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... 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-19 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-22 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-22 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-22 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-23 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 4-24 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI...
... 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility 4-19 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-22 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-22 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 4-22 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-23 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 4-24 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI...
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... connector to the external SATA port. • 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 connect ... Mic In Orange - Gray - 4-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In - Refer to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Rear Speaker Out - 6-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In Center/Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out - 8-channel ...
... connector to the external SATA port. • 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 connect ... Mic In Orange - Gray - 4-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In - Refer to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Rear Speaker Out - 6-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In Center/Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out - 8-channel ...
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... disk drives to use the SATA 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 increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. 3.5.3... to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical drives connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing Windows XP OS. • When the SATA Port1-Port 4 and the SATA Port5-Port 6 items are set the OnChip SATA Channel item to the corresponding SATA...
... disk drives to use the SATA 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 increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. 3.5.3... to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system to recognize the optical drives connected to the SATA connectors 5 or 6 when installing Windows XP OS. • When the SATA Port1-Port 4 and the SATA Port5-Port 6 items are set the OnChip SATA Channel item to the corresponding SATA...
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... all motherboard features. The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you can install to install. ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-1 Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to use the devices. The Manual ... to your OS documentation for reference only. Click each menu tab and select the items you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Click an icon...
... all motherboard features. The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that you can install to install. ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-1 Install the necessary drivers to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to use the devices. The Manual ... to your OS documentation for reference only. Click each menu tab and select the items you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Click an icon...
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The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-3 Chapter 4 Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the system information Click to update the motherboard BIOS... the applications in the support DVD have wizards that will conveniently guide you enter the Windows® operating system (OS). Follow the onscreen instructions to the Auto Tuning Mode under TurboV EVO • The Auto Tuning button appears only on your computer has enabled the Autorun ...
The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-3 Chapter 4 Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the system information Click to update the motherboard BIOS... the applications in the support DVD have wizards that will conveniently guide you enter the Windows® operating system (OS). Follow the onscreen instructions to the Auto Tuning Mode under TurboV EVO • The Auto Tuning button appears only on your computer has enabled the Autorun ...
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... icon on the icon to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows® Vista™ Set default device button Minimize button Configuration option tabs Exit button ...Device advanced settings Connector settings Control settings window Analog and digital connector status B. 4.3.11 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver...
... icon on the icon to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows® Vista™ Set default device button Minimize button Configuration option tabs Exit button ...Device advanced settings Connector settings Control settings window Analog and digital connector status B. 4.3.11 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver...
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...be calculated and written. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-17 RAID 10 is required for this setup. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. • Due to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, ...is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the surviving drive as it...
...be calculated and written. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-17 RAID 10 is required for this setup. The new drive must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions. • Due to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, ...is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the surviving drive as it...
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... a computer virus infection. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Start Windows®. 2. Chapter 4 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3.... Press during POST to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Insert the support DVD ...
... a computer virus infection. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Start Windows®. 2. Chapter 4 4-22 Chapter 4: Software support To work around this OS limitation, refer to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3.... Press during POST to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Insert the support DVD ...
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... the support DVD to the USB flash drive. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-23 To install the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation If you use another computer to copy...
... the support DVD to the USB flash drive. Chapter 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 4-23 To install the RAID driver for Windows® XP 1. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation If you use another computer to copy...
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... Chapter 4: Software support Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5.
... Chapter 4: Software support Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5.
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... • In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have to uninstall all current applications. 2. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. Select your computer. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-1 For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports...
... • In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have to uninstall all current applications. 2. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. Select your computer. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-1 For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports...
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... to act as the display GPU. 1 3. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-3 Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your graphics...
... to act as the display GPU. 1 3. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS M5A97 EVO 5-3 Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your graphics...