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Contents
4.5.5 SATA Conguration ....................................................... 4-34
4.5.6 USB Conguration ........................................................
4-37
4.5.7 Onboard Devices Conguraton .....................................
4-38
4.5.8 APM ..............................................................................
4-40
4.6 Monitor menu .............................................................................
4-41
4.7 Boot menu ..................................................................................
4-44
4.8 Tools menu .................................................................................
4-45
4.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility ................................................
4-46
4.8.2 ASUS DRAM SPD Information .....................................
4-46
4.8.3 ASUS O.C. Prole .........................................................
4-47
4.9 Exit menu ....................................................................................
4-48
4.10 Updating BIOS ............................................................................
4-49
4.10.1 ASUS Update utility ......................................................
4-49
4.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility .................................................
4-52
4.10.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ....................................
4-53
4.10.4 ASUS BIOS Updater .....................................................
4-54
Chapter5: RAIDconguration
5.1 RAIDcongurations .................................................................... 5-2
5.1.1 RAID denitions ..............................................................
5-2
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks .......................................
5-3
5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ........................................
5-3
5.1.4 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility ...... 5-3
Chapter 6: Driver installation
6.1 Creating a RAID driver disk ......................................................... 6-2
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ......
6-2
6.1.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
........................ 6-2
6.1.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS
installation .......................................................................
6-3
6.1.4 Using a USB oppy disk drive .........................................
6-4
6.2 Support DVD information ............................................................
6-6
6.2.1 Running the support DVD ...............................................
6-6
6.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals .....................................
6-7
6.3 Software information ...................................................................
6-8
6.3.1 AI Suite II ........................................................................
6-8