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Contents 4.3.6 Sensor Recorder 4-14 4.3.7 USB 3.0 Boost 4-15 4.3.8 USB BIOS Flashback 4-16 4.3.9 ASUS Update 4-18 4.3.10 MyLogo2 4-19 4.3.11 Audio configurations 4-21 4.4 RAID configurations 4-22 4.4.1 RAID ...174; CrossFireX™ technology 5-1 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Before you begin 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 5-4 5.2.1 Requirements 5-4 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-4 ...
Contents 4.3.6 Sensor Recorder 4-14 4.3.7 USB 3.0 Boost 4-15 4.3.8 USB BIOS Flashback 4-16 4.3.9 ASUS Update 4-18 4.3.10 MyLogo2 4-19 4.3.11 Audio configurations 4-21 4.4 RAID configurations 4-22 4.4.1 RAID ...174; CrossFireX™ technology 5-1 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Before you begin 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 5-4 5.2.1 Requirements 5-4 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-4 ...
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xiii x 9.6 in . P8Z77-V specifications summary BIOS features 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information Manageability WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, PXE, WOR by PME Support DVD contents Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) Form factor ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice.
xiii x 9.6 in . P8Z77-V specifications summary BIOS features 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information Manageability WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, PXE, WOR by PME Support DVD contents Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) Form factor ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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... VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort ports. • DVI-D can not be converted to output RGB signal to XCHI controller structure, please manually install your USB3.0 driver twice when installing the operating system from the USB3.0 optical drive. Chapter 2 • This motherboard comes with DVI-I. • We strongly recommend that you connect...
... VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort ports. • DVI-D can not be converted to output RGB signal to XCHI controller structure, please manually install your USB3.0 driver twice when installing the operating system from the USB3.0 optical drive. Chapter 2 • This motherboard comes with DVI-I. • We strongly recommend that you connect...
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ASUS P8Z77-V 2-45 Or you can click Display > General Settings > Scaling > Customize Aspect Ratio. Move the Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling sliders and then click Apply. From the Windows® notification area, doubleclick the Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver icon and click Graphics Properties. 3. Click Display > General Settings and select a Resolution. Install Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver from the motherboard support DVD. 2. Click Apply. 4. Chapter 2 **Troubleshooting on monitor overscan / underscan problem 1.
ASUS P8Z77-V 2-45 Or you can click Display > General Settings > Scaling > Customize Aspect Ratio. Move the Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling sliders and then click Apply. From the Windows® notification area, doubleclick the Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver icon and click Graphics Properties. 3. Click Display > General Settings and select a Resolution. Install Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver from the motherboard support DVD. 2. Click Apply. 4. Chapter 2 **Troubleshooting on monitor overscan / underscan problem 1.
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... want 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 create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. ASUS P8Z77-V 3-19 Set to [RAID] when you want to internally optimize the...
... want 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 create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. ASUS P8Z77-V 3-19 Set to [RAID] when you want to internally optimize the...
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... Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-1 The contents of your computer. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in this chapter for...
... Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-1 The contents of your computer. The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in this chapter for...
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... vary with models. • The screeshots of AI Suite II in this user manual are for reference only. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. Click the icon ... Suite II. 4.3 Software information Most of the applications in the support DVD have wizards that integrates several ASUS utilities and allows users to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Installing AI Suite II To install AI ...onscreen instructions to the optical drive. Place the support DVD to complete installation. ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-3
... vary with models. • The screeshots of AI Suite II in this user manual are for reference only. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. Click the icon ... Suite II. 4.3 Software information Most of the applications in the support DVD have wizards that integrates several ASUS utilities and allows users to launch and operate these utilities simultaneously. Installing AI Suite II To install AI ...onscreen instructions to the optical drive. Place the support DVD to complete installation. ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-3
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... at www.asus.com for all audio ports, eliminating cable connection errors and giving users plug and play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the audio devices connected) Device advanced settings ...Information button Exit button Minimize button Control settings Set default device buttons Connector settings Analog and digital connector status B. ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-21
... at www.asus.com for all audio ports, eliminating cable connection errors and giving users plug and play Blu-Ray disc, make sure to install the Realtek® Audio Driver from the support DVD that came with the audio devices connected) Device advanced settings ...Information button Exit button Minimize button Control settings Set default device buttons Connector settings Analog and digital connector status B. ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-21
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...of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. With the RAID 10 configuration you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. 4.4 ...and other drive. Use of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data ...
...of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. With the RAID 10 configuration you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. 4.4 ...and other drive. Use of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for details. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data ...
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...the SATA Mode BIOS item to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for caching. Place the support DVD to launch Smart Response Technology settings. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. b. d. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times, and maximized ...hard drive/main memory interaction. It uses an installed fast SSD (min. 20GB available) as a cache for SSD caching. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-29 Select the SSD you want to use to HDD in BIOS setup is necessary. Follow the onscreen instructions to SSD and ...
...the SATA Mode BIOS item to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for caching. Place the support DVD to launch Smart Response Technology settings. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your storage system. b. d. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times, and maximized ...hard drive/main memory interaction. It uses an installed fast SSD (min. 20GB available) as a cache for SSD caching. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-29 Select the SSD you want to use to HDD in BIOS setup is necessary. Follow the onscreen instructions to SSD and ...
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...floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to complete the process. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-39 Boot your computer. 2. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Start Windows®. 2. ...Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press...
...floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Disk to complete the process. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-39 Boot your computer. 2. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Start Windows®. 2. ...Follow the succeeding screen instructions to create a RAID driver disk. 5. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press...
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.... 3. 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 Windows® Vista or later OS: 1. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID... press the F6 key to the USB flash drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 4-40 Chapter 4: Software support During the OS installation, the system prompts you to ...
.... 3. 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 Windows® Vista or later OS: 1. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID... press the F6 key to the USB flash drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Chapter 4 4-40 Chapter 4: Software support During the OS installation, the system prompts you to ...
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...file. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-41 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. Click Details tab. Browse the contents of the ...
...file. Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. 2. The name of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem. 6. Chapter 4 ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 4-41 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. Click Details tab. Browse the contents of the ...
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...> Programs and Features. 3. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. ASUS P8Z77-V 5-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements...the minimum power required by your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to uninstall all current applications. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). •...
...> Programs and Features. 3. To uninstall existing graphics card drivers: 1. For Windows XP, select Add/Remove. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. Turn off your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. ASUS P8Z77-V 5-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements...the minimum power required by your current graphics card driver/s. 4. Close all existing graphics card drivers before installing ATI CrossFireX graphics cards to uninstall all current applications. 2. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). •...
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...ASUS P8Z77-V 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multi-graphics cards. Click Go to continue to act as the display 1 GPU. 3. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Download the latest driver... Click Apply, and then click OK to install the device drivers. 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. In the Catalyst...
...ASUS P8Z77-V 5-3 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multi-graphics cards. Click Go to continue to act as the display 1 GPU. 3. From the Graphics Adapter list, select the graphics card to the Catalyst Control Center Advanced View window. Download the latest driver... Click Apply, and then click OK to install the device drivers. 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. In the Catalyst...
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... 3. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Ensure that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your system. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by ...your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with...
... 3. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards. 2. Ensure that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your system. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by ...your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Insert the two graphics card into the PCIEX16 slots. The graphics cards and the motherboard layout may vary with...
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...came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Right click on each graphics card. ASUS P8Z77-V 5-5 Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the two graphics cards separately. 6. SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the goldfingers on the empty space of the ...the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). 5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the documentation that your graphics ...
...came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Right click on each graphics card. ASUS P8Z77-V 5-5 Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the two graphics cards separately. 6. SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.2.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the goldfingers on the empty space of the ...the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). 5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Align and firmly insert the SLI bridge connector to the documentation that your graphics ...
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... media files smoother within a low power environment. Click the Utilites tab, then click LucidLogix Virtu MVP Software. 3. The ASUS Support Wizard appears if your computer's VGA output and discrete graphic cards to the best available graphic source while the newly-designed...complete the installation. Insert the support DVD in BIOS and install both Intel® Graphics Accelerator, and graphics card driver before installing LucidLogix Virtu MVP from ASUS support DVD. After you a smoother gaming experience. • LucidLogix Virtu MVP supports Windows 7® operating systems. ...
... media files smoother within a low power environment. Click the Utilites tab, then click LucidLogix Virtu MVP Software. 3. The ASUS Support Wizard appears if your computer's VGA output and discrete graphic cards to the best available graphic source while the newly-designed...complete the installation. Insert the support DVD in BIOS and install both Intel® Graphics Accelerator, and graphics card driver before installing LucidLogix Virtu MVP from ASUS support DVD. After you a smoother gaming experience. • LucidLogix Virtu MVP supports Windows 7® operating systems. ...