MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI User manual

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MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI
MPG Z690 FORCE WIFI
Motherboard
User Guide
Benutzerhandbuch
Manuel d’utilisation

󲀮󾉣󸔆󴃬󴉩
󻺞󼒛󻡷󻼎
󱣎󵭡󳩿󱱥
󱣎󵭡󳩿󱱧

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

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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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
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


󳐂󸢄󱚗󾖛󸓫󾖜
󶩭󶕌󴁔󴲥󲕘󳲷󸰞󾖜
󶩭󶕌󳩿󹱏󱟔󾖛󲹰󵁙󳳣󱣼󾖜󶖒
󴋇󴋉󴉩󸏝󸰞󸌔󾖜
󱯷󲀐󵒵󹱉󾖜
󼸧󼂖󼺲󽂪
󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻝮󻼒󼻏󽍦󼛮󻽆󻼎󺨂󻺞󽍛󻂺󻃖󼕦󻭲󻭶󼏂󻼎󻂆󼳦󽋚󼼢󻝮󻼖󼱊󽍊󻂆󻨛󻪇󼏂󻃲󽍎
󻅢󻢚󻃖󼕦󼎦󺯪󻖚󺫮󼕮󻭲󻅢󻢚󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󼘎󺫧󽍊󺫒󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖󽔦󻃲󼗶󽑆󻐂󻂆󼻎󻰆󻞱󼕊󼓫
󻯾󻕮󼒢󼗲󻝮󼾧󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍎󽒶󻼖󼱊󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󺨂󻺳󽍊󼃎󺰢󻨆󻕿󻂺󻃖󻐂󻂆󼵆󻋎󻝮
󼂖󼲆󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍒󼀊󻆶󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖
󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜
󳡒󸗶󳞅󸣵󸢄󱛞󴡉󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜󶕲󶜳󳳣󱣼󳞅󲹂󸆈󹩚󷉅󵷜󶈾󶜹󲖐󸍵󾖞󱞄󳳣󱣼󸿬󱴹󶩭󱠁
󵷜󲹂󸆈󶈾󶜹󳖋󵙾󽚮󸕂󳞅󱟧󴆔󳣙󲘻󳩿󴡉󳨘󳎦󴍆󵷜󵈗󸌶󲑠󸹒󱚗󶭎󲗋󸹲󸂈󸌾󵺳󾖜󳞅󱜗󲁗󱟧
󳱣󳳢󵷜󴁔󳓑󳙔󸹄󸹒󳲞󷍿󶭎󲗋󾖜
󳙔󸹄󱰩󹢚
󳡒󸞋󳞅󸥁󱜬󱛞󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󱰩󹢚󸿬󱴹󳳣󱣼󱝏󴊈󱱆󲦚󱢊󲹂󸅗󸜊󶛣󴋠󵁙󶈾󲕧󾖜󴏉󱝭󸜧󴁛󸶒
󳳣󱣼󱝏󸍄󹴜󵁙󶈾󾖜󸝠󱣎󵭡󳞅󵷜󳩿󴋠󳨘󳎦󴍆󵭳󷆔󱚗󵷜󶸜󹴀󴵝󸍆󲑠󹝪󳲞󷍿󶸜󲗋󸍀󵺳󾖜󳞅󱜗󲁗󱟧
󸸶󸵦󳪮󳳢󶁊󹝪󳲞󱵰󾖜

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Installing a Processor/ Installation des Prozessors/ Installer un
󲀮󱟔󽋶󻙎󻼪󻼎
󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󷴺󵤾󲑠󲹂󸅗󲢩󵤾󲑠
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https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
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https://youtu.be/KMf9oIDsGes
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Installing DDR5 memory/ Installation des DDR5-Speichers/

󲀮󱟔󻡆󻢚󻞞󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󸏝󳥮󺄷󲹂󸅗
󱱟󲷜
DIMMA2 DIMMA2
DIMMB2
DIMMA1
DIMMA2
DIMMB1
DIMMB2
https://youtu.be/XiNmkDNZcZk
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https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
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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
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Installing the Motherboard/ Installation des Motherboards/

󲀮󱟔󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻼖󼱊󽍊󺰢󲹂󸆈󱛞󴡉󴍆󲹂󸅗󱛞󴍆
https://youtu.be/wWI6Qt51Wnc
https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_
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Torque:
3 kgf·cm*
*3 kgf·cm
= 0.3 N·m
= 2.6 lbf·in

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
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ATX_PWR1
CPU_PWR1
CPU_PWR2

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

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

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Contents
Contents
Safety Information................................................................................................. 3
 ..................................................................................... 4
Avoid collision notification...................................................................................... 4
Specifications......................................................................................................... 5
JCORSAIR1 Connector Specification.................................................................... 12
Package contents ................................................................................................ 12
Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 13
LAN Port LED Status Table .................................................................................. 13
Audio Ports Configuration.................................................................................... 13
Realtek Audio Console ......................................................................................... 14
Installing Antennas............................................................................................... 16
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 17
CPU Socket ........................................................................................................... 18
DIMM Slots............................................................................................................ 19
PCI_E1~3: PCIe Expansion Slots.......................................................................... 20
JFP1, JFP2: Front Panel Connectors................................................................... 20
M2_1~5: M.2 Slots (Key M) ................................................................................... 21
SATA5~8 & SATAA~B: SATA 6Gb/s Connectors................................................... 24
CPU_PWR1~2, ATX_PWR1: Power Connectors................................................... 25
JAUD1: Front Audio Connector ............................................................................ 26
JDASH1 : Tuning Controller connector................................................................ 26
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............................................................ 27
JUSB3: USB 3.2 Gen 1 Connector ........................................................................ 27
JUSB1~2: USB 2.0 Connectors............................................................................. 28
JTPM1: TPM Module Connector........................................................................... 28
CPU_FAN1, PUMP_FAN1, SYS_FAN1~6: Fan Connectors.................................. 29
JCI1: Chassis Intrusion Connector....................................................................... 30
JBAT1: Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) Jumper........................................................... 31
JRGB1: RGB LED connector................................................................................. 32
JRAINBOW1~2: Addressable RGB LED connectors ............................................ 33
JCORSAIR1: CORSAIR Connector ........................................................................ 34
Onboard LEDs...................................................................................................... 35
EZ Debug LED....................................................................................................... 35
JPWRLED1: LED power input............................................................................... 35
LED_SW1: EZ LED Control................................................................................... 35
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Debug Code LED................................................................................................... 36
Hexadecimal Character Table.............................................................................. 36
Boot Phases.......................................................................................................... 36
Debug Code LED Table......................................................................................... 37
Installing OS, Drivers & MSI Center.................................................................... 42
Installing Windows 10/ Windows 11..................................................................... 42
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 42
MSI Center............................................................................................................ 42
............................................................................................................. 43
BIOS Setup............................................................................................................ 44
Entering BIOS Setup............................................................................................. 44
BIOS User Guide ................................................................................................... 44
Resetting BIOS...................................................................................................... 45
Updating BIOS....................................................................................................... 45

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.

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Case stand-off notification

the motherboard circuits and the computer case is prohibited. The Case standoff keep
out zone signs will be marked on the backside of motherboard (as shown below) to
serve as a warning to user.
Avoid collision notification
Protective paint is printed around each screw hole to prevent parts from being
scratched.

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Specifications
Specifications

Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and
Celeron® Processors*
Processor socket LGA1700
* Please go to www.msi.com to get the newest support status as new processors
are released.
Chipset Intel® Z690 Chipset
Memory
4x DDR5 memory slots, support up to 128GB*
Supports JEDEC standard DDR5 4800/ 6400+ (OC) MHz
Supports Intel® XMP 3.0 OC


*Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.
Expansion Slot
3x PCIe x16 slots
PCI_E1 & PCI_E2 slots (From CPU)
Support PCIe 5.0
Support x16/ x0, x8/ x8
PCI_E3 slot (From Z690 Chipset)
Supports PCIe 3.0 x4
 Supports AMD® CrossFire™ Technology
Onboard Graphics
1x HDMI 2.1 with HDR port, supports a maximum
resolution of 4K 60Hz*/**
1x DisplayPort 1.4 port with HBR3, supports a maximum
resolution of 4K 60Hz*/**
*Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.
** Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.
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Storage
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
ASM1061)
5x M.2 slots (Key M)
M2_1 slot (From CPU)
Supports PCIe 4.0 x4
Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
M2_2 slot (From Z690 Chipset)
Supports PCIe 4.0 x4
Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
M2_3 slot (From Z690 Chipset)
Supports PCIe 4.0 x4
Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
M2_4 slot (From Z690 Chipset)*
Supports PCIe 3.0 x4
Supports SATA 6Gb/s
Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
M2_5 slot (From Z690 Chipset)
Supports PCIe 4.0 x4
Supports SATA 6Gb/s
Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
M2_2~5 support Intel® Optane™ Memory
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel
Core™ processors
* SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_4 slot.
RAID
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices*
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 , RAID 5 and RAID 10 for M.2
NVMe storage devices
* SATAA & SATAB do not support RAID function.
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Specifications
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
Intel® Z690 Chipset

panel


connector)
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports available through the
internal connector
4 USB 2.0 ports on the back panel

4x USB 2.0 ports available through internal connectors
Audio
Realtek® ALC4080 Codec

Supports S/PDIF output
LAN 1x Intel® I225V 2.5Gbps LAN controller
Wireless LAN &
Bluetooth®


slot

(160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps
Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax
Supports Bluetooth® 5.2**, FIPS, FISMA

Windows 10 version 21H1 and Windows 11.
** Bluetooth 5.2 will be ready in Windows 10 version 21H1 and Windows 11.
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Internal Connectors
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
6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
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
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connector (supports additional 2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)

2.0 ports)



1x Front panel audio connector
2x System panel connectors
1x Chassis Intrusion connector
1x Clear CMOS jumper
1x TPM module connector
1x TBT connector (supports RTD3)
1x Tuning Controller connector
LED Features
1x EZ LED Control switch
4x EZ Debug LED

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