MSI 970A User Manual

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Software Description
Software Description
Installing Windows
®
7/ 8.1/ 10
1. Power on the computer.
2. Insert the Windows
®
7/ 8.1/ 10 disc into your optical drive.
3. Press the Restart button on the computer case.
4. Press F11 key during the computer POST (Power-On Self Test) to get into Boot
Menu.
Note: It is suggested to plug in your USB Keyboard/ USB Mouse to the leftmost
USB port when installing Windows
®
7.
5. Select your optical drive from the Boot Menu.
6. Press any key when screen shows Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...
message.
7. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Windows
®
7/ 8.1/ 10.
Installing Drivers
1. Start up your computer in Windows
®
7/ 8.1/ 10.
2. Insert MSI
®
Driver Disc into your optical drive.
3. The installer will automatically appear and it will find and list all necessary
drivers.
4. Click Install button.
5. The software installation will then be in progress, after it has finished it will
prompt you to restart.
6. Click OK button to finish.
7. Restart your computer.
Installing Utilities
Before you install utilities, you must complete drivers installation.
1. Insert MSI
®
Driver Disc into your optical drive.
2. The installer will automatically appear.
3. Click Utilities tab.
4. Select the utilities you want to install.
5. Click Install button.
6. The utilities installation will then be in progress, after it has finished it will prompt
you to restart.
7. Click OK button to finish.
8. Restart your computer.

MSI 970A Specifications

General

Socket	AM3+
Form Factor	ATX
Maximum Memory	32GB
PCI Slots	2
SATA Ports	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
Chipset	AMD 970
Memory Slots	4
Memory Standard	DDR3
PCIe Slots	2 x PCIe 2.0 x16
Audio	Realtek
LAN	Realtek RTL8111E
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10