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MSI 7D38, MEG Z590 UNIFY Owner's manual

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Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing the MSI® MEG Z590 UNIFY motherboard.
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󲭡MEG Z590 UNIFY 󷿤󰷷
󷱋󽳼󶇌󵲫󳞳󴐄
󱲷󳐗󸍽󶇌󵲫󳇟󹎯
󰼴 󲗏 󴞸󳑃 󱁜
󵳱󳨧󳨨󳧉󷬼󸍽󷩲
󱍗󱝯󴰕󹎩
󼖇󻟶󼘒󼠊
MSI® MEG Z590 UNIFY󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶󻳆
󻋒󻋖󻬢󻙮󺟦󼑆󼨺󼚂󺻎󻙶󼎪󼪪󺟦󻅻󻇧󻬢󺡒󼪮󺣂󺿺󺠶󻳆󻬆󺍊󺳺󺉎󻳎󻋒󺣂󺿺
󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󻵮󺉇󼪪󺈲󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶󼲆󺡒󻵖󼮦󺭢󺟦󼘮󻍦󺼑󻲪󻱋󻍞󺳎󻰂󻵒󺻎
󼜇󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪮󼰖󻙶󼎪󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󺅢󻘓󼪪󻠮󺎂󻅦󺳟󺠚󺠶󺭢󺟦
󼒦󺨮󺻎󻟶󼏦󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪲󻝪󺤖󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶
󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼
󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤MEG Z590 UNIFY󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃󱁜󲻥󲖢
󷣨󹆺󶦥󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴󳀹󱶛󳇟
󳾩󳅸󲬆󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂󵔼
󳞴󲰱󲶳󸖣󸖱󳏽󶫟󶊭󱴫󽳼
󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺
󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌MEG Z590 UNIFY󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜󰺯󳧧󱎦
󲃹󰿪󲖡󷢷󷹪󵹂󳩀󴞹󵦝󱳇󳬨󰻌󷺇󳞺󸓲󳑃󱁜󰺯󷪤󹑼󴞹󵦝󷻀󱀮󵋁󲻤󵔼󳇟󳩀
󳅸󲬆󳪧󵋓󶣴󰷷󵔼󶕼󹑠󴒽󷪦󱯀󸻊󳏽󶫟󶕼󱴫󷪠󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󸖕󸓆󳈎󳑁󵞪
󸻊󳏽󱓐
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󷣨󷒚󵂞󱯀󲖡󷢷󲀉󵂞󱯀
Youtube
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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
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https://youtu.be/Xv89nhFk1vc
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DIMMA2 DIMMA2
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󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󷬽󳃎󹢗󲖡󷢷󱎿󲔼
http://youtu.be/T03aDrJPyQs
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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyMTI5ODI4.html
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HDD LED
RESET SW
JFP1
HDD LED
HDD LED -
HDD LED +
POWER LED -
POWER LED +
POWER LED
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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
RESET SW
POWER SW
POWER LED+
POWER LED-
HDD LED
Connecting the Front Panel Header/
󳏾󶉷󻵖󺿆󼡺󺙢󼐶󺙷󼚂󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂
󸖲󳏾󱓽󶖬󹊛󳪦󸤞󶧅󸓺󳏾󱓽󶖬󹊛󳪦󳏾󲁦
http://youtu.be/DPELIdVNZUI
Youtube
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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjcyMTczMzM2.html
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󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󰸾󳾩󳪦󲖢󷢷󰸾󳪦
https://youtu.be/wWI6Qt51Wnc
https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
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Youtube
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3 kgf·cm*
*3 kgf·cm
= 0.3 N·m
= 2.6 lbf·in
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ATX_PWR1
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󼐶󺙷󼚂󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂󳑈󰷷󹆺󴛆󳏾󹏫󸓺󳏽󵋓󴛆󳏽󲁦
http://youtu.be/gkDYyR_83I4 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDkzODU0MDQw.html
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󺨮󺳎󻳆󻍞󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󵣆󵢌󳾩󲖡󷢷󷺇󲀎
http://youtu.be/RZsMpqxythc
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
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󺍊󺳪󼪏󼏆󺨮󻙶󼎪󼪪󺎂󲖢󷣨󹑓󵦞󱛗󲖡󷢷󳢕󱛗
http://youtu.be/mG0GZpr9w_A
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
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󻹎󻈒󻳷󼎪󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂󸖲󳏾󱡴󸚽󷭨󱈘󸓺󳏾󲀯󱲹󷺇󲀎
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Contents
Contents
Safety Information ................................................................................................. 3
 ..................................................................................... 4
Specifications ......................................................................................................... 5
 .................................................................... 13
Package contents ................................................................................................ 14
Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 15
LAN Port LED Status Table .................................................................................. 15
 .................................................................................... 15
 ......................................................................................... 16
Installing Antennas ............................................................................................... 18
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 19
 ........................................................................................................... 20
DIMM Slots ............................................................................................................ 21
 .......................................................................... 22
 ................................................................................... 24
 ....................................................................... 26
 ................................................................... 27
 ............................................................................ 27
 ............................. 28
JSLOW1: Slow Mode Booting Jumper .................................................................. 29
 ....................................................... 29
 ................................................................................ 30
 ................................................................................. 30
 ...................................................... 30
 .............................................................................................. 31
 ................................................................. 31
 ................................................................ 31
 ............................................................ 32
 ........................................................................ 32
 ............................................................................. 33
 ........................................................................... 33
 .................................. 34
 ....................................................................... 35
POWER1, RESET1: Power Button, Reset Button ................................................. 35
 ........................................................... 36
 ............................................................................. 36
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JRGB1: RGB LED connector ................................................................................. 37
 ............................................ 38
 ........................................................................ 39
Onboard LEDs ...................................................................................................... 40
EZ Debug LED ....................................................................................................... 40
XMP LED ............................................................................................................... 40
 ................................................................................................... 40
 .............................................................................. 41
Boot Phases .......................................................................................................... 41
 ......................................................................................... 41
 ................................................................................................ 45
 ................................................................................................. 45
Installing OS, Drivers & MSI Center .................................................................... 46
Installing Windows® 10 ......................................................................................... 46
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 46
 ............................................................................................................ 46
UEFI BIOS ............................................................................................................. 47
BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................ 48
Entering BIOS Setup ............................................................................................. 48
BIOS User Guide ................................................................................................... 48
Resetting BIOS ...................................................................................................... 49
Updating BIOS ....................................................................................................... 49
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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.

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.

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.


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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Contents
Case stand-off notification
Before installing the motherboard into the case, install first the necessary mounting
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
the motherboard circuits and the computer case is prohibited

serve as a warning to user.
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Specifications
Specifications
CPU
 
 
Processors*
Processor socket LGA1200
* Please go to intel.com for compatibility information
Chipset

Memory
4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB*
Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel®
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Supports 1R 2133/ 2666/ 2933/ 3200 MHz for 11th Gen
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Max overclocking frequency:
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





* Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
Expansion Slot






selection.


support x2 speed. But if you want to install and enable the graphics card in

Multi-GPU 
Onboard Graphics
1x HDMI 2.0b with HDR port, supports a maximum
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/
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* Available for the processor with integrated graphics.

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Specifications

Storage
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


Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
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



M2_2 supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
M2_3 supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage
devices
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devices
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel®
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* SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.

the M2_3 slot.
.
modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest
version from MSI website.


only support x2 speed. But if you want to install and enable the graphics card in

RAID
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

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Specifications

USB


panel



back panel, 2 ports are available through internal USB

2x USB 2.0 ports on the back panel

4x USB 2.0 ports through internal USB 2.0 connectors
Audio


Supports S/PDIF output
LAN 
Wireless LAN &
Bluetooth
®
Intel® WiFi 6E AX210

slot

up to 2.4Gbps
Supports 802.11a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax
Supports Bluetooth® 5.2**, FIPS, FISMA

WIN10 21H1.
** Bluetooth 5.2 will be ready in WIN10 21H1.

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Specifications
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Internal Connectors



6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors









1x Front panel audio connector
2x System panel connectors


1xTPM module connector


Jumper
1x Slow mode jumper
2x Low Temperature Booting jumpers

1x Safe boot jumper

LED Features

4x EZ Debug LED



Internal Buttons
1x Power button
1x Reset button
Switches 

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Specifications

Back Panel
Connectors

1x Flash BIOS button

1x HDMI port






1 x Optical S/PDIF Out connector
I/O Controller 
Hardware Monitor



Form Factor
ATX Form Factor

BIOS Features
Dual BIOS
2x 256 Mb flash
UEFI AMI BIOS



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Specifications

Software
Drivers

Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility
Nahimic



  
 
MSI Center
Features
Duet Display
MSI Sound Tune
Gaming Mode

Game Highlights
LAN Manager
Mystic Light
Ambient Link

User Scenario

Live Update
Monitor

Speed Up

/