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4.3.11 4.3.12 4.3.13 ASUS Update 4-21 MyLogo2 4-22 Audio configurations 4-23 Chapter 5 RAID support 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-8 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-8 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows...
4.3.11 4.3.12 4.3.13 ASUS Update 4-21 MyLogo2 4-22 Audio configurations 4-23 Chapter 5 RAID support 5.1 RAID configurations 5-1 5.1.1 RAID definitions 5-1 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-8 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-8 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows...
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xi P8Z77-V LX2 specifications summary Rear panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Accessories Storage Form Factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x HDMI port 1 x RGB port 1 x ... BIOS 2.7, ACPI 4.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shotcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE 2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s cables 1 x User Manual 1 x I/O Shield 1 x Support DVD Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX...
xi P8Z77-V LX2 specifications summary Rear panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Accessories Storage Form Factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x HDMI port 1 x RGB port 1 x ... BIOS 2.7, ACPI 4.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shotcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE 2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s cables 1 x User Manual 1 x I/O Shield 1 x Support DVD Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX...
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... LED and audio port definitions. • Due to USB 3.0 controller limitations, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under a Windows® OS environment and after USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can connect two monitors to the tables on the next page for a faster and better performance from your USB 3.0 devices. •...
... LED and audio port definitions. • Due to USB 3.0 controller limitations, USB 3.0 devices can only be used under a Windows® OS environment and after USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can connect two monitors to the tables on the next page for a faster and better performance from your USB 3.0 devices. •...
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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 commands. [RAID ...
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 commands. [RAID ...
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... boot. Allows the BIOS to boot from the Network Stack Driver. Boot option filter [UEFI and Legacy] Configuration option: [UEFI and Legacy] [Legacy only] [UEFI only] Launch PXE OpROM policy [Legacy first] Configuration option: [DO NOT launch] [Legacy first] [UEFI first] Chapter 3 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 3-29 Setup Mode [EZ Mode] [Advanced Mode] Sets Advanced...
... boot. Allows the BIOS to boot from the Network Stack Driver. Boot option filter [UEFI and Legacy] Configuration option: [UEFI and Legacy] [Legacy only] [UEFI only] Launch PXE OpROM policy [Legacy first] Configuration option: [DO NOT launch] [Legacy first] [UEFI first] Chapter 3 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 3-29 Setup Mode [EZ Mode] [Advanced Mode] Sets Advanced...
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However, If you want to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers. The Utilities menu shows applications and other software included with this motherboard. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-1 Use the setup procedures presented in this motherboard. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click an...
However, If you want to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers. The Utilities menu shows applications and other software included with this motherboard. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-1 Use the setup procedures presented in this motherboard. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click an...
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The AI Suite II icon appears in the support DVD have wizards that integrates several ASUS utilities and allows users to update the motherboard BIOS • The Auto Tuning button appears only on...the optical drive. Place the support DVD to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for reference only. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II .... Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-3
The AI Suite II icon appears in the support DVD have wizards that integrates several ASUS utilities and allows users to update the motherboard BIOS • The Auto Tuning button appears only on...the optical drive. Place the support DVD to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for reference only. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II .... Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-3
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Ai Charger can only be detected it the Apple USB driver is the USB 2.0 maximum charging rate. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-17 Even when you to quickly charge your Apple devices such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad on the Windows® taskbar. • The Ai ... is properly installed. • The current Apple devices only support USB 2.0 performance. After installation on your computer, the Ai Charger icon will appear on your ASUS computer's USB 2.0 / USB 3.0 port. • There is no BIOS, hardware, or chipset requirements for the Ai Charger.
Ai Charger can only be detected it the Apple USB driver is the USB 2.0 maximum charging rate. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-17 Even when you to quickly charge your Apple devices such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad on the Windows® taskbar. • The Ai ... is properly installed. • The current Apple devices only support USB 2.0 performance. After installation on your computer, the Ai Charger icon will appear on your ASUS computer's USB 2.0 / USB 3.0 port. • There is no BIOS, hardware, or chipset requirements for the Ai Charger.
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... 4 Tick to enable the network Click to select a profile program as the highest priority to enable User Profile. 4. 4.3.10 Network iControl ASUS Network iControl, a one-stop setup network control center that gives you the EZ Start, Quick Connection, and EZ Profile functions, makes it ...apply your desktop's taskbar. 3. You may monitor the bandwidth priority from AI Suite II main menu bar. • Ensure to install the LAN drivers before using this function. • Network iControl is set the highest bandwidth priority for a more convenient online experience. To launch Network iControl, ...
... 4 Tick to enable the network Click to select a profile program as the highest priority to enable User Profile. 4. 4.3.10 Network iControl ASUS Network iControl, a one-stop setup network control center that gives you the EZ Start, Quick Connection, and EZ Profile functions, makes it ...apply your desktop's taskbar. 3. You may monitor the bandwidth priority from AI Suite II main menu bar. • Ensure to install the LAN drivers before using this function. • Network iControl is set the highest bandwidth priority for a more convenient online experience. To launch Network iControl, ...
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...; Click Auto Tune to adjust the image size or the image resolution. • Click Booting Preview to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. The CODEC also includes the Realtek® proprietary UAJ® (Universal Audio Jack... support, and interrupt capability. Double-click on the icon to deliver the ultimate audio experience on the taskbar. Realtek® HD Audio Manager ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-23 Chapter 4 Ensure to enable the Full Screen Logo in BIOS to use this feature. 4.3.13 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio ...
...; Click Auto Tune to adjust the image size or the image resolution. • Click Booting Preview to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. The CODEC also includes the Realtek® proprietary UAJ® (Universal Audio Jack... support, and interrupt capability. Double-click on the icon to deliver the ultimate audio experience on the taskbar. Realtek® HD Audio Manager ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 4-23 Chapter 4 Ensure to enable the Full Screen Logo in BIOS to use this feature. 4.3.13 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio ...
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... HD Audio Manager for detailed software configuration. • Due to Intel® Z77 platform does not support Windows® Vista™, Realtek HD Audio driver is only supported by Windows® 7™/Windows® XP™. • To play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to the software manual in... the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www. Realtek HD Audio Manager with DTS UltraPC II for Windows® 7 Configuration option tabs (vary with the audio devices connected) Device ...
... HD Audio Manager for detailed software configuration. • Due to Intel® Z77 platform does not support Windows® Vista™, Realtek HD Audio driver is only supported by Windows® 7™/Windows® XP™. • To play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to the software manual in... the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www. Realtek HD Audio Manager with DTS UltraPC II for Windows® 7 Configuration option tabs (vary with the audio devices connected) Device ...
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...are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. Chapter 5 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 5-1 The Serial ATA RAID feature is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the entire system. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. If one drive to ... required for details. 5.1.1 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 new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows®...
...are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. Chapter 5 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 5-1 The Serial ATA RAID feature is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the entire system. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. If one drive to ... required for details. 5.1.1 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 new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows®...
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... 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to complete the process. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a ...RAID driver disk. 5. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. Insert a formatted floppy disk into...
... 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to complete the process. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a ...RAID driver disk. 5. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. Insert a formatted floppy disk into...
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... to select the SCSI adapter to complete the installation. Chapter 5 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 5-9 To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you have to use another computer to copy...
... to select the SCSI adapter to complete the installation. Chapter 5 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 5-9 To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you have to use another computer to copy...
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...xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Chapter 5 5-10 Chapter 5: RAID configurations A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB ...floppy disk drive when you to select the program for opening the oem file. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (...
...xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Chapter 5 5-10 Chapter 5: RAID configurations A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation. 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB ...floppy disk drive when you to select the program for opening the oem file. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (...
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...to complete the installation. Maximized mode: WRITE BACK, write to SSD and write back to [RAID mode] in a later time. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 6-3 6.1.2 Intel® Smart Response Technology Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. Power consumption also goes down by reducing ...for SSD caching. It uses an installed fast SSD (min. 20GB available) as a cache for details Installing Intel® Smart Response Technology 1. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology...
...to complete the installation. Maximized mode: WRITE BACK, write to SSD and write back to [RAID mode] in a later time. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 6-3 6.1.2 Intel® Smart Response Technology Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. Power consumption also goes down by reducing ...for SSD caching. It uses an installed fast SSD (min. 20GB available) as a cache for details Installing Intel® Smart Response Technology 1. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology...
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... graphics cards to your system. Chapter 7 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 7-1 For Windows XP, go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows 7, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. For...
... graphics cards to your system. Chapter 7 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 7-1 For Windows XP, go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows 7, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. For...
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...of your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment. Click Catalyst Control Center to the two graphics cards separately. 6. Chapter 7 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 7-3 Right-click on the Windows®...; desktop and select Catalyst Control Center. 2. Ensure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology. Connect a VGA or...
...of your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment. Click Catalyst Control Center to the two graphics cards separately. 6. Chapter 7 ASUS P8Z77-V LX2 7-3 Right-click on the Windows®...; desktop and select Catalyst Control Center. 2. Ensure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology. Connect a VGA or...