MSI 7C81 Owner's manual

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Thank you for purchasing the MSI® MAG B460 TOMAHAWK

motherboard. This Quick Start section provides demonstration

diagrams about how to install your computer. Some of the

installations also provide video demonstrations. Please link to the

URL to watch it with the web browser on your phone or tablet. You

may have even link to the URL by scanning the QR code.

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󲭡MAG B460 TOMAHAWK 󷿤󰷷

󷱋󽳼󶇌󵲫

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󳇟󹎯󰼴󲗏󴞸󳑃󱁜

󵳱󳨧󳨨󳧉󷬼󸍽󷩲

󱍗󱝯󴰕󹎩

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MSI® MAG B460 TOMAHAWK󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶

󻳆󻋒󻋖󻬢󻙮󺟦󼑆󼨺󼚂󺻎󻙶󼎪󼪪󺟦󻅻󻇧󻬢󺡒󼪮󺣂󺿺󺠶󻳆󻬆󺍊󺳺󺉎󻳎󻋒

󺣂󺿺󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󻵮󺉇󼪪󺈲󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶󼲆󺡒󻵖󼮦󺭢󺟦󼘮󻍦󺼑󻲪󻱋󻍞󺳎󻰂󻵒󺻎

󼜇󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪮󼰖󻙶󼎪󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󺅢󻘓󼪪󻠮󺎂󻅦󺳟󺠚󺠶󺭢󺟦

󼒦󺨮󺻎󻟶󼏦󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪲󻝪󺤖󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶

󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼

󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤MAG B460 TOMAHAWK󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃

󱁜󲻥󲖢󷣨󹆺󶦥󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴

󳀹󱶛󳇟󳾩󳅸󲬆󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂

󵔼󳞴󲰱󲶳󸖣󸖱󳏽󶫟󶊭󱴫󽳼

󲶴󸖤󱎉󸿺

󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌MAG B460 TOMAHAWK󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜

󰺯󳧧󱎦󲃹󰿪󲖡󷢷󷹪󵹂󳩀󴞹󵦝󱳇󳬨󰻌󷺇󳞺󸓲󳑃󱁜󰺯󷪤󹑼󴞹󵦝󷻀󱀮󵋁󲻤

󵔼󳇟󳩀󳅸󲬆󳪧󵋓󶣴󰷷󵔼󶕼󹑠󴒽󷪦󱯀󸻊󳏽󶫟󶕼󱴫󷪠󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󸖕󸓆󳈎󳑁

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HDD LED

RESET SW

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Power Switch

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5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch

7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch

9 Reserved 10 No Pin

RESET SW

POWER SW

POWER LED+

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HDD LED

Connecting the Front Panel Header/

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Contents

Safety Information ................................................................................................. 3

Specifications ......................................................................................................... 4

Package contents .................................................................................................. 9

Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 10

 .................................................................................. 10

 .................................................................................... 10

 ......................................................................................... 11

Overview of Components .................................................................................... 13

 ........................................................................................................... 14

 ............................................................................................................ 15

 .......................................................................... 16

 ....................................................................... 16

 ................................................................................... 17

 ................................................................... 19

 ............................................................................ 19

 ....................................................... 20

 ................................................. 21

 ............................................................. 21

 ............................................................................. 22

 ........................................................................... 22

 .................................. 

 ....................................................................... 24

 ........................................................... 25

 ...................................................... 25

 .............................................................................. 25

 ....................................................................................................... 26

 ................................................................................... 26

 ............................................................................. 27

 ............................................ 28

Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 29

 ......................................................................................... 29

 .................................................................................................. 29

Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 29

2

Contents

UEFI BIOS ............................................................................................................. 30

 ............................................................................................................ 

 ............................................................................................. 

 ...................................................................................................... 

 ....................................................................................................... 

 ................................................................................................................ 

 .................................................................................................... 

................................................................................................................ 

3

Safety Information

 The components included in this package are prone to damage from electrostatic



computer assembly.

 Ensure that all components are securely connected. Loose connections may cause

the computer to not recognize a component or fail to start.

 Hold the motherboard by the edges to avoid touching sensitive components.

 





before handling the motherboard.

 

pad whenever the motherboard is not installed.

 

components on the motherboard or anywhere within the computer case.

 

permanent damage to the components as well as injury to the user.

 

technician.

 

before installing or removing any computer component.

 

 

 Make sure that your electrical outlet provides the same voltage as is indicated on



 

anything over the power cord.

 

 

personnel:

 Liquid has penetrated into the computer.

 The motherboard has been exposed to moisture.

 The motherboard does not work well or you can not get it work according to user

guide.

 The motherboard has been dropped and damaged.

 The motherboard has obvious sign of breakage.

 

the motherboard.

4

Specifications

CPU









Chipset 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Expansion Slot

 

mode

 



 



Onboard Graphics

 



 



Audio

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 

 

LAN

 

 



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

Storage



 

 

 



 



 Intel®

 Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel











RAID

 

 

storage devices

USB

 

 Gbps 





 Gbps port 



 



 

 port on the back

panel



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Specifications



Back Panel

Connectors

 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 2x System panel connectors

 

 

 

 1xTPM module connector

 

 

 



LED Features

 

 



7

Specifications



I/O Controller 

Hardware Monitor

 

 

 

Form Factor

 

 

BIOS Features

 1x 128 Mb flash

 

 

 

Software

 

 

 

 

 

 Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility

 

 

Dragon Center

Features

 Gaming Mode

 Gaming Hotkey

 

 Mystic Light

 User Scenario

 Hardware Monitor

 

 Live Update

 

 Speed Up

 Smart Tool

 

Please refer to http://download.msi.



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

8

Specifications



Special Features

 

 

 Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mystic Light

 

 

 

 

 Performance

 

 

 

 

 Protection

 

 

 Experience

 

 

9

Package contents

Please check the contents of your motherboard package. It should contain:

Motherboard 

Cable  1

Accessories

 1

 1

Product registration card 1

Application  1

Documentation

User manual 1

Quick installation guide 1



Important



10

Rear I/O Panel

Audio Ports Configuration

Rear I/O Panel





















Link/ Activity LED

Status Description

 No link

Yellow Linked

 

Speed LED

Status 1 Gbps LAN 2.5 Gbps LAN

 10 Mbps 10 Mbps

Green

100 Mbps/

1 Gbps

100 Mbps/

1 Gbps

  2.5 Gbps

LAN Port LED Status Table

Audio Ports

Channel

2 4 6 8

  

   

 

    

Mic In

Blank





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