MSI MEG Z490 ACE Owner's manual

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Thank you for purchasing the MSI® MEG Z490 ACE 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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󲭡MEG Z490 ACE 󷿤󰷷󷱋

󽳼󶇌󵲫󳞳󴐄

󱲷󳐗󸍽󶇌󵲫󳇟󹎯󰼴

 󲗏 󴞸󳑃 󱁜󵳱

󳨧󳨨󳧉󷬼󸍽󷩲

󱍗󱝯󴰕󹎩

󼖇󻟶󼘒󼠊

MSI® MEG Z490 ACE󺾦󻳊󻉆󺨮󺻎󻙲󼘯󼫆󻹎󻚦󻙮󺅢󻗾󼪻󺠚󺠶󻳆

󻋒󻋖󻬢󻙮󺟦󼑆󼨺󼚂󺻎󻙶󼎪󼪪󺟦󻅻󻇧󻬢󺡒󼪮󺣂󺿺󺠶󻳆󻬆󺍊󺳺󺉎󻳎󻋒󺣂󺿺

󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󻵮󺉇󼪪󺈲󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶󼲆󺡒󻵖󼮦󺭢󺟦󼘮󻍦󺼑󻲪󻱋󻍞󺳎󻰂󻵒󺻎

󼜇󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪮󼰖󻙶󼎪󺤫󻭓󻘓󻲖󺅢󻘓󼪪󻠮󺎂󻅦󺳟󺠚󺠶󺭢󺟦

󼒦󺨮󺻎󻟶󼏦󼪪󻬾󻬢󺼓󼖾󼪲󻝪󺤖󻳚󻠇󺠚󺠶

󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼

󲾲󷵖󲻥󸁕󷿤MEG Z490 ACE󰸾󳾩󳪦󽳼󳨩󲶴󸖤󳋼󲰼󵳒󵺓󳑃󱁜󲻥󲖢󷣨

󹆺󶦥󵔼󵦞󵺙󱳰󷫕󽳾󰻤󳑃󱁜󸝌󱒙󶇍󰽡󵔼󲖢󷣨󵦞󵺙󲳫󴷞󼸎󷲢󲻥󰽇󳣴󳀹󱶛󳇟󳾩

󳅸󲬆󳪦󵔼󴥷󷪖󱯀󸖲󰷷󶊮󱴫󸗒󷟨󷪞󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󳏃󳑂󵔼󳞴

󲰱󲶳󸖣󸖱󳏽󶫟󶊭󱴫󽳼

󲶴󸖤󱎉󸿺

󲾱󷻫󲻤󸂡󰺌MEG Z490 ACE󰸾󳪧󳨩󲶳󸖣󱎊󸿺󸝌󱒘󳑃󱁜󰺯󳧧󱎦󲃹

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󲬆󳪧󵋓󶣴󰷷󵔼󶕼󹑠󴒽󷪦󱯀󸻊󳏽󶫟󶕼󱴫󷪠󵘓󲻤󰹶󱞷󰽈󸖕󸓆󳈎󳑁󵞪󸻊

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5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch

7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch

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RESET SW

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Connecting the Front Panel Header/

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󼐶󺙷󼚂󻭂󺈂󼪪󺎂󳑈󰷷󹆺󴛆󳏾󹏫󸓺󳏾󵋓󴛆󳏾󲁦

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Contents

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

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

 ...................................................................... 9

Package contents .................................................................................................. 9

Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 10

 .................................................................................. 10

 .................................................................................... 10

 ......................................................................................... 11

 ............................................................................................... 

Overview of Components .................................................................................... 14

 ........................................................................................................... 15

 ............................................................................................................ 16

 .......................................................................... 17

 ................................................................................... 19

 ....................................................................... 21

 ................................................................... 22

 ................................................... 

 .................................................................. 24

 .............................................................................................. 24

 .................................................................. 25

 ........................................................... 25

 ................................................................................... 26

 ............................................................... 26

 ............................................................................ 27

 ............................................................ 27

 ........................................................................ 28

 ............................................................................. 29

 ........................................................................... 29

 .................................. 

 ...................................................... 

 .............................................................................. 

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

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

 ................................................. 

 ................................................................................. 

 ............................................ 

 ........................................................................ 

2

Contents

Onboard LEDs ...................................................................................................... 37

 ....................................................................................................... 

 ............................................................................................................... 

 ............................................................................... 

 ................................................................................... 

 ................................................................................................... 

 .............................................................................. 

 .......................................................................................................... 

 ......................................................................................... 

 ................................................................................................ 

 ................................................................................................. 

Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 44

 ......................................................................................... 44

 .................................................................................................. 44

Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 44

UEFI BIOS ............................................................................................................. 45

 ............................................................................................................ 46

 ............................................................................................. 46

 ...................................................................................................... 47

 ....................................................................................................... 47

 ................................................................................................................ 49

 .................................................................................................... 

................................................................................................................ 54

3

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.

4

Specifications

CPU





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

Chipset 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Expansion Slot

 



 



Multi-GPU

 

 

Storage



 

 

 



 



 



 Intel®

 Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel







M2_2 slot.





®







5

Specifications



RAID



 

storage devices

 

devices

LAN

 

 

Wireless/ Bluetooth



 

 

 

 

USB

 

 0Gbps ports 



 



 



 

 20Gbps 

panel

Audio



 

 

Back Panel

Connectors

 

 

 1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



6

Specifications



Internal Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

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



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



 

 

 

 1x front panel audio connector

 2x system panel connectors

 

 1x slow mode jumper

 1x power button

 1x reset button

 

 

 

 

 



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

 Gaming Mode

 Gaming Hotkey

 

 Mystic Light

 

 User Scenario

 



 

 Live Update

 

 Speed Up

 Smart Tool

 

 

Please refer to http://download.msi.



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Special Features

 

 

 

 

 Network

 

 

 



8

Specifications



Special Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mystic Light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Performance

 Multi GPU – SLI Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Protection

 

 

 

 

 Experience

 

 

 

9

Package contents



Supporting CORSAIR RGB Products Maximum connection









 6

 6

 6

Package contents

Please check the contents of your motherboard package. It should contain:

Motherboard 

Documentation

User manual 1

 1

Quick installation guide 1

Application  1

Cables  2

Accessories

 1

 1

 1

Product registration card 1

 1

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Important



10

Rear I/O Panel

Audio Ports Configuration

Audio Ports

Channel

2 4 6 8

  

   

 

    

Mic In

Blank

Rear I/O Panel

















button



connectors





 Clear CMOS button 



 Flash BIOS Port/ Buttone refer to 



Link/ Activity LED

Status Description

 No link





Linked

 

Speed LED

Status 2.5 Gbps LAN 1 Gbps LAN

 10 Mbps 󼸀

Green 100 Mbps 100 Mbps

 2.5 Gbps 1 Gbps

LAN Port LED Status Table

















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