MSI 970A-G46- Manuals

Page 2 - Copyright Notice

Software Application Guide Preface ii Software Application Guide Preface Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNA- TIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents....

Page 3 - Preface; Preface; About this guide

Software Application Guide Preface Software Application Guide Preface iii About this guide This Software Application Guide describes how to install and use the software applica- tions that come with the MSI’s mainboards. Each chapter describes one of the software applications. It can help you to ope...

Page 7 - Control Center

Control Center is an user-friendly software and exclu- sively developed by MSI, helping users to monitor the system status, overclock the system and adjust power saving function under OS. With the help of Control Cen- ter, making it possible to achieve easier and efficient monitoring process and adj...

Page 8 - Overclocking Tab

2 Software Application Guide Control Center Software Application Guide Control Center Control Center Overview After installing and activating Control Center, you will see Overclock and Green Power tabs at the top. You can click the tab to switch the control panel. Overclocking Tab When you launch Co...

Page 9 - OC Genie/ OC Genie II Tab

Software Application Guide Control Center 3 Software Application Guide Control Center OC Genie/ OC Genie II Tab To enter the OC Genie/ OC Genie II tab, click the sub-menu under the Overclocking tab. Under the OC Genie/ OC Genie II tab, read the introduction on the tab first. The func- tions of Intel...

Page 10 - Green Power Tab

4 Software Application Guide Control Center Software Application Guide Control Center Green Power Tab Green Power is an energy saving technology that controls power supply by auto phase switching for CPU and components. Besides, Green Power can automatically manage your power configuration, resultin...

Page 11 - Mainboard Information

Software Application Guide Control Center 5 Software Application Guide Control Center System Information This section describes how to monitor the system information, enter the advanced menu and adjust the DRAM timing. Mainboard Information Mainboard information block is under the Overclock tab. You...

Page 12 - Memory Information

6 Software Application Guide Control Center Software Application Guide Control Center Memory Information Memory information block is under the Overclock tab. You can read the information of each memory DIMM slot, including memory type, manufacturer and speed. You can select a DIMM slot you want to r...

Page 13 - Selecting Overclock Mode

Software Application Guide Control Center 7 Software Application Guide Control Center Overclock Under Overclock block, you can select Cooling, Default, Cinema, and Game mode to reach the most suitable overclocking effect. That is to say, you can set an overclocking environment in advance, which avoi...

Page 14 - Applying parameters; Manual Overclocking; Notification

8 Software Application Guide Control Center Software Application Guide Control Center Applying parameters You can do all the above mentioned adjustments under each mode, after that, please click the “Apply” button to execute the configured setting without rebooting the system; or you can click the “...

Page 15 - Locking maximum GPU ratio (for Intel Chipset); Keeping GPU ratio

Software Application Guide Control Center 9 Software Application Guide Control Center Adjusting CPU/ iGPU cores ratio (for Intel CPU) Click the Advanced button on the right side of the CPU block to open the Advanced window. You can adjust the CPU/iGPU cores ratio. Locking maximum GPU ratio (for Inte...

Page 16 - Important

10 Software Application Guide Control Center Software Application Guide Control Center Unlocking CPU core (for AMD CPU) To enter the Unclock CPU Core tab, click the sub-menu under the Overclocking tab. Under the Unclock CPU Core tab, you can unlock CPU core that is original hidden (or disabled) in C...

Page 20 - Enabling Super-Charger

14 Software Application Guide Super-Charger Enabling Super-Charger Install and launch Super-Charger, the dialog as below will appear. To enable Super-Charger, click the “On/Off” button to On. When a warning prompt window appears, click “Yes” to continue. Important When Super-Charger is enabled, the ...

Page 21 - Winki III

Winki III is an MSI self-developed Linux distribution for MSI’s proprietary mainboards. The quick boot Winki III provides Live update, Internet browser, instant messen- ging, Skype, photo viewer and so on. Without entering the Microsoft Windows, users still have access to basic programs that are fre...

Page 22 - Entering Winki III; Entering the Winki III from the DVD Drive

16 Software Application Guide Winki Ⅲ Software Application Guide Winki Ⅲ System Requirement In order to run Winki III, the following hardware and is required At least 2GB memory DVD Drive Important If you are using the Intel SATA 6Gb/s or Marvell 88SE9128 chip, when you use Live Update or HDDBackup ...

Page 23 - Entering the Winki III from Your USB Flash Drive

Software Application Guide Winki Ⅲ 17 Software Application Guide Winki Ⅲ Select this option Click here Entering the Winki III from Your USB Flash Drive You need to prepare a USB drive with at least 1GB capacity. Please backup your data in advance or the Winki III installer will format your USB drive...

Page 27 - Audio Genie

Audio Genie provides speakers location setting and THX mode selection. This chapter describes how to install Audio Genie and how to use it. Audio Genie

Page 28 - Location

22 Software Application Guide Audio Genie Software Application Guide Audio Genie Installing Audio Genie If your audio device is built-in with your mainboard, take a moment to confirm that the item “Audio Controller” in BIOS has been set to “Enabled”. If you are using the Realtek HD audio card, confi...

Page 29 - Audio Mode

Software Application Guide Audio Genie 23 Software Application Guide Audio Genie Audio Mode The Audio Mode allows you to select six THX audio modes, You can also select the audio modes by right-click the Audio Genie icon in the system tray. THX This screen introduce the functions of THX control pane...

Page 30 - Using THX Control Panel

24 Software Application Guide Audio Genie Hotkeys You can also use the hotkey listed below. Hotkey Function Ctrl + F7 Game Mode Ctrl + F8 Movie Mode Ctrl + F9 Music Mode Ctrl + F10 Clean Mode Ctrl + F11 Phone Mode Ctrl + F12 Optimum Mode Using THX Control Panel You can open the THX control panel thr...

Page 31 - Video Genie

Video Genie provides the automatic color saturation en- hancement, contrast enhancement and intelligent gam- ma correction. Video Genie not only improves the quality of static im- age, the video playback will be dramatically enhanced. Video Genie

Page 33 - Network Genie

Network Genie is an utility to optimize the traffic for band- width control. Network Genie is designed for the Realtek LAN chip with Windows Vista and Windows 7 platforms. With the Network Genie you can play on-line games and download data without being disturbed by latency. Just set up the network ...

Page 34 - System Requirement; Network Genie Operation

28 Software Application Guide System Requirement In order to run the Network Genie, the following hardware and software is required Hardware: MSI mainboard with Realtek LAN chip (8111E or newer). Software specifications: Windows 7 32bit/ 64bit Windows Vista 32bit/ 64bit Realtek LAN driver Network Ge...

Page 35 - Mode Tab

29 Network Genie Network Genie Control Panel Mode Tab If Mode tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: Mode selection Mode selection is used to quickly change the network mode. The following options are available: Game Mode - Network Genie will set gaming applications to high priority. St...

Page 36 - Application Tab

30 Software Application Guide Application Tab If Application tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: Application tab lists all network related applications. There are 5 columns in the list, including Program, Priority, Blocked, Download and Upload. The function of each column is describe...

Page 37 - Advanced Tab

31 Network Genie Advanced Tab If Advanced tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: Advanced tab provides detailed settings for Network Genie. There are two parts in this tab, one is “Internet Speed”, and another is “Delay/Sensitivity Settings”. In “Internet Speed”, you can set the maximum...

Page 38 - System Info Tab; About Tab

32 Software Application Guide System Info Tab If System Info tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: System Info tab shows system information, including “Processor”, “Network Card”, “Memory”, “Graphics Card”, “Operating System”, “CPU Usage”, “Connection Status”, “Total Packets Sent”, and...

Page 39 - Teaming Genie

Teaming Genie provides traffic load balancing and re- dundant NIC operation if a network connection fails. When multiple NICs are installed in the same mainboard, they can be combined into a team. The team must in- clude at least two members, but can support up to ten members. In a team of two or mo...

Page 43 - Live Update 5

Live Update 5 is an application for the MSI system to scan and download the latest drivers, BIOS and utilities. With Live Update 5, you don’t need to search the driv- ers on web sites, and don’t need to know the models of mainboard and graphics cards. Live Update 5 will down- load the appropriate dr...

Page 44 - Home Tab

38 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 Live Update 5 overview After installing and activating Live Update 5, you will see Home, Live Update, History, Setting and About tabs at the top. You can click the tab to switch the control panel. Home Tab When you ...

Page 45 - History Tab; Setting

Software Application Guide Live Update 5 39 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 History Tab This tab shows the downloading history. Setting This tab allows you specify the frequency that Live Update 5 remind you to update. Reminder Frequency configuration Important The pictures in this guide ar...

Page 46 - About

40 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 About This tab shows the information about Live Update 5. You can click the “MSI Online Customer Service” button to open the online customer service web page. MSI Online Customer Service link button

Page 48 - Total Installer

Total Installer Total Installer is a convenient feature to simplify frequent installing procedure. To use Total Installer: Scan updates in Live Update tab. 1. Select all Check the items you intend to update. Click the Total Installer button. Live Update 5 will automatically install them. 2.3. Total ...

Page 49 - EasyViewer

MSI EasyViewer is a full 3D image browser that supports NVIDIA 3D vision and allows zoom-in, zoom-out, full- screen or auto-playback for previewing images. Under the Slide mode, you may edit pictures: image enlarge- ment, reduction, 90-degree and fine-tuned rotation. You can even use the HDII image ...

Page 51 - Auto playing images

Software Application Guide Video Genie 45 Software Application Guide Video Genie 4. Auto playing images Press the button and the EasyViewer will present a full-screen slide show that runs automatically. 5. Full Screen Press the button and the EasyViewer will enter full-screen mode. 6. Changing the f...

Page 52 - Entering Slide mode

46 Software Application Guide Video Genie Software Application Guide Video Genie Slide Mode Zoom In/Out Rotation Fine-tuning Rotation Enhancing HDII Image Intelligent White Balance Saving Files Auto Playing Full Screen 1. Entering Slide mode While selecting an image in the Preview mode, double left-...

Page 53 - HDII image enhancement

Software Application Guide Video Genie 47 Software Application Guide Video Genie 4. Rotating photos Press the buttons to rotate your photos clockwise or counterclock- wise. Use two-finger rotation (for touch screens only). 5. Fine-tuning the photo rotation Press the button to fine-tune the degree of...

Page 55 - VIRTU

Lucid VIRTU is designed for Intel 2nd Generation Intel ® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 processors platform with Intel Processor Graphics enabled. VIRTU dynami- cally assigns tasks to best available graphics resource based on power, performance and features. VIRTU allows user to fully utilize the un...

Page 57 - Installing VIRTU

Software Application Guide VIRTU 51 Software Application Guide VIRTU d-Mode d-Mode is provided for demanding 3D gamers to achieve uncompromised 3D perform- ance of discrete GPU installed in the system. In this mode, VIRTU allows user to utilize Intel special features, while display is connected to d...

Page 59 - Main Tab

Software Application Guide VIRTU 53 Software Application Guide VIRTU VIRTU Control Panel Main Tab When activating the VIRTU control panel, the following window is displayed: Activate button Performance optimization In-Game Icon selection Activate button By pressing a big “On” button VIRTU solution i...

Page 60 - Games Tab

54 Software Application Guide VIRTU Software Application Guide VIRTU Games Tab If the Games tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: This screen shows the applications that VIRTU supports with the available graphics cards. The application list is changed according to the graphics cards av...

Page 63 - Virtu Universal MVP

Lucid VIRTU Universal MVP solution is designed for the platforms with one integrated and one discrete GPU. VIRTU Universal MVP dynamically assigns tasks to best available graphics resource based on power, performance and features. There is no need for HW or HW changes. VIRTU Universal MVP allows use...

Page 68 - Performance Tab

62 Software Application Guide VIRTU Universal MVP Software Application Guide VIRTU Universal MVP Performance Tab If Performance tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: HyperFormance ON/ OFF button Virtual Vsync ON/ OFF button This screen controls the unique VIRTU Universal MVP performanc...

Page 70 - VIRTU Universal MVP

64 Software Application Guide VIRTU Universal MVP When selecting the “Add” option, the following window is displayed: Place the desired application full “exe” file path in the “exe name” box. Clicking on the “…” button next to the “exe name” box allows using a standard Windows browser to find the lo...

Page 71 - CLICK BIOS II

CLICK BIOS II is a new application software that pro- vides a interface for setting parameters of BIOS from Windows operating system without the need to reboot and enter BIOS utility. With the CLICK BIOS II, users can change BIOS set- tings, monitor CPU temperature, select the boot device priority a...