Enhanced Performance and Data Backup – Four ASUS Motherboards
Now Support Intel IAA 3.5 Driver

If you are a user of the following motherboards, download Intel® Application Accelerator Edition 3.5 and new BIOS to enhance system performance and data protection.

Here are the motherboards:
P4C800-E Deluxe: BIOS V1010 or later versions
P4C800: BIOS V1010 or later versions
P4P800 Deluxe: BIOS V1009 or later versions
P4P800: BIOS V1009 or later versions

Intel IAA 3.5 is an all-new driver for the Intel ICH5R South Bridge to provide RAID level 0 and 1 functions on two Serial ATA ports. The previous edition only offered RAID level 0 functions.

The purpose of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is to enhance system performance and provide fault tolerance by interleaving bytes or groups of bytes across multiple drives so that more than one disk is reading and writing at the same time.

RAID level 0 is disk striping only. It interleaves data across two or more hard disks to provide parallel writing and reading, which in turn increases performance.

RAID level 1 uses disk mirroring for 100% data duplication, and it requires at least two hard disks. The same data will be written in both disk 1 and 2, meaning one of them is used for data backup. Therefore, when problems arise in one disk, the entire system can still continue normal operation.

Furthermore, compared to the previous edition, which only supports Windows XP, the all-new Intel IAA 3.5 supports Windows XP Home and Professional Editions and Windows 2000 to deliver excellent flexibility and compatibility.

To enjoy better performance and data protection on ASUS motherboards, please click here ASUS download site to download Intel IAA 3.5 and the new BIOS.