EZ Debug LED
These LEDs indicate the status of the motherboard.
CPU – indicates CPU is not detected or fail.
DRAM – indicates DRAM is not detected or fail.
VGA – indicates GPU is not detected or fail.
BOOT – indicates booting device is not detected or fail.
Installing OS, Drivers & MSI Center
Please download and update the latest utilities and drivers at www.msi.com
Installing Windows® 10
1. Power on the computer.
2. Insert the Windows® 10 installation disc/USB into your computer.
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.
5. Select the Windows® 10 installation disc/USB 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® 10.
Installing Drivers
1. Start up your computer in Windows® 10.
2. Insert MSI® Drive disc into the optical drive.
3. Click the Select to choose what happens with this disc pop-up notification, then select Run DVDSetup.exe to open the installer. If you turn off the AutoPlay feature from the
Windows Control Panel, you can still manually execute the DVDSetup.exe from the root path of the MSI Drive disc.
4. The installer will find and list all necessary drivers in the Drivers/Software tab.
5. Click the Install button in the lower-right corner of the window.
6. The drivers 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 Center
MSI Center is an application that helps you easily optimize game settings and smoothly use content creation softwares. It also allows you to control and synchronize LED light effects on
PCs and other MSI products. With MSI Center, you can customize ideal modes, monitor system performance, and adjust fan speed.
MSI Center User Guide
If you would like to know more information about MSI Center, please refer to MSICENTER [PDF] or scan the QR code to access it.
Important
Functions may vary depending on the product you have.
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UEFI BIOS
MSI UEFI BIOS is compatible with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) architecture. UEFI has many new functions and advantages that traditional BIOS cannot achieve, and it
will completely replace BIOS in the future. The MSI UEFI BIOS uses UEFI as the default boot mode to take full advantage of the new chipset’s capabilities.
Important
The term BIOS in this user guide refers to UEFI BIOS unless otherwise noted.
UEFI advantages
Fast booting – UEFI can directly boot the operating system and save the BIOS selftest process. And also eliminates the time to switch to CSM mode during POST.
Supports for hard drive partitions larger than 2 TB.
Supports more than 4 primary partitions with a GUID Partition Table (GPT).
Supports unlimited number of partitions. Supports full capabilities of new devices – new devices may not provide backward compatibility.
Supports secure startup – UEFI can check the validity of the operating system to ensure that no malware tampers with the startup process.
Incompatible UEFI cases
32-bit Windows operating system – this motherboard supports only 64-bit Windows 10 operating system.
Older graphics card – the system will detect your graphics card. When display a warning message There is no GOP (Graphics Output protocol) support detected in this graphics
card.
Important
We recommend that you to replace with a GOP/UEFI compatible graphics card or using integrated graphics from CPU for having normal function. How to check the BIOS mode?
1. Power on your computer.
2. Press Delete key, when the Press DEL key to enter Setup Menu, F11 to enter Boot Menu message appears on the screen during the boot process.
3. After entering the BIOS, you can check the BIOS Mode at the top of the screen.
BIOS Mode: UEFI
BIOS Setup
The default settings offer the optimal performance for system stability in normal conditions. You should always keep the default settings to avoid possible system damage or failure
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