MSI Z490-A PRO Owner's manual

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Motherboards
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Owner's manual

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Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing the MSI® Z490-A 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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󲭡Z490-A PRO 󷿤󰷷󷱋
󽳼󶇌󵲫󳞳󴐄
󱲷󳐗󸍽󶇌󵲫󳇟󹎯󰼴
 󲗏 󴞸󳑃 󱁜󵳱
󳨧󳨨󳧉󷬼󸍽󷩲
󱍗󱝯󴰕󹎩
󼖇󻟶󼘒󼠊
MSI® Z490-A PRO󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶󻳆󻋒󻋖󻬢󻙮󺟦
󼑆󼨺󼚂󺻎󻙶󼎪󼪪󺟦󻅻󻇧󻬢󺡒󼪮󺣂󺿺󺠶󻳆󻬆󺍊󺳺󺉎󻳎󻋒󺣂󺿺󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖
󻵮󺉇󼪪󺈲󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶󼲆󺡒󻵖󼮦󺭢󺟦󼘮󻍦󺼑󻲪󻱋󻍞󺳎󻰂󻵒󺻎󼜇󼪪󻬾󻬢
󺼓󼖾󼪮󼰖󻙶󼎪󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󺅢󻘓󼪪󻠮󺎂󻅦󺳟󺠚󺠶󺭢󺟦󼒦󺨮󺻎󻟶󼏦󼪪󻬾
󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪲󻝪󺤖󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶
󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼
󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤Z490-A PRO󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃󱁜󲻥󲖢󷣨󹆺
󶦥󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴󳀹󱶛󳇟󳾩󳅸
󲬆󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂󵔼󳞴󲰱
󲶳󸖣󸖱󳏽󶫟󶊭󱴫󽳼
󲶴󸖤󱎉󸿺
󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌Z490-A PRO󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜󰺯󳧧󱎦󲃹󰿪
󲖡󷢷󷹪󵹂󳩀󴞹󵦝󱳇󳬨󰻌󷺇󳞺󸓲󳑃󱁜󰺯󷪤󹑼󴞹󵦝󷻀󱀮󵋁󲻤󵔼󳇟󳩀󳅸󲬆
󳪧󵋓󶣴󰷷󵔼󶕼󹑠󴒽󷪦󱯀󸻊󳏽󶫟󶕼󱴫󷪠󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󸖕󸓆󳈎󳑁󵞪󸻊󳏽
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5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch
7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch
9 Reserved 10 No Pin
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󸖲󳏾󱓽󶖬󹊛󳪦󸤞󶧅󸓺󳏾󱓽󶖬󹊛󳪦󳏾󲁦
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Contents
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
 ....................................................................... 19
 ................................................................... 20
 ............................................................................. 20
 ................................................... 21
 ............................................................................ 22
 ............................................................ 22
 .................................................................. 
 ............................................................................. 24
 ........................................................................... 24
 .................................. 25
 ....................................................................... 26
 ...................................................... 27
 .............................................................................. 27
 ........................................................... 28
 ................................................................................. 29
 ............................................ 
Onboard LEDs ...................................................................................................... 31
 ....................................................................................................... 
 ................................................................................... 
Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 32
 ......................................................................................... 
 .................................................................................................. 
Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 
UEFI BIOS ............................................................................................................. 33
 ............................................................................................................ 
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Contents
 ............................................................................................. 
 ...................................................................................................... 
 ....................................................................................................... 
 ................................................................................................................ 
 .................................................................................................... 40
................................................................................................................ 41
3
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

󼷿

Onboard Graphics




Multi-GPU 
Storage







Intel®
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel



M2_2 slot.

®



5
Specifications

RAID


storage devices

LAN 
USB

0Gbps ports 



1 


Audio


Back Panel
Connectors
1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port







6x audio jacks

6
Specifications

Internal Connectors











1x front panel audio connector
2x system panel connectors




1x serial port 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

Mystic Light
User Scenario



Live Update

Speed Up
Smart Tool

Please refer to http://download.msi.

pdf for more details.
Special Features


Network








8
Specifications

Special Features



Mystic Light Sync


Performance








Protection


Experience


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Package contents
Package contents
Please check the contents of your motherboard package. It should contain:
Motherboard 
Documentation
 1
Quick installation guide 1
Application  1
Cables  1
Accessories
 1
Product registration card 1
 1
Important

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Rear I/O Panel
Rear I/O Panel











Link/ Activity LED
Status Description
 No link
Yellow Linked
 
Speed LED
Status Description
 10 Mbps connection
Green 100 Mbps / 1 Gbps connection
 2.5 Gbps connection
LAN Port LED Status Table
Audio Ports Configuration
Audio Ports
Channel
2 4 6 8





Mic In
Blank
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MSI Z490-A PRO Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual
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