Asus A8N-SLI DLX User Manual

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5.2 Support CD information ........................................................ 5-1
5.2.1 Running the support CD ......................................... 5-1
5.2.2 Drivers menu .......................................................... 5-2
5.2.3 Utilities menu .......................................................... 5-3
5.2.4 Manuals menu ......................................................... 5-5
5.2.5 ASUS Contact information ...................................... 5-6
5.2.6 Other information ................................................... 5-6
5.4 Software information ........................................................... 5-9
5.4.1 ASUS MyLogo2™ .................................................... 5-9
5.4.2 AI NET 2 ............................................................... 5-11
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ ........................... 5-11
5.4.3 Audio configurations ............................................ 5-12
5.4.4 Using the NVIDIA
®
Firewall™ ................................. 5-18
5.5 RAID configurations ............................................................ 5-21
5.5.1 Installing hard disks .............................................. 5-22
5.5.2 NVIDIA
®
RAID configurations ................................ 5-23
5.5.3 Silicon Image RAID configurations ........................ 5-30
5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk ................................................. 5-40
5.7 Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology ............................................... 5-41
5.7.1 Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology ................... 5-41
5.7.2 Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software .............. 5-42
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology supportChapter 6: SLI™ technology support
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology supportChapter 6: SLI™ technology support
Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support
6.1 Overview............................................................................... 6-1
6.2 Dual graphics card setup ...................................................... 6-2
6.2.1 Setting the ASUS EZ selector card ......................... 6-2
6.2.2 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards ......................... 6-4
6.2.3 Setting the SLI mode in BIOS ................................. 6-8
6.2.4 Installing the device drivers .................................... 6-8
6.2.5 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows ............ 6-8
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Appendix
A.1 Using the SATA extension module ....................................... A-1
A.1.1 Installing the 2-port SATA extension module ......... A-1
A.1.1 Installing SATA hard drives ..................................... A-2
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Asus A8N-SLI DLX Specifications

General

Chipset	NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
Socket	Socket 939
Form Factor	ATX
Memory Type	DDR
Memory Slots	4
Maximum Memory	4 GB
PCI Express x16 Slots	2
PCI Slots	3
SATA Ports	4
IDE Ports	2
LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion Slots	2 x PCIe x16, 3 x PCI
USB Ports	10 x USB 2.0