The offline copy option allows you to copy the contents of the source drive to the target drives now. Use the up or down arrow keys to select desired copy method, then press . The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press . Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu. A copy progress appears if you previously selected offline copy. ASUS Crosshair 5-37 Creating a CONCATENATION set To create a CONCATENATION set: 1. From the Silicon Image configuration utility main menu, select Create RAID set then press . 2. From the sub-menu Select CONCATENATION then press . r— MAIN MENU Create RAID set Delete RAID set Rebuild Raidl set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info The selection bar moves to the Physical Drive menu. Using the up or down arrow keys, select a drive then press to set a drive for the RAID set. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press . Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu. 1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB 2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB 3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB Configure a CONCATENATION set when using a single Serial ATA drive; otherwise, the system will not recognize the drive. You can also create a RAID set using the SATARAID5 GUI utility under a Windows® environment. 5-38 Chapter 5: Software support 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000/XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. To create a RAID driver disk: 1. Place the motherboard support DVD into the DVD-ROM drive. 2. Select Make Disk tab. 3. From the Make Disk menu, select the RAID driver disk you want to create or browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the driver disk utility. Refer to section “5.2.4 Make Disk menu” for details. 4. Insert floppy disk to floppy disk drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen information to complete process. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection. To install the RAID driver: 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Due to chipset limitation, the Serial ATA ports supported by the NVIDIA chipset doesn’t support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD) under DOS. ASUS Crosshair 5-39 5-40 Chapter 5: Software support This chapter tells how to install SLI-ready PCI Express graphics cards. NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Chapter summary 6.1 Overview.......................................................................................6-1 6.2 Dual graphics cards setup..........................................................6-2 ASUS Crosshair 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install two identical PCI Express™ x16 graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section. Requirements • You should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified. • Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website ( • Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. See “8. ATX power connectors” on page 2-32 for details. • The NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows® XP™ 32-bit/64bit operating system only. • Visit the NVIDIA zone website (for the latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list. ASUS Crosshair 6-1 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 6.2.1 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards Install only identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA®-certified. Different types of graphics cards will not work together properly. To install the graphics cards: 1. Prepare two graphics cards. Each graphics card should have goldfingers for the SLI connector. 2. Remove the metal bracket covers opposite the two PCI Express x16 slots. 6-2 Chapter б: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support 3. Insert one graphics card into either the blue or black slot. Make sure that the card is properly seated on the slot. 4. Insert the second graphics card into the other slot. Make sure that the card is properly seated on the slot. ASUS Crosshair 6-3 5. Align and insert the SLI connector to the goldfingers on each graphics card. Make sure that the connector is firmly in place. 6. When installing two VGA cards using a 20-pin ATX PSU with sufficient+12v capability, we recommend that you connect the auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics card. Refer to the PSU documentation for dual VGA power requirements. 7. Connect...
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