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 4 - CONTENTS
Software Application Guide Preface iv CONTENTS Control Center ................................................................................................ 1 Control Center Overview ......................................................................................... 2System Information ........
Page 5 - 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 6 - 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 7 - 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 8 - 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 9 - 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 10 - 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 11 - 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 12 - 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 13 - 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 14 - 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 18 - 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 19 - 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 20 - Entering the Winki III from the DVD Drive
16 Software Application Guide Winki Ⅲ Software Application Guide Winki Ⅲ Entering Winki III You can enter Winki III OS from attached DVD or your USB key installed with Winki III OS. Please follow the steps below: Entering the Winki III from the DVD Drive Put the attached DVD to the DVD drive.Reboot ...
Page 21 - 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 25 - 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 26 - 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 27 - 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 28 - 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 29 - 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 31 - 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 35 - 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 36 - Home Tab
32 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 Software Application Guide Live Update 5 Live Update 5 overview After installing and 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 launch Live...
Page 37 - History Tab; Setting
Software Application Guide Live Update 5 33 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 38 - About
34 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 41 - 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 43 - Auto playing images
Software Application Guide Video Genie 39 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 44 - Entering Slide mode
40 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 45 - HDII image enhancement
Software Application Guide Video Genie 41 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 46 - System Requirement
42 Software Application Guide Video Genie 3D Effect EasyViewer provides the 3D visual effect, with 3D glasses, you can experience the photos in 3D. System Requirement The system and software requirements for EasyViewer 3D effect as below list. Microsoft ® Windows ® Vista 32/64-bit or Windows 7 32/64...
Page 47 - VIRTU
Lucid VIRTU is designed for Intel Sandy Bridge 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 unique capabilities of the Intel’s advanced media feat...
Page 49 - Installing VIRTU
Software Application Guide VIRTU 45 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 51 - Main Tab
Software Application Guide VIRTU 47 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 52 - Games Tab
48 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 54 - About Tab
50 Software Application Guide VIRTU About Tab If the “About” tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: This screen provides VIRTU version installed.