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... system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-5 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-6 4.2.6 Video menu 4-6 4.2.7 ASUS Contact information 4-7 4.2.8 Other information 4-7 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo3 4-9 4.3.2 AI NET 2 4-11 4.3.3 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility 4-12 4.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 4-16 4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 4-22 4.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 4-24 4.3.7 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-25 4.3.8 CPU Level Up 4-27...
... system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-5 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-6 4.2.6 Video menu 4-6 4.2.7 ASUS Contact information 4-7 4.2.8 Other information 4-7 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo3 4-9 4.3.2 AI NET 2 4-11 4.3.3 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility 4-12 4.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 4-16 4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 4-22 4.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 4-24 4.3.7 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-25 4.3.8 CPU Level Up 4-27...
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... GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® 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 three CrossFireX graphics cards 5-3 5.1.5 Installing the device drivers 5-4 5.1.6 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology 5-4 5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 5-6 5.2.1 Requirements 5-6 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-7 5.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards...
... GPU technology support 5.1 ATI® 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 three CrossFireX graphics cards 5-3 5.1.5 Installing the device drivers 5-4 5.1.6 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology 5-4 5.2 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 5-6 5.2.1 Requirements 5-6 5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-7 5.2.3 Installing three SLI-ready graphics cards...
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...press firmly until the card is already installed in a chassis). 3. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that came with it by... the card connector with the screw you intend to install expansion cards. 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion ...
...press firmly until the card is already installed in a chassis). 3. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that came with it by... the card connector with the screw you intend to install expansion cards. 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion ...
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... to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in the future. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The Drivers menu appears. 2. AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or...Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and • View the BIOS version information. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. ROG Rampage II Extreme 3-1 ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) ...
... to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in the future. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The Drivers menu appears. 2. AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or...Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and • View the BIOS version information. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. ROG Rampage II Extreme 3-1 ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) ...
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... this item to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [AHCI]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.4.6 Storage Configuration The items in this item to internally optimize the order of commands. If you want to create...
... this item to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [AHCI]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.4.6 Storage Configuration The items in this item to internally optimize the order of commands. If you want to create...
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Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-34 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-43 ROG Rampage II Extreme
Chapter summary 4 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.4 RAID configurations 4-34 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-43 ROG Rampage II Extreme
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... presented in your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to the optical drive. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of your OS documentation for detailed information...motherboard supports Windows® XP/64-bit XP/Vista operating systems (OS). Click an icon to display support DVD/motherboard information Click an item to avail all motherboard features. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for reference only. Refer to your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. ROG Rampage II Extreme...
... presented in your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to the optical drive. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of your OS documentation for detailed information...motherboard supports Windows® XP/64-bit XP/Vista operating systems (OS). Click an icon to display support DVD/motherboard information Click an item to avail all motherboard features. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for reference only. Refer to your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. ROG Rampage II Extreme...
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.... Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver. JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver Installs the JMicron® JMB36X controller driver. 4-2 Chapter 4: Software support ASUS TweakIt Installs the ASUS TweakIt driver and utility. 4.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Installation Wizard for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Sound...
.... Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver. JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver Installs the JMicron® JMB36X controller driver. 4-2 Chapter 4: Software support ASUS TweakIt Installs the ASUS TweakIt driver and utility. 4.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Installation Wizard for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Sound...
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... application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. ASUS AI Suite Installs the ASUS AI Suite. Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for extreme O.C. Corel MediaOne Starter Installs the Corel MediaOne Starter... application to open, view, and print documents in your computer. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan...
... application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. ASUS AI Suite Installs the ASUS AI Suite. Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for extreme O.C. Corel MediaOne Starter Installs the Corel MediaOne Starter... application to open, view, and print documents in your computer. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan...
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... Powerbackup software. ROG Rampage II Extreme 4-5 Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE Installs the Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE software. Ulead Burn.Now Installs the Ulead Burn.Now application for easy file-compression and protection. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH10R driver disk. ASUS EPU-Six Engine Installs the ASUS EPU-Six Engine...
... Powerbackup software. ROG Rampage II Extreme 4-5 Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE Installs the Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE software. Ulead Burn.Now Installs the Ulead Burn.Now application for easy file-compression and protection. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH10R driver disk. ASUS EPU-Six Engine Installs the ASUS EPU-Six Engine...
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... Sound Blaster X-Fi. 5. to the optical drive. 4.3.3 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility With the SupremeFX X-Fi audio card installed to the motherboard, you will find the Volume Panel icon on the notification area. Place the support DVD to go 4-12 Chapter 4: Software support Follow the ...screen instructions to use Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility. You need to install SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver to complete installation. 4. Click Help in each utility control panel to launch the Mixer control panel. Double-click the Volume Panel icon ...
... Sound Blaster X-Fi. 5. to the optical drive. 4.3.3 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility With the SupremeFX X-Fi audio card installed to the motherboard, you will find the Volume Panel icon on the notification area. Place the support DVD to go 4-12 Chapter 4: Software support Follow the ...screen instructions to use Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility. You need to install SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver to complete installation. 4. Click Help in each utility control panel to launch the Mixer control panel. Double-click the Volume Panel icon ...
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... 4: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Double-click the setup.exe file to locate the setup.exe file from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > PC Probe II > PC Probe II v1.xx.xx. PC Probe II senses fan rotations, CPU... temperature, and system voltages, among others. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. 4.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is software-based, you can start ...
... 4: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Double-click the setup.exe file to locate the setup.exe file from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > PC Probe II > PC Probe II v1.xx.xx. PC Probe II senses fan rotations, CPU... temperature, and system voltages, among others. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. 4.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is software-based, you can start ...
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...Click to launch CPU Level Up Click to the optical drive. Place the support DVD to launch Fan Xpert Chapter 4: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. To launch AI Suite from the Windows® desktop. Follow the screen instructions to close or... restore the application. Click this icon to complete installation. 4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to normal state. Installing AI Suite To install AI Suite on your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. 2....
...Click to launch CPU Level Up Click to the optical drive. Place the support DVD to launch Fan Xpert Chapter 4: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. To launch AI Suite from the Windows® desktop. Follow the screen instructions to close or... restore the application. Click this icon to complete installation. 4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to normal state. Installing AI Suite To install AI Suite on your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. 2....
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Click the Drivers tab and then click ASUS EPU-Six Engine. 3. Running calibration allows the system to detect CPU properties to the optical drive. Click Run Calibration and wait for a few seconds. Selecting ... to complete installation. Installing 6 Engine To install 6 Engine on the Windows® notification area. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the screen instructions to enhance system performance or save power. 4.3.9 ASUS EPU-6 Engine ASUS EPU-6 Engine is an energy-efficient tool that you launch 6 Engine, the following message will have...
Click the Drivers tab and then click ASUS EPU-Six Engine. 3. Running calibration allows the system to detect CPU properties to the optical drive. Click Run Calibration and wait for a few seconds. Selecting ... to complete installation. Installing 6 Engine To install 6 Engine on the Windows® notification area. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the screen instructions to enhance system performance or save power. 4.3.9 ASUS EPU-6 Engine ASUS EPU-6 Engine is an energy-efficient tool that you launch 6 Engine, the following message will have...
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...: Lowers CPU fan and two chassis fan speeds. • AI Nap Idle Time: Enters AI Nap mode after a certain time during system idle process. ROG Rampage II Extreme 4-31 Or, you 've installed TweakIt driver from the bundled Support DVD.
...: Lowers CPU fan and two chassis fan speeds. • AI Nap Idle Time: Enters AI Nap mode after a certain time during system idle process. ROG Rampage II Extreme 4-31 Or, you 've installed TweakIt driver from the bundled Support DVD.
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...fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the difference RAID function. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH10R Southbridge controller that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Two hard ... new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use of the data in the other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for ...
...fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the difference RAID function. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH10R Southbridge controller that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Two hard ... new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use of the data in the other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for ...
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... the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Write-protect the floppy disk to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Press during POST to avoid computer virus infection. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk ... screen instructions to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Start Windows®. 2. ROG Rampage II Extreme 4-43 When the menu appears, press to complete the process. 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with a floppy disk drive or a...
... the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. Write-protect the floppy disk to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Press during POST to avoid computer virus infection. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk ... screen instructions to complete the process. 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Start Windows®. 2. ROG Rampage II Extreme 4-43 When the menu appears, press to complete the process. 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with a floppy disk drive or a...
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...Software support Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/ USB port. 2. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to ...sure you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 4. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 3. To install the RAID...
...Software support Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/ USB port. 2. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to ...sure you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 4. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 3. To install the RAID...
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... applications. 2. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Rampage II Extreme 5-1 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment. • The ATI Triple CrossFireX technology is supported by your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Download the latest...
... applications. 2. For Windows Vista, select Uninstall. 5. ROG Rampage II Extreme 5-1 5.1 ATI® CrossFireX™ technology The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment. • The ATI Triple CrossFireX technology is supported by your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX technology. Download the latest...
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... Catalyst Control Center 1. The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • If you are using a Triple CrossFireX system, ensure to the Catalyst Control Center...supported by Windows® Vista™ only. 5.1.6 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Right-click on the Windows® desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. Click ...
... Catalyst Control Center 1. The Catalyst Control Center Setup Assistant appears when the system detects the existance of multigraphics cards. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com). • If you are using a Triple CrossFireX system, ensure to the Catalyst Control Center...supported by Windows® Vista™ only. 5.1.6 Enabling the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFireX™ technology. Right-click on the Windows® desktop and select Catalyst(TM) Control Center. Click ...