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...;p�ro��c�e�s�s�o�rs� * Refer to www.asus.com for Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm... Expansion Slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LGA775 socket for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual-channel memory architecture supports NVIDIA...
...;p�ro��c�e�s�s�o�rs� * Refer to www.asus.com for Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm... Expansion Slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LGA775 socket for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual-channel memory architecture supports NVIDIA...
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... / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the world. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of Gamers. It's definitely one of the most innovating...allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to join in making statements and we welcome the best gamers to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, ...
... / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the world. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of Gamers. It's definitely one of the most innovating...allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to join in making statements and we welcome the best gamers to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, ...
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... Cell CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME* PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 Super I/O IE1394_2 OPT_TEMP3 PCI2 OPT_FAN3 USB78 USB910 CHASSIS ADH CLRTC_SW CHA_FAN3 RESET HD_LED PANEL • *The model name shows Striker II NSE if you purchase a Striker II NSE motherboard. • Refer to 2.8 Connectors...
... Cell CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME* PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 Super I/O IE1394_2 OPT_TEMP3 PCI2 OPT_FAN3 USB78 USB910 CHASSIS ADH CLRTC_SW CHA_FAN3 RESET HD_LED PANEL • *The model name shows Striker II NSE if you purchase a Striker II NSE motherboard. • Refer to 2.8 Connectors...
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... PCIe x16_3 shared - - - - - - - PCIe x1_2 shared - - - - - - - SATA controller 1 - - - - - - shared - USB 2.0 controller 1 - - - - - - - ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-23 SATA (363) shared - - - - - - - PCIe x16_2 shared - - - - - - - USB controller 3 - - shared - - shared USB 2.0 controller 2 - - shared - - - - ... driver for High Definition audio 22 nForce Serial ATA controller 23 nForce Serial ATA controller 23 Standard OpenHCD USB host controller IRQ assignments for this motherboard A B C D E F...
... PCIe x16_3 shared - - - - - - - PCIe x1_2 shared - - - - - - - SATA controller 1 - - - - - - shared - USB 2.0 controller 1 - - - - - - - ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-23 SATA (363) shared - - - - - - - PCIe x16_2 shared - - - - - - - USB controller 3 - - shared - - shared USB 2.0 controller 2 - - shared - - - - ... driver for High Definition audio 22 nForce Serial ATA controller 23 nForce Serial ATA controller 23 Standard OpenHCD USB host controller IRQ assignments for this motherboard A B C D E F...
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...ASUS AI Suite. ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce...® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ chipset. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard.
...ASUS AI Suite. ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce...® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ chipset. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard.
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JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk. NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk.
JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk. NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk.
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... must be calculated and written. If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set . ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 If one drive to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Use four ...directs all the benefits of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives...
... must be calculated and written. If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set . ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 If one drive to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Use four ...directs all the benefits of both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives...
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...;p�ro��c�e�s�s�o�rs� * Refer to www.asus.com for Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm... Expansion Slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LGA775 socket for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual-channel memory architecture supports NVIDIA...
...;p�ro��c�e�s�s�o�rs� * Refer to www.asus.com for Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm... Expansion Slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LGA775 socket for Intel CPU support list Striker II Extreme: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Striker II NSE: NVIDIA® nForce® 790i SLI™ 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual-channel memory architecture supports NVIDIA...
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... and we welcome the best gamers to 10 USB 2.0 ports. Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel®...three GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices...felt, in the Republic of the fastest platform in the world. It's definitely one of the best. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best...
... and we welcome the best gamers to 10 USB 2.0 ports. Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel®...three GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. The NVIDIA® nForce 790i Ultra SLI / 790i SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices...felt, in the Republic of the fastest platform in the world. It's definitely one of the best. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best...
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... DDR3 DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR3 DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) PRI_IDE 30.5cm (12.0in) 2.2.3 Motherboard layout CHA_FAN1 EL_CON LCD_CON KB_USB56 EATX12V 24.5cm (9.6in) SPDIF_O12 CLR_CMOS E1394 LGA775 CPU_FAN FREQUENCY CPU_CRAZY CPU_HIGH CPU_NORMAL BIOS EATXPWR ESATA12... DDR_HIGH DDR_NORMAL OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 SATA1 SATA2 88E1116 OPT_TEMP2 88E1116 PCIEX1_2 Lithium Cell CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 Super I/O IE1394_2 OPT_TEMP3...
... DDR3 DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR3 DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) PRI_IDE 30.5cm (12.0in) 2.2.3 Motherboard layout CHA_FAN1 EL_CON LCD_CON KB_USB56 EATX12V 24.5cm (9.6in) SPDIF_O12 CLR_CMOS E1394 LGA775 CPU_FAN FREQUENCY CPU_CRAZY CPU_HIGH CPU_NORMAL BIOS EATXPWR ESATA12... DDR_HIGH DDR_NORMAL OPT_FAN1 OPT_TEMP1 SATA1 SATA2 88E1116 OPT_TEMP2 88E1116 PCIEX1_2 Lithium Cell CMOS Power OPT_FAN2 PCIEX16_3 STRIKER II EXTREME PCI1 VIA VT6308P PCIEX16_2 NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ SB_CRAZY SB_HIGH SB_NORMAL SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 Super I/O IE1394_2 OPT_TEMP3...
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...shared - - - - - USB 2.0 controller 1 - - - - - - - shared - - - - - SATA (363) shared - - - - - - - USB controller 3 - - SATA controller 1 - - - - - - ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-23 LAN (1116) - USB controller 1 - - - - - - shared - - - - - PCIe x16_3 shared - - - - - - - SATA controller 2 - - - - - - shared - - - - - - PCIe ... Clock 9 IRQ holder for PCI steering 10 NVIDIA nForce PCI system management 11 IRQ holder for PCI steering 12... enumerator 20 NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA controller ...
...shared - - - - - USB 2.0 controller 1 - - - - - - - shared - - - - - SATA (363) shared - - - - - - - USB controller 3 - - SATA controller 1 - - - - - - ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 2-23 LAN (1116) - USB controller 1 - - - - - - shared - - - - - PCIe x16_3 shared - - - - - - - SATA controller 2 - - - - - - shared - - - - - - PCIe ... Clock 9 IRQ holder for PCI steering 10 NVIDIA nForce PCI system management 11 IRQ holder for PCI steering 12... enumerator 20 NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA controller ...
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.... Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility. JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver Installs JMicron® ... system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll - USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Install the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility before installing ASUS AI Suite. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) ...
.... Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility. JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver Installs JMicron® ... system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll - USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Install the ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility before installing ASUS AI Suite. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) ...
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5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk.
5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a NVIDIA® 32/64 bit XP/Vista™ SATA RAID driver disk. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-5 NVIDIA 32/64 bit XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 32/64 bit SATA/RAID driver disk. JMicron JMB36X 32/64 bit SATA/RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk.
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..., enterprise resource planning, and other RAID performance benefits. This configuration stores the same data redundantly on the operating system. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 RAID 0+1 is best suited for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without...disk/USB device before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard...
..., enterprise resource planning, and other RAID performance benefits. This configuration stores the same data redundantly on the operating system. ROG Striker II Extreme / Striker II NSE 5-35 RAID 0+1 is best suited for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without...disk/USB device before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce® 790i (Ultra) SLI™ Southbridge RAID controller that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard...