MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS User manual

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MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS
Motherboard
User Guide
Benutzerhandbuch
Manuel d’utilisation

󲀮󾉣󸔆󴃬󴉩
󻺞󼒛󻡷󻼎
󱣎󵭡󳩿󱱥
󱣎󵭡󳩿󱱧

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English
Deutsch
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
󴂬󴋈󸓦
󽍎󺭟󼎦
󶱻󺄷󱛉󳿶
󶠊󱢈󱛉󳿶

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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.
Kurzanleitung
Danke, dass Sie das MSI® Motherboard gewählt haben. Dieser Abschnitt der
Kurzanleitung bietet eine Demo zur Installation Ihres Computers. Manche
Installationen bieten auch die Videodemonstrationen. Klicken Sie auf die URL, um
diese Videoanleitung mit Ihrem Browser auf Ihrem Handy oder Table anzusehen. Oder
scannen Sie auch den QR Code mit Ihrem Handy, um die URL zu öffnen.
Présentation rapide
Merci d’avoir choisi la carte mère MSI®. Ce manuel fournit une rapide présentation
avec des illustrations explicatives qui vous aideront à assembler votre ordinateur.
Des tutoriels vidéo sont disponibles pour certaines étapes. Cliquez sur le lien fourni
pour regarder la vidéo sur votre téléphone ou votre tablette. Vous pouvez également
accéder au lien en scannant le QR code qui lui est associé.







󳐂󸢄󱚗󾖛󸓫󾖜
󶩭󶕌󴁔󴲥󲕘󳲷󸰞󾖜
󶩭󶕌󳩿󹱏󱟔󾖛󲹰󵁙󳳣󱣼󾖜󶖒
󴋇󴋉󴉩󸏝󸰞󸌔󾖜
󱯷󲀐󵒵󹱉󾖜
󼸧󼂖󼺲󽂪
󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻝮󻼒󼻏󽍦󼛮󻽆󻼎󺨂󻺞󽍛󻂺󻃖󼕦󻭲󻭶󼏂󻼎󻂆󼳦󽋚󼼢󻝮󻼖󼱊󽍊󻂆󻨛󻪇󼏂󻃲󽍎
󻅢󻢚󻃖󼕦󼎦󺯪󻖚󺫮󼕮󻭲󻅢󻢚󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󼘎󺫧󽍊󺫒󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖󽔦󻃲󼗶󽑆󻐂󻂆󼻎󻰆󻞱󼕊󼓫
󻯾󻕮󼒢󼗲󻝮󼾧󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍎󽒶󻼖󼱊󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󺨂󻺳󽍊󼃎󺰢󻨆󻕿󻂺󻃖󻐂󻂆󼵆󻋎󻝮
󼂖󼲆󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍒󼀊󻆶󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖
󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜
󳡒󸗶󳞅󸣵󸢄󱛞󴡉󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜󶕲󶜳󳳣󱣼󳞅󲹂󸆈󹩚󷉅󵷜󶈾󶜹󲖐󸍵󾖞󱞄󳳣󱣼󸿬󱴹󶩭󱠁
󵷜󲹂󸆈󶈾󶜹󳖋󵙾󽚮󸕂󳞅󱟧󴆔󳣙󲘻󳩿󴡉󳨘󳎦󴍆󵷜󵈗󸌶󲑠󸹒󱚗󶭎󲗋󸹲󸂈󸌾󵺳󾖜󳞅󱜗󲁗󱟧
󳱣󳳢󵷜󴁔󳓑󳙔󸹄󸹒󳲞󷍿󶭎󲗋󾖜
󳙔󸹄󱰩󹢚
󳡒󸞋󳞅󸥁󱜬󱛞󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󱰩󹢚󸿬󱴹󳳣󱣼󱝏󴊈󱱆󲦚󱢊󲹂󸅗󸜊󶛣󴋠󵁙󶈾󲕧󾖜󴏉󱝭󸜧󴁛󸶒
󳳣󱣼󱝏󸍄󹴜󵁙󶈾󾖜󸝠󱣎󵭡󳞅󵷜󳩿󴋠󳨘󳎦󴍆󵭳󷆔󱚗󵷜󶸜󹴀󴵝󸍆󲑠󹝪󳲞󷍿󶸜󲗋󸍀󵺳󾖜󳞅󱜗󲁗󱟧
󸸶󸵦󳪮󳳢󶁊󹝪󳲞󱵰󾖜

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Installing a Processor/ Installation des Prozessors/ Installer un
󲀮󱟔󽋶󻙎󻼪󻼎
󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󷴺󵤾󲑠󲹂󸅗󲢩󵤾󲑠
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https://youtu.be/4ce91YC3Oww
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https://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XMTgxMzM2MjEzNg==.html
Youtube
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Installing DDR5 memory/ Installation des DDR5-Speichers/

󲀮󱟔󻡆󻢚󻞞󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󸏝󳥮󺄷󲹂󸅗
󱱟󲷜
http://youtu.be/T03aDrJPyQs
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Youtube 󱠳󹃳
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyMTI5ODI4.html
DIMMA2 DIMMA2
DIMMB2
DIMMA1
DIMMA2
DIMMB1
DIMMB2

VI
Connecting the Front Panel Header/ Anschließen der
Frontpanel-Stiftleiste/ Connecter un connecteur du panneau

󳲞󶬗󼗶󻡦󽄚󺼂󼳖󺼗󼼢󼏢󺪢󽍊󺰢
󸹒󳲞󱶝󶹌󹬻󴍆󹆾󷉥󸶚󳲞󱶝󶹌󹬻󴍆󳲞󲤆
HDD LED
RESET SW
JFP1
HDD LED 
HDD 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 4
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
http://youtu.be/DPELIdVNZUI
Youtube 󱠳󹃳
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjcyMTczMzM2.html
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Installing the Motherboard/ Installation des Motherboards/

󲀮󱟔󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󱛞󴡉󴍆󲹂󸅗󱛞󴍆
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https://youtu.be/wWI6Qt51Wnc
https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
XNDUwMDUyNTkwOA==.html
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Torque:
3 kgf·cm*
*3 kgf·cm
= 0.3 N·m
= 2.6 lbf·in
Youtube
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VIII
Connecting the Power Connectors/ Stromanschlüsse
anschliessen/ Connecter les câbles du module d’alimentation/
󹩚󴽦󳲞󶬗󼗶󼓂
󼳖󺼗󼼢󼏢󺪢󽍊󺰢󳳨󱚗󹩚󴽦󳲞󹲋󸶚󳲞󵭳󴽦󳲞󲤆
http://youtu.be/gkDYyR_83I4 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDkzODU0MDQw.html
Youtube 󱠳󹃳
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ATX_PWR1
CPU_PWR1
CPU_PWR2

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Installing SATA Drives/ Installation der SATA-Laufwerke/

󲀮󱟔󻋎󻕮󼕦󻯾󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󶅦󶄬󴡉󲹂
󸅗󸜧󲢮
http://youtu.be/RZsMpqxythc
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkzODU5MTky.html
Youtube
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Installing a Graphics Card/ Einbau der Grafikkarte/ Installer

󲀮󱟔󺯪󻖊󽌯󼱦󻋎󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󹳳󶈾󱽷
󲹂󸅗󴄵󱽷
http://youtu.be/mG0GZpr9w_A
http://v.youku.com/v_show/
id_XNDkyOTc3MzQ4.html
Youtube
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XI
Connecting Peripheral Devices/ Peripheriegeräte/ Connecter

󲄔󸵅󴡉󲑠󳲞󶬗󼛮󻪲󼖗󼱊󼏢󺪢󽍊󺰢󸹒󳲞󲄔󸽝󸐈󱪸
󸶚󳲞󲣏󲕙󸜧󲢮

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
󸸴󹩙󼗶󼓂󼴎󺰢󲊐󱹿󹩚󴽦󳒷󴋠

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Contents
Contents
Safety Information................................................................................................. 3
Specifications......................................................................................................... 4
Package contents .................................................................................................. 9
Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 10
LAN Port LED Status Table .................................................................................. 10
Audio Ports Configuration.................................................................................... 10
Realtek Audio Console ......................................................................................... 11
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 13
CPU Socket ........................................................................................................... 14
DIMM Slots............................................................................................................ 15
PCI_E1~5: PCIe Expansion Slots.......................................................................... 16
M2_1~2: M.2 Slots (Key M) ................................................................................... 17
SATA1~6: SATA 6Gb/s Connectors....................................................................... 19
JFP1, JFP2: Front Panel Connectors................................................................... 20
JCOM1: Serial Port Connector ............................................................................. 20
CPU_PWR1~2, ATX_PWR1: Power Connectors................................................... 21
JAUD1: Front Audio Connector ............................................................................ 22
............................................................ 22
JUSB3~4: USB 3.2 Gen 1 Connectors .................................................................. 23
JUSB1~2: USB 2.0 Connectors............................................................................. 24
JTPM1: TPM Module Connector........................................................................... 24
CPU_FAN1, PUMP_FAN1, SYS_FAN1~6: Fan Connectors.................................. 25
JCI1: Chassis Intrusion Connector....................................................................... 26
 ...................................................... 27
JRTD3: Intel RTD3 Connector .............................................................................. 27
JBAT1: Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) Jumper........................................................... 28
JRGB1: RGB LED connector................................................................................. 29
JRAINBOW1~2: Addressable RGB LED connectors ............................................ 30
Onboard LEDs...................................................................................................... 31
EZ Debug LED....................................................................................................... 31
LED_SW1: EZ LED Control................................................................................... 31
Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 32
Installing Windows® 10......................................................................................... 32
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 32
Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 32
UEFI BIOS............................................................................................................. 33
BIOS Setup............................................................................................................ 34
English

2Contents
Entering BIOS Setup............................................................................................. 34
Resetting BIOS...................................................................................................... 35
Updating BIOS....................................................................................................... 35
EZ Mode ................................................................................................................ 37
Advanced Mode .................................................................................................... 40
OC Menu................................................................................................................ 41

3
Safety 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
not available, discharge yourself of static electricity by touching another metal object
before handling the motherboard.

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.
Do not leave this motherboard in an environment above 60°C (140°F), it may damage
the motherboard.

4Specifications
Specifications
CPU
Supports 10th Gen Intel® Core™ and Pentium® Gold /
Celeron® processors for LGA 1200 socket*
* Please go to intel.com for compatibility information.
* Onboard graphics output are disabled when using the F SKU processors.
Chipset Intel® Z490 Chipset
Memory
4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB*
Supports 1R 2133/2666/2933 MHz*
1DPC 1R Max speed up to 4800+ MHz
1DPC 2R Max speed up to 4266+ MHz
2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4400+ MHz
2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz


Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
*Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory
Expansion Slot
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (from CPU)
󽚟
3x PCIe x1 slots (from PCH)
Onboard Graphics
1x HDMI port, supports a maximum resolution of
4096x2160 @ 30Hz
1x DisplayPort port supports a maximum resolution of
4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Multi-GPU 
Storage
Intel® Z490 Chipset
6x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
2x M.2 slots (Key M)
M2_1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/
2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices*
M2_2 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s, 2242/
2260/ 2280 storage devices**
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready***
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core™ processors
* SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_1 slot.
** SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD in the
M2_2 slot.
*** Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have
updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.
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RAID
Intel® Z490 Chipset
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices
LAN 
USB
Intel® Z490 Chipset
2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports 


back panel, 4 ports through the internal USB connectors,
1 
6x USB 2.0 ports 
ports through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
Audio


Supports S/PDIF output
Back Panel
Connectors
1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
2x USB 2.0 ports
1x HDMI port
1x DisplayPort port


1x LAN(RJ45) port

1x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
5x audio jacks
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Internal Connectors



6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (support additional 4
USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)
2x USB 2.0 connectors (support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)



1x front panel audio connector
2x system panel connectors
1x Chassis Intrusion connector
1x Clear CMOS jumper


1x serial port connector
1x TPM module connector
1x TBT connector*
*Thunderbolt card need support RTD3
LED Features 1x EZ LED Control switch
4x EZ Debug LED
I/O Controller NUVOTON NCT6687 Controller Chip
Hardware Monitor
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System fan speed detection
CPU/System fan speed control
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
ACPI 6.2, SM BIOS 3.2

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Software
Drivers
DRAGON CENTER
Intel Extreme Tuning Utility
MSI App Player (BlueStacks)
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)

Google Chrome™, Google Toolbar, Google Drive
Norton™ Internet Security Solution
Dragon Center
Features
Gaming Mode
Gaming Hotkey
LAN Manager
Mystic Light
User Scenario
Monitor(Hardware
Monitor)
True Color
Live Update
DPC Latency tuner
Speed Up
Smart Tool
Super Charger
Please refer to http://download.msi.
com/manual/mb/DRAGONCENTER2.
pdf for more details.
Special Features
Audio
Audio Boost
Network
2.5G LAN
LAN Manager
Cooling
Extended Heatsink Design
M.2 Shield Frozr
Pump Fan
Smart Fan Control
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Special Features
LED
Mystic Light
Mystic Light Extension(RGB)
Mystic Light Extension (RAINBOW)
Mystic Light Sync
EZ LED Control
EZ DEBUG LED
Performance

DDR4 Boost
Core Boost
Game Boost
USB 3.2 Gen 2 10G
USB with type A+C

Dual CPU Power
Protection



Experience
DRAGON CENTER
Click BIOS 5