MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) Manual- User Manual

Preface MS-7750 Preface v Preface MS-7750 Preface Calforna, USA: The button cell battery may contan perchlorate materal and requres specal handlng when recycled or dsposed of n Calforna. For further nformaton please vst:http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate/ CAUTION: There s a rsk of exp...

v Preface MS-7750 Preface Preface MS-7750 Preface WEEE (Waste Electrcal and Electronc Equpment) Statement ENGLISH To protect the global envronment and as an envronmentalst, MSI must re- mnd you that...Under the European Unon (“EU”) Drectve on Waste Electrcal and Elec- tronc Equpment, Drectve 2002/96...

Preface MS-7750 Preface v Preface MS-7750 Preface ESPAÑOL MSI como empresa comprometda con la proteccón del medo ambente, recomenda:Bajo la drectva 2002/96/EC de la Unón Europea en matera de desechos y/o equ- pos electróncos, con fecha de rgor desde el 13 de agosto de 2005, los productos clasficados...

v Preface MS-7750 Preface Preface MS-7750 Preface TÜRKÇE Çevrec özellğyle blnen MSI dünyada çevrey korumak çn hatırlatır:Avrupa Brlğ (AB) Kararnames Elektrk ve Elektronk Malzeme Atığı, 2002/96/EC Kararnames altında 13 Ağustos 2005 tarhnden tbaren geçerl olmak üzere, elektrkl ve elektronk malzemeler ...

Thank you for choosng the Z68A-G45 (B3) Seres (MS- 7750 v2.X) ATX manboard. These Seres manboards are based on Intel ® Z68 chpsets for optmal system efficency. Desgned to fit the advanced Intel ® LGA1155 processor, the Seres delver a hgh performance and professonal desktop platform soluton. Chapter ...

1-2 Gettng Started Manboard Specficatons Processor Support Intel ® Core TM 7/ Core TM 5 /Core TM 3/ Pentum ® / Celeron ® processor n the LGA1155 package (For the latest nformaton about CPU, please vst http://www.ms.com/servce/cpu-support) Chpset Intel ® Z68 (B3) chpset Memory Support 4 DDR3 DIMMs su...

1-3 MS-7750 Chapter 1 Connectors Back panel 1 PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port 4 USB 2.0 ports 1 Clear CMOS button 1 Coaxal S/PDIF-out port 1 Optcal S/PDIF-out port 1 LAN port 2 USB 3.0 ports 1 HDMI port** 1 VGA port** 1 DVI-D port** 6 flexble audo ports **(The HDMI, DVI-D and VGA ports only work wth...

1-4 Gettng Started Z68A-G45 (B3) Seres (MS-7750 v2.X) ATX Manboard Manboard Layout PCI_E4 PCI_E1 PCI_E2PCI_E3 PCI_E5 PCI1 PCI2 BATT + JFP2 JFP1 JC O M 1 JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB5 JUSB4 JBAT1 D IM M 1 D IM M 2 D IM M 3 D IM M 4 JTPM1 JDLED3 JAUD1 JSP1 JPWR2 JP W R 1 CPUFAN SYSFAN2 S Y S FA N 3 S Y S FA...

Ths chapter provdes you wth the nformaton about hardware setup procedures. Whle performng the nstal- laton, be careful n holdng the components and follow- ng the nstallaton procedures. For some components, f you nstall n the wrong orentaton, the components wll not work properly. Use a grounded wrst ...

2-2 Hardware Setup Quck Components Gude Back Panel, p.2-10 CPU, p.2-4 CPUFAN, p.2-13 DDR3, p.2-7 JPWR2, p.2-9 JPWR1, p.2-9 SYSFAN1, p.2-13 SATA, p.2-12 JFP1/JFP2, p.2-13 JUSB1/2/3/5, p.2-14 JSP1, p.2-15 JAUD1, p.2-15 JCI1, p.2-12 JTPM1, p.2-16 PCIe, p.2-19 JBAT1, p.2-18 JDLED3, p.2-16 PCI, p.2-19 SY...

2-3 MS-7750 Chapter 2 Mountng Screw Holes When you nstall the manboard, you have to place the manboard nto the chasss n the correct drecton. The locatons of screws holes on the manboard are shown as below. Refer above pcture to nstall standoffs n the approprate locatons on chasss and then screw thro...

2-5 MS-7750 Chapter 2 CPU & Cooler Installaton When you are nstallng the CPU, make sure the CPU has a cooler attached on the top to prevent overheatng. Meanwhle, do not forget to apply some thermal paste on CPU before nstallng the heat snk/cooler fan for better heat dsperson. Follow the steps be...

2-7 MS-7750 Chapter 2 Memory These DIMM slots are used for nstallng memory modules. For more nformaton on compatble components, please vst http://www.ms.com/servce/test-report DDR3 240-pn, 1.5V 48x2=96 pn 72x2=144 pn Dual-Channel mode Populaton Rule In Dual-Channel mode, the memory modules can trans...

2-8 Hardware Setup Installng Memory Modules The memory module has only one notch on the center and wll only fit n the rght orentaton.Insert the memory module vertcally nto the DIMM slot. Then push t n untl the golden finger on the memory module s deeply nserted n the DIMM slot. The plastc clp at eac...

2-10 Hardware Setup Back Panel Lne-In Lne-Out Mc RS-Out CS-Out SS-Out USB 2.0 Port USB 2.0 Port USB 3.0 Port Mouse/Keyboard The standard PS/2 ® mouse/keyboard DIN connector s for a PS/2 ® mouse/keyboard. USB 2.0 Port The USB 2.0 port s for attachng USB 2.0 devces such as keyboard, mouse, or other US...

2-12 Hardware Setup Connectors Seral ATA Connector: SATA1~6 Ths connector s a hgh-speed Seral ATA nterface port. Each connector can connect to one Seral ATA devce. * The MB layout n ths figure s for reference only. SATA1~2 (6Gb/s)SATA3~6 (3Gb/s) SATA2 SATA5 SATA1 SATA6 SATA3 SATA4 Important Please d...

2-15 MS-7750 Chapter 2 S/PDIF-Out Connector: JSP1 Ths connector s used to connect S/PDIF (Sony & Phlps Dgtal Interconnect Format) nterface for dgtal audo transmsson. 11 5 V 3.VC C 2.SP DIF 1.Gro und * The MB layout n ths figure s for reference only. S/PDIF-Out Bracket (optonal) Front Panel Audo ...

2-16 Hardware Setup TPM Module connector: JTPM1 Ths connector connects to a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) module (optonal). Please refer to the TPM securty platform manual for more detals and usages. * The MB layout n ths figure s for reference only. 11 5 V 10.N o Pin 14.G roun d 8.5V Pow er 12.G ro...

2-18 Hardware Setup Jumper Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There s a CMOS RAM on board wth an external battery power supply to preserve the system configuraton data. Wth the CMOS RAM, the system can automatcally boot OS every tme t s turned on. If you want to clear the system configuraton, please temporarl...

2-19 MS-7750 Chapter 2 Slots PCIe (Perpheral Component Interconnect Express) Slot The PCIe slot supports the PCIe nterface expanson card. PCIe x16 Slot PCIe x1 Slot PCI (Perpheral Component Interconnect) Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other add-on cards that comply wth...

2-20 Hardware Setup LED Status Indcators CPU Phase LEDs These LEDs ndcate the current CPU power phase mode. Follow the nstructons below to read. Lghts Off CPU s n 3 phase power mode. CPU s n 4 phase power mode. CPU Phase LEDs

Ths chapter provdes nformaton on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for op- tmum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: An error message appears on the screen durng the system bootng up, and requests you to run SETUP. You want to change the default settngs for cu...

3-2 BIOS Setup Enterng Setup Power on the computer and the system wll start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter Setup Menu, F11 to enter Boot Menu If the message dsappears before you respond and you...

3-3 MS-7750 Chapter 3 Control Keyboard Mouse Descrpton <↑ ↓ > Move the cursor Select Item <Enter> Clck/ Double- clck the left but- ton Select Icon/ Feld <Esc> Clck the rght button Jumps to the Ext menu or returns to the prevous from a submenu <+> Increase the numerc value or ...

3-4 BIOS Setup The Man Menu Language After enterng the Setup menu, you can see a “Language” button. Please clck t and select the language, at your desre, for the BIOS settng first. Green Power Clck “Green Power” con to enter the menu. Use ths menu to specfy the power phase. Utltes Clck “Utltes” con ...

3-8 BIOS Setup Overclockng Current CPU / DRAM Frequency These tems show the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed. Read-only. CPU Base Frequency [10KHz] Ths tem allows you to set the CPU Base clock (n 10KHz). You may overclock the CPU by adjustng ths value. Please note the overclockng behavor s not...

3-14 BIOS Setup Games Ths menu provdes several games for you to play. Smply clck any con to enter t and followng the game rules to play t. Important Before you enter to the Game menu, please place the MSI Drver DVD that be ncluded n the manboard package nto the DVD-ROM drve . Ths DVD provdes the nec...

3-15 MS-7750 Chapter 3 Settngs System Status System Date Ths allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current date). The format s <day> <month> <date> <year>. day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determned by BIOS. Read-only. month The month from J...

3-20 BIOS Setup Resume From S3 by USB Devce The tem allows the actvty of the USB devce to wake up the system from S3 (Sus- pend to RAM) sleep state. Resume From S3/S4/S5 by PS/2 Mouse/ Keyboard These tems determne whether the system wll be awakened from what power sav- ng modes when nput sgnal of th...

3-21 MS-7750 Chapter 3 Important When you select the Admnstrator Password / User Password tem, a password box wll appear on the screen. Type the password, and press <Enter>. The password typed now wll replace any prevously set password from CMOS memory. You wll be prompted to confirm the passw...

The Realtek audo provdes 10-channel DAC that smul- taneously supports 7.1 sound playback and 2 channels of ndependent stereo sound output (multple streamng) through the Front-Out-Left and Front-Out-Rght chan- nels. Appendx A Realtek Audo

A-2 Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A Installng the Realtek HD Audo Drver You need to nstall the HD audo drver for Realtek audo codec to functon properly before you can get access to 2-, 4-, 6-, 8- channel or 7.1+2 channel audo operatons. Follow the procedures descrbed ...

Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A A-3 Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A Software Configuraton After nstallng the audo drver, the “Realtek HD Audo Manager” con wll appear at the notficaton area (lower rght of the screen). You may double clck the con and the GUI wll pop up accordngly. double clck the con ...

A-4 Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A Devce Selecton Here you can select a audo output source to change the related optons. The “check” sgn (n orange) ndcates the devces as default. Volume Adjustment You can control the volume or balance the rght/left sde of the speaker...

Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A A-5 Realtek Audo MS-7750 Append x A Hardware Default Settng The followng dagrams are audo back panel default settng. Backpanel audo jacks to 2-channel speakers dagram Front Backpanel audo jacks to 4-channel speakers dagram Rear Front ■ ■

Ths appendx wll assst users n configurng and en- ablng RAID functonalty and acceleratng system on platforms Appendx B Intel RAID

Intel RAID MS-7750 Append x B B-3 Intel RAID MS-7750 Append x B BIOS Configuraton The Intel Rapd Storage Technology Opton ROM should be ntegrated wth the sys- tem BIOS on all manboards wth a supported Intel chpset. The Intel Rapd Storage Technology Opton ROM s the Intel RAID mplementaton and provdes...

B-10 Intel RAID MS-7750 Append x B Intel RAID MS-7750 Append x B Important Please follow the nstructon below to make an “Intel ® RAID Drver” for yourself. Insert the MSI DVD nto the DVD-ROM drve.Clck the “Browse CD” on the Setup screen.Copy all the contents n \\Storage\Intel\PCH\f6flpy-x86 or f6flpy...