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...ASUS FAN Xpert 4-13 4.3.7 ASUS Probe II 4-14 4.3.8 Ai Charger 4-15 4.3.9 Audio configurations 4-16 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-17 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-18 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-18 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-24 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver... 5-1 5.1.3 Installing two 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...
...ASUS FAN Xpert 4-13 4.3.7 ASUS Probe II 4-14 4.3.8 Ai Charger 4-15 4.3.9 Audio configurations 4-16 4.4 RAID configurations 4-17 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-17 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-18 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-18 4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility 4-18 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-24 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver... 5-1 5.1.3 Installing two 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...
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... control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.00625V increment - vCCIO: Adjustable I/O voltage at 0.005V increment - P8Z68-V/GEN3 specifications summary ASUS exclusive overclocking features Back panel I/O ports Internal I /O ports 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connectors support additional 2 USB ports (19-pin) 3 ... WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen Function 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 ...
... control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.00625V increment - vCCIO: Adjustable I/O voltage at 0.005V increment - P8Z68-V/GEN3 specifications summary ASUS exclusive overclocking features Back panel I/O ports Internal I /O ports 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connectors support additional 2 USB ports (19-pin) 3 ... WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen Function 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 ...
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... SATA port. • 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 JMB Storage Controller... 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 from the motherboard support DVD. 2.3.10 Rear panel connection Chapter 2 Rear panel connectors 1. USB 2.0 ports 3, 4, 5 and 6 2.
... SATA port. • 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 JMB Storage Controller... 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 from the motherboard support DVD. 2.3.10 Rear panel connection Chapter 2 Rear panel connectors 1. USB 2.0 ports 3, 4, 5 and 6 2.
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... black out. Following is valid. • Due to the Intel® VGA driver issue, the Windows® Display Settings menu may offer some monitor resolution settings will upgrade the playback quality. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 2-43 To use an HDCP compliant monitor. • You can connect two monitors to ... then restart the system to adjust the monitor resolution from the Windows® Display Settings menu. • Due to the Intel® driver issue, some resolution options that your motherboard, the system will automatically select the the add-on two monitors. Using the CPU/Memory of ...
... black out. Following is valid. • Due to the Intel® VGA driver issue, the Windows® Display Settings menu may offer some monitor resolution settings will upgrade the playback quality. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 2-43 To use an HDCP compliant monitor. • You can connect two monitors to ... then restart the system to adjust the monitor resolution from the Windows® Display Settings menu. • Due to the Intel® driver issue, some resolution options that your motherboard, the system will automatically select the the add-on two monitors. Using the CPU/Memory of ...
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Click Display > General Settings and select a Resolution. Move the Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling sliders and then click Apply. 2-44 Chapter 2: Hardware information Click Apply. 4. Or you can click Display > General Settings > Scaling > Customize Aspect Ratio. Chapter 2 **Troubleshooting on monitor overscan / underscan problem 1. From the Windows® notification area, double-click the Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver icon and click Graphics Properties. 3. Install Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver from the motherboard support DVD. 2.
Click Display > General Settings and select a Resolution. Move the Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling sliders and then click Apply. 2-44 Chapter 2: Hardware information Click Apply. 4. Or you can click Display > General Settings > Scaling > Customize Aspect Ratio. Chapter 2 **Troubleshooting on monitor overscan / underscan problem 1. From the Windows® notification area, double-click the Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver icon and click Graphics Properties. 3. Install Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver from the motherboard support DVD. 2.
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... Check Enabled SATA 6G_1 (Gray) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled SATA 6G_2 (Gray) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled SATA 3G_3 (Blue) ASUS CB-521 ATAPI Hot Plug Disabled SATA 3G_4 (Blue) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled SATA 3G_5 (Blue) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled...[AHCI Mode] Allows you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. 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...
... Check Enabled SATA 6G_1 (Gray) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled SATA 6G_2 (Gray) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled SATA 3G_3 (Blue) ASUS CB-521 ATAPI Hot Plug Disabled SATA 3G_4 (Blue) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled SATA 3G_5 (Blue) Not Present Hot Plug Disabled...[AHCI Mode] Allows you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. 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...
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... options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Display OptionRom in POST [Enabled] This item appears only when you set this item to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Intel PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to...
... options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Display OptionRom in POST [Enabled] This item appears only when you set this item to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD. Intel PXE OPROM [Disabled] This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to...
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... run the DVD. The Manual menu contains the list of the support DVD are subject to install. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-1 The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in this chapter for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the...
... run the DVD. The Manual menu contains the list of the support DVD are subject to install. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-1 The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in this chapter for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the...
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...information, and to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-3 Follow the onscreen instructions 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 ...
...information, and to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Using AI Suite II AI Suite II automatically starts when you through the installation. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-3 Follow the onscreen instructions 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 ...
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Follow the installation wizard to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Double- click on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows XP Configuration options Control settings window Information button ... connector status B. 4.3.9 Audio configurations 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 detailed software configuration. 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support
Follow the installation wizard to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Double- click on the icon to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the motherboard package. Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows XP Configuration options Control settings window Information button ... connector status B. 4.3.9 Audio configurations 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 detailed software configuration. 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support
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... a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating system to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to be calculated and written. The new... rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-17 The Serial ATA RAID feature is required for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard...
... a data disk only. • If you want to install a Windows® operating system to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to be calculated and written. The new... rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-17 The Serial ATA RAID feature is required for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard...
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... hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times and maximized storage utilization. Refer to complete installation. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details. E nhanced mode:WRITE THROUGH, write to...
... hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times and maximized storage utilization. Refer to complete installation. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. Click the Drivers tab, then click Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details. E nhanced mode:WRITE THROUGH, write to...
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... at least one SSD (>18.6GB) and one HDD for normal storage. • Be sure to enable Intel® Smart Response Technology. Updating IRST 10.5 driver - 3. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-23 If the SSD exceeds 64GB, storage capacity left out of caching can only be identified by SSD.
... at least one SSD (>18.6GB) and one HDD for normal storage. • Be sure to enable Intel® Smart Response Technology. Updating IRST 10.5 driver - 3. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-23 If the SSD exceeds 64GB, storage capacity left out of caching can only be identified by SSD.
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... press to complete the process. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Start Windows®. 2. Boot your computer. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert ...disk. 3. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Chapter 4 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support 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. To ...
... press to complete the process. Select USB floppy disk drive as the primary boot device. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 7. Start Windows®. 2. Boot your computer. 2. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert ...disk. 3. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Chapter 4 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support 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. To ...
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party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-25 During the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD...
party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. 4. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 4-25 During the OS installation, the system prompts you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD...
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...Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the ...steps below: 1. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Double-click the file. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed...
...Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click xxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window. A window appears, allowing you install the RAID driver from the pop-up window. To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive's Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the ...steps below: 1. Refer to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Double-click the file. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed...
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..., select Add/Remove. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 5-1 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Select your computer. Follow the installation procedures in...
..., select Add/Remove. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 5-1 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Multiple GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Select your computer. Follow the installation procedures in...
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...Center Advanced View window. Click Go to continue to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 5-3 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. Enabling Dual CrossFireX technology 1. From the... the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your graphics ...
...Center Advanced View window. Click Go to continue to exit the window. 2 3 4 ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 5-3 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. Enabling Dual CrossFireX technology 1. From the... the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in the Windows notification area and select Cayalist Control Center. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your graphics ...
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... the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1. Ensure that ...
... the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same. 1. Ensure that ...
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... the two graphics cards separately. 6. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). A. Ensure that your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in place. 5. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 5-5 Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods. Right click on each graphics...
... the two graphics cards separately. 6. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). A. Ensure that your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in place. 5. ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 5-5 Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods. Right click on each graphics...