MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX User manual

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Quick Start
Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing the MSI®B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II
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.

󳐁®B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II 󸢄󱚗
󸓫󾖜󶩬
󶕋󴁓󴲤󲕗󳲷󸰝󶩬󶕋
󳩿󹱏󱟔󲹯󵁘󳳣󱣼
󶖑󴋇󴋈󴉩󸏜󸰝
󸌒󱯷󲀏󵒵󹱉

󼸧󼂖󼺲󽂪
MSI®B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻝮󻼒󼻏󽍦󼛮󻽆󻼎󺨂󻺞󽍛󻂺󻃖
󼕦󻭲󻭶󼏂󻼎󻂆󼳦󽋚󼼢󻝮󻼖󼱊󽍊󻂆󻨛󻪇󼏂󻃲󽍎󻅢󻢚󻃖󼕦󼎦󺯪󻖚󺫮󼕮󻭲
󻅢󻢚󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󼘎󺫧󽍊󺫒󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖󽔦󻃲󼗶󽑆󻐂󻂆󼻎󻰆󻞱󼕊󼓫󻯾󻕮󼒢󼗲󻝮
󼾧󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍎󽒶󻼖󼱊󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󺨂󻺳󽍊󼃎󺰢󻨆󻕿󻂺󻃖󻐂󻂆
󼵆󻋎󻝮󼂖󼲆󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍒󼀊󻆶󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖
󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜
󳡒󸗶󳞅󸣵󸢄®B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II󱛞󴡉󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜󶕲󶜳󳳣
󱣼󳞅󲹂󸆈󹩚󷉅󵷜󶈾󶜹󲖐󸍵󾖞󱞄󳳣󱣼󸿬󱴹󶩭󱠁󵷜󲹂󸆈󶈾󶜹󳖋󵙾󽚮󸕂󳞅󱟧󴆔
󳣙󲘻󳩿󴡉󳨘󳎦󴍆󵷜󵈗󸌶󲑠󸹒󱚗󶭎󲗋󸹲󸂈󸌾󵺳󳞄󱜖󲁗󱟨󳱣󳳢
󵷜󴁔󳓑󳙓󸹃󸹑󳲝󷍿󶭍󲗋󾖜
󳙓󸹃󱰪󹢚
󳡑󸞋󳞄󸥁󱜬®B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II󱛞󴍇󴋉󳙓󸹃󱰪󹢚󸿬󱴸󳳣󱣼
󱝏󴊇󱱆󲦙󱢊󲹁󸅗󸜊󶛢󴋠󵁙󶈽󲕧󴏈󱝬󸜧󴁚󸶒󳳣󱣼󱝏󸍄󹴜󵁙󶈽󸝠󱣎󵭡󳞄
󵷜󳩿󴋠󳨘󳎦󴍇󵭳󷆔󱚗󵷜󶸜󹴀󴵝󸍆󲑠󹝪󳲝󷍿󶸜󲗋󸍀󵺳󳞄󱜖󲁗󱟨󸸵󸵦󳪮󳳡
󶁊󹝪󳲝󱵰

II Quick Start
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󸆈󷴺󵤾󲑠󲹁󸅗󲢩󵤾󲑠
Youtube
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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
XMTg2MjMwOTE2NA==.html
https://youtu.be/Xv89nhFk1vc
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III
Quick Start
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Important

remove the retention module first and then install the heatsink.
󲀮󱟔󲝉󲁺󾖛󱚘󸏝󲕘󾖛
󲣏󲀮󱟔󱚘󾖜
󺺊󻺞󼺲󼕷󼕊󽕺󽂪󼃣󼹞󻝮󼖗󼨛󽍒󺪯󼒢󼌶󻖊󺯪󻞮󺫮󺨋󼕦󼷚󻗞󼞲󼞲󻃲󻝮󼘎󺩢󽒶
󽕺󽂪󼃣󼹞󻝮󼖗󼨛󽍊󼃟󼃎󼐖
󲦚󴍷󸋘󲹂󸆈󷾄󶫇󳓑󵷜󳾹󵕌󲑠󾖞󸕂󸼢󵒵󱚘󲖐󴨣󺁴󱯷󶎙󹤵󲕣󲹥󴟜󶩭󾖞󱱨󲹂󸆈󳾹󵕌󲑠󾖜
󲦚󴍷󸋘󲹂󸅗󷾄󱚳󳓑󳾹󵎾󲑠󾖞󸝠󳮢󵒵󲦚󱚘󲕧󴨣󺃆󱯷󶎙󹤵󲕣󲹥󴟜󲗰󾖞󵑑󲂃󱱨󲹂󸅗󳾹󵎾󲑠󾖜
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IV Quick Start
󲀮󱟔
󻡆󻢚󻞞󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󸏝󳥮󺄷󲹁󸅗󱱟󲷜
http://youtu.be/T03aDrJPyQs
Youtube 󱠳󹃳
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyMTI5ODI4.html
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DIMMA2 DIMMA2
DIMMB2
DIMMA1
DIMMA2
DIMMB1
DIMMB2

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Connecting the Front Panel Header/
󳲞󶬗󼗶󻡦󽄚󺼂󼳖󺼗󼼢󼏢󺪢󽍊󺰢
󸹒󳲞󱶝󶹌󹬻󴍆󹆾󷉥󸶚󳲞󱶝󶹌󹬻󴍆󳲞󲤆
http://youtu.be/DPELIdVNZUI
Youtube 󱠳󹃳
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjcyMTczMzM2.html
HDD LED
RESET SW
JFP1
HDD LED HDD LED -
HDD LED +
POWER LED -
POWER LED +
POWER LED
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9
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+
+- -- -
+
Power LED
HDD LED Reset Switch
Reserved
Power Switch
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
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VI Quick Start
󲀮󱟔
󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󱛞󴡉󴍆󲹂󸅗󱛞󴍆
BAT1
Torque:
3 kgf·cm*
*3 kgf·cm
= 0.3 N·m
= 2.6 lbf·in
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BAT1
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https://youtu.be/wWI6Qt51Wnc
https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
XNDUwMDUyNTkwOA==.html
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Youtube
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Quick Start
󹩙󴽥󳲜󶬖󼗶󼓂
󼳖󺼗󼼢󼏢󺪢󽍊󺰢󳳨󱚗󹩚󴽦󳲞󹲋󸶚󳲝󵭳󴽦󳲝󲤆
http://youtu.be/gkDYyR_83I4
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkzODU0MDQw.html
Youtube
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ATX_PWR1
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󲀮󱟔
󻋎󻕮󼕦󻯾󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󶅦󶄬󴡉󲹁󸅗󸜧󲢮
http://youtu.be/RZsMpqxythc
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkzODU5MTky.html
Youtube
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Quick Start
󲀮󱟔
󺯪󻖊󽌯󼱦󻋎󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󹳳󶈾󱽷󲹁󸅗󴄵󱽷
http://youtu.be/mG0GZpr9w_A
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkyOTc3MzQ4.html
Youtube
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XQuick Start
󲄔󸵅󴡉󲑠󳲞󶬗
󼛮󻪲󼖗󼱊󼏢󺪢󽍊󺰢󸹒󳲞󲄔󸽝󸐈󱪸󸶚󳲞󲣏󲕙󸜧󲢮
Processor with Radeon™ Graphics

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Quick Start
󸸴󹩙󼗶󼓂󼴎󺰢󲊐󱹿󹩚󴽦󳒷󴋠
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Contents
Contents
Safety Information................................................................................................. 2
Specifications......................................................................................................... 3
Package contents .................................................................................................. 8
Rear I/O Panel ....................................................................................................... 9
LAN Port LED Status Table .................................................................................... 9
...................................................................................... 9
 ......................................................................................... 10
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 12
Processor Socket ................................................................................................. 13
DIMM Slots............................................................................................................ 14
.......................................................................... 15
M2_1: M.2 Slot (Key M)......................................................................................... 16
....................................................................... 16
................................................................... 17
 ............................................................................ 17
....................................................... 18
............................................................................. 19
 ........................................................................ 19
.................................. 20
 ............................................................................. 21
........................................................................... 21
........................................................... 22
EZ Debug LEDs..................................................................................................... 22
....................................................................... 23
........................................................................... 24
Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 25
Installing Windows® 10......................................................................................... 25
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 25
Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 25
UEFI BIOS............................................................................................................. 26
BIOS Setup............................................................................................................ 27
Entering BIOS Setup............................................................................................. 27
Resetting BIOS...................................................................................................... 28
Updating BIOS....................................................................................................... 28
EZ Mode ................................................................................................................ 30
Advanced Mode .................................................................................................... 33
................................................................................................................ 34

2Safety Information
Safety Information
The components included in this package are prone to damage from electrostatic
discharge (ESD). Please adhere to the following instructions to ensure successful
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.
It is recommended to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when
handling the motherboard to prevent electrostatic damage. If an ESD wrist strap is

before handling the motherboard.
Store the motherboard in an electrostatic shielding container or on an anti-static
pad whenever the motherboard is not installed.

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.

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

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.

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.

3
Specifications
Specifications
CPU

Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with
Radeon™ Graphics/ Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics
Desktop Processors for Socket AM4
Chipset AMD®
Memory


For AMD Ryzen Gen3 (R5/R7/R9)
Supports 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466/


Supports 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466

Dual channel memory architecture


*Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
Expansion Slots


processors)
Supports x8 speed (Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega
Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™
Graphics processors)
Supports x4 speed (Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega
Graphics processors)



Onboard Graphics

1920x1200 @60Hz*/**

4096x2160 @60Hz*/**/***
* Maximum shared memory of 16GB
** Only available when using Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen
AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics/ Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics
processors.



4Specifications

Storage

2x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
1x M.2 slot (Key M)*

Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd

(Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics) and SATA 6Gb/s
Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

4x SATA 6Gb/s ports
* SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a M.2 device in M.2
slot.
RAID


devices
USB

2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A ports on the back panel


1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A port on the back panel
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports available through the
internal USB connector

available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
LAN 1x Realtek® 8111H Gigabit LAN controller
Audio 



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Specifications

Back Panel
Connectors
1x Flash BIOS Button
1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports
1x DVI-D port
1x HDMI port
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A ports
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A port

1x LAN(RJ45) port
6x audio jacks
Internal Connectors
1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connector (support additional 2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)
2x USB 2.0 connectors (support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

1x 4-pin water pump connector
4x 4-pin system fan connectors
1x front panel audio connector
2x system panel connectors
1x serial port connector


2x 5050 RGB LED strip 12V connectors
1x TPM module connector
LED Feature 4x EZ Debug LED
I/O Controller 
Hardware Monitor





6Specifications

Form Factor ATX Form Factor
12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
BIOS Features
1x 256 Mb flash
UEFI AMI BIOS

Multi-language
Software
Drivers

MSI App Player(BlueStacks)
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)


Norton™ Internet Security Solution
Dragon Center
Features
Gaming Mode
Gaming Hotkey
Mystic Light
User Scenario
Hardware Monitor

Live Update
Speed Up
Smart Tool

Special Features
Audio
Audio Boost
Network
Realtek LAN
Storage
Turbo M.2


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Specifications

Special Features

Extended heatsink
Pump Fan

LED
Mystic Light
Mystic Light Extension (RGB)

EZ DEBUG LED
Protection


Performance

DDR4 Boost

GAME Boost

AMD Turbo USB 3.2 Gen 2
VR
VR Ready
Gamer Experience
GAMING HOTKEY

BIOS

Flash BIOS Button
StoreMI (SW feature)
AMD FreeSync™ Ready
AMD Precision Boost OverDrive™



8Package contents
Package contents
Please check the contents of your motherboard package. It should contain:
Motherboard B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II
Cable SATA 6G cables (2 cables/pack) 1
Accessories
M.2 screws (3 pcs./pack) 1
 1
I/O Shielding 1
Product registration card 1
Application Driver DVD 1
Documentation User manual 1
Quick installation guide 1
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Important
