MSI TRX40-A PRO User manual

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Quick Start
Quick Start
Thank you for purchasing the MSI®TRX40-A PRO/ TRX40 PRO 10G/
TRX40 PRO WIFI 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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󳐁®TRX40-A PRO/ TRX40 PRO 10G/ TRX40 PRO WIFI 
󸢄󱚗󸓫󾖜
󶩬󶕋󴁓󴲤󲕗󳲷󸰝
󶩬󶕋󳩿󹱏󱟔󲹯󵁘󳳣󱣼
󶖑󴋇󴋈󴉩󸏜󸰝
󸌒
󱯷󲀏󵒵󹱉
󼸧󼂖󼺲󽂪
MSI®TRX40-A PRO/ TRX40 PRO 10G/ TRX40 PRO WIFI󻡆󼕪󻫦󻋎󻝮
󻼒󼻏󽍦󼛮󻽆󻼎󺨂󻺞󽍛󻂺󻃖󼕦󻭲󻭶󼏂󻼎󻂆󼳦󽋚󼼢󻝮󻼖󼱊󽍊󻂆󻨛󻪇󼏂󻃲󽍎
󻅢󻢚󻃖󼕦󼎦󺯪󻖚󺫮󼕮󻭲󻅢󻢚󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶󼘎󺫧󽍊󺫒󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖󽔦󻃲󼗶󽑆
󻐂󻂆󼻎󻰆󻞱󼕊󼓫󻯾󻕮󼒢󼗲󻝮󼾧󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍎󽒶󻼖󼱊󻇋󼏳󻺳󼔶
󺨂󻺳󽍊󼃎󺰢󻨆󻕿󻂺󻃖󻐂󻂆󼵆󻋎󻝮󼂖󼲆󽍊󼏞󼏂󻞳󼹞󽍒󼀊󻆶
󼕺󼂧󻂺󻃖
󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜
󳡒󸗶󳞅󸣵󸢄®TRX40-A PRO/ TRX40 PRO 10G/ TRX40 PRO WIFI󱛞
󴡉󴍆󾖜󴋉󳙔󸹄󳮜󳓜󶕲󶜳󳳣󱣼󳞅󲹂󸆈󹩚󷉅󵷜󶈾󶜹󲖐󸍵󾖞󱞄󳳣󱣼󸿬󱴹󶩭󱠁󵷜
󲹂󸆈󶈾󶜹󳖋󵙾󽚮󸕂󳞅󱟧󴆔󳣙󲘻󳩿󴡉󳨘󳎦󴍆󵷜󵈗󸌶󲑠󸹒󱚗󶭎󲗋󸹲󸂈
󸌾󵺳󳞄󱜖󲁗󱟨󳱣󳳢󵷜󴁔󳓑󳙓󸹃󸹑󳲝󷍿󶭍󲗋󾖜
󳙓󸹃󱰪󹢚
󳡑󸞋󳞄󸥁󱜬®TRX40-A PRO/ TRX40 PRO 10G/ TRX40 PRO WIFI󱛞
󴍇󴋉󳙓󸹃󱰪󹢚󸿬󱴸󳳣󱣼󱝏󴊇󱱆󲦙󱢊󲹁󸅗󸜊󶛢󴋠󵁙󶈽󲕧󴏈󱝬󸜧󴁚󸶒󳳣
󱣼󱝏󸍄󹴜󵁙󶈽󸝠󱣎󵭡󳞄󵷜󳩿󴋠󳨘󳎦󴍇󵭳󷆔󱚗󵷜󶸜󹴀󴵝󸍆󲑠󹝪󳲝󷍿󶸜󲗋
󸍀󵺳󳞄󱜖󲁗󱟨󸸵󸵦󳪮󳳡󶁊󹝪󳲝󱵰

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Connecting the Front Panel Header/
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󸹒󳲞󱶝󶹌󹬻󴍆󹆾󷉥󸶚󳲞󱶝󶹌󹬻󴍆󳲞󲤆
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RESET SW
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HDD LED +
POWER LED -
POWER LED +
POWER LED
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HDD LED Reset Switch
Reserved
Power Switch
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3 HDD LED - 4 Power LED -
5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch
7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch
9 Reserved  No Pin
RESET SW
POWER SW
POWER LED+
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Contents
Contents
Safety Information................................................................................................. 3
Specifications......................................................................................................... 4
...................................................................... 9
Package contents .................................................................................................. 9
Rear I/O Panel ..................................................................................................... 10
LAN Port LED Status Table .................................................................................. 
.................................................................................... 
 ......................................................................................... 
 ) ..................................................................... 13
Overview of Components .................................................................................... 14
 ........................................................................................................... 
DIMM Slots............................................................................................................ 
.......................................................................... 20
................................................... 22
 ................................................................................... 23
Installing M.2 XPANDER-Z Gen4 card.................................................................. 25
....................................................................... 27
................................................................... 27
............................................................................. 28
............................................................. 28
 ................................................................... 29
 ............................................................................ 29
.................................. 30
 ................................................. 
.................................................................. 
........................................................... 32
....................................................................... 33
................................................................................. 34
 ............................................ 35
 ........................................................................ 36
Onboard LEDs...................................................................................................... 37
EZ Debug LED....................................................................................................... 37
................................................................................................... 37
.............................................................................. 37
Boot Phases.......................................................................................................... 37

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......................................................................................... 38
................................................................................................ 42
Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities ......................................................................... 43
......................................................................................... 43
Installing Drivers .................................................................................................. 43
Installing Utilities ................................................................................................. 43
BIOS Setup........................................................................................................... 44
Entering BIOS Setup............................................................................................. 44
Resetting BIOS...................................................................................................... 45
Updating BIOS....................................................................................................... 45
EZ Mode ................................................................................................................ 47
Advanced Mode .................................................................................................... 49
................................................................................................................ 50

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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

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.


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.

4Specifications
Specifications
CPU 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Desktop Processors
Chipset 
Memory


MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz



Supports un-buffered memory


Expansion Slot 

Multi-GPU Supports 3-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

Storage

8x SATA 6Gb/s ports
AMD® Processor




2260 /2280 storage devices
RAID 

LAN 


5
Specifications

WiFi & Bluetooth


slot


Supports Bluetooth® 5
USB



through the internal USB connector)



4x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports available through
the internal USB 2.0 connectors
AMD® Processor

ports on the back panel

the back panel


port on the back panel
Audio



Supports front & rear panel Mic-in

Back Panel
Connectors




2x LAN (RJ45) ports
3x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports





6Specifications

Internal
Connectors


8x SATA 6Gb/s connectors




2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0
ports)


4x 4-pin system fan connectors

2x System panel connectors


2x 3-pin ARGB LED connectors




Debug LED 4x EZ Debug LED

I/O Controller 
Hardware Monitor



Form Factor 



7
Specifications

BIOS Features



Multi-language
Software
Drivers



Norton™ Internet Security Solution
Dragon Center
Features
Mystic Light
Hardware Monitor

Live Update
Speed Up
Smart Tool

Please refer to
http://download.msi.com/manual/

for more details.
Special Features
Audio
Audio Boost 4
Network
LAN Manager
Dual LAN
)
Storage
Lightning Gen4 M.2


Propeller Blade technology
Extended Hipe-pipe Design




8Specifications

Special Features
LED
Mystic Light Extension (RGB)
Mystic Light Extension (RAINBOW)

Mystic Light Sync
EZ DEBUG LED
Protection


Performance

Multi GPU – SLI Technology

DDR4 Boost



AMD Turbo USB 3.2 Gen 2
Lightning USB 20G


Gamer/ USER Experience

Live Update

Speed Up
BIOS



9
Package contents
JCORSAIR1 Connector Specification
Supporting CORSAIR RGB Products Maximum connection
Lighting Node PRO LED Strip


LED strips exceeds 8.
 6
 6
 6
Package contents
Please check the contents of your motherboard package. It should contain:
Motherboard TRX40-A
PRO TRX40 PRO  TRX40 PRO 
Documentation
User manual 
Quick installation
guide 

notification 
Application Driver DVD 

SATA 6Gb/s cables 2 2 2
LED JRGB Y cable 
   
LED JRAINBOW cable 
Expansion
cards
M.2 XPANDER-Z
GEN 4 󽚠  
 󽚠  󽚠
Accessories
 󽚠 󽚠 
   
SATA cable stickers 
Product registration
card 
IO shielding 
M.2 screws 3 3 3

Important


10 Rear I/O Panel
Rear I/O Panel


Gigabit LAN Audio Ports

Audio Ports Configuration
Audio Ports Channel
2468
  
Rear Speaker Out 
Line-In/ Side Speaker Out 
    
Mic In
(Blank: empty)
USB 3.2 Gen2



USB 3.2 Gen2x2
Link/ Activity LED
Status Description
Off No link
On Linked
Blinking Data activity
Speed LED
Status Description
Off 
Green 
Orange 
LAN Port LED Status Table
Clear CMOS button

Flash BIOS Button/Port - Please refer 
Button.
