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... a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-6 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-7 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 5-8 Chapter 6: Multiple GPU support 6-1 6.1 AMD® CrossFireX™ technology 6-1 6.1.1 Requirements 6-1 6.1.2 Before you begin 6-1 6.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-2 6.1.4 Installing the device drivers 6-3 6.1.5 Enabling the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology 6-3 Appendices A-1 Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information...
... a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-6 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-7 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 5-8 Chapter 6: Multiple GPU support 6-1 6.1 AMD® CrossFireX™ technology 6-1 6.1.1 Requirements 6-1 6.1.2 Before you begin 6-1 6.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-2 6.1.4 Installing the device drivers 6-3 6.1.5 Enabling the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology 6-3 Appendices A-1 Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information...
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...x 9.6 in . M5A97 EVO R2.0 specifications summary BIOS features Manageability Accessories Support DVD contents Form factor 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial ...Presence Detect) memory information WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE 3 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s cables 2 in 1 Q-connector I/O Shield User's manual Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus...
...x 9.6 in . M5A97 EVO R2.0 specifications summary BIOS features Manageability Accessories Support DVD contents Form factor 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial ...Presence Detect) memory information WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE 3 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s cables 2 in 1 Q-connector I/O Shield User's manual Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus...
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... connectors 1-6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you install the optical drive to the SATA connector 5/6 and set the SATA configuration. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want...internally optimize the order of the SATA connectors 1-6 can be seen only under the OS environment. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT6 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Chapter 3 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 3-21
... connectors 1-6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you install the optical drive to the SATA connector 5/6 and set the SATA configuration. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want...internally optimize the order of the SATA connectors 1-6 can be seen only under the OS environment. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on PORT6 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Chapter 3 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 3-21
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... of the user manual. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to open the folder of the support DVD... Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to install. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your OS documentation for reference only. ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 4-1 Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4 This motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64...
... of the user manual. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to open the folder of the support DVD... Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to install. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your OS documentation for reference only. ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 4-1 Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4 This motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64...
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... Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the system information Click to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 4-3 Click each button to select and launch a utility, to monitor the system, to update the motherboard BIOS, to display...8226; ��T�h�e Auto Tuning button appears only on your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Click the icon to ��t�h�e��s�o�ft�w...
... Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the system information Click to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 4-3 Click each button to select and launch a utility, to monitor the system, to update the motherboard BIOS, to display...8226; ��T�h�e Auto Tuning button appears only on your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Click the icon to ��t�h�e��s�o�ft�w...
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... menu bar. • Ensure to apply the settings made 4-25 Tick Set current network program as the highest priority Click to select a profile ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 Click to install the LAN drivers before using this function. • Network iControl is only supported under Windows® 7 and can only support the onboard LAN. Using EZ...
... menu bar. • Ensure to apply the settings made 4-25 Tick Set current network program as the highest priority Click to select a profile ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 Click to install the LAN drivers before using this function. • Network iControl is only supported under Windows® 7 and can only support the onboard LAN. Using EZ...
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... The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the audio devices connected) Device advanced settings Information button Exit button Minimize button Control settings Analog and digital connector status Set default device buttons Connector settings Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 4-39
... The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the audio devices connected) Device advanced settings Information button Exit button Minimize button Control settings Analog and digital connector status Set default device buttons Connector settings Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 4-39
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...ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 5-1 If one drive to the entire system. RAID 10 is best suited for details. 5.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a hard disk drive included in a RAID set, you get all applications to the surviving drive as a data disk only. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver... and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. D�u�e�t�o�W�i�n�d�o�w...
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... optical drive. 5. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. 5.2 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. Boot...;�t�o�u��s�e�a��U��S�B� floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • ��W�i�nd�o�w�s® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk ...
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..., and then click Browse. 3. Click the name of the device you to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 5-7 Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. To install the RAID...
..., and then click Browse. 3. Click the name of the device you to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Chapter 5 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 5-7 Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the USB floppy disk drive. 3. To install the RAID...
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.... 6. Chapter 5 5. Double-click the file. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The Vendor ID (VID...) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. The name of the RAID driver disk to select the program for opening the oem file. 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID support or 3. Click Details tab. 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk ...
.... 6. Chapter 5 5. Double-click the file. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The Vendor ID (VID...) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. The name of the RAID driver disk to select the program for opening the oem file. 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID support or 3. Click Details tab. 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk ...
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... Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows 7/Vista, go to uninstall all current applications. 2. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. See Chapter 1 for better thermal environment. Chapter 6 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 6-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 6.1.1 Requirements • In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have to Control Panel...
... Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. For Windows 7/Vista, go to uninstall all current applications. 2. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. See Chapter 1 for better thermal environment. Chapter 6 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 6-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 6.1.1 Requirements • In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have to Control Panel...
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Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card. 6.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the AMD website... 1. Download the latest driver from the power supply to install the device drivers. 5. Right-click on the Windows® desktop and select AMD VISION Engine Control Center. Chapter 6 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 6-3 Ensure that came with your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™...
Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card. 6.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the AMD website... 1. Download the latest driver from the power supply to install the device drivers. 5. Right-click on the Windows® desktop and select AMD VISION Engine Control Center. Chapter 6 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 6-3 Ensure that came with your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™...