MSI MS-7B98 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

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Quick Start
Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing the MSI
®
Z390-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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Z390-A PRO 󷿤󰷷󷱋
󽳼󶇌󵲫󳞳󴐄
󱲷󳐗󸍽󶇌󵲫󳇟󹎯󰼴
󲗏󴞸󳑃󱁜󵳱󳨧
󳨨󳧉󷬼󸍽󷩲
󱍗󱝯󴰕󹎩
󼖇󻟶󼘒󼠊
MSI
®
Z390-A PRO󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶󻳆󻋒󻋖󻬢󻙮󺟦
󼑆󼨺󼚂󺻎󻙶󼎪󼪪󺟦󻅻󻇧󻬢󺡒󼪮󺣂󺿺󺠶󻳆󻬆󺍊󺳺󺉎󻳎󻋒󺣂󺿺󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖
󻵮󺉇󼪪󺈲󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶󼲆󺡒󻵖󼮦󺭢󺟦󼘮󻍦󺼑󻲪󻱋󻍞󺳎󻰂󻵒󺻎󼜇󼪪󻬾󻬢
󺼓󼖾󼪮󼰖󻙶󼎪󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󺅢󻘓󼪪󻠮󺎂󻅦󺳟󺠚󺠶󺭢󺟦󼒦󺨮󺻎󻟶󼏦󼪪󻬾
󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪲󻝪󺤖󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶
󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼
󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤
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Z390-A PRO󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃󱁜󲻥󲖢󷣨󹆺󶦥
󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴󳀹󱶛󳇟󳾩󳅸󲬆
󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂󵔼󳞴󲰱󲶳
󸖣󸖱󳏽󶫟󶊭󱴫󽳼
󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺
󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌
®
Z390-A PRO󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜󰺯󳧧󱎦󲃹󰿪󲖡
󷢷󷹪󵹂󳩀󴞹󵦝󱳇󳬨󰻌󷺇󳞺󸓲󳑃󱁜󰺯󷪤󹑼󴞹󵦝󷻀󱀮󵋁󲻤󵔼󳇟󳩀󳅸󲬆󳪧
󵋓󶣴󰷷󵔼󶕼󹑠󴒽󷪦󱯀󸻊󳏽󶫟󶕼󱴫󷪠󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󸖕󸓆󳈎󳑁󵞪󸻊󳏽󱓐
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Quick Start
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󼩖󺶮󻚊󻙮󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󷒚󵂞󱯀󲖡󷢷󲀉󵂞󱯀
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http://v.youku.com/v_show/
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http://youtu.be/bf5La099urI
Youtube
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Quick Start
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󺾦󺿺󺻾󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󷬽󳃎󹢗󲖡󷢷󱎿󲔼
http://youtu.be/T03aDrJPyQs
Youtube
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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyMTI5ODI4.html
DIMMB2 DIMMB2
DIMMB1
DIMMA2 DIMMA2 DIMMA2
DIMMA1
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Connecting the Front Panel Header/
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󸖲󳏾󱓽󶖬󹊛󳪦󸤞󶧅󸓺󳏾󱓽󶖬󹊛󳪦󳏾󲁦
http://youtu.be/DPELIdVNZUI
RESET SW
POWER SW
POWER LED+
POWER LED-
HDD 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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Power LED
HDD LED Reset Switch
Reserved
Power Switch
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
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Quick Start
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󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󰸾󳾩󳪦󲖢󷢷󰸾󳪦
BAT1
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http://youtu.be/RZsMpqxythc
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkzODU5MTky.html
Youtube
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Quick Start
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󺍊󺳪󼪏󼏆󺨮󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󹑓󵦞󱛗󲖡󷢷󳢕󱛗
http://youtu.be/mG0GZpr9w_A
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkyOTc3MzQ4.html
Youtube
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VIII
Quick Start
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󻹎󻈒󻳷󼎪󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂󸖲󳏾󱡴󸚽󷭨󱈘󸓺󳏾󲀯󱲹󷺇󲀎
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Quick Start
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󼐶󺙷󼚂󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂󳑈󰷷󹆺󴛆󳏾󹏫󸓺󳏽󵋓󴛆󳏽󲁦
http://youtu.be/gkDYyR_83I4 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDkzODU0MDQw.html
Youtube
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ATX_PWR1
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
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Contents
Contents
Safety Information ................................................................................................. 2
Specifications ......................................................................................................... 3
Package contents .................................................................................................. 8
Rear I/O Panel ....................................................................................................... 9
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 12
 ........................................................................................................... 13
DIMM Slots ............................................................................................................ 14
 .......................................................................... 15
 ....................................................................... 15
M2_1: M.2 Slot (Key M) ......................................................................................... 16
 ........................................................................... 16
 ................................................................... 17
 ............................................................................. 17
 ...................................................... 17
 ................................. 18
 ................................................................... 19
 ............................................................................. 20
 ........................................................................... 20
 .................................. 21
 ............................................................................ 22
 ....................................................................... 22
 ........................................................... 23
 ....................................................................... 23
JRGB1: RGB LED connector ................................................................................. 24
EZ Debug LED ....................................................................................................... 24
Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 25
Installing Windows
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10 .......................................................................................... 25
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 25
Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 25
BIOS Setup ........................................................................................................... 26
Entering BIOS Setup ............................................................................................. 26
Resetting BIOS ...................................................................................................... 27
Updating BIOS ....................................................................................................... 27
EZ Mode ................................................................................................................ 28
Advanced Mode .................................................................................................... 30
................................................................................................................ 31
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Safety Information
Safety Information
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.
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.
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.
Store the motherboard in an electrostatic shielding container or on an anti-static
pad whenever the motherboard is not installed.
Before turning on the computer, ensure that there are no loose screws or metal
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.
If you need help during any installation step, please consult a certified computer
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
the PSU, before connecting the PSU to the electrical outlet.
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.
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.

the motherboard.
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Specifications
Specifications
CPU
Supports Intel
®
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®
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
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processors for LGA 1151
socket
* Please go to www.intel.com for more compatibility information.
Chipset Intel
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
Memory
4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB*
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


Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
Expansion Slot


1 x M.2 slot with E key for Integrated Intel
®


Onboard Graphics
1x VGA port, supports a maximum resolution of
2048x1536@50Hz, 2048x1280@60Hz, 1920x1200@60Hz
1x DVI-D port, supports a maximum resolution of
1920x1200@60Hz
1x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of
4096x2304@60Hz
Multi-GPU Supports 2-Way AMD
®

Technology
Storage
Intel
®

6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
1x M.2 slot (Key M)

2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
Intel
®

* The SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA device into M.2 slot.
** Before using Intel
®

updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

4
Specifications

RAID
Intel
®

Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
LAN 1x Intel
®
I219-V Gigabit LAN controller
USB
Intel
®

2x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports (1x

6x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 Type-A
ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the
internal USB 3.1 connectors)
6x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 Type-A ports
on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal
USB 2.0 connectors)*
Please refer to page 20 for
details.
Audio
Realtek
®


Back Panel
Connectors
1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
1x VGA port
1x DVI-D port
1x DisplayPort
1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A port

1x LAN (RJ45) port
2x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports
6x audio jacks

5
Specifications

Internal Connectors
1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1x 6-pin ATX 12V power connector
6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
2x M.2 slots (1 M-Key slot,1 E-Key slot)
2x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB
3.1 Gen1 ports)
2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0
ports)

1x 4-pin Water Pump connector
5x 4-pin system fan connectors
1x Front panel audio connector
2x System panel connectors

1x 4-pin RGB LED connector
1x Serial Port connector

1x Parallel port connector
1x TPM module connector
1x thunderbolt Add-on card connector

I/O Controller 
Hardware Monitor



Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

6
Specifications

BIOS Features
1x 128 Mb flash
UEFI AMI BIOS

Multi-language
Software
Drivers



Intel
®
Extreme Tuning Utility
 

Dragon Center
Features

Hardware Monitor
Eyerest
LAN Manager
Live Update
Please refer to http://download.msi.

pdf for more details.
Special Features
Audio
Audio Boost
Network
Intel LAN with Network Manage

Storage
Turbo M.2
Fan
Pump Fan

LED
Mystic Light Extension (RGB)
EZ DEBUG LED

7
Specifications

Special Features
Protection


Performance



DDR4 Boost

Intel Turbo USB 3.1 Gen2
VR
VR Ready
BIOS

8
Package contents
Package contents
Please check the contents of your motherboard package. It should contain:
Motherboard Z390-A PRO
  2
Accessories
M.2 Screw 1
I/O Shield 1
 1
 1
Application DVD Driver DVD 1
Documentation Quick Installation Guide 1
Important
If any of the above items are damaged or missing, please contact your retailer.
9
Rear I/O Panel
Rear I/O Panel
PS/2
LAN
DVI-D
VGA
Audio Ports
USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A
USB 2.0
USB 3.1 Gen2
Type-A
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
Audio Ports
Channel
2 4 6 8
Line-In
Line-Out/ Front Speaker Out
Rear Speaker Out

Side Speaker Out
Mic In
Blank: empty)
10
Rear I/O Panel
Realtek Audio Console

better sound experience.
Device Selection - allows you to select a audio output source to change the related
options. The check sign indicates the devices as default.
Application Enhancement - the array of options will provide you a complete
guidance of anticipated sound effect for both output and input device.
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.
Advanced Settings - provides the mechanism to deal with 2 independent audio
streams.
Jack Status - depicts all render and capture devices currently connected with your
computer.
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.
Important
The pictures above for reference only and may vary from the product you purchased.
Jack Status

Device
Selection
Main Volume
Application Enhancement Advanced Settings
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