Asus SABERTOOTHX79 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Contents
4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals..................................................4-2
4.3 Software information .................................................................................4-3
4.3.1 AI Suite II.....................................................................................4-3
4.3.2 ASUS TUF Thermal Radar .........................................................4-4
4.3.3 TurboV EVO ................................................................................4-8
4.3.4 DIGI+ Power Control ................................................................. 4-11
4.3.5 Sensor Recorder .......................................................................4-13
4.3.6 USB 3.0 Boost...........................................................................4-14
4.3.7 ASUS SSD Caching ..................................................................4-15
4.3.8 ASUS Update ............................................................................4-16
4.3.9 MyLogo2 ...................................................................................4-17
4.3.10 Audio congurations..................................................................4-19
4.4 RAID congurations ................................................................................4-20
4.4.1 RAID denitions ........................................................................4-20
4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks .................................................4-21
4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS ..................................................4-21
4.4.4 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility ................4-21
4.4.5 Marvell RAID utility ....................................................................4-25
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk.....................................................................4-29
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ................4-29
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
® ...............................................................4-29
4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS installation ......4-30
4.5.4 Using a USB oppy disk drive ...................................................4-31
Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support
5.1 AMD
®
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 AMD
®
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
5.2.3 Installing the device drivers .........................................................5-5
5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology .....................................5-5