Asus Maximus VI Extreme User Manual

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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 .................................................................................
4-4
4.4 AI Suite 3 .....................................................................................................
4-4
4.4.1 Dual Intelligent Processors 4 with 4-Way Optimization ...............
4-7
4.4.2 Ai Charger+ ...............................................................................
4-17
4.4.3 USB Charger+ ...........................................................................
4-18
4.4.4 Wi-Fi Engine
.............................................................................. 4-19
4.4.5 USB 3.0 Boost
........................................................................... 4-21
4.4.6 USB BIOS Flashback ................................................................
4-22
4.4.7 Wi-Fi GO! ..................................................................................
4-24
4.4.8 EZ Update .................................................................................
4-40
4.4.9 System Information ...................................................................
4-41
4.5 Audio congurations ...............................................................................
4-43
4.6 ROG Connect
............................................................................................ 4-44
4.7 MemTweakIt ..............................................................................................
4-46
4.8 ROG RAMDisk ..........................................................................................
4-49
Chapter 5: RAID support
5.1 RAID congurations .................................................................................. 5-1
5.1.1 RAID definitions ..........................................................................
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
....................................................................... 5-8
5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS ..................
5-8
5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
.................................... 5-8
5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS installation ........ 5-9
Appendices
Notices .................................................................................................................... A-1
ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-5

Asus Maximus VI Extreme Specifications

General

ECC	No
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1333, 1500, 1600, 1666, 1800, 1866, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2133, 2200, 2250, 2400, 2450, 2600, 2666, 2800, 3000 MHz
Processor socket	LGA 1150 (Socket H3)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA III connectors	10
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
HDMI version	1.4a
USB 2.0 ports quantity	2
Audio chip	Realtek ALC1150
Cooling type	Passive
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	Intel® Z87
PC health monitoring	CPU, FAN, Temperature
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA, SATA II, SATA III
Graphics card	HD Graphics
Maximum resolution	4096 x 2160 pixels
Parallel processing technology support	2-Way CrossFireX, 2-Way SLI, 3-Way CrossFireX, 3-Way SLI, 4-Way CrossFireX, 4-Way SLI, Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express x16 slots	5
PCI Express slots version	2.0, 3.0
PCI Express configurations	1x8, 1x16, 2x8
Cables included	SATA
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	4.0
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	EFI AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm