MSI Z270 GAMING M7 Owner's manual

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Quick Start

Thank you for purchasing the MSI

®

Z270 GAMING M7 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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Z270 GAMING M7 󺼣󻱇󻇃󺦫󺹋 󻗯󼖬󼩃󻷋󻘣󻗫 󺃟󻕻󼨸󺞗󺞳. 󻱃

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Z270 GAMING M7󰶻󳼦󳨣󽴸󳦦󲴱󸔡󳉹󲮹󵱏󵸐󳏀󰿙󲹢󲔟

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Z270 GAMING M7 󰶻󳨤󳦦󲴰󸔠󱌇󸽷󸛉󱐕󳏀󰿙󰸬󳥤󱌣

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󳃵󲪃󳨤󵉐󶡱󰵴󵒹󶓹󹏝󴐺󷨣󱬽󸹇󳍺󶩜󶓹󱲨󷨝󵖐󲹡󰷳󱜴󰻅󸔒󸑃󳆋󳎾QR󵜧

󸹇󳍺󱑍URL

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Quick Start

http://youtu.be/bf5La099urI

Installing a Processor/ CPU󱜋󰺱/ 󼧓󺴫󻘇󻗫 󻗳󼌧󼨧󺋿/

󲔟󷡥󷐗󵀛󱬽/ 󲔞󷠴󱾆󵀛󱬽

Youtube

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http://v.youku.com/v_show/

id_XNDkyOTY1NjQ0.html

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Quick Start

Installing DDR4 memory/ DDR4󱜋󰺱/

DDR4 󺼣󺽷󺹻 󻗳󼌧󼨧󺋿/ 󲔟󷡥 DDR4 󷪺󳁋󹠔/ 󲔞󷠴 DDR4 󱌼󲒹

http://youtu.be/T03aDrJPyQs

Youtube

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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyMTI5ODI4.html

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DIMMA2 DIMMA2

DIMMA1

DIMMB2 DIMMB2 DIMMB2

DIMMB1

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Quick Start

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

HDD LED

HDD LED -

HDD LED +

POWER LED -

POWER LED +

POWER LED

Youtube

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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjcyMTczMzM2.html

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Quick Start

Installing the Motherboard/ 󱜋󰺱/

󺼣󻱇󻇃󺦫 󻗳󼌧󼨧󺋿/ 󲔟󷡥󰶻󳼦󳨣/ 󲔞󷠴󰶻󳨤

BAT1

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VI

Quick Start

Installing SATA Drives/ SATA󱜋󰺱/

SATA 󺦫󺱋󻱃󻋛 󻗳󼌧󼨧󺋿/ 󲔟󷡥 SATA 󵡃󵠉󳼦/ 󲔞󷠴 SATA 󷸄󱾋

http://youtu.be/RZsMpqxythc

http://v.youku.com/v_show/

id_XNDkzODU5MTky.html

Youtube

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VII

Quick Start

Installing a Graphics Card/ 󱜋󰺱/

󺋇󺱧󼨌 󼍃󺦫 󻗳󼌧󼨧󺋿 / 󲔟󷡥󹏐󵤛󱙔/ 󲔞󷠴󳠒󱙔

http://youtu.be/mG0GZpr9w_A

http://v.youku.com/v_show/

id_XNDkyOTc3MzQ4.html

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Quick Start

Connecting Peripheral Devices/ 󱟰󸐠󳼤󱬼󳍹󶇳/

󻷋󻆏 󻱴󼌧 󻪿󺅿󼨧󺋿/ 󸔯󳍻󱟱󸘺󷫥󱆕/ 󸑷󳍺󱾫󱰶󷸄󱾋

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Quick Start

Connecting the Power Connectors/ 󹄶󴙂󳍹󶇳/ 󻳓󻮟

󼎳󺗴󼗿 󻪿󺅿󼨧󺋿/ 󳏅󰵴󹄷󴙃󳍻󹍨/ 󸑷󳍺󵉐󴙃󳍺󱿣

http://youtu.be/gkDYyR_83I4 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDkzODU0MDQw.html

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ATX_PWR1

CPU_PWR1

CPU_PWR2

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Quick Start

Power On/ 󸔑󹄶/ 󻳓󻮟 󼏫󺋿/ 󱥭󱕜󹄷󴙃/ 󲮔󳦽

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Contents

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

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

Rear I/O Panel ....................................................................................................... 9

LAN Port LED Status Table..................................................................................... 9

Audio Ports Configuration ...................................................................................... 9

Realtek HD Audio Manager .................................................................................. 10

Overview of Components .................................................................................... 12

CPU Socket ........................................................................................................... 13

DIMM Slots ............................................................................................................ 14

PCI_E1~6: PCIe Expansion Slots .......................................................................... 15

U2_1: U.2 Connector ............................................................................................. 16

M2_1~3: M.2 Slots (Key M) ................................................................................... 17

SATA1~6: SATA 6Gb/s Connectors ....................................................................... 18

CPU_PWR1~2, ATX_PWR1: Power Connectors ................................................... 20

JUSB4~5: USB 2.0 Connectors ............................................................................. 21

JUSB1, JUSB3: USB 3.1 Gen1 Connectors........................................................... 21

JUSB2: USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Connector ............................................................. 22

JFP1, JFP2: Front Panel Connectors ................................................................... 23

JAUD1: Front Audio Connector ............................................................................ 23

CPU_FAN1, PUMP_FAN1, SYS_FAN1~4: Fan Connectors ................................... 24

JCI1: Chassis Intrusion Connector ....................................................................... 25

JLED1: RGB LED connector ................................................................................. 26

FLASHB1: BIOS FLASHBACK+ Button ................................................................. 26

POWER1, RESET1: Power Button, Reset Button ................................................. 27

JBAT1: Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) Jumper ........................................................... 27

OC1: GAME BOOST Knob ..................................................................................... 28

OC_RT1: OC Retry Jumper ................................................................................... 29

OC_FS1: OC Force Enter BIOS Jumper ............................................................... 29

JSLOW1: Slow Mode Booting Jumper .................................................................. 30

JLN1: Low Temperature Booting Jumper ............................................................ 30

JDISCH1: Discharge Jumper ................................................................................ 30

Onboard LEDs ...................................................................................................... 31

EZ Debug LEDs ..................................................................................................... 31

DIMM LEDs ........................................................................................................... 31

XMP LED ............................................................................................................... 31

Fan LEDs ............................................................................................................... 32

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Contents

BIOS FLASHBACK+ LED ....................................................................................... 32

GAME BOOST LEDs .............................................................................................. 32

PCIe x16 slot LEDs................................................................................................ 33

Debug Code LED ................................................................................................... 33

Debug Code LED Table ......................................................................................... 34

ACPI States Codes ................................................................................................ 36

CPU Temperature ................................................................................................. 36

BIOS Setup ........................................................................................................... 37

Entering BIOS Setup ............................................................................................. 37

Resetting BIOS ...................................................................................................... 38

Updating BIOS ....................................................................................................... 38

EZ Mode ................................................................................................................ 40

Advanced Mode .................................................................................................... 42

OC Menu................................................................................................................ 43

Software Description ........................................................................................... 52

Installing Windows

®

7/ 8.1/ 10.............................................................................. 52

Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 52

Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 52

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Safety Information

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

discharge (ESD). Please adhere to the following instructions to ensure successful

computer assembly.

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

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

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

y It is recommended to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when

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

is not available, discharge yourself of static electricity by touching another metal

object before handling the motherboard.

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

pad whenever the motherboard is not installed.

y Before turning on the computer, ensure that there are no loose screws or metal

components on the motherboard or anywhere within the computer case.

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

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

y If you need help during any installation step, please consult a certified computer

technician.

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

before installing or removing any computer component.

y Keep this user guide for future reference.

y Keep this motherboard away from humidity.

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

the PSU, before connecting the PSU to the electrical outlet.

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

anything over the power cord.

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

y If any of the following situations arises, get the motherboard checked by service

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.

y Do not leave this motherboard in an environment above 60C (140F), it may damage

the motherboard.

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Speciﬁcations

Specifications

CPU

y Supports 7th/6th Gen Intel

®

Core

™

i3/i5/i7 processors,

and Intel

®

Pentium

®

and Celeron

®

processors for Socket

LGA1151

Chipset Intel

®

Z270 Chipset

Memory

y 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB

 7th Gen processors support DDR4 4000(OC)/ 3800(OC)/

3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/

2133 MHz*

 6th Gen processors support DDR4 3600(OC)/ 3200(OC)/

3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2133 MHz*

y Dual channel memory architecture

y Supports Intel

®

Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

*Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.

Expansion Slots

y 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0/x0, x8/x8/x0, x8/x4/x4

modes)

y 3x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

Onboard Graphics

y 1x HDMI

™

port, supports a maximum resolution of

4096x2160@30Hz(7th Gen CPU), 4096x2160@24Hz(6th Gen

CPU), 2560x1600@60Hz

y 1x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of

4096x2304@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz,

1920x1200@60Hz

Storage

Intel

®

Z270 Chipset

y 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*/ **

y 1x U.2 port **

 Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD

y 3x M.2 slots (Key M)*

 M2_1 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 and SATA 6Gb/s

standards, 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices

 M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 standard, 2242/ 2260

/2280 storage devices

 M2_3 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0x4 and SATA 6Gb/s

standards, 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices**

 Intel

®

Optane™ Memory Ready for all M.2 slots***

y Supports Intel

®

Smart Response Technology for Intel Core

™

processors

* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 2x M.2 PCIe SSDs + 6x SATA HDDs. Please

refer to page 18 for Recommendation of M.2, SATA & U.2 combination.

**The M2_3, U2_1 and SATA5~6 share the same bandwidth. Please refer to page 18

for Recommendation of M.2, SATA & U.2 combination.

***Intel

®

Optane™ Technology is only supported when using 7th Gen processors.

Before using Intel

®

Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have

updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

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Speciﬁcations

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RAID

Intel

®

Z270 Chipset

y Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA

storage devices

y Supports RAID mode for M.2 PCIe storage devices*

* M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2 GENIE. Please refer to page 41

for details about M.2 GENIE.

USB

y ASMedia

®

ASM2142 Chipset

 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-C ports

(1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the

internal USB connector)

 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) Type-A port

on the back panel

y Intel

®

Z270 Chipset

 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports

on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal

USB connectors)

 7x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (3 Type-A ports on the

back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB

connectors)

Multi-GPU

y Supports 2-Way NVIDIA

®

SLI

™

Technology

y Supports 3-Way AMD

®

CrossFire

™

Technology

Audio

y Dual Realtek

®

ALC1220 Codec

y 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN 1x Killer

TM

E2500 Gigabit LAN controller

Back Panel

Connectors

y 1x PS/2 mouse & keyboard combo port

y 3x USB 2.0 Type-A ports

y 1x Clear CMOS button

y 1x DisplayPort

y 1x HDMI

™

port

y 1x LAN (RJ45) port

y 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports

y 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port

y 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port

y 1x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector

y 5x OFC audio jacks

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Speciﬁcations

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Internal Connectors

y 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

y 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

y 1x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

y 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

y 1x U.2 port

y 3x M.2 slots

y 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C connector

y 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1

Gen1 ports)

y 2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

y 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector

y 1x 4-pin water pump fan connector

y 4x 4-pin system fan connectors

y 1x Front panel audio connector

y 2x Front panel connectors

y 1x RGB LED connector

y 1x Chassis Intrusion connector

y 1x Clear CMOS jumper

y 1x Low Temperature Booting Jumper

y 1x 2-pin Slow mode jumper

y 1x 2-pin OC retry jumper

y 1x 2-pin OC Force enter BIOS jumper

y 1x 2-pin Discharge jumper

y 1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

Internal Buttons

y 1x Power button

y 1x Reset button

y 1x GAME BOOST button

y 1x BIOS FLASHBACK+ button

I/O Controller NUVOTON NCT6795 Controller Chip

Hardware Monitor

y CPU/System temperature detection

y CPU/System fan speed detection

y CPU/System fan speed control

From Factor

y ATX Form Factor

y 12.0 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

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Speciﬁcations

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BIOS Features

y 1x 128 Mb flash

y UEFI AMI BIOS

y ACPI 5.0, PnP 1.0a, SM BIOS 2.8

y Multi-language

Software

y Drivers

y SUPER CHARGER

y FAST BOOT

y COMMAND CENTER

y LIVE UPDATE 6

y MSI SMART TOOL

y DRAGON EYE

y GAMING APP

y X-BOOST

y RAMDISK

y Killer Control Center

y Nahimic Audio

y XSplit Gamecaster V2

y SteelSeries Engine 3

y CPU-Z MSI GAMING

y Intel

®

Extreme Tuning Utility

y Norton

™

Internet Security Solution

y Google Chrome

™

, Google Toolbar, Google Drive

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Speciﬁcations

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Special Features

y Audio Boost 4 PRO

y Nahimic 2

y GAMING LAN with Killer

y WTFast*

y Turbo U.2

y Intel

®

Optane

TM

Memory Ready

y Triple Turbo M.2

y M.2 Genie

y Pump Fan

y Smart Fan Control

y Mystic Light

y Mystic Light Extension (RGB)

y Mystic light SYNC

y DDR4 Shield

y M.2 Shield

y PCI-E Steel Armor

y U.2 Steel Armor

y M.2 Steel Armor

y Golden Plated USB with type A+C

y VR Cover

y Muitl GPU - SLI Technology

y Muitl GPU - CrossFire Technology

y DDR4 Boost

y GAME Boost

y OC Essentials

y OC Engine

y Lightning

y X-Boost

y Military Class 5

y 7000+ Quality Test

y VR Boost

y VR Ready

y Dragon eye

y Xsplit

y RAMDisk

y GAMING HOTKEY

y Click BIOS 5

y BIOS FLASHBACK+

* This offer is valid for a limited period only, for more information please visit

www.msi.com

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Rear I/O Panel

PS/2 Port

USB 2.0

Audio Ports

USB 2.0/

BIOS FLASHBACK+

Clear CMOS

button

DisplayPort

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

LAN

USB 3.1 Gen1

Audio Ports

Channel

2 4 6 8

Center/ Subwoofer Out  

Rear Speaker Out   

Line-In/ Side Speaker Out 

Line-Out/ Front Speaker Out    

Mic In

(: connected, Blank: empty)

USB 3.1 Gen2

Type-C

USB 3.1 Gen2

Type-A

Optical S/PDIF-Out

y Clear CMOS button - Power off your computer. Press and hold the Clear CMOS

button for 5-10 seconds to reset BIOS to default values.

y BIOS FLASHBACK+ port - Please refer to page 39 for Updating BIOS with BIOS

FLASHBACK+.

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Rear I/O Panel

Realtek HD Audio Manager

After installing the Realtek HD Audio driver, the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon will

appear in the system tray. Double click on the icon to launch.

Jack Status

Device

Selection

Connector

Strings

Profiles

Main Volume

Application

Enhancement

Advanced

Settings

y Device Selection - allows you to select a audio output source to change the related

options. The check sign indicates the devices as default.

y Application Enhancement - the array of options will provide you a complete

guidance of anticipated sound effect for both output and input device.

y Main Volume - controls the volume or balance the right/left side of the speakers

that you plugged in front or rear panel by adjust the bar.

y Profiles - toggles between profiles.

y Advanced Settings - provides the mechanism to deal with 2 independent audio

streams.

y Jack Status - depicts all render and capture devices currently connected with your

computer.

y Connector Settings - configures the connection settings.

Auto popup dialog

When you plug into a device at an audio jack, a dialogue window will pop up asking you

which device is current connected.

Each jack corresponds to its default setting as shown on the next page.

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