MSI 7C81, MAG B460 TOMAHAWK Owner's manual

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󲭡MAG B460 TOMAHAWK 󷿤󰷷
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MSI® MAG B460 TOMAHAWK󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶
󻳆󻋒󻋖󻬢󻙮󺟦󼑆󼨺󼚂󺻎󻙶󼎪󼪪󺟦󻅻󻇧󻬢󺡒󼪮󺣂󺿺󺠶󻳆󻬆󺍊󺳺󺉎󻳎󻋒
󺣂󺿺󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󻵮󺉇󼪪󺈲󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶󼲆󺡒󻵖󼮦󺭢󺟦󼘮󻍦󺼑󻲪󻱋󻍞󺳎󻰂󻵒󺻎
󼜇󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪮󼰖󻙶󼎪󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󺅢󻘓󼪪󻠮󺎂󻅦󺳟󺠚󺠶󺭢󺟦
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󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤MAG B460 TOMAHAWK󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃
󱁜󲻥󲖢󷣨󹆺󶦥󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴
󳀹󱶛󳇟󳾩󳅸󲬆󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂
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󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌MAG B460 TOMAHAWK󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜
󰺯󳧧󱎦󲃹󰿪󲖡󷢷󷹪󵹂󳩀󴞹󵦝󱳇󳬨󰻌󷺇󳞺󸓲󳑃󱁜󰺯󷪤󹑼󴞹󵦝󷻀󱀮󵋁󲻤
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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
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 ............................................................. 21
 ............................................................................. 22
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 ....................................................................... 24
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 .............................................................................. 25
 ....................................................................................................... 26
 ................................................................................... 26
 ............................................................................. 27
 ............................................ 28
Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 29
 ......................................................................................... 29
 .................................................................................................. 29
Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 29
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Contents
UEFI BIOS ............................................................................................................. 30
 ............................................................................................................ 
 ............................................................................................. 
 ...................................................................................................... 
 ....................................................................................................... 
 ................................................................................................................ 
 .................................................................................................... 
................................................................................................................ 
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Safety Information
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.
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Specifications
Specifications
CPU




Chipset 
Memory









Expansion Slot

mode




Onboard Graphics




Audio



LAN



5
Specifications

Storage







Intel®
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel





RAID


storage devices
USB

Gbps 


Gbps port 




port on the back
panel

6
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.

pdf for more details.

8
Specifications

Special Features


Network







Mystic Light




Performance




Protection


Experience


9
Package contents
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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