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3.11 Updating BIOS 3-52 3.11.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 3-53 3.11.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 3-54 3.11.3 ASUS BIOS Updater 3-55 3.12 Secure Erase 3-58 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information ... 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 Intel® 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
3.11 Updating BIOS 3-52 3.11.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 3-53 3.11.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 3-54 3.11.3 ASUS BIOS Updater 3-55 3.12 Secure Erase 3-58 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information ... 5-2 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5-2 5.1.4 Intel® 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
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... signal cables 1 x 4-Way SLI® bridge 1 x 3-Way SLI® bridge 1 x SLI® cable 1 x CrossFire™ cable 1 x ROG Connect cable 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit 1 x 12-in-1 ROG Cable Label 1 x ROG Magnet WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE 64 Mb UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS... 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE Drivers ROG RAMDisk ROG CPU-Z ROG Mem TweakIt Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ASUS WebStorage ASUS Utilities ATX Form Factor, 12" x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) Specifications are subject to change ...
... signal cables 1 x 4-Way SLI® bridge 1 x 3-Way SLI® bridge 1 x SLI® cable 1 x CrossFire™ cable 1 x ROG Connect cable 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit 1 x 12-in-1 ROG Cable Label 1 x ROG Magnet WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE 64 Mb UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS... 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE Drivers ROG RAMDisk ROG CPU-Z ROG Mem TweakIt Kaspersky® Anti-Virus DAEMON Tools Pro Standard ASUS WebStorage ASUS Utilities ATX Form Factor, 12" x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.4cm) Specifications are subject to change ...
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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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... an installed USB 3.0 module, you to 5Gbps, faster charging time for additional USB 3.0 front or rear panel ports. We recommend you to install the related driver to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. 4. ASMedia® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E12/E34 [red]) These connectors...
... an installed USB 3.0 module, you to 5Gbps, faster charging time for additional USB 3.0 front or rear panel ports. We recommend you to install the related driver to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. 4. ASMedia® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E12/E34 [red]) These connectors...
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...channel Side Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Mic In Center/Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out 2.3.2 Audio I/O connections Audio I/O ports Chapter 2 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 2-17 • Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only. • We strongly ...under Windows® OS environment, two displays under BIOS, and one display under Windows® OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can only be used under DOS. * LAN ports LED indications Activity Link LED Status Description OFF...
...channel Side Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Mic In Center/Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out 2.3.2 Audio I/O connections Audio I/O ports Chapter 2 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 2-17 • Due to USB 3.0 controller limitation, USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage only. • We strongly ...under Windows® OS environment, two displays under BIOS, and one display under Windows® OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can only be used under DOS. * LAN ports LED indications Activity Link LED Status Description OFF...
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The SATA Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port. 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. ... the presence of commands. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you to enable the PCH to aggressively enter link power state. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 3-31
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...Windows requirements. [Full Screen] Maximizes the Boot Logo size. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DirectKey Enable [Go to [Off]. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 3-45 Boot Logo Display [Enabled] [Enabled] Displays the boot logo during POST. [Disabled] Hides the boot logo during normal boot. You can... occurs. HW Fast Boot [Disabled] Allows the system to load the network stack driver during POST. Network Stack Driver Support [Disabled] [Disabled] Select to skip the network stack driver from 0 to normal boot on the next boot after an AC power loss. ...
...Windows requirements. [Full Screen] Maximizes the Boot Logo size. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DirectKey Enable [Go to [Off]. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 3-45 Boot Logo Display [Enabled] [Enabled] Displays the boot logo during POST. [Disabled] Hides the boot logo during normal boot. You can... occurs. HW Fast Boot [Disabled] Allows the system to load the network stack driver during POST. Network Stack Driver Support [Disabled] [Disabled] Select to skip the network stack driver from 0 to normal boot on the next boot after an AC power loss. ...
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...Compatibility Support Module) Allows you set the Launch CSM to [Enabled]. For better compatibility, enable the CSM to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Configuration options: [Both, Legacy OpROM first] [Both, UEFI first] [Legacy OpROM first] [...[UEFI and Legacy OpROM] Allows you to select the type of network devices that you want to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 3-46 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] [Force BIOS] The third-party ROM messages will be forced to ...
...Compatibility Support Module) Allows you set the Launch CSM to [Enabled]. For better compatibility, enable the CSM to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Configuration options: [Both, Legacy OpROM first] [Both, UEFI first] [Legacy OpROM first] [...[UEFI and Legacy OpROM] Allows you to select the type of network devices that you want to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 3-46 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] [Force BIOS] The third-party ROM messages will be forced to ...
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.... The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. Support DVD main menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Click the Contact tab to display DVD/ motherboard information Chapter 4 4-2 ...Chapter 4: Software support Click an icon to display the ASUS contact information. Click an item to use the devices. Install the necessary drivers to install The Video menu contains ROG related videos. The Manual menu contains the list of...
.... The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. Support DVD main menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Click the Contact tab to display DVD/ motherboard information Chapter 4 4-2 ...Chapter 4: Software support Click an icon to display the ASUS contact information. Click an item to use the devices. Install the necessary drivers to install The Video menu contains ROG related videos. The Manual menu contains the list of...
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... Remote supports the following screen resolutions of your smart device may vary with Wi-Fi module driver and AI Suite 3 utility from your ASUS motherboard's bundled support DVD. • For your Android smart device, download the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! & NFC Remote from App store. • Ensure that allows you... to wirelessly stream your media files to DLNA devices, control your cloud storage. is an ASUS-exclusive Wi-Fi utility that all Wi-Fi enabled devices using your smart device, transfer files to your smart device, and provides access to your...
... Remote supports the following screen resolutions of your smart device may vary with Wi-Fi module driver and AI Suite 3 utility from your ASUS motherboard's bundled support DVD. • For your Android smart device, download the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! & NFC Remote from App store. • Ensure that allows you... to wirelessly stream your media files to DLNA devices, control your cloud storage. is an ASUS-exclusive Wi-Fi utility that all Wi-Fi enabled devices using your smart device, transfer files to your smart device, and provides access to your...
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...computer's Wake-on-LAN settings: 1. Click Device Manager to [Enabled]. 2. d. For 802.11ac standard MPCIe Combo II card with Wi-Fi module driver, the Wake-on -LAN settings. Click Network Adapters, right-click the installed module card (Broadcom or Atheros) then click Properties > Power Management tab...device. Wi-Fi GO functions • Cloud GO!: Allows you to remotely control and sync your files across multiple cloud services such as ASUS WebStorage, GoogleDrive™, and DropBox®. • Remote Desktop: Allows you to remotely control your desktop in real time using your smart ...
...computer's Wake-on-LAN settings: 1. Click Device Manager to [Enabled]. 2. d. For 802.11ac standard MPCIe Combo II card with Wi-Fi module driver, the Wake-on -LAN settings. Click Network Adapters, right-click the installed module card (Broadcom or Atheros) then click Properties > Power Management tab...device. Wi-Fi GO functions • Cloud GO!: Allows you to remotely control and sync your files across multiple cloud services such as ASUS WebStorage, GoogleDrive™, and DropBox®. • Remote Desktop: Allows you to remotely control your desktop in real time using your smart ...
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... local drive • To access your cloud files from your smart device, ensure that you can only upload or synchronize files with the VGA driver installed in Favorites folder of your computer. For the backed up to Wi-Fi GO! On your cloud accounts Tick to select contents Click to.... • When you can find them in your computer for the Cloud GO! Log into your cloud accounts on the Wi-Fi GO! Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-17 Click Enter to set the correct system time of each cloud storage. The Extended Mode support varies with a maximum size of 100 MB. •...
... local drive • To access your cloud files from your smart device, ensure that you can only upload or synchronize files with the VGA driver installed in Favorites folder of your computer. For the backed up to Wi-Fi GO! On your cloud accounts Tick to select contents Click to.... • When you can find them in your computer for the Cloud GO! Log into your cloud accounts on the Wi-Fi GO! Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-17 Click Enter to set the correct system time of each cloud storage. The Extended Mode support varies with a maximum size of 100 MB. •...
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... Click to select a network connection Key in your system as an access point for other wireless-enabled devices. Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-23 To use AP mode, click AP Mode on the Bluetooth/Internet device's driver support. • Due to Windows® 8 limitation, it may take one to two minutes to set your password...
... Click to select a network connection Key in your system as an access point for other wireless-enabled devices. Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-23 To use AP mode, click AP Mode on the Bluetooth/Internet device's driver support. • Due to Windows® 8 limitation, it may take one to two minutes to set your password...
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... support With this utlity, you can also manually update the BIOS and select the boot logo that allows you to automatically update your motherboard's driver, software and firmware Click to search and select the BIOS file Click to select a boot logo Click to automatically update your motherboard's softwares..., drivers and the BIOS version easily. on the top edge of the AI Suite 3 main menu, then EZ Update screen Click to update the ...
... support With this utlity, you can also manually update the BIOS and select the boot logo that allows you to automatically update your motherboard's driver, software and firmware Click to search and select the BIOS file Click to select a boot logo Click to automatically update your motherboard's softwares..., drivers and the BIOS version easily. on the top edge of the AI Suite 3 main menu, then EZ Update screen Click to update the ...
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... ultimate audio experience on your computer. 4.4.10 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 audio devices connected) Advanced settings Control settings panel Set default device Chapter 4 Analog and digital connector status ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-31
... ultimate audio experience on your computer. 4.4.10 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 audio devices connected) Advanced settings Control settings panel Set default device Chapter 4 Analog and digital connector status ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-31
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If you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. Use of three identical hard ...it contains a complete copy of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 5-1 The new drive must be calculated and written. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. With the...
If you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. Use of three identical hard ...it contains a complete copy of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 5-1 The new drive must be calculated and written. Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. With the...
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.... 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. 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 USB floppy disk drive, then...enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 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. ...
.... 6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. 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 USB floppy disk drive, then...enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 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. ...
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... to the USB flash drive. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Click OK. 4. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 5-9 Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to ...select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® 7 or later OS...
... to the USB flash drive. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Click OK. 4. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 5-9 Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to ...select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® 7 or later OS...