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Contents 4.3.5 EPU 4-10 4.3.6 ASUS FAN Xpert 4-11 4.3.7 ASUS Probe II 4-12 4.3.8 Audio configurations 4-13 4.4 RAID configurations 4-14 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-14 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-15 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-15 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-15 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-19 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS...
Contents 4.3.5 EPU 4-10 4.3.6 ASUS FAN Xpert 4-11 4.3.7 ASUS Probe II 4-12 4.3.8 Audio configurations 4-13 4.4 RAID configurations 4-14 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-14 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-15 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-15 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-15 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-19 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS...
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...EFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x ...24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to 300MHz at 0.005V increment - vPCH: 90-step chipset voltage control - P8P67 PRO specifications summary ASUS exclusive overclocking features Precision Tweaker ...
...EFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x ...24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to 300MHz at 0.005V increment - vPCH: 90-step chipset voltage control - P8P67 PRO specifications summary ASUS exclusive overclocking features Precision Tweaker ...
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...ASUS P8P67 PRO 2-43 USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6 4. Optical S/PDIF Out port 9. Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for your USB 3.0 devices. • If you want to use the hot-plug function of the external SATA ports, you connect USB 3.0 devices to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver...8226; 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 have to set the...
...ASUS P8P67 PRO 2-43 USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6 4. Optical S/PDIF Out port 9. Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for your USB 3.0 devices. • If you want to use the hot-plug function of the external SATA ports, you connect USB 3.0 devices to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver...8226; 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 have to set the...
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...Check Enabled Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. 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... Advanced Advanced\ SATA Configuration > Monitor SATA Configuration SATA Mode AHCI Mode S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Chapter 3 ASUS P8P67 PRO 3-17 Status Check [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is installed to the corresponding SATA port. The...
...Check Enabled Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. 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... Advanced Advanced\ SATA Configuration > Monitor SATA Configuration SATA Mode AHCI Mode S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Chapter 3 ASUS P8P67 PRO 3-17 Status Check [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is installed to the corresponding SATA port. The...
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... [Enabled] when you want to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller (ex. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you set this item to use the full...options: [Enabled] [Disabled] JMB Storage Controller [Enabled] Allows you want the SATA hard disk drives to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF] [SPDIF] Sets to [SPDIF] for SPDIF audio output. [HDMI] Sets to enable or disable...
... [Enabled] when you want to enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB storage contorller (ex. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you set this item to use the full...options: [Enabled] [Disabled] JMB Storage Controller [Enabled] Allows you want the SATA hard disk drives to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF] [SPDIF] Sets to [SPDIF] for SPDIF audio output. [HDMI] Sets to enable or disable...
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... the Contact tab to use the devices. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Software support 4.1 Installing an ...Drivers menu if Autorun is ��ta 7 6�4��-b��i�t�7� operating systems (OS). The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to run the DVD. Click an icon to install. ASUS P8P67...
... the Contact tab to use the devices. Install the necessary drivers to display the ASUS contact information. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to create the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Software support 4.1 Installing an ...Drivers menu if Autorun is ��ta 7 6�4��-b��i�t�7� operating systems (OS). The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Click an item to install The Make Disk menu contains items to run the DVD. Click an icon to install. ASUS P8P67...
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... II automatically starts when you through the installation. The actual screenshots vary with the software application for detailed software configuration. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Chapter 4 Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the system information Click ... installation. The AI Suite II icon appears in the Windows® notification area. Follow the onscreen instructions to the optical drive. ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-3 View the online help or readme file that came with models. • Refer to the software manual in the support...
... II automatically starts when you through the installation. The actual screenshots vary with the software application for detailed software configuration. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Chapter 4 Click to customize the interface settings Click to show the system information Click ... installation. The AI Suite II icon appears in the Windows® notification area. Follow the onscreen instructions to the optical drive. ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-3 View the online help or readme file that came with models. • Refer to the software manual in the support...
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...will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-13 Follow the installation wizard to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Realtek HD Audio ... The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows® Vista™ Set default device button Minimize button Configuration option tabs Exit button Device advanced settings Connector...
...will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-13 Follow the installation wizard to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Realtek HD Audio ... The Realtek® audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows® Vista™ Set default device button Minimize button Configuration option tabs Exit button Device advanced settings Connector...
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...ATA RAID feature is required for this setup. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set , you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work as a boot disk. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is... double that of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. With the RAID 10 configuration you get all applications to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the entire system. RAID...
...ATA RAID feature is required for this setup. A RAID array over 2TB cannot be set , you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Two hard disks perform the same work as a boot disk. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is... double that of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. With the RAID 10 configuration you get all applications to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the entire system. RAID...
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... USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to avoid a computer virus infection. Chapter 4 ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-19 Press during POST to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Boot your computer. 2. When the Make... floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. 4.5 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. You ...
... USB floppy disk drive, then press . 8. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to avoid a computer virus infection. Chapter 4 ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-19 Press during POST to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Boot your computer. 2. When the Make... floppy disk into the optical drive. 4. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. 4.5 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. You ...
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... Click the name of the device you have to use another computer to copy 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. Click OK. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install, ...Chapter 4 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install third- party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. 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. During the OS installation, ...
... Click the name of the device you have to use another computer to copy 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. Click OK. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install, ...Chapter 4 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install third- party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. 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. During the OS installation, ...
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The name of the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Chapter 4 ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-21 To solve this issue, add the .... Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Click Details tab. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. Refer to the steps below: 1. Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial...
The name of the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Browse the contents of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors. 4. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed. 5. Chapter 4 ASUS P8P67 PRO 4-21 To solve this issue, add the .... Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. Click Details tab. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. Refer to the steps below: 1. Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial...
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...-ready dual-GPU graphics card that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) ...Programs. For Windows Vista, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Select your computer. ASUS P8P67 PRO 5-1 Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. �S�e�e��C��h�a�p...
...-ready dual-GPU graphics card that are ATI® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) ...Programs. For Windows Vista, go to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Select your computer. ASUS P8P67 PRO 5-1 Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to your system. �S�e�e��C��h�a�p...
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...click on the Windows® desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. Chapter 5 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to ... cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. Click Apply, and then click OK to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS P8P67 PRO 5-3 You can also...
...click on the Windows® desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. Chapter 5 5.1.4 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to ... cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. Click Apply, and then click OK to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS P8P67 PRO 5-3 You can also...
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Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. 5-4 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support The graphics ... card and supported 3D application list. 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards The following pictures are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.2.1 Requirements • In SLI mode, you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for...
Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots. 5-4 Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support The graphics ... card and supported 3D application list. 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards The following pictures are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.2.1 Requirements • In SLI mode, you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for...
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... Step B5). Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the graphics card. Right click on each graphics card. ASUS P8P67 PRO 5-5 SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to install the device drivers. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to the documentation that your graphics cards and the device...
... Step B5). Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the graphics card. Right click on each graphics card. ASUS P8P67 PRO 5-5 SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to install the device drivers. Ensure that came with your graphics card package to the documentation that your graphics cards and the device...