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... drive 4-36 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 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 SLI-ready graphics cards 5-4 5.2.3 Installing the device...
... drive 4-36 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 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 SLI-ready graphics cards 5-4 5.2.3 Installing the device...
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button 1 x Clear CMOS jumper Drivers Anti-virus software (OEM version) ASUS Update ASUS Utilities ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. xii moss green) 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors ...panel audio connector 1 x COM connector 1 x S/PDIF Out header 24-pin EATX Power connector 8-pin EATX 12V Power connector System Panel (Q-Connector) 1 x MemOK! SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary Manageability Back Panel I/O Ports Internal I/O Connectors Software Form Factor WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse ...
button 1 x Clear CMOS jumper Drivers Anti-virus software (OEM version) ASUS Update ASUS Utilities ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. xii moss green) 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors ...panel audio connector 1 x COM connector 1 x S/PDIF Out header 24-pin EATX Power connector 8-pin EATX 12V Power connector System Panel (Q-Connector) 1 x MemOK! SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary Manageability Back Panel I/O Ports Internal I/O Connectors Software Form Factor WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse ...
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... 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 DVD. USB 2.0 ports 9 and 10 6. Power External SATA port 10. Audio I/O ports** 7. IEEE 1394a port 11. PS... system. • 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 Storage...
... 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 DVD. USB 2.0 ports 9 and 10 6. Power External SATA port 10. Audio I/O ports** 7. IEEE 1394a port 11. PS... system. • 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 Storage...
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... onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to set the OnChip SATA Channel item to [Enabled]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you to internally optimize the order of commands. 3.5.3 SATA Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 3-17
... onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to set the OnChip SATA Channel item to [Enabled]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you to internally optimize the order of commands. 3.5.3 SATA Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 3-17
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...: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Hot Plug on random workloads by allowing the drive to report warning messages during the POST. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT1-6 [Disabled] Allows you to set the OnChip SATA Channel item to [Enabled]. [IDE...
...: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Hot Plug on random workloads by allowing the drive to report warning messages during the POST. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT1-6 [Disabled] Allows you to set the OnChip SATA Channel item to [Enabled]. [IDE...
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... that you set this item to display or hide the OptionRom of the JMB storage controller during POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 3-21 Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Display OptionRom in POST Enabled Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller Enabled Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging Support Disabled Realtek LAN ..., Inc. 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] If you to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD.
... that you set this item to display or hide the OptionRom of the JMB storage controller during POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 3-21 Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Display OptionRom in POST Enabled Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller Enabled Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging Support Disabled Realtek LAN ..., Inc. 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration UEFI BIOS Utility - Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] If you to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD.
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... settings and hardware options vary. Click an icon to avail all motherboard features. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to open the folder of the support DVD are subject to install. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-1 The contents of the user manual. Click an item to use the devices. The...
... settings and hardware options vary. Click an icon to avail all motherboard features. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to open the folder of the support DVD are subject to install. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-1 The contents of the user manual. Click an item to use the devices. The...
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...the applications in the Windows® notification area. Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-3 Click the icon to complete installation. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. Installing AI ... AI Suite II icon appears in the support DVD have wizards that came with models. • The screeshots of AI Suite II. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click each button to select and launch a utility, to monitor the system, to update the motherboard...
...the applications in the Windows® notification area. Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-3 Click the icon to complete installation. Follow the onscreen instructions to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. Installing AI ... AI Suite II icon appears in the support DVD have wizards that came with models. • The screeshots of AI Suite II. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click each button to select and launch a utility, to monitor the system, to update the motherboard...
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... settings Control settings window Analog and digital connector status B. 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...
... settings Control settings window Analog and digital connector status B. 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...
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... 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5. • You must be set , you have to the entire system. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. Among the advantages of a single disk alone, thus improving data access... as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you get all applications to a second drive. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-29 If one drive to the surviving drive as a boot disk. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new...
... 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5. • You must be set , you have to the entire system. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. Among the advantages of a single disk alone, thus improving data access... as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you get all applications to a second drive. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-29 If one drive to the surviving drive as a boot disk. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new...
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... infection. Follow the succeeding screen instructions 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. Write-protect the floppy disk to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Save ...XP limitation. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. 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. ...
... infection. Follow the succeeding screen instructions 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. Write-protect the floppy disk to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Save ...XP limitation. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. 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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... select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS: 1. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-35 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. party SCSI or...
... select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS: 1. Chapter 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 4-35 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. party SCSI or...
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...Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the pop-up window. Chapter 4 4-36 Chapter 4: Software support 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. Refer to the floppy disk containing the... RAID driver. Double-click the file. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive ...
...Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the pop-up window. Chapter 4 4-36 Chapter 4: Software support 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. Refer to the floppy disk containing the... RAID driver. Double-click the file. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive ...
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...ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that 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. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 5-1 Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. ...that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that allows you have to uninstall all current applications. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least ...
...ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that 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. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 5-1 Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. ...that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that allows you have to uninstall all current applications. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least ...
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...select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multi-graphics cards. Click Apply, and then ... as the display GPU. 1 3. Select Enable CrossFireX. 4. Click Go to continue to install the device drivers. Enabling Dual CrossFireX technology 1. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing ...
...select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multi-graphics cards. Click Apply, and then ... as the display GPU. 1 3. Select Enable CrossFireX. 4. Click Go to continue to install the device drivers. Enabling Dual CrossFireX technology 1. 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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Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. 5-4 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support The graphics ... (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. See Chapter 2 for details. • We recommend that allows you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of...
Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. 5-4 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support The graphics ... (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. If your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. See Chapter 2 for details. • We recommend that allows you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of...
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... to the documentation that your graphics card package to the two graphics cards separately. 6. Download the latest driver from the power supply to install the device drivers. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 5-5 Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the goldfingers on the empty space of the Windows® desktop ... on each graphics card. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). Ensure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. A. Ensure that the connector is firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel under the Windows...
... to the documentation that your graphics card package to the two graphics cards separately. 6. Download the latest driver from the power supply to install the device drivers. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX 5-5 Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the goldfingers on the empty space of the Windows® desktop ... on each graphics card. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). Ensure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. A. Ensure that the connector is firmly in NVIDIA® Control Panel under the Windows...