MSI MEG Z690 GODLIKE User manual

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MEG Z690 GODLIKE
Motherboard
User Guide
󲀮󾉣󸔆󴃬󴉩
󻺞󼒛󻡷󻼎
󱣎󵭡󳩿󱱥
󱣎󵭡󳩿󱱧

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English
󴂬󴋈󸓦
󽍎󺭟󼎦
󶱻󺄷󱛉󳿶
󶠊󱢈󱛉󳿶

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Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing the MSI® 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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󶩭󶕌󳩿󹱏󱟔󾖛󲹰󵁙󳳣󱣼󾖜󶖒
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󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻝮󻼒󼻏󽍦󼛮󻽆󻼎󺨂󻺞󽍛󻂺󻃖󼕦󻭲󻭶󼏂󻼎󻂆󼳦󽋚󼼢󻝮󻼖󼱊󽍊󻂆󻨛󻪇󼏂󻃲󽍎
󻅢󻢚󻃖󼕦󼎦󺯪󻖚󺫮󼕮󻭲󻅢󻢚󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󼘎󺫧󽍊󺫒󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖󽔦󻃲󼗶󽑆󻐂󻂆󼻎󻰆󻞱󼕊󼓫
󻯾󻕮󼒢󼗲󻝮󼾧󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍎󽒶󻼖󼱊󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󺨂󻺳󽍊󼃎󺰢󻨆󻕿󻂺󻃖󻐂󻂆󼵆󻋎󻝮
󼂖󼲆󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍒󼀊󻆶󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖
󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜
󳡒󸗶󳞅󸣵󸢄󱛞󴡉󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜󶕲󶜳󳳣󱣼󳞅󲹂󸆈󹩚󷉅󵷜󶈾󶜹󲖐󸍵󾖞󱞄󳳣󱣼󸿬󱴹󶩭󱠁
󵷜󲹂󸆈󶈾󶜹󳖋󵙾󽚮󸕂󳞅󱟧󴆔󳣙󲘻󳩿󴡉󳨘󳎦󴍆󵷜󵈗󸌶󲑠󸹒󱚗󶭎󲗋󸹲󸂈󸌾󵺳󾖜󳞅󱜗󲁗󱟧
󳱣󳳢󵷜󴁔󳓑󳙔󸹄󸹒󳲞󷍿󶭎󲗋󾖜
󳙔󸹄󱰩󹢚
󳡒󸞋󳞅󸥁󱜬󱛞󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󱰩󹢚󸿬󱴹󳳣󱣼󱝏󴊈󱱆󲦚󱢊󲹂󸅗󸜊󶛣󴋠󵁙󶈾󲕧󾖜󴏉󱝭󸜧󴁛󸶒
󳳣󱣼󱝏󸍄󹴜󵁙󶈾󾖜󸝠󱣎󵭡󳞅󵷜󳩿󴋠󳨘󳎦󴍆󵭳󷆔󱚗󵷜󶸜󹴀󴵝󸍆󲑠󹝪󳲞󷍿󶸜󲗋󸍀󵺳󾖜󳞅󱜗󲁗󱟧
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󷴺󵤾󲑠󲹂󸅗󲢩󵤾󲑠
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HDD LED
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HDD LED +
POWER LED -
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HDD LED Reset Switch
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Power Switch
JFP1
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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-
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Important
Before installing the motherboard into the case, please refer to the M.2 section in this
manual to remove the M.2 SHIELD FROZR heatsinks first.

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Contents
Contents
Safety Information................................................................................................. 3
Avoid collision notification...................................................................................... 4
Specifications......................................................................................................... 5
.................................................................... 13
Package contents ................................................................................................ 14
Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 15
LAN Port LED Status Table .................................................................................. 15
.................................................................................... 15
 ......................................................................................... 16
Installing Antennas............................................................................................... 18
................................................ 19
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 20
 ........................................................................................................... 21
DIMM Slots............................................................................................................ 22
.......................................................................... 23
 ................................................................................... 24
................................................... 32
 ............................................................................ 32
................................................... 33
................................................................... 34
 ............................................................ 34
JSLOW1: Slow Mode Booting Jumper.................................................................. 35
 ....................................................... 35
 ............................................................. 36
 .............................................................................................. 36
................................................................ 37
 .................................................. 39
 .................................................................. 39
............................................................................. 40
........................................................................... 40
.................................. 41
....................................................................... 42
POWER1, RESET1: Power Button, Reset Button ................................................. 42
........................................................... 43
BIOS_SW1: Multi-BIOS Switch ............................................................................. 43
JRGB1: RGB LED connector................................................................................. 44
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................................ 45
 ........................................................................ 46
M-VISION Dashboard............................................................................................ 47
M_SW1: M-VISION switch..................................................................................... 47
M-VISION Dashboard Status Table ...................................................................... 50
Onboard LEDs...................................................................................................... 51
EZ Debug LED....................................................................................................... 51
JPWRLED1: LED power input............................................................................... 51
................................................................................... 51
................................................................................................... 52
.............................................................................. 52
Boot Phases.......................................................................................................... 52
......................................................................................... 52
............................................................................................. 52
Installing OS, Drivers & MSI Center.................................................................... 58
Installing Windows 10 / Windows 11.................................................................... 58
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 58
............................................................................................................ 58
UEFI BIOS............................................................................................................. 59
BIOS Setup............................................................................................................ 60
Entering BIOS Setup............................................................................................. 60
BIOS User Guide ................................................................................................... 60
Resetting BIOS...................................................................................................... 61
Updating BIOS....................................................................................................... 61

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Safety Information
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.

handling the motherboard to prevent electrostatic damage. If an ESD wrist strap is
not available, discharge yourself of static electricity by touching another metal object
before handling the motherboard.
Store the motherboard in an electrostatic shielding container or on an anti-static
pad whenever the motherboard is not installed.
Before turning on the computer, ensure that there are no loose screws or metal
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.
If you need help during any installation step, please consult a certified computer
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
the PSU, before connecting the PSU to the electrical outlet.
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.
If any of the following situations arises, get the motherboard checked by service
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.

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Avoid collision notification
Protective paint is printed around each screw hole to prevent parts from being
scratched.

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Specifications
Specifications
CPU


Processor socket LGA1700
* Please go to www.msi.com to get the newest support status as new processors
are released.
Chipset 
Memory
4x DDR5 memory slots, supporting up to 128GB*

Max. overclocking frequency:







* Please go to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
Expansion Slot








Multi-GPU 



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
Thunderbolt 4


Support up to 40 Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt
devices
Support up to 20 Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices
Support up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2
devices
Support up to 5V/3A , 15W power charging
Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4
devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices

DisplayPort of the discrete graphics card to the Mini

USB


4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports on the back panel
Hub-GL3590
4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports on the back panel
Asmedia 1074
4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports through internal USB
connectors
Hub-GL850G
4x USB 2.0 ports through internal USB connectors
