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... floppy disk drive 4-34 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology 5-1 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Before you begin 5-1 5.1.3 Installing CrossFireX graphics cards 5-2 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers 5-3 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology 5-3 5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 5-5 5.2.1 Requirements 5-5 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-5 5.2.3 Installing the device...
... floppy disk drive 4-34 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology 5-1 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Before you begin 5-1 5.1.3 Installing CrossFireX graphics cards 5-2 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers 5-3 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology 5-3 5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 5-5 5.2.1 Requirements 5-5 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-5 5.2.3 Installing the device...
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Drivers and applications ASUS AI Suite II ROG CPU-Z ROG GameFirst Utility Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2 Utility ROG Mem TweakIt Utility ASUS AI Charger+ DAEMON Tools Pro Standard Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 1-year license mATX Form Factor, 9.6"x 9.6" (24.4cm x 24.4cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. Maximus IV GENE-Z specifications summary Back Panel I/O Ports Internal...
Drivers and applications ASUS AI Suite II ROG CPU-Z ROG GameFirst Utility Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2 Utility ROG Mem TweakIt Utility ASUS AI Charger+ DAEMON Tools Pro Standard Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 1-year license mATX Form Factor, 9.6"x 9.6" (24.4cm x 24.4cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. Maximus IV GENE-Z specifications summary Back Panel I/O Ports Internal...
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... CSM initialization 7A - 7F Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 80 - 8F OEM DXE initialization codes 90 Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started 91 Driver connecting is started 92 PCI Bus initialization is started 93 PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization 94 PCI Bus Enumeration 95 PCI Bus Request Resources...
... CSM initialization 7A - 7F Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 80 - 8F OEM DXE initialization codes 90 Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started 91 Driver connecting is started 92 PCI Bus initialization is started 93 PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization 94 PCI Bus Enumeration 95 PCI Bus Request Resources...
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... Out Mic In - • 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 USB 3.0 devices to Headphone and Mic ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 2-49
... Out Mic In - • 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 USB 3.0 devices to Headphone and Mic ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 2-49
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... AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Set to [RAID Mode] when you to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] [IDE Mode...
... AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Set to [RAID Mode] when you to internally optimize the order of SATA devices. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] [IDE Mode...
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... enable or disable the PXE OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller (ex. AHCI), we recommend that you to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Intel 82579 PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item appears only when you set this item to display or hide the OptionRom...
... enable or disable the PXE OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller (ex. AHCI), we recommend that you to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Intel 82579 PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item appears only when you set this item to display or hide the OptionRom...
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Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.4 RAID configurations 4-24 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-32 ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.4 RAID configurations 4-24 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-32 ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z
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...drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information If Autorun is enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. ASUS Maximus IV GENE... chapter for detailed information. • Ensure that you want to avail all motherboard features. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. The Utilities menu shows the applications and other ...
...drivers for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information If Autorun is enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. ASUS Maximus IV GENE... chapter for detailed information. • Ensure that you want to avail all motherboard features. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Click the Contact tab to use the devices. The Utilities menu shows the applications and other ...
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... CPU frequency Click to select a utility Click to complete installation. ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 4-3 Installing AI Suite II To install AI Suite II on your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. The AI Suite II icon appears in the Windows® notification area. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. The actual screenshots vary...
... CPU frequency Click to select a utility Click to complete installation. ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 4-3 Installing AI Suite II To install AI Suite II on your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. The AI Suite II icon appears in the Windows® notification area. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. The actual screenshots vary...
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... the ultimate audio experience on your computer. 4.3.12 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Double-click on the taskbar. Realtek HD Audio Manager A. The software provides Jack-Detection function...
... the ultimate audio experience on your computer. 4.3.12 Audio configurations The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Double-click on the taskbar. Realtek HD Audio Manager A. The software provides Jack-Detection function...
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...8226; You must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Refer to a second drive. If one drive to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Two hard disks perform the same work as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating ...to the surviving drive as a boot disk. The RAID 5 configuration is available only if you get all applications to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. With the RAID 10 configuration you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be ...
...8226; You must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Refer to a second drive. If one drive to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Two hard disks perform the same work as a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating ...to the surviving drive as a boot disk. The RAID 5 configuration is available only if you get all applications to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. With the RAID 10 configuration you are using Serial ATA hard disk drives. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be ...
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... up hard drive/main memory interaction. Refer to [RAID mode] in BIOS setup. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. The capacity of the SSD is supported by 2nd generation Intel® Core™...
... up hard drive/main memory interaction. Refer to [RAID mode] in BIOS setup. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. The capacity of the SSD is supported by 2nd generation Intel® Core™...
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... time. Select which HDD for SSD caching. ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 4-31 b. Select Disable Acceleration to disable this function and select Change Mode to switch acceleration mode to disable the acceleration function of Intel® Smart Response Technology under OS when applying the actions below: - Updating IRST 10.5 driver - S elect the SSD you want to...
... time. Select which HDD for SSD caching. ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 4-31 b. Select Disable Acceleration to disable this function and select Change Mode to switch acceleration mode to disable the acceleration function of Intel® Smart Response Technology under OS when applying the actions below: - Updating IRST 10.5 driver - S elect the SSD you want to...
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... installing a Windows® operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. Press during POST to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive... as the primary boot device. 4. To work around this OS limitation, refer to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. Insert the support DVD into the...
... installing a Windows® operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows®: 1. Press during POST to create a RAID driver disk. 7. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive... as the primary boot device. 4. To work around this OS limitation, refer to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. Insert the support DVD into the...
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... the USB flash drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Click OK. 4. ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 4-33 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. 4.5.3 Installing the...
... the USB flash drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Click OK. 4. ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z 4-33 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. 4.5.3 Installing the...
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... window. Select Device Manager. Click Details tab. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to the floppy... limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to the steps below: 1. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from ...
... window. Select Device Manager. Click Details tab. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive Due to the floppy... limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you to the steps below: 1. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from ...
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...the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • You should have to uninstall all current applications. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your computer. See page 2-46 for the latest certified ...to work properly, you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Select your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z 5-1 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that you...
...the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • You should have to uninstall all current applications. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com. • Ensure that your computer. See page 2-46 for the latest certified ...to work properly, you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Select your current graphics card driver/s. 4. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z 5-1 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that you...
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...also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Click Go to continue to the Catalyst...Center Advanced View window. 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z 5-3
...also right-click the ATI icon in Windows environment. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center 1. Click Go to continue to the Catalyst...Center Advanced View window. 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z 5-3
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... cards. 2. If your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z 5-5 5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you ...only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your ...
... cards. 2. If your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z 5-5 5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you ...only. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your ...
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... in place. 5. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the two graphics cards separately. 6. Download the latest driver from the power supply to the goldfingers on the empty space of the Windows® desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Ensure... that your graphics card package to the graphics card. SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. 4. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the NVIDIA...
... in place. 5. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the two graphics cards separately. 6. Download the latest driver from the power supply to the goldfingers on the empty space of the Windows® desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Ensure... that your graphics card package to the graphics card. SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. 4. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the NVIDIA...