MSI Z170A SLI PLUS Owner's manual

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Quick Start

Thank you for purchasing the MSI

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Z170A SLI PLUS 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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󱯛󲃊󱮦󱠃󶸮󲻅󳪡󰞚󳀔󳣡󵈅󲛟󴍘󵦁󴺎󵾠󶒎󳣡󱃐󴍒󳂛󱨸󰟯󰵿󶦶󴦪󴥗󱯻󱵟

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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

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HDD LED

HDD LED -

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POWER LED -

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󷰶󸗖󺍻󹲲󸌚󸽢󹲖󺎖󷱮󱜕󴎙󵌉󳐲󰼃󶻜󶟴󲆤󵬖

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Contents

Safety Information ...................................................................................................2

Specifications ..........................................................................................................3

Rear I/O Panel ..........................................................................................................8

LAN Port LED Status Table ................................................................................. 8

 .................................................................................... 8

Overview of Components ....................................................................................10

 ....................................................................................................... 11

DIMM Slots ........................................................................................................ 12

...................................................................... 13

 ......................................................................... 14

 .................................................................. 14

M2_1: M.2 Slots ................................................................................................. 15

 ........................................................................... 16

......................................................................... 17

 ............................................................... 17

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

 ....................................................................... 18

 .................................................................... 19

 ......................................................................... 20

 .......................................................................... 20

 .................................................... 21

 ...................................................... 22

EZ Debug LED: Debug LED indicators ............................................................ 22

BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................23

Entering BIOS Setup ......................................................................................... 23

Resetting BIOS .................................................................................................. 24

Updating BIOS ................................................................................................... 24

Overclocking Menu ............................................................................................ 25

Software Description ............................................................................................32

Installing Windows

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Installing Drivers ................................................................................................ 32

Installing Utilities ................................................................................................ 32

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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.

 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.

 

damage the motherboard.

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Specifications

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Supports 6th Gen Intel

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i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel

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Pentium

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processors for Socket LGA1151

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Memory

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

 



 Dual channel memory architecture

 

 

 Supports Intel

®





Expansion Slots

 

 

Onboard Graphics

 1x HDMI

™

port, supports a maximum resolution of

4096x2160@24Hz, 2560x1600@60Hz

 1x VGA port, supports a maximum resolution

of 2048x1536@50Hz, 2048x1280@60Hz,

1920X1200@60Hz

 1xDVI-D port, supports a maximum resoulution of

1920x1200@60Hz

Multi-GPU

 Supports 3-Way AMD

®



™

Technology

 Supports 2-Way NVIDIA

®

SLI

™

Technology

Storage

Intel

®



 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports

 Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for

SATA storage devices

 1x M.2 slot

 

M.2 SSD cards

 



 Supports Intel

®

Smart Response Technology for Intel



™

processors





4





USB

 ASMedia

®



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

 Intel

®



 

the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal



 

back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB



Audio

 Realtek

®



 

LAN 1x Intel

®

I219-V Gigabit LAN controller

Back Panel



 1x PS/2 mouse port

 1x PS/2 keyboard port

 1x VGA port

 1x DVI-D port

 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 port

 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports

 1x HDMI

™

port

 

 2x USB 2.0 ports

 6x audio jacks



5







 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

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



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



 

 3x 4-pin system fan connectors

 1x Front panel audio connector

 2x Front panel connectors

 1x TPM module connector

 

 1x Serial port connector

 1x Parallel port connector

 

 

Hardware Monitor

 

 

 

Form Factor

 ATX Form Factor

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

BIOS Features

 1x 128 Mb flash

 UEFI AMI BIOS

 

 Multi-language



6





Software

 Drivers

 

 LIVE UPDATE 6

 FAST BOOT

 

 

 RAMDISK

 Intel

®

Extreme Tuning Utility

 Norton

™

Security

 

™

,Google Toolbar, Google Drive

 

MSI Exclusive

Features

 

 EZ Mode & Advanced Mode Switching

 Board Explorer

 Hardware Monitor

 

 

 

- ESD Protection

- EMI Protection

- Humidity Protection

- 

- High Temperature Protection

- 

- VGA Armor Slot

 

 System Monitor

 

 RAM DISK

 LIVE UPDATE 6

 

 



7





Specification

Highlights

 DDR4 Boost Support

 

 

 DDR4 XMP Ready

  3.0 Support

 2-Way Nvidia SLI

TM

Support

 

TM

Support

 USB 3.1 Gen2 Ready

 

 

 

8

Rear I/O Panel

PS/2 Mouse

LAN

Audio Ports

VGA

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

USB 3.1 Gen 1

DVI-D

USB 2.0

Audio Ports



2 4 6 8

Line In

Line-Out/ Front Speak Out    

Mic In

Rear Speaker Out   

  

Side Speaker Out 

Blank

USB 3.1

Gen 2



PS/2 Keyboard

9

Rear I/O Panel

Audio jacks to headphone and microphone diagram

Audio jacks to stereo speakers diagram

Audio jacks to 7.1-channel speakers diagram

AUDIO INPUT

Rear Front

Side Center/

Subwoofer

10

Overview of Components













JPWR2

DIMM1

SYSFAN1

DIMM2

DIMM3

DIMM4

JUSB1



JFP1

JFP2

SYSFAN2

JTPM1



JPWR1

JUSB3

SATA1_2



EZ Debug LED

SATA5_6

SATA4

SATA3



JBAT1

JUSB2

SYSFAN3

JUSB4

M2_1

JLPT1

JAUD1







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