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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.
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.
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......49 Security...50 Save & Exit...51 OC...52 M-FLASH...58 OC PROFILE...59 HARDWARE MONITOR 60 Software Description 61 Installing Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10 61 Installing Drivers 61 Installing Utilities 61 COMMAND CENTER 62 LIVE UPDATE 6 66 M-CLOUD...68 RAMDISK...71 NETWORK GENIE 72 Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility 74 RAID Configuration...
......49 Security...50 Save & Exit...51 OC...52 M-FLASH...58 OC PROFILE...59 HARDWARE MONITOR 60 Software Description 61 Installing Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10 61 Installing Drivers 61 Installing Utilities 61 COMMAND CENTER 62 LIVE UPDATE 6 66 M-CLOUD...68 RAMDISK...71 NETWORK GENIE 72 Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility 74 RAID Configuration...
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x 8.9 in . Hardware Monitor Form Factor BIOS Features Software MSI Exclusive Features Continued from previous page ●● CPU/System temperature detection ●● CPU/System fan speed detection ●● CPU/System fan speed ....5 cm) ●● 1x 128 Mb flash ●● UEFI AMI BIOS ●● ACPI 5.0, PnP 1.0a, SM BIOS 2.8 ●● Multi-language ●● Drivers ●● COMMAND CENTER ●● LIVE UPDATE 6 ●● FAST BOOT ●● SUPER CHARGER ●● M-CLOUD ●● RAMDISK ●● NETWORK...
x 8.9 in . Hardware Monitor Form Factor BIOS Features Software MSI Exclusive Features Continued from previous page ●● CPU/System temperature detection ●● CPU/System fan speed detection ●● CPU/System fan speed ....5 cm) ●● 1x 128 Mb flash ●● UEFI AMI BIOS ●● ACPI 5.0, PnP 1.0a, SM BIOS 2.8 ●● Multi-language ●● Drivers ●● COMMAND CENTER ●● LIVE UPDATE 6 ●● FAST BOOT ●● SUPER CHARGER ●● M-CLOUD ●● RAMDISK ●● NETWORK...
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... - toggles between profiles. ●● Advanced Settings - provides the mechanism to change the related options. Realtek HD Audio Manager After installing the Realtek HD Audio driver, the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon will pop up asking you to select a audio output source to deal with your computer. ●● Connector Settings...
... - toggles between profiles. ●● Advanced Settings - provides the mechanism to change the related options. Realtek HD Audio Manager After installing the Realtek HD Audio driver, the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon will pop up asking you to select a audio output source to deal with your computer. ●● Connector Settings...
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Updating the BIOS with Live Update 6 Before updating: Make sure the LAN driver is already installed and the internet connection is 100% completed, the system will reboot automatically. Select Manual scan. 3. icon to reboot the system and enter ...the flash mode. 4. Select the M-FLASH tab and click on Yes to download and install the latest BIOS 5. Updating BIOS: 1. Install and launch MSI LIVE UPDATE 6. 2. And then click Next and Start to enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Select the MB BIOS and click on Scan button. 4. Click...
Updating the BIOS with Live Update 6 Before updating: Make sure the LAN driver is already installed and the internet connection is 100% completed, the system will reboot automatically. Select Manual scan. 3. icon to reboot the system and enter ...the flash mode. 4. Select the M-FLASH tab and click on Yes to download and install the latest BIOS 5. Updating BIOS: 1. Install and launch MSI LIVE UPDATE 6. 2. And then click Next and Start to enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Select the MB BIOS and click on Scan button. 4. Click...
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... item appears when you set the Resume From S3/S4/S5 by PS/2 Keyboard to Hot Key. ▶▶Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Shows driver information and configuration of the ethernet controller parameter. BIOS Setup 49 Boot Sets the sequence of system boot devices. ▶▶Full Screen Logo Display...
... item appears when you set the Resume From S3/S4/S5 by PS/2 Keyboard to Hot Key. ▶▶Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Shows driver information and configuration of the ethernet controller parameter. BIOS Setup 49 Boot Sets the sequence of system boot devices. ▶▶Full Screen Logo Display...
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... 7/ 8.1/ 10 1. For windows 8.1/ 10, skip this step. Insert MSI® Driver Disc into your optical drive from CD or DVD... Click OK button to finish. 8. The installer will find and list all necessary drivers. 4. Press any key when screen shows Press any key to restart. ...installing Windows® 7. 5. Select your optical drive. 2. message. 8. The installer will automatically appear and it will automatically appear. 3. Insert MSI® Driver Disc into your optical drive. Insert the Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10 disc into Boot Menu. 6. Restart your USB Keyboard/ USB Mouse to...
... 7/ 8.1/ 10 1. For windows 8.1/ 10, skip this step. Insert MSI® Driver Disc into your optical drive from CD or DVD... Click OK button to finish. 8. The installer will find and list all necessary drivers. 4. Press any key when screen shows Press any key to restart. ...installing Windows® 7. 5. Select your optical drive. 2. message. 8. The installer will automatically appear and it will automatically appear. 3. Insert MSI® Driver Disc into your optical drive. Insert the Windows® 7/ 8.1/ 10 disc into Boot Menu. 6. Restart your USB Keyboard/ USB Mouse to...
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... follow the steps below: 1 2 4 5 3 66 Software Description shows the downloading history. ●● Setting - When you launch LIVE UPDATE 6, you don't need to search the drivers on the right of the system. displays the information of the item ●● History - Download Options Download List Scan / Download / Total Installer button System...panel. ●● Live Update - You can click the tab to update. ●● System Information - LIVE UPDATE 6 LIVE UPDATE 6 is an application for the MSI® system to update your system with LIVE UPDATE 6.
... follow the steps below: 1 2 4 5 3 66 Software Description shows the downloading history. ●● Setting - When you launch LIVE UPDATE 6, you don't need to search the drivers on the right of the system. displays the information of the item ●● History - Download Options Download List Scan / Download / Total Installer button System...panel. ●● Live Update - You can click the tab to update. ●● System Information - LIVE UPDATE 6 LIVE UPDATE 6 is an application for the MSI® system to update your system with LIVE UPDATE 6.
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... is connected to JFP1 pin header properly. ●● Verify the Clear CMOS jumper JBAT1 is no network ●● Make sure the network chipset driver has been installed. ●● Verify if the network cable is turned on. ●● Select different inputs on the motherboard rear IO panel.... working graphics card. The power is listed in Windows® Device Manager. ●● Connect the USB device to see if your USB drive driver has been installed. ●● Verify if USB device is on, but that will cause you to audio ports on the rear side, make ...
... is connected to JFP1 pin header properly. ●● Verify the Clear CMOS jumper JBAT1 is no network ●● Make sure the network chipset driver has been installed. ●● Verify if the network cable is turned on. ●● Select different inputs on the motherboard rear IO panel.... working graphics card. The power is listed in Windows® Device Manager. ●● Connect the USB device to see if your USB drive driver has been installed. ●● Verify if USB device is on, but that will cause you to audio ports on the rear side, make ...
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...'l Co.,Ltd. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. ●● Visit the MSI website for technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com ●● Register your place of Micro-Star Int'l Co.,Ltd. Revision History Version 1.0, 2015/... with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user guide, please contact your product at: http://register.msi.com Trademark Recognition All product names used in this document, but no guarantee is the intellectual property of purchase or local distributor.
...'l Co.,Ltd. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. ●● Visit the MSI website for technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com ●● Register your place of Micro-Star Int'l Co.,Ltd. Revision History Version 1.0, 2015/... with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user guide, please contact your product at: http://register.msi.com Trademark Recognition All product names used in this document, but no guarantee is the intellectual property of purchase or local distributor.