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Crosshair II Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory VGA ...X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron processors AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ Up to 8 GB system memory *�D�D�R��2��1�0�6�6�&#...modules - Noise Filter Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I �D�IA�® SLI™ technology �@� d��u�a�l�x�1�6��o�r��3�-&#...
Crosshair II Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory VGA ...X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron processors AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ Up to 8 GB system memory *�D�D�R��2��1�0�6�6�&#...modules - Noise Filter Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I �D�IA�® SLI™ technology �@� d��u�a�l�x�1�6��o�r��3�-&#...
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...AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ CPU support This motherboard supports AMD® Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 ...® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs) in the Republic of the fastest platform in competitions. It's definitely one of Gamers. In the Republic of the...
...AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ CPU support This motherboard supports AMD® Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 ...® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs) in the Republic of the fastest platform in competitions. It's definitely one of Gamers. In the Republic of the...
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...Motherboard...88E1116 88E8056 OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 PCIEX1_1 NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL ROG PCIEX16_1 CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ® PCIEX1_2 PCIEX16_2 PCI1 OPT_TEMP2 OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3...nForce® 200 HD_LED Lithium Cell CMOS Power CLR_SW Super I/O CHASSIS SATA56 SATA34 SATA12 VIA VT6308P IE1394_2 PCI2 USB1112 FLOPPY BIOS RESET USB78 CHA_FAN3 USB910 PANEL Refer to 2.8 Connectors for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. 2.2.4 Audio card layout SUPREMEFX II Listen with Absolute HD ASUS Crosshair II Formula...
...Motherboard...88E1116 88E8056 OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 PCIEX1_1 NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL ROG PCIEX16_1 CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ® PCIEX1_2 PCIEX16_2 PCI1 OPT_TEMP2 OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3...nForce® 200 HD_LED Lithium Cell CMOS Power CLR_SW Super I/O CHASSIS SATA56 SATA34 SATA12 VIA VT6308P IE1394_2 PCI2 USB1112 FLOPPY BIOS RESET USB78 CHA_FAN3 USB910 PANEL Refer to 2.8 Connectors for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. 2.2.4 Audio card layout SUPREMEFX II Listen with Absolute HD ASUS Crosshair II Formula...
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... 2- 30 2- 31 2- 31 2- 32 2- 32 2- 33 2- 34 2- 34 2- 35 2-37 2-38 Page 2-40 2-40 ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-7 Internal connectors 1. USB910; ROG connector (2-pin ROG) 12. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 4. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT, for... ASUS HDMI VGA card) 10. USB connectors (10-1 pin USB78; CPU, chassis, and optional fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA_FAN1-3, 3-pin PWR_FAN, 3-pin OPT_FAN1-3) 8. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL) Onboard switches 1. NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI Serial ATA connectors ...
... 2- 30 2- 31 2- 31 2- 32 2- 32 2- 33 2- 34 2- 34 2- 35 2-37 2-38 Page 2-40 2-40 ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-7 Internal connectors 1. USB910; ROG connector (2-pin ROG) 12. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 4. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT, for... ASUS HDMI VGA card) 10. USB connectors (10-1 pin USB78; CPU, chassis, and optional fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA_FAN1-3, 3-pin PWR_FAN, 3-pin OPT_FAN1-3) 8. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL) Onboard switches 1. NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI Serial ATA connectors ...
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... Priority 1 2 - 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Standard function System Timer Keyboard Controller Redirect to IRQ#9 Reserved IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Floppy Disk Controller NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI System CMOS/Real Time Clock IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Reserved Numeric Data Processor Primary...
... Priority 1 2 - 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Standard function System Timer Keyboard Controller Redirect to IRQ#9 Reserved IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Floppy Disk Controller NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI System CMOS/Real Time Clock IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* Reserved Numeric Data Processor Primary...
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... GND SATA6 RESET CROSSHAIR II FORMULA SATA connectors SATA5 S�A�T�A��1�-�4��c�o�n�n�e�c�t�o�r�s�a�r�e��s�e�t �to [RAID] in the motherboard support DVD. &#...65533;�fa��u�l�t.���I �D��IA�® nForce 780a SLI controller. Otherwise, the devices will not work. • For RAID 5, use at least three hard disk drives.
... GND SATA6 RESET CROSSHAIR II FORMULA SATA connectors SATA5 S�A�T�A��1�-�4��c�o�n�n�e�c�t�o�r�s�a�r�e��s�e�t �to [RAID] in the motherboard support DVD. &#...65533;�fa��u�l�t.���I �D��IA�® nForce 780a SLI controller. Otherwise, the devices will not work. • For RAID 5, use at least three hard disk drives.
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... HDMI Audio Driver Installs the NVIDIA® HDMI audio driver. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ chipset. NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support...
... HDMI Audio Driver Installs the NVIDIA® HDMI audio driver. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ chipset. NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support...
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5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA/RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 5-5 Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA/RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ SATA/RAID/AHCI driver disk.
5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA/RAID/AHCI driver disk. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 5-5 Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA/RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ SATA/RAID/AHCI driver disk.
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... database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other RAID performance benefits. The new drive must be calculated and written. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as a RAID set , copy first the...
... database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other RAID performance benefits. The new drive must be calculated and written. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as a RAID set , copy first the...
