MSI B150A GAMING PRO Owner's manual

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Quick Start

Thank you for purchasing the MSI

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H170A GAMING PRO/ B150A

GAMING PRO 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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H170A GAMING PRO/ B150A GAMING PRO

󴙇󰞚󴐰

󳛔󳑛󱽉󲙥󱂃

󱵂󴢙󳛔󳑛󱯛󵆖󰡨󱔯󲢤

󱵠󰤫󳑿󲂻

󲂼󲂈󴎨󴢙󴌷

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󹹳󹃢󹻾󺃶

MSI

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H170A GAMING PRO/ B150A GAMING PRO 󸬊󹠮󸶪󸖒󸨲

󹇖󺆓󺘪󹦲󹈊󹇒󷳆󹅢󺘟󸍾󸎚󹠪󸸶󸸺󹚆󹇒󸍊󹾪󺖞󺇦󸨲󹇚󹼎󺘎󸍊󸳟󸵋󹚆

󸎶󺘒󸐦󸭞󸎚󹠪󹙪󷺮󸡞󷶲󹠲󸸶󸐦󸭞󸒏󹚷󹅷󹟺󹣒󷶫󺘎󷶖󹠾󹍫󸍾󸎚

󺟪󸎶󹢺󺜊󸛆󸍊󺆒󸻊󸩵󹠎󹞯󸻂󸠲󹝦󹢶󸨲󺉫󺘎󹚢󹚆󸩷󺄢󺘒󺝺󹇚󹼎

󸒏󹚷󹅷󹟺󷳆󹅷󺘎󹎒󷻦󸳊󸡃󸍾󸎚󸛆󸍊󺀊󸖒󸨲󹍚󹽊󺘎󹚢󹚆

󸩷󺄢󺘖󹋎󸑺󹠾󹍫󸍾󸎚

󱭦󷠚󱹺󶾗

󱪯󶛑󱨸󴚌󴙇

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H170A GAMING PRO/ B150A GAMING PRO 󰟋󶂭

󲄏󲂼󱥻󶝷󱲗󵻴󶌑󶌧󱵠󰤫󱨸󵸹󶘣󵂋󶑡󳀔󳋊󳕔󱂦󴍳󰃩󵲿󱵠󰤫󶞻󰮖󶍵󰢆󳀔

󵸹󶘣󳋊󳕔󵼌󲯗󰃸󶚫󱨸󰡵󲀊󵽍󱄛󱯛󶂭󱮦󱠃󲄏󳀔󶆌󶙓󵦁󶝻󰞚󶎚󱃐󶝾󴇜

󶙕󳂛󱨸󰟯󰵿󶦶󵨷󵾨 󳀔󶀁󱢟󱥻󴦯󴦳󵾠󶒎󶎚󱃐

󱭦󴫎󵪿󵂆

󱪯󴖲󱨸󴚽󰠀

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H170A GAMING PRO/ B150A GAMING PRO 󰟋

󶸮󲂼󱥻󴦯󶨥󴽸󶞻󰮖󱵠󰤫󰠖󲂙󰬃󱌒󰣥󵸹󷝚󴔱󳔧󲃊󶅠󳋊󱂎󲅠󰠫󴕎󶀃󴥨

󱵠󰤫󰠖󴍖󵈡󶅠󳋊󴖇󰤏󲺸󱨸󳀔󱯛󲃊󱮦󱠃󶸮󲻅󳪡󰞚󳀔󳣡󵈅󲛟󴍘󵦁󴺎󵾠󶒎

󳣡󱃐󴍒󳂛󱨸󰟯󰵿󶦶󴦪󴥗󱯻󱵟󳆑󴺎󵾠󵴹

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󱜕󴎙󴄓󲼡󱈆󶻜󶟴󱒘󲼡󱈆

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http://youtu.be/T03aDrJPyQs

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Connecting the Front Panel Header/

󰍬󰎄󰎊󰍟󰍨󰍤󰎂󰍯󰍚󰍗󰎓󰌋󱼗󳢃󹙂󸢲󺅦󷽎󹴢󷽣󹽮󹐮󷫮󺎖󷱮

󴫒󷁃󰷲󷒙󵇾󲋠󴲅󳱍󴪐󷁃󰷲󷒙󵇾󵻈󷁃󱓇

http://youtu.be/DPELIdVNZUI

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JFP1

1 HDD LED + 2 Power LED +

3 HDD LED - 4 Power LED -

5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch

7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch

9 Reserved 10 No Pin

RESET SW

POWER SW

POWER LED+

POWER LED-

HDD LED

RESET SW

JFP1

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http://youtu.be/RZsMpqxythc

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󷰶󸗖󺍻󹲲󸌚󸽢󹲖󺎖󷱮󱜕󴎙󵌉󳐲󰼃󶻜󶟴󲆤󵬖

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󹙂󹔎󹴢󷽣󹽮󹐮󷫮󺎖󷱮󱽄󰦾󵆗󲧎󱼗󵋈󴪐󷁃󳀹󲧎󷁃󱓇

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Contents

Safety Information ...................................................................................................2

Specifications ..........................................................................................................3

Rear I/O Panel ..........................................................................................................8

LAN Port LED Status Table ................................................................................. 8

 .................................................................................... 8

Overview of Components ....................................................................................10

 ....................................................................................................... 11

DIMM Slots ........................................................................................................ 12

 ......................................... 13

 .................................................................. 14

 ............................................................................... 14

 ........................................................................... 15

 ......................................................................... 15

 .............................................................................. 16

 ..................................................................... 16

 ....................................................................... 17

 .......................................................................... 17

 ......................................................................... 17

 .................................................... 18

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

 .................................................................... 19

 ...................................................... 20

EZ Debug LED: Debug LED indicators ............................................................. 20

BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................21

Entering BIOS Setup ......................................................................................... 21

Resetting BIOS .................................................................................................. 22

Updating BIOS ................................................................................................... 22

EZ Mode ............................................................................................................ 23

Advanced Mode ................................................................................................ 25

 ........................................................................................................... 26

Software Description ............................................................................................32

Installing Windows

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Installing Drivers ................................................................................................ 32

Installing Utilities ................................................................................................ 32

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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.

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

handling the motherboard to prevent electrostatic damage. If an ESD wrist strap is

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

before handling the motherboard.

 Store the motherboard in an electrostatic shielding container or on an anti-static pad

whenever the motherboard is not installed.

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

components on the motherboard or anywhere within the computer case.

 Do not boot the computer before installation is completed. This could cause

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

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

technician.

 Always turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord from the power outlet

before installing or removing any computer component.

 Keep this user guide for future reference.

 Keep this motherboard away from humidity.

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

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

 Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it. Do not place

anything over the power cord.

 All cautions and warnings on the motherboard should be noted.

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

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.

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

damage the motherboard.

3



Specifications



Supports 6th Gen Intel

®



™



®

Pentium

®



®

processors for Socket LGA1151



Intel

®



Intel

®



Memory

 

 Supports DDR4 2133 MHz

 Dual channel memory architecture

 

 Supports Intel

®



Expansion Slots

 

 

 



slot is installed a device.

Onboard Graphics

 1x HDMI

™





 

1920x1200@60Hz

Multi-GPU  Supports 2-Way AMD

®



™

Technology

Storage

Intel

®



 

 

 



 Supports Intel

®

Smart Response Technology for Intel



™





SATAs.



USB

 ASMedia

®



 

the back panel

 Intel

®



 





 

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





4





Audio

 Realtek

®



 

 Supports S/PDIF output

LAN 1x Intel

®

I219-V Gigabit LAN controller

Back Panel



 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port

 2x USB 2.0 ports

 1x DVI-D port

 1x HDMI

™

port

 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 ports

 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports

 

 1x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector

 



 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

 1x SATAe connector

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



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



 

 3x 4-pin system fan connectors

 1x Front panel audio connector

 2x Front panel connectors

 1x TPM module connector

 

 

 1x Serial port connector

 1x Parallel port connector

 

Hardware Monitor

 

 

 



5





Form Factor

 ATX Form Factor

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

BIOS Features

 1x 128 Mb flash

 UEFI AMI BIOS

 

 Multi-language

Software

 Drivers

 

 LIVE UPDATE 6

 FAST BOOT

 

 GAMING APP

 

 RAMDISK

 Intel

®

Small Business Advantage

 GAMING LAN MANAGER

 Open Broadcaster Software

 Intel

®

Extreme Tuning Utility

 Norton

™

Internet Security Solution

 

™



 SteelSeries Engine 3

 



6





Performance

GAMING Features

 

 

 8 LED Effects

 AUDIO BOOST 3

 

 EMI Shielding

 Dual Headphone Amplifiers

 

 

 GAMING LAN

 Intel I219-V Gigabit Ethernet

 MSI Network Manager

 EMI Shielding

 Electric Wave Surge

 GAMING APP

 

 Gaming Hotkey

 Gaming Mouse Master

 

 

 Open Broadcaster Software

 

 

 Unlimited number of scenes and sources.

 

Hitbox and more.



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



MSI Exclusive

Features

 

 EZ Mode & Advanced Mode Switching

 Board Explorer

 Hardware Monitor

 

 

 

 ESD Protection

 EMI Protection

 Humidity Protection

 

 High Temperature Protection

 

 

 System Monitor

 

 RAM DISK

 LIVE UPDATE 6

 

 

 EZ Debug LED

Specification

Highlights

 DDR4 Boost Support

 

 

 DDR4 XMP Ready

  3.0 Support

 

TM

Support

 USB 3.1 Gen2 Ready

 USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Ready

 SATA Express Support

 

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Rear I/O Panel

DVI-D

Rear I/O Panel

PS/2

LAN

USB 3.1 Gen2

USB 3.1 Gen1

Audio Ports

USB 2.0

Optical S/PDIF-Out

Link/ Activity LED

Status Description

Off No link

Yellow Linked

Blinking Data activity

Speed LED

Status Description

Off 10 Mbps connection

Green 100 Mbps connection

Orange 1 Gbps connection

LAN Port LED Status Table

Audio Ports Configuration

Audio Ports



2 4 6 8

  

Rear Speaker Out   

Line-In/ Side Speaker Out 

Line-Out/ Front Speaker Out    

Mic In

Blank

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Rear I/O Panel

AUDIO INPUT

Rear Front

Side Center/

Subwoofer

Audio jacks to headphone and microphone diagram

Audio jacks to stereo speakers diagram

Audio jacks to 7.1-channel speakers diagram

AUDIO INPUT

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Overview of Components







JPWR2















DIMM1

SYSFAN3

SYSFAN1

DIMM2

DIMM3

DIMM4

JUSB1

JLPT1



SYSFAN2

JFP1

JFP2



JAUD1

JTPM1

JPWR1

JUSB2

SE1_21

SATA6

SATA5

SATA3

SATA4



JBAT1



EZ Debug LED

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