Asus rog maximus viii ranger [5/200] Chapter 4 software support

Chapter 4: Software Support

4.1 Installing an operating system .................................................................4-1

4.1.1 Windows

7 and USB 3.0 driver for 100 Series .......................... 4-1

4.2 Support DVD information .......................................................................... 4-8

4.2.1 Running the support DVD ........................................................... 4-8

4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals.................................................. 4-9

4.3 Software information ...............................................................................4-10

4.4 AI Suite 3 ...................................................................................................4-10

4.5 Dual Intelligent Processors 5 ..................................................................4-13

4.6 ROG Audio features .................................................................................4-29

4.7 Sonic Radar II ...........................................................................................4-36

4.8 GameFirst III .............................................................................................4-38

4.9 KeyBot II....................................................................................................4-41

4.10 ASUS Media Streamer .............................................................................4-43

4.11 RAMDisk ...................................................................................................4-45

4.12 MemTweakIt .............................................................................................. 4-48

4.13 ROG CPU-Z ............................................................................................... 4-50

4.14 RAMCache ................................................................................................4-51

Chapter 5: RAID Support

5.1 RAID configurations ..................................................................................5-1

5.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 5-1

5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks .................................................. 5-2

5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS .................................................... 5-2

5.1.4 Intel

Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility .................. 5-3

5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk ......................................................................5-7

5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS .................. 5-7

5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows

.................................... 5-8

5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows

OS installation ........ 5-8

Appendix

Notices .................................................................................................................... A-1

ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-5