MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK Owner's manual

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Thank you for purchasing the MSI® MAG Z490 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 Z490 TOMAHAWK 󷿤󰷷

󷱋󽳼󶇌󵲫

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󳇟󹎯󰼴󲗏󴞸󳑃󱁜

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MSI® MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶

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

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

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

󼒦󺨮󺻎󻟶󼏦󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪲󻝪󺤖󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶

󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼

󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃

󱁜󲻥󲖢󷣨󹆺󶦥󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴

󳀹󱶛󳇟󳾩󳅸󲬆󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂

󵔼󳞴󲰱󲶳󸖣󸖱󳏽󶫟󶊭󱴫󽳼

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󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜

󰺯󳧧󱎦󲃹󰿪󲖡󷢷󷹪󵹂󳩀󴞹󵦝󱳇󳬨󰻌󷺇󳞺󸓲󳑃󱁜󰺯󷪤󹑼󴞹󵦝󷻀󱀮󵋁󲻤

󵔼󳇟󳩀󳅸󲬆󳪧󵋓󶣴󰷷󵔼󶕼󹑠󴒽󷪦󱯀󸻊󳏽󶫟󶕼󱴫󷪠󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󸖕󸓆󳈎󳑁

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HDD LED

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5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch

7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch

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RESET SW

POWER SW

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HDD LED

Connecting the Front Panel Header/

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󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󰸾󳾩󳪦󲖢󷢷󰸾󳪦

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󼐶󺙷󼚂󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂󳑈󰷷󹆺󴛆󳏾󹏫󸓺󳏾󵋓󴛆󳏾󲁦

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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

 ....................................................... 17

 ................................................................... 18

 ............................................................................ 18

 ................................................................................... 19

 ....................................................................... 21

 .................................. 22

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

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 ........................................................................ 24

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

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

 ........................................................... 26

 ........................................................................... 26

 ....................................................................... 27

 ........................................................................... 28

 ............................................ 29

Onboard LEDs ...................................................................................................... 30

 ....................................................................................................... 

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

Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 31

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

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

Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 

UEFI BIOS ............................................................................................................. 32

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

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

2

Contents

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

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

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

 .................................................................................................... 40

................................................................................................................ 41

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

 

 

 



Onboard Graphics

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



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



Multi-GPU  

Storage



 

 

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

 M2_1 slot supports 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage



 

 

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



M2_2 slot.



®



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



5

Specifications



RAID



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

storage devices

 

LAN

 

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

USB

 

 

panel

 

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



 

 



 

 

panel

Audio



 

 

Back Panel

Connectors

 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 5x audio jacks



6

Specifications



Internal Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

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



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

 

 

 

 1x front panel audio connector

 2x system panel connectors

 1x chassis intrusion connector

 

 

 

 1x TPM module connector

 

 



LED Features

 

 

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

Hardware Monitor

 

 

 

Form Factor

 

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

BIOS Features

 1x 256 Mb flash

 

 

 



7

Specifications



Software

 

 

 Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

 

 

 

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

 

Dragon Center

Features

 Gaming Mode

 Gaming Hotkey

 

 Mystic Light

 User Scenario

 



 

 Live Update

 

 Speed Up

 Smart Tool

 

Please refer to http://download.msi.



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Special Features

 

 

 Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



8

Specifications



 

 Mystic Light

 

 

 Mystic Light Sync

 

 

 Protection

 

 

 Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Experience

 

 

9

Package contents

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

Motherboard 

Documentation

User manual 1

Quick installation guide 1

Application  1

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

Accessories

 1

Product registration card 1

 1



Important

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

10

Rear I/O Panel





PS/2



















Audio Ports Configuration

Audio Ports

Channel

2 4 6 8

  

   

 

    

Mic In

Blank

Link/ Activity LED

Status Description

 No link





Linked

 

Speed LED

Status 2.5 Gbps LAN 1 Gbps LAN

 10 Mbps 󼸀

Green 100 Mbps / 1 Gbps 100 Mbps

 2.5 Gbps 1 Gbps

LAN Port LED Status Table

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