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4.3.8 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO......... 4-23 4.3.9 ROG Connect 4-26 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-28 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-29 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-29 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-30 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-33 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-33...
4.3.8 ASUS Unique Overclocking Utility-TurboV EVO......... 4-23 4.3.9 ROG Connect 4-26 4.4 RAID configurations 4-28 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-28 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-29 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-29 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-30 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-33 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 4-33 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-33...
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... Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility: Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-1 ASUS Update...
... Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility: Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-1 ASUS Update...
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... commands. Set to [AHCI] when you want to use the SATA connectors 1-6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you set or change the configurations for the SATA devices installed in this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI]... SATA port. Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to configure the item. Select an item then press if you want to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you use the...
... commands. Set to [AHCI] when you want to use the SATA connectors 1-6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you set or change the configurations for the SATA devices installed in this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI]... SATA port. Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-19 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to configure the item. Select an item then press if you want to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you use the...
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.... • Ensure that you install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ... information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports. The Manual menu contains the list of your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to avail all motherboard features. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1
.... • Ensure that you install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ... information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that the motherboard supports. The Manual menu contains the list of your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to avail all motherboard features. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1
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...this icon to close or restore the application. The Drivers installation tab appears if your system and change the utility configuration. Using PC Probe II Main window The PC Probe II main window allows you turn it on the main window right handle. Click to view the current status of... the setup.exe file from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. The PC Probe II main window appears. Click this utility, you are assured that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you can close the Preference panel ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-13 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II...
...this icon to close or restore the application. The Drivers installation tab appears if your system and change the utility configuration. Using PC Probe II Main window The PC Probe II main window allows you turn it on the main window right handle. Click to view the current status of... the setup.exe file from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. The PC Probe II main window appears. Click this utility, you are assured that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you can close the Preference panel ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-13 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II...
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...three or more hard disk drives. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating system to a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID ... disk drives as RAID volumes. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP2 or later versions. • Due to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work ...
...three or more hard disk drives. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating system to a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID ... disk drives as RAID volumes. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP2 or later versions. • Due to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work ...
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...5. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit xxxx Driver to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4....a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 1. Boot your computer. 2. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. Start Windows®. 2. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33
...5. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit xxxx Driver to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4....a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 1. Boot your computer. 2. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to avoid a computer virus infection. Start Windows®. 2. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 7. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-33
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... floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to press the F6 key to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. Insert the USB flash drive ... the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during the OS installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ...
... floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to press the F6 key to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® Vista or later OS 1. Insert the USB flash drive ... the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to install, select the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during the OS installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ...
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Select Device Manager. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Double-click the file. 3.
Select Device Manager. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. A window appears, allowing you to open the file. Use Notepad to select the program for opening the oem file. 7. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-35 From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. Double-click the file. 3.
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... to uninstall all current applications. 2. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-1 For Windows XP, go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows Vista, go to your system. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at least...
... to uninstall all current applications. 2. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 5-1 For Windows XP, go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows Vista, go to your system. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers 1. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at least...
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...-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control...drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. ROG Crosshair IV Formula...
...-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control...drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. ROG Crosshair IV Formula...