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... USB 3.0 Boost 4-16 4.3.7 Ai Charger 4-17 4.3.8 USB Charger 4-18 4.3.9 Probe II 4-20 4.3.10 Sensor Recorder 4-21 4.3.11 ASUS Update 4-23 4.3.12 MyLogo2 4-24 4.3.13 Audio configurations 4-25 4.3.14 ROG Connect 4-27 4.3.15 MemTweakIt 4-29 Chapter 5: RAID support 5-1...; Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-8 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-8 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-8 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-9 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy...
... USB 3.0 Boost 4-16 4.3.7 Ai Charger 4-17 4.3.8 USB Charger 4-18 4.3.9 Probe II 4-20 4.3.10 Sensor Recorder 4-21 4.3.11 ASUS Update 4-23 4.3.12 MyLogo2 4-24 4.3.13 Audio configurations 4-25 4.3.14 ROG Connect 4-27 4.3.15 MemTweakIt 4-29 Chapter 5: RAID support 5-1...; Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 5-3 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-8 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5-8 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-8 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-9 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy...
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... 6.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-2 6.1.4 Installing three CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-3 6.1.5 Installing four CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-4 6.1.6 Installing the device drivers 6-5 6.1.7 Enabling the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology 6-5 6.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 6-7 6.2.1 Requirements 6-7 6.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 6-7... Technology 7-3 7.1.2 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 7-4 7.1.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 7-10 Appendices A-1 Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-5 vi
... 6.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-2 6.1.4 Installing three CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-3 6.1.5 Installing four CrossFireX™ graphics cards 6-4 6.1.6 Installing the device drivers 6-5 6.1.7 Enabling the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology 6-5 6.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 6-7 6.2.1 Requirements 6-7 6.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 6-7... Technology 7-3 7.1.2 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 7-4 7.1.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 7-10 Appendices A-1 Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-5 vi
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MAXIMUS V EXTREME specifications summary Internal Connectors Manageability BIOS Features Software Form Factor 1 x mPCIe Combo™ header 15 x Probelt measurement points 7 x Probelt cable connectors 1 x 24-pin EATX power ... by PME, PXE 64Mb UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-language BIOS Drivers Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ROG CPU-Z Mem TweakIt ASUS AI Suite II ASUS WebStorage ASUS Utilities Extended ATX Form Factor, 12" x 10.7" (30.5cm x 27.2cm) Specifications are subject to change without...
MAXIMUS V EXTREME specifications summary Internal Connectors Manageability BIOS Features Software Form Factor 1 x mPCIe Combo™ header 15 x Probelt measurement points 7 x Probelt cable connectors 1 x 24-pin EATX power ... by PME, PXE 64Mb UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a Multi-language BIOS Drivers Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ROG CPU-Z Mem TweakIt ASUS AI Suite II ASUS WebStorage ASUS Utilities Extended ATX Form Factor, 12" x 10.7" (30.5cm x 27.2cm) Specifications are subject to change without...
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... initialization PCH DXE Initialization (PCH module specific) ACPI module initialization CSM initialization Reserved for future AMI DXE codes Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources...
... initialization PCH DXE Initialization (PCH module specific) ACPI module initialization CSM initialization Reserved for future AMI DXE codes Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization PCI Bus Enumeration PCI Bus Request Resources PCI Bus Assign Resources...
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software. 4. Be sure to the mPCIe Wi-Fi module or mPCIe Combo. Press down the Wi-Fi module, and secure it in place by using the screws removed earlier. Chapter 2 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 2-13 3. DO NOT overtighten the screws to prevent damage to install the Bluetooth driver before installing the Wi-Fi GO! Remove the screw beside the 26-pin connector.
software. 4. Be sure to the mPCIe Wi-Fi module or mPCIe Combo. Press down the Wi-Fi module, and secure it in place by using the screws removed earlier. Chapter 2 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 2-13 3. DO NOT overtighten the screws to prevent damage to install the Bluetooth driver before installing the Wi-Fi GO! Remove the screw beside the 26-pin connector.
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... Rear Speaker Out 2.3.2 Audio I/O connections Audio I/O ports Chapter 2 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 2-21 • 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...better performance for your USB 3.0 devices. • Due to XCHI controller structure, we recommend to manually install your USB 3.0 driver twice when installing the operating system from the USB 3.0 optical drive. * LAN ports LED indications Activity Link LED Status Description OFF...
... Rear Speaker Out 2.3.2 Audio I/O connections Audio I/O ports Chapter 2 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 2-21 • 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...better performance for your USB 3.0 devices. • Due to XCHI controller structure, we recommend to manually install your USB 3.0 driver twice when installing the operating system from the USB 3.0 optical drive. * LAN ports LED indications Activity Link LED Status Description OFF...
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ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 3-27 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 internally optimize the order of SATA devices. ...
ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 3-27 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 internally optimize the order of SATA devices. ...
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... menu tab and select the items you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 4-1 The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Refer to use the devices...
... menu tab and select the items you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before installing the drivers for reference only. ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 4-1 The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. Refer to use the devices...
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...; Refer to the optical drive. Place the support DVD to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for more information. 4.3.1 AI Suite II AI Suite II is an all-in-one interface that integrates several... the system information, and to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 4-3 View the online help or readme file that will conveniently guide you enter the Windows® operating system (OS). The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Installing AI Suite II To install AI...
...; Refer to the optical drive. Place the support DVD to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for more information. 4.3.1 AI Suite II AI Suite II is an all-in-one interface that integrates several... the system information, and to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 4-3 View the online help or readme file that will conveniently guide you enter the Windows® operating system (OS). The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Installing AI Suite II To install AI...
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...; audio software is correctly installed, you will see the new boot logo the next time you start up the system. Realtek® HD Audio Manager ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 4-25 Chapter 4 Click Flash to reboot the system. Ensure to enable the Full Screen Logo in BIOS to use this feature. 4.3.13 Audio configurations The... the following: • Click Auto Tune to adjust the image size or the image resolution. • Click Booting Preview to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package.
...; audio software is correctly installed, you will see the new boot logo the next time you start up the system. Realtek® HD Audio Manager ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 4-25 Chapter 4 Click Flash to reboot the system. Ensure to enable the Full Screen Logo in BIOS to use this feature. 4.3.13 Audio configurations The... the following: • Click Auto Tune to adjust the image size or the image resolution. • Click Booting Preview to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package.
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... HD Audio Manager for detailed software configuration. • Due to Intel® Z77 platform does not support Windows® Vista™, Realtek HD Audio driver is only supported by Windows® 7™/Windows® XP™. • To play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to the software manual in... the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www. Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows® 7™ / Vista™ Configuration option tabs (vary with the audio devices connected) Advanced...
... HD Audio Manager for detailed software configuration. • Due to Intel® Z77 platform does not support Windows® Vista™, Realtek HD Audio driver is only supported by Windows® 7™/Windows® XP™. • To play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to the software manual in... the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www. Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows® 7™ / Vista™ Configuration option tabs (vary with the audio devices connected) Advanced...
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...driver during OS installation. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives 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 be calculated and written. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME... transfer rate, double that of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to read and write data in the other...
...driver during OS installation. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives 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 be calculated and written. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME... transfer rate, double that of the same size or larger than the existing drive. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to read and write data in the other...
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...DVD into the optical drive. 4. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to complete the process. 5.2.2 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. Follow the succeeding screen instructions ...Windows® XP limitation. Press during POST to section 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. To work around this...
...DVD into the optical drive. 4. When the Make Disk menu appears, press to complete the process. 5.2.2 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. Follow the succeeding screen instructions ...Windows® XP limitation. Press during POST to section 5.2.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. To work around this...
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...Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the USB flash drive. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you 've inserted, go to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. During the OS installation, the system prompts...driver for Windows® 7 or later OS: 1. 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. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install, select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME...
...Follow the succeeding screen instructions to the USB flash drive. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you 've inserted, go to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. During the OS installation, the system prompts...driver for Windows® 7 or later OS: 1. 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. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install, select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME...
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... (PID) to the steps below: 1. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Select Device Manager. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID... driver from the pop-up window. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-...
... (PID) to the steps below: 1. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Select Device Manager. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID... driver from the pop-up window. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-...
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... the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-1 Select your computer. For Windows 7, select Uninstall. 5. Follow the installation procedures in this ... provide at least the minimum power required by your system. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing AMD CrossFireX graphics cards to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. ...
... the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the AMD CrossFireX technology. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-1 Select your computer. For Windows 7, select Uninstall. 5. Follow the installation procedures in this ... provide at least the minimum power required by your system. Turn off your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing AMD CrossFireX graphics cards to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. ...
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... Catalyst Control Center. 2. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-5 Launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center To launch the AMD Catalyst Control Center: 1. Click Catalyst Control Center to configure the displays and settings of your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through... the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 6.1.7 Enabling the AMD...
... Catalyst Control Center. 2. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-5 Launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center To launch the AMD Catalyst Control Center: 1. Click Catalyst Control Center to configure the displays and settings of your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through... the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 6.1.7 Enabling the AMD...
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...cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-7 The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the... installation steps remain the same. 1. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website at www.nvidia.com...
...cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-7 The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the... installation steps remain the same. 1. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website at www.nvidia.com...
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... and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to Chapter 1 in place. 5. SLI bridge Goldfingers 6.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards Refer to install the device drivers. 1. Insert the three graphics cards into the PCIEX16 slots. 4. If your graphics card package to the documentation that the cards are properly seated on each...
... and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to Chapter 1 in place. 5. SLI bridge Goldfingers 6.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards Refer to install the device drivers. 1. Insert the three graphics cards into the PCIEX16 slots. 4. If your graphics card package to the documentation that the cards are properly seated on each...
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... place. 4-WAY SLI bridge 5. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-9 If your graphics card package to Chapter 1 in this user manual for locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for multi-graphics card installation. 3. Ensure that came with your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install the device drivers. 1. Align and firmly insert the...
... place. 4-WAY SLI bridge 5. Chapter 6 ASUS MAXIMUS V EXTREME 6-9 If your graphics card package to Chapter 1 in this user manual for locations of the PCIEX16 slots recommended for multi-graphics card installation. 3. Ensure that came with your motherboard has more than two PCIEX16 slots, refer to install the device drivers. 1. Align and firmly insert the...