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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. 3. ASMedia® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E12/E34 [red]) These connectors connect to fully use the USB 3.0 ports under Windows® 7. 1-38 Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 1 USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_12...
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. 3. ASMedia® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E12/E34 [red]) These connectors connect to fully use the USB 3.0 ports under Windows® 7. 1-38 Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 1 USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_12...
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... 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 under Windows® OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage...devices. • Due to the design of the Intel® 8 series chipset, all USB devices connected to three displays under Windows® OS environment, two displays under BIOS, and one display under DOS. * LAN ports LED indications Activity Link LED Status Description...
... 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 under Windows® OS environment and after the USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can only be used as data storage...devices. • Due to the design of the Intel® 8 series chipset, all USB devices connected to three displays under Windows® OS environment, two displays under BIOS, and one display under DOS. * LAN ports LED indications Activity Link LED Status Description...
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...Select to load the network stack driver during POST. You can only execute the POST delay time during POST. Network Stack Driver Support [Disabled] [Disabled] Select to skip the network stack driver from 0 to 10 seconds. ...DirectKey button. Wait For 'F1' If Error [Enabled] [Disabled] Disables the function. [Enabled] The system waits for Windows requirements. [Full Screen] Maximizes the Boot Logo size. Boot Logo Display [Enabled] [Enabled] Displays the boot logo ... Auto adjusts the Boot Logo size for the key to [Enabled]. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 3-45
...Select to load the network stack driver during POST. You can only execute the POST delay time during POST. Network Stack Driver Support [Disabled] [Disabled] Select to skip the network stack driver from 0 to 10 seconds. ...DirectKey button. Wait For 'F1' If Error [Enabled] [Disabled] Disables the function. [Enabled] The system waits for Windows requirements. [Full Screen] Maximizes the Boot Logo size. Boot Logo Display [Enabled] [Enabled] Displays the boot logo ... Auto adjusts the Boot Logo size for the key to [Enabled]. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 3-45
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... [Legacy OpROM first] Allows you to select the type of devices that you set the Launch CSM to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 3-46 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Setup Mode [Advanced Mode] [Advanced Mode] Sets Advanced Mode as the...messages will be displayed only if the third-party manufacturer had set the add-on device to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Boot Device Control [UEFI and Legacy OpROM] Allows you to select the type of PCIe/PCI expansion...
... [Legacy OpROM first] Allows you to select the type of devices that you set the Launch CSM to launch. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 3-46 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Setup Mode [Advanced Mode] [Advanced Mode] Sets Advanced Mode as the...messages will be displayed only if the third-party manufacturer had set the add-on device to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows® UEFI mode. Boot Device Control [UEFI and Legacy OpROM] Allows you to select the type of PCIe/PCI expansion...
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...2560 x 1600 Chapter 4 4-14 Chapter 4: Software support System requirements System requirements OS Utilities PC Smart device Windows® 7/Windows® 8 ASUS AI Suite 3 Android 2.3 or later versions iOS5 or later versions ASUS Wi-Fi GO! & NFC Remote • Install the MPCIe Combo II card with the operating system and... Remote supports the following screen resolutions of your smart device may vary with Wi-Fi module driver and AI Suite 3 utility from Google Play. Wi-Fi GO! is an ASUS-exclusive Wi-Fi utility that all Wi-Fi enabled devices using your smart device, transfer files...
...2560 x 1600 Chapter 4 4-14 Chapter 4: Software support System requirements System requirements OS Utilities PC Smart device Windows® 7/Windows® 8 ASUS AI Suite 3 Android 2.3 or later versions iOS5 or later versions ASUS Wi-Fi GO! & NFC Remote • Install the MPCIe Combo II card with the operating system and... Remote supports the following screen resolutions of your smart device may vary with Wi-Fi module driver and AI Suite 3 utility from Google Play. Wi-Fi GO! is an ASUS-exclusive Wi-Fi utility that all Wi-Fi enabled devices using your smart device, transfer files...
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... later version for your files across multiple cloud services such as a remote keyboard and mouse for Windows® 8 operating system. c. For 802.11ac standard MPCIe Combo II card with Wi-Fi module driver, the Wake-on-LAN function will be supported in sensors. • Remote Keyboard & Mouse:... Allows you to use your smart device's touch panel as ASUS WebStorage, GoogleDrive™, and DropBox®. • Remote Desktop: Allows...
... later version for your files across multiple cloud services such as a remote keyboard and mouse for Windows® 8 operating system. c. For 802.11ac standard MPCIe Combo II card with Wi-Fi module driver, the Wake-on-LAN function will be supported in sensors. • Remote Keyboard & Mouse:... Allows you to use your smart device's touch panel as ASUS WebStorage, GoogleDrive™, and DropBox®. • Remote Desktop: Allows...
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... up files, you synchronize the files, they will automatically synchronize under the Wi-Fi GO! For the backed up to Wi-Fi GO! Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-17 window Click to go back to your local drive • To access your cloud files from your smart device, ensure that you log into your computer... limitation, you can find them in your computer. • Due to work properly. • When you can only upload or synchronize files with the VGA driver installed in Favorites folder of each cloud storage.
... up files, you synchronize the files, they will automatically synchronize under the Wi-Fi GO! For the backed up to Wi-Fi GO! Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-17 window Click to go back to your local drive • To access your cloud files from your smart device, ensure that you log into your computer... limitation, you can find them in your computer. • Due to work properly. • When you can only upload or synchronize files with the VGA driver installed in Favorites folder of each cloud storage.
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... device's driver support. • Due to Windows® 8 limitation, it may depend on the Wi-Fi Engine menu. Key in a network name Key in your password Click to go back to previous screen Click to select a network connection Key in your system as an access point for the first time. Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-23...
... device's driver support. • Due to Windows® 8 limitation, it may depend on the Wi-Fi Engine menu. Key in a network name Key in your password Click to go back to previous screen Click to select a network connection Key in your system as an access point for the first time. Chapter 4 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 4-23...
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...Out support, and interrupt capability. The CODEC also includes the Realtek® proprietary UAJ® (Universal Audio Jack) technology for Windows® 8 / Windows® 7 Configuration option tabs (vary with the motherboard package. Double-click on your computer. 4.4.10 Audio configurations The Realtek...icon 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 If the Realtek® audio ...
...Out support, and interrupt capability. The CODEC also includes the Realtek® proprietary UAJ® (Universal Audio Jack) technology for Windows® 8 / Windows® 7 Configuration option tabs (vary with the motherboard package. Double-click on your computer. 4.4.10 Audio configurations The Realtek...icon 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 If the Realtek® audio ...
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... for this setup. If one drive to read and write data in a RAID set, you get all applications to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive ...that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 configuration. The new drive must be calculated and written. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 5-1 If you want to install a Windows® operating system to a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. Use two new drives or use an existing ...
... for this setup. If one drive to read and write data in a RAID set, you get all applications to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive ...that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 configuration. The new drive must be calculated and written. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME 5-1 If you want to install a Windows® operating system to a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. Use two new drives or use an existing ...
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...boot device. 4. Chapter 5 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID support 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. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Follow the... Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Start Windows®. 2. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to avoid a computer virus infection. The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive ...
...boot device. 4. Chapter 5 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID support 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. Set the optical drive as the destination disk. 6. Follow the... Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Start Windows®. 2. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to avoid a computer virus infection. The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive ...
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...then click Browse. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® 7 or later OS: 1. Click OK. 4. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you to the USB ...driver for the corresponding OS version. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to complete the installation. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME...
...then click Browse. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for Windows® 7 or later OS: 1. Click OK. 4. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you to the USB ...driver for the corresponding OS version. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to complete the installation. Chapter 5 ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME...