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User Manual - Page 1
Check to make sure your motherboard box contains the following items. If something is missing, contact your dealer as soon as possible. Motherboard
Drivers & Utilities Disc
Motherboard User Guide
I/O Shield
SATA Cable x6
Unpacking 1
Unpacking
Thank you for buying the MSI® Z170-A PRO motherboard.
User Manual - Page 13
... Start...3 Preparing Tools and Components 3 Installing a Processor 4 Installing DDR4 memory 5 Connecting the Front Panel Header 6 Installing the Motherboard 7 Installing SATA Drives 8 Installing a Graphics Card 9 Connecting Peripheral Devices 10 Connecting the Power Connectors 11 Power On...12
Specifications...15
Block Diagram ...19
Rear I/O Panel...20 LAN Port LED Status Table 20 Audio...
User Manual - Page 15
... for Intel
Core™ processors
* SATA1~2 ports will be unavailable when installing the M.2 PCIe interface module in M.2 slot. Specifications
CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slots Onboard Graphics Multi-GPU
Storage
Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
Intel® Z170 Chipset
●● 4x...
User Manual - Page 16
... connector ●● 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector ●● 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors ●● 2x SATAe connectors ●● 2x USB 2.0 connector (supports additional 4 USB 2.0
ports) ●● 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB
3.1 Gen1 ports) ●● 2x 4-pin CPU fan connectors ●● 3x 3-pin system fan connectors ●● 1x...
User Manual - Page 24
... CPU Socket
25
DIMM Slots
26
Debug LED indicators
37
Front Audio Connector
33
Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) Jumper
36
Chassis Intrusion Connector
37
Serial Port Connector
35
Front Panel Connectors
30
Parallel Port Connector
35
Power Connectors
31
TPM Module Connector
36
USB 2.0 Connectors
32
USB 3.1 Gen1 Connectors
32
M.2 Slot
29
PCIe Expansion Slots
27
SATA...
User Manual - Page 36
...of Components Plug the power cord and power on the motherboard to save system configuration data. Please refer to the TPM security platform manual for more details and usages.
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1
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1...power cord 2. If you want to clear the system configuration, set the jumpers to default values 1. Keep Data (default)
Clear CMOS/ Reset BIOS
Resetting BIOS to clear the CMOS memory. Use a jumper cap to...
User Manual - Page 39
...motherboard model from MSI website. Updating the BIOS with clear CMOS button.)
Important
Please refer to the Clear CMOS jumper/ button section for the motherboard
with Live Update 6 Before updating: Make sure the LAN driver is already installed and the internet connection is 100% completed, the system will restart automatically.
After the flashing process is set properly. Updating...
User Manual - Page 45
... hot plug support for the SATA ports. [Disabled] Disables hot plug support for the SATA ports.
▶▶HD Audio Controller [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard High Definition Audio controller.
▶▶HPET [Enabled] Enables or disables the HPET (High Precision Event Timers) support.
▶▶Integrated Graphics Configuration
Adjusts integrated graphics settings for the...
User Manual - Page 50
... installation requirement. You will confirm the password is enabled. [UEFI] Enables UEFI BIOS boot mode support only. [LEGACY+UEFI] Enables both Legacy BIOS boot mode and UEFI BIOS boot
mode.
▶▶FIXED BOOT ORDER Priorities Sets device priority for system security. Once the password is set password. [Enabled] The password will be erased after clear CMOS. [Disabled] The password...
User Manual - Page 53
... this value. is not guaranteed. Please note that supporting X.M.P. This item will be configured automatically by BIOS.
[Enabled] All CPU cores would be available when the memory modules that overclocking behavior and stability is installed.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
▶▶CPU Base Clock (MHz) [Default]
Sets the CPU Base clock.
The valid value range depends on the...
User Manual - Page 54
... Technology Support
Press to enter the sub-menu. User can set it manually.
▶▶CPU Specifications
Press to load the default settings.)
▶▶CPU Voltages control [Auto]
These options allows you can set it occurs, please clear the CMOS data and restore the default settings. (Refer to the Clear CMOS jumper/ button section to clear the CMOS data, and enter the BIOS...
User Manual - Page 58
... into your USB flash drive. Click on Yes to update BIOS with a USB flash drive. Select a BIOS file to update BIOS. 1. Insert the USB flash drive that matches your motherboard model from MSI website, save the BIOS file into the computer. 2. And then follow the steps below to perform the BIOS update process. 5. Click on M-FLASH tab, a demand message will appear...
User Manual - Page 74
... these features.
●● System Table - The system graphs update live as changes are detected in manual tuning. analyzes and compares your overclocking strategy in a free form.
▶▶Stress Test - displays the controls for changing the system settings in the system. Tuning Controls
Views Settings Help
Navigation
System Table
System Graphs
●● Views...
User Manual - Page 80
... lose all memory modules and try to go over troubleshooting guide first to a
electrical outlet securely.
●● Make sure the monitor is not working speaker or headphone.
Lost BIOS password ●● Clear the CMOS, but no network ●● Make sure the network chipset driver
has been installed. ●● Verify if the network cable is...
User Manual - Page 84
...Technical Support
If a problem arises...manual are the properties of their respective owners and are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to the correctness of this document is given as to make changes without notice. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. ●● Visit the MSI website for technical guide, BIOS
updates, driver updates...
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