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™...
...cards. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. Select your computer. For ...65533;f�o�r�d��e�ta��il�s�. • We recommend that your system. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 5-1 For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™...
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...with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center: 1. Click Apply, and then click OK to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when... the system detects the existance of multi-graphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® ...
...with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center: 1. Click Apply, and then click OK to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when... the system detects the existance of multi-graphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® ...
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... required by your system. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1....Ensure that allows you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for reference only. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install multi-...
... required by your system. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1....Ensure that allows you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for reference only. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install multi-...
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...the following two methods. A. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). Download the latest driver from the power supply to the two graphics cards separately. 6. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 5-5 Ensure that the connector is firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel under the Windows® Vista...Right click on each graphics card. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to install the device drivers. Chapter 5 4. Goldfingers SLI bridge 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the graphics card. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the documentation that came with ...
...the following two methods. A. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). Download the latest driver from the power supply to the two graphics cards separately. 6. ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE 5-5 Ensure that the connector is firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel under the Windows® Vista...Right click on each graphics card. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to install the device drivers. Chapter 5 4. Goldfingers SLI bridge 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the graphics card. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the documentation that came with ...
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...; iGPU Multi-Monitor support option must be enabled in BIOS and install both Intel® Graphics Accelerator, and graphics card driver before installing LucidLogix Virtu MVP from ASUS support DVD. The ASUS Support Wizard appears if your computer's VGA output and discrete graphic cards to complete the installation. Insert the support DVD in...
...; iGPU Multi-Monitor support option must be enabled in BIOS and install both Intel® Graphics Accelerator, and graphics card driver before installing LucidLogix Virtu MVP from ASUS support DVD. The ASUS Support Wizard appears if your computer's VGA output and discrete graphic cards to complete the installation. Insert the support DVD in...