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... support DVD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manual menu 5-6 5.2.6 Video menu 5-6 5.2.7 ASUS Contact information 5-7 5.2.8 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo 3 5-9 5.3.2 AI NET 2 5-11 5.3.3 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-12 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-21 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-27 5.3.6 ASUS EPU Utility-AI Gear 3 5-29 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-30 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-31 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster...
... support DVD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manual menu 5-6 5.2.6 Video menu 5-6 5.2.7 ASUS Contact information 5-7 5.2.8 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo 3 5-9 5.3.2 AI NET 2 5-11 5.3.3 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-12 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-21 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-27 5.3.6 ASUS EPU Utility-AI Gear 3 5-29 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-30 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-31 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster...
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...Maximus Extreme specifications summary BIOS Features Manageability Accessories Software Form Factor 16 Mb AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 2.0a Multi-Language BIOS WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, PXE Fusion Block System Accessory DIY Pedestal ASUS Optional Fan 3 in 1 ASUS...module + IEEE1394a module EL I/O Shield Thermal sensor cables Cable ties User's manual The hottest 3D game: S.T.A.L.K.E.R Support DVD: Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite Futuremark® 3DMark® 06 Advanced Edition Kaspersky Anti-Virus software ATX Form Factor, 12"x 10.6" (30....
...Maximus Extreme specifications summary BIOS Features Manageability Accessories Software Form Factor 16 Mb AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 2.0a Multi-Language BIOS WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, PXE Fusion Block System Accessory DIY Pedestal ASUS Optional Fan 3 in 1 ASUS...module + IEEE1394a module EL I/O Shield Thermal sensor cables Cable ties User's manual The hottest 3D game: S.T.A.L.K.E.R Support DVD: Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite Futuremark® 3DMark® 06 Advanced Edition Kaspersky Anti-Virus software ATX Form Factor, 12"x 10.6" (30....
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Failure to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding ... Remove the bracket opposite the slot that came with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Secure the card to install expansion cards. Install the software drivers for information on the slot. 5. 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To...
Failure to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding ... Remove the bracket opposite the slot that came with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Secure the card to install expansion cards. Install the software drivers for information on the slot. 5. 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To...
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... BIOS in the support DVD that allows you to a bootable floppy disk or USB flash disk in the future. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ...ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). ASUS Maximus Extreme 4- The Drivers menu appears. 2. The ASUS Update utility is available in Windows® environment. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS...
... BIOS in the support DVD that allows you to a bootable floppy disk or USB flash disk in the future. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ...ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). ASUS Maximus Extreme 4- The Drivers menu appears. 2. The ASUS Update utility is available in Windows® environment. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS...
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... configurations for the SATA devices installed in this menu allow you want to internally optimize the order of commands. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip.
... configurations for the SATA devices installed in this menu allow you want to internally optimize the order of commands. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip.
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-34 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-51 ASUS Maximus Extreme
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-34 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-51 ASUS Maximus Extreme
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ASUS Maximus Extreme 5- Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for updates. 5.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to run the DVD. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer. 5.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows...chapter for better compatibility and system stability. 5.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Refer to ...
ASUS Maximus Extreme 5- Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for updates. 5.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to run the DVD. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer. 5.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows...chapter for better compatibility and system stability. 5.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Refer to ...
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... Ethernet Driver. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and application. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset inf update program. ASUS InstAll - Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Installation Wizard for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation...
... Ethernet Driver. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and application. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset inf update program. ASUS InstAll - Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Installation Wizard for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation...
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...Trial version. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for detailed information. 3DMark06 Software Installs the 3Dmark06 software. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you to open, view, and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). DirectX® ... removes computer viruses. Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. ASUS AI Suite Installs the ASUS AI Suite. CyberLink PowerBackup Installs the CyberLink Powerbackup software. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed, CPU temperature, and system...
...Trial version. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for detailed information. 3DMark06 Software Installs the 3Dmark06 software. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you to open, view, and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). DirectX® ... removes computer viruses. Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. ASUS AI Suite Installs the ASUS AI Suite. CyberLink PowerBackup Installs the CyberLink Powerbackup software. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed, CPU temperature, and system...
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ASUS Maximus Extreme 5- Intel ICH9 32/64 bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create a JMicron JMB363 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create an ICH9R 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH9R or JMicron® JMB363 RAID/AHCI driver disk.
ASUS Maximus Extreme 5- Intel ICH9 32/64 bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create a JMicron JMB363 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create an ICH9R 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH9R or JMicron® JMB363 RAID/AHCI driver disk.
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... software implements high quality audio synthesis/rendering, 3D sound positioning, and advanced voice-input technologies. Follow the installation wizard to install the ADI AD1988 Audio Driver from the support DVD that comes with AudioESP™ software to activate the SoundMAX® audio utility.
... software implements high quality audio synthesis/rendering, 3D sound positioning, and advanced voice-input technologies. Follow the installation wizard to install the ADI AD1988 Audio Driver from the support DVD that comes with AudioESP™ software to activate the SoundMAX® audio utility.
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The Drivers installation tab appears if your system and change the utility configuration. If Autorun is a... 2. By default, the main window displays the Preference section. Launching PC Probe II You can close the Preference panel ASUS Maximus Extreme 5-21 Click this utility, you are assured that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you turn it... by clicking on the triangle on the main window right handle. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. Click to start monitoring your computer the moment you of your computer has an enabled ...
The Drivers installation tab appears if your system and change the utility configuration. If Autorun is a... 2. By default, the main window displays the Preference section. Launching PC Probe II You can close the Preference panel ASUS Maximus Extreme 5-21 Click this utility, you are assured that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you turn it... by clicking on the triangle on the main window right handle. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. Click to start monitoring your computer the moment you of your computer has an enabled ...
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...27 The AI Suite main window appears. Otherwise, ASUS AI Suite will not function properly. Install the ASUS EPU + AI Gear 3 Driver before the ASUS AI Suite utility. Press to restore to normal Press to launch AI Gear 3 Press to launch AI Booster ASUS Maximus Extreme Press to launch AI Nap Press to launch ...CPU Level Up Press to launch AI Gear 3, AI Booster, AI Nap, Q-Fan 2, and CPU Level Up utilities easily. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1.
...27 The AI Suite main window appears. Otherwise, ASUS AI Suite will not function properly. Install the ASUS EPU + AI Gear 3 Driver before the ASUS AI Suite utility. Press to restore to normal Press to launch AI Gear 3 Press to launch AI Booster ASUS Maximus Extreme Press to launch AI Nap Press to launch ...CPU Level Up Press to launch AI Gear 3, AI Booster, AI Nap, Q-Fan 2, and CPU Level Up utilities easily. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1.
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... and written. If one drive to get all applications to the selected hard disk drive. For example, RAID 0 and RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set can also combine two RAID sets to a second drive. Intel® Matrix Storage. If you want... an operating system to the surviving drive as RAID sets. 5.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support
... and written. If one drive to get all applications to the selected hard disk drive. For example, RAID 0 and RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set can also combine two RAID sets to a second drive. Intel® Matrix Storage. If you want... an operating system to the surviving drive as RAID sets. 5.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support
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...Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- ASUS Maximus Extreme 5-43 Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to [RAID]. Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to set up your system. 2. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with JMB363 driver Complete the following steps before creating RAID ...Megatrends, Inc. 3. Install two external Serial ATA hard disk drives on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives. Always install the JMB363 driver before you to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on your RAID configuration. 4. 5.4.4 JMicron® RAID Configuration The JMicron...
...Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- ASUS Maximus Extreme 5-43 Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to [RAID]. Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to set up your system. 2. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with JMB363 driver Complete the following steps before creating RAID ...Megatrends, Inc. 3. Install two external Serial ATA hard disk drives on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives. Always install the JMB363 driver before you to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on your RAID configuration. 4. 5.4.4 JMicron® RAID Configuration The JMicron...
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...floppy disk with the RAID driver. 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Start Windows®. 2. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. ASUS Maximus Extreme 5-51 Go to the Make... Disk menu, then click Intel ICH9R 32/64bit RAID Driver to boot from the optical drive." 7. Press any key when the system prompts "Press any...
...floppy disk with the RAID driver. 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Start Windows®. 2. Write-protect the floppy disk to complete the process. ASUS Maximus Extreme 5-51 Go to the Make... Disk menu, then click Intel ICH9R 32/64bit RAID Driver to boot from the optical drive." 7. Press any key when the system prompts "Press any...
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To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. During the OS installation, select Intel ICH9R. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 5-52 Chapter 5: Software support
To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. During the OS installation, select Intel ICH9R. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 5-52 Chapter 5: Software support
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...) • CrossFire™-ready motherboard • Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. ASUS Maximus Extreme 6- 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFire™ technology that your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology. See 9.
...) • CrossFire™-ready motherboard • Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. ASUS Maximus Extreme 6- 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFire™ technology that your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology. See 9.
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Turn on your system and log in your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Read the License Agreement, then click Yes. Click Cancel. 3. ASUS Maximus Extreme 6- Visit the ATI website (www.ati.com) 1. Place the CrossFire™ installation CD in with Service Pack 2 (SP2) • Windows® XP Professional 64-...XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with administrator rights. 2. Click Next to continue from the installation window that came with your optical drive and install drivers from the opening menu. 4. 6.3 Software information 6.3.1 Installing the device...
Turn on your system and log in your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Read the License Agreement, then click Yes. Click Cancel. 3. ASUS Maximus Extreme 6- Visit the ATI website (www.ati.com) 1. Place the CrossFire™ installation CD in with Service Pack 2 (SP2) • Windows® XP Professional 64-...XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with administrator rights. 2. Click Next to continue from the installation window that came with your optical drive and install drivers from the opening menu. 4. 6.3 Software information 6.3.1 Installing the device...
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... to install, then click Next. • Select Express to install the HydraVision™ multi-monitor and desktop management software, as well as the ATI driver. • Select Custom to setup process. Setup prepares the installation wizard that you to individually choose desired software components. Click Yes to restart later 8.... Windows automatically configures the ATI Catalyst Control Center. 6. The Setup Complete window appears, indicating that the driver files have been copied to your computer now or No to restart your computer.
... to install, then click Next. • Select Express to install the HydraVision™ multi-monitor and desktop management software, as well as the ATI driver. • Select Custom to setup process. Setup prepares the installation wizard that you to individually choose desired software components. Click Yes to restart later 8.... Windows automatically configures the ATI Catalyst Control Center. 6. The Setup Complete window appears, indicating that the driver files have been copied to your computer now or No to restart your computer.