Asus Sabertooth 55i - Manual (Page 6)

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3.9.3 AI NET 2 ....................................................................................3-37
3.9.4 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ......................................................................3-37
3.10 Exit menu ..................................................................................................3-38
Chapter 4: Software support
4.1 Installing an operating system .................................................................4-1
4.2 Support DVD information ..........................................................................4-1
4.2.1
Running the support DVD ...........................................................4-1
4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals..................................................4-2
4.3 Software information .................................................................................4-3
4.3.1
ASUS PC Probe II .......................................................................4-3
4.3.2 ASUS Fan Xpert..........................................................................4-4
4.3.3 VIA ® High Definition Audio utility .................................................4-5
4.3.4 ASUS Drive Xpert .......................................................................4-6
4.3.5 ASUS T.Probe .............................................................................4-7
4.4 RAID configurations ..................................................................................4-8
4.4.1
RAID definitions ..........................................................................4-8
4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ...................................................4-9
4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ....................................................4-9
4.4.4 Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility .......................4-9
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk.....................................................................4-13
4.5.1
Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................4-13
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows ® ..................................4-13
4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows ® OS installation ......4-14
4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive ...................................................4-14
Chapter 5: Multiple 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 the device drivers .........................................................5-3
5.1.5 Enabling the ATI ® CrossFireX™ technology ...............................5-3
5.2 NVIDIA ® SLI™ technology .........................................................................5-5
5.2.1 Requirements ..............................................................................5-5
5.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards ......................................5-5
5.2.3 Installing the device drivers .........................................................5-6
5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA ® SLI™ technology .....................................5-6
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