MSI G31TM-P25 motherboard
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1. Le D St System Administrators TA WEN Mirke i Recently opened file list RSS reader Tool and Device selection gt Application selection Applications are classified into several categories Select a category and the applica tions will be listed at the top You can click the icons to launch respective applications gt Task bar This bar is used to monitor the status of system and display current time gt Calendar The calendar allows you to schedule your tasks and set reminders gt Tool and Device selection Move the cursor to the left of the desktop the pop up menu appears You can use it to capture the screen and mount unmount device drives gt Recently opened file list There is a list of recently used applications at the bottom It allows you to launch ap plications quickly gt RSS reader The RSS reader is able to display any RSS news feed 19 Software Application Guide Hotkeys You can also use the hotkey listed below Hotkey Function If you are using the Intel SATA 6Gb s or Marvell 88SE9128 chip when you use Live Update or HDDBackup utility under Winki III please change IDE_Mode to AHCI_Mode in BIOS setting 20 Audio Genie provides speakers location setting and THX mode selection This chapter describes how to install Audio Genie and how to use it Software Application Guide Installing Audio Genie If your audio device is built in with2. Overclock Under Overclock block you can select Cooling Default Cinema and Game mode to reach the most suitable overclocking effect That is to say you can set an overclocking environment in advance which avoids unnecessary risks and time consuming manual adjustment on endless testing Overclock Cooling Default Cinema gt PLL Voltage Override Auto gt DDR_VREF_CA_A V gt CPU Ratio 32 0 gt DDR_VREF_CA_B V 0 7500v v 1000 rpm gt Base Clock MHz 100 0 MH gt DDR_VREF_DA_A V gt CPU Voltage V Auto DDR_VREF_DA_B V gt CPU I0 V 1 0500 gt CPU Fan Threshold rpm CPU SA V 0 9300 gt CPU PLL V Selecting Overclock Mode Under Cinema mode Control Center provides you 3 plus overclocking effect automat ically 6 plus under Game mode and 3 less under Cooling mode for power saving concerned users respectively You can just enjoy the fast and convenient overclocking effect or make more adjustments based on your need Overclocking Under Overclock block also you can adjust the CPU base clock iGPU frequency only on IGP chipsets and its related voltages like CPU Vcore PCH DRAM and so on In addition you are able to adjust memory voltage and even memory reference voltages The fan speed is also adjustable to meet your power saving or performance demand DRAM Tim fe Channel Command Rate Adjusting DRAM Timings for Intel chipset Click the DRAM Timing button on the right side
3. msi Software Application Guide TI ees Software Application Guide Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO STAR INTERNA TIONAL We take every care in the preparation of this document but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improve ment and we reserve the right to make changes without notice Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners H MSI is registered trademark of Micro Star Int l Co Ltd NVIDIA is registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation ATI is registered trademark of ATI Technologies Inc AMD is registered trademarks of AMD Corporation Intel is registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Windows is registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI is registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd Sound Blaster is registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd Realtek is registered trademark of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation JMicron is registered trademark of JMicron Technology Corporation iPad iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc Lucid is trademark of LucidLogix Technologies Ltd Revision History Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user s manual please contact your place of purchase or local distrib
4. LL reg F 07 2 Information Operating System Windows 7 32Bit Motherboard Model ProductName MS 7676 Current BIOS Version V1 0B11 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series VGA BIOS Version Last Scan 2010 10 12 Attention required 9 Live Update Tab This tab allows you to select files to download You can also read the relevant informa tion by clicking the information icon on the right of the item listed Ba egen LL rte UPDA Manual Scan Automatic Scan i Download options MB Driver MB BIOS VGA Driver VGABIOS msiUtiity Other Utility Type Item Current Ver Online Ver E MB Driver Intel INF Update Unknown 9 2 0 1009 SI msi Utility AutoBoot Unknown 1 0 103 Download list msi Utility AudioGenie 1 0 1 0 1 0 100 CH msi Utility DirectOC Unknown 1 0 019 5 msi Utility Driver Booster Manager Unknown 0 09 44 E msi Utility DualCoreCenter Unknown 2 0 6 8 See errr Scan Download eeh 32 History Tab This tab shows the downloading history L rve UPDA Download History No Date Type ltem Version 1 2010 10 12 msi Utility Control Center 1 0 190 Setting This tab allows you specify the frequency that Live Update 5 remind you to update L rve UPDA E ef ale mm AE Live update reminder setting Frequency every month 7 wech bg al Reminder Frequency date _ configuration Please set a proper time Live Update will a
5. DirectX 9 10 10 1 11 ntel NVIDIA AMD GPU drivers Mode Mode provides user with near zero performance overhead on 3D graphics games Intel Sandy Bridge special features and power saving options when no 3D gaming is used Important In i Mode the ATI nVidia Control Panel is not accessible To use Lucid VIRTU in i Mode display must be always connected to mainboard video output as shown below Graphics card NO DISPLAY CONNECTED Display connected to mainboard video port AL d Mode d Mode is provided for demanding 3D gamers to achieve uncompromised 3D perform ance of discrete GPU installed in the system In this mode VIRTU allows user to utilize Intel special features while display is connected to discrete GPU In most cases the differences of 3D performance between i Mode and d Mode are unnoticeable to the user so it is recommended to use I Mode to save power To use Lucid VIRTU in d Mode display must be connected to graphics card installed in the system as shown below Display connected to graphics card Installing VIRTU In BIOS gt Settings gt On Chip VGA Devices gt IGD Multi Monitor the IGD Multi Monitor must be set to Enabled Intel NVIDIA AMD GPU drivers must be installed prior to Lucid VIRTU instal lation Install VIRTU from MSI Driver DVD setup screen gt Driver gt OTHERS You can also find setup exe and double click it to install The full path on the DVD is OtherDrive
6. at power on status The MSI Super Charger is a Windows resident program capable of revising power supply mode of your USB port Once an iPad is connected to your USB port the Super Charger sends a signal to initiate its charging circuit When system goes into suspend hibernate state or even shutdown Super Charger will be still able to provide charging function Software Application Guide Enabling Super Charger Install and launch Super Charger the dialog as below will appear SUPEK CHAF Enable fast charging immediately To enable Super Charger click the On Off button to On SUPER CHARGER Syncing will be disabled in fast charging mode Are you sure to continue When a warning prompt window appears click Yes to continue onen When Super Charger is enabled the USB port will be changed to Charging mode therefore the data syncing will be disabled 14 Winki IIl Winki III is an MSI self developed Linux distribution for MSI s proprietary mainboards The quick boot Winki III provides Live update Internet browser instant messen ging Skype photo viewer and so on Without entering the Microsoft Windows users still have access to basic programs that are frequently used Software Application Guide Entering Winki II You can enter Winki III OS from attached DVD or your USB key installed with Winki III OS Please follow the steps below Entering the Winki III from the
7. bar Default Fan gt CPUFan gt System Fani gt System Fan2 CONTROL v anant m Green m ON cpu Phase LED Ho P CPU Phase LED EE EEGEN Lee rrr EE Lee SS Lee S System Information This section describes how to monitor the system information enter the advanced menu and adjust the DRAM timing Mainboard Information Mainboard information block is under the Overclock tab You can refer to the model name chipset and BIOS version of each item to be informed to the hardware status at all time Mainboara model P67A GD65 MS 768 1 SE Mainboard Detail Information P67 Click the More button on the right side of the Mainboard block to open the mainboard detailed information window including model name chipset BIOS audio chip graphic chip and LAN chip information American Megatrends Inc NVIDIA High Definition Audio CPU Information CPU information block is under the Overclock tab You can read the information of model and frequency Advanced 1600 0 MHz 1600 0MHz 1600 0MHz 1600 0 MHz 850 0 Mhz Advanced for Intel CPU Click the Advanced button on the right side of the CPU block to open the Advanced window This window shows real time sta tus of CPU cores and iGPU only on IGP egen EE egen chipsets including frequency ratio and 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz 850 0 Mhz tem peratu
8. button allows you to select a picture to be displayed in effect comparison window gt Cancel button This button is used to close Video Genie main window you can still return to the main window by clicking the Video Genie icon in the system tray gt OK button When you click the OK button the effect setting will be applied and the main window will be closed gt Apply button This button allows you to apply the effect setting immediately gt Enable check box You can use this checkbox to either enable or disable the Video Genie Enabling Video Genie This section describes how to enable the Video Genie Please follow the steps below 1 Check the Enable checkbox 2 Click the OK button 3 The Video Genie ON message will pop up for two seconds 26 Teaming Genie Teaming Genie provides traffic load balancing and re dundant NIC operation if a network connection fails When multiple NICs are installed in the same mainboard they can be combined into a team The team must in clude at least two members but can support up to ten members In a team of two or more NICs the secondary NIC fills the primary if the primary NIC fails Software Application Guide System Requirement The system and software requirements for Teaming Genie as listed below Installed with Microsoft NET Framework 3 5 Dual Realtek RTL81XX series with NIC Adapters Installing Teaming Genie Before you begin to install and
9. describes functions of Easy Viwer and how to enable the 3D effect O VIRTU this chapter describes VIRTU how to connect the display and how to use i Mode and d Mode Software Application Guide CONTENTS ein tele 1 Control Center OV SINWICW scciescieccdtceneessacehecdnnhesteeedaneekerddccseibersaneccedeaceasttonetseueerdionsies 2 Syster MOMAN EE 5 e T araon BI E 11 Gadget le EE 12 Te re E 13 Enabling SUper C NANG G0 E 14 UC 15 GG W e V Menea E E 16 VAKU TII OVO OW crs eaS EES EEEE SEEE EAEEREN 19 OURE E 20 Eege 21 Installing Audio EEN 22 Using AUdIO GENIE sersinenanissirris raai a rin Na Eaki eer warren erm 22 POUR e E jap amamertenGhueses Ldammenatnatisanditexsimensdan 24 Using THA OM Oli Panel esiseina TNE 24 Ur EE E 25 Video Genie Overview cccccccceseeecececneneeceececneusecececcuassseeeessaaeseseessaueaseeeessanagsaes 26 Enabling Video Genie EE 26 Teaming he EE 27 EECH gegen dEr 28 Installing Teaming Genie EE 28 TEANGA rier 28 Teaming Genie CUverview ne 29 Creating RK EE 30 LIS Hee 31 Live Update 5 OV TTT 32 Updating TNE SY EE 35 SEA EE 37 Supported Teen 38 PEVE N TOG sorana e E E E EEE 38 onde ee 40 SDE E 42 ER O EE E A E E E E 43 System e e E 44 ee iret ti each es aa nee kerb nea Sa ete one E 44 Oe E 45 ee Nato UY EE 45 VIRTU Operai cs seenectceeccogsazeesacaneaeeneneee necaeceanesaeenchasereasusaneneaaeeeosesnsscenneseercesetsian 46 VIRTU EE 47 Control Center Control Center
10. is an user friendly software and exclu sively developed by MSI helping users to monitor the system status overclock the system and adjust power saving function under OS With the help of Control Cen ter making it possible to achieve easier and efficient monitoring process and adjustments than that under BIOS Software Application Guide Control Center Overview After installing and activating Control Center you will see Overclock and Green Power tabs at the top You can click the tab to switch the control panel TEDD Overclocking Overclocking Tab When you launch Control Center you will see the Overclock tab at first this tab consists of four blocks which are Mainboard CPU Memory and Overclock You can monitor the system status adjust DRAM Timing and voltage under this panel Drom Mainboard _ em Gegen Overclocking information P67A GD65 MS 768 1 ve V1 8B11 P67 build date 20110127 More information pol Core T 15 2400 CPU 1600 0 Miz BEE rat x 16 0 i 4 4 base clock 100 0 MHz gem Advanced More ee Memory uttons D H ei Dimm 2 manufacturer Corsair information DDR3 part no CMG6GX3M3A2000C7 2048 MBytes 2 GB speed DR 667MHz el More Overclock j ooo Overclocking Cooling Default Cinema Control Mode bar gt PLL Voltage Override Auto gt DDR_VREF_CA_A V Panel CPU Ratio 31 1 gt DDR_VREF_CA_B V gt Base Clock MHz 0 0 MH DDR_VREF_DA_A V CPU Voltage V Auto gt DDR_VREF_DA_B V
11. of the game list means that the application did not pass tests We cannot guarantee the functionality and performance of applications that were not part of the application list provided with the driver 49 Software Application Guide About Tab If the About tab is selected the following screen is displayed r D Virtu Control Panel VIRTU GPU U by Lucid Lucidlogix Technologies LTD VIRTU X X XXX XXXXX 2010 Lucidlogix Technologies Ltd All rights reserved This screen provides VIRTU version installed 50
12. your mainboard take a moment to confirm that the item Audio Controller in BIOS has been set to Enabled If you are using the Realtek HD audio card confirm the card has been installed properly Before you begin to install and use Audio Genie you need to install Realtek Audio and THX TruStudio PRO Using Audio Genie The Audio Genie contains three screens Location Audio Mode and THX Location The Location Setting allows you to find the suggested speaker placement for your ster eo and select audio files for testing WW MSI Audio Genie Location Setting Speaker Type 7 1 Channel Speakers s Select Audio Test Play A This screen only shows the speakers placement 22 Audio Mode The Audio Mode allows you to select six THX audio modes You can also select the audio modes by right click the Audio Genie icon wc in the system tray 5 H CN MSI Audio Genie x THX This screen introduce the functions of THX control panel When you enter this screen the THX control will appear the desktop em MSI Audio Genie S TruStudio Speaker Surround Watching movies and listening to music on notebook j speakers or low end 2 0 stereo speakers often degrade your Crystalizer listening experience This intelligent Speaker enhancement tool will greatly improve your listening experiences on such small speakers Speaker by implementing a special high precision EQ to your speaker Smart Volume cha
13. 1 Confirm the graphic card has been installed properly Confirm the 3D Vision kit has been installed properly Install the latest graphic card driver Enable GeForce 3D Vision in the NVIDIA control panel Enter the MSI EasyViewer full screen mode 2 3 4 Install the GeForce 3D Vision driver 5 6 7 Enjoy the 3D effect The MSI EasyViewer can only support GeForce 3D Vision in the full screen mode 42 VIRTU Lucid VIRTU is designed for Intel Sandy Bridge platform with Intel Processor Graphics enabled VIRTU dynami cally assigns tasks to best available graphics resource based on power performance and features VIRTU allows user to fully utilize the unique capabilities of the Intel s advanced media features on Sandy Bridge along with the high end 3D rendering performance pro vided by the discrete GPU installed in the system When no high end graphics is used and display is con nected to integrated GPU the discrete GPU is put in idle mode thus GPU utilization heat fan speed and power are down to near zero turning the system to an environ ment friendly platform Software Application Guide System Requirement In order to run the Lucid VIRTU the following hardware and software is required Hardware specifications The mainboard supports VIRTU Intel Sandy Bridge CPU AMD GPU HD 4xxx and up or Nvidia GPU GF 2xx and up Atleast 2GB memory Software specifications Windows 7 32bit 64bit
14. Aut DDR_VREF_DA_B V CPU I0 V 9500 CPU Fan Threshold rpm gt CPU SA V gt CPU PLL V Adjust CPU Ratio click Apply it will prompt a message for reboot You need to restart your computer before the settings get complete Click OK to reboot your computer Click Cancel the CPU Ratio is still adjustable within the turbo frequency limit Restart now get Notification A good CPU cooler is suggested when users have to overclock manually the key to overclocking through Control Center is to increase the smallest increments allowable on related items Adjusting CPU iGPU cores ratio for Intel CPU Click the Advanced button on the right side of the CPU block to open the Advanced window You can adjust the CPU iGPU cores ratio Locking maximum GPU ratio for Intel Chipset To lock GPU ratio at the maximum value click Max GPU Ratio button in Advanced window otherwise it will be dynamically adjusted ore _ _ Advanced 850 0 Mhz 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz Frequency 850 0 Mhz WW Frequency Frequency Frequency 1500 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz 1600 0 MHz Ratio Temperature Temperature Temperature Temperature T Max GPU Ratio 39 C 102F 38 100F 37 C 9BF 35 C 95 F i1 Core 2 Core 3 Core 4 Core Ratio Limit Ratio Limit Ratio Limit Ratio Limit x 34 x33 x33 x32 Keeping GPU ratio In the default setting for keeping the GPU ratio Control Center will startup a
15. B Status Click here 17 Software Application Guide 8 Make sure that you backup your data in advanced Then click Yes to continue E Winki Installer Device General USB Flash Disk Partition List HEEN Winki Installer 1 2 A The data of USB storage will be destroyed Do you want to rebuild it now E C need ve Click here Status 9 The installer is proceeding Click Close when finish Device General USB Flash Disk TH Refresh Partition List Partition Size File System Label d 32 9MB fat32 4 S71MB reiserfs WINKI Ei wn installer x Device need verification after installing Winki into General USB Flash Disk v J Refresh Partition List Status Create Winki storage Partition Size aan F E 1 SE 22 op Winki Installer NEEN 971MB Winki installation successful need verificatio 10 Click Reboot and then Yes Winki Installer Device General USB Flash Disk Partition List Partition Size il 32 9MB 2 971MB Click here A winki 11 Enter the BIOS by pressing Delete under POST screen 12 Select to boot from USB drive and reboot 13 Then you will enter Winki III 18 Winki Ill overview The following figure describes the function of the Winki III Calendar Application selection Task bar Ei Calendar Friday 04 09 2010
16. CPU I0 V 0500 CPU Fan Threshold rpm gt CPU SA V gt CPU PLL V Profile buttons Advanced and DRAM Timing button only appear when you use a Intel mainboard Important The pictures in this guide are for reference only and may vary from the product you pur chased Please refer to the actual screens of your system for detailed information OC Genie OC Genie II Tab To enter the OC Genie OC Genie II tab click the sub menu under the Overclocking tab e Overclocking v Green Power Overclocking OC Genie II Unlock CPU Core WE Under the OC Genie OC Genie II tab read the introduction on the tab first The func tions of Intel CPU and AMD CPU may be different that will have different screens The following figure shows an example of AMD CPU CONTROL v Overclocking v Green Power OC Genie I OC Genie OC Genie II switch Control OC Genie II technology on the MSI AMD 9 Series mainboards Activating OC Genie II Mode with many kinds of AMD s processors with hidden CPU core s on MSI AMD 9 Series OC Gen i e Lite mainboards significantly enhances overclocking power to highly raise system perfor Selection S Disabl mance With the OC Genie Il power users will be able to achieve the most outstanding switch Isane performance without additional cost OC Genie Lite will automatically detect the optimal settings for your PC system Just enable the OC Genie Lite function you will enjoy the auto overclocking and
17. DVD Drive 1 Put the attached DVD to the DVD drive Reboot and enter the BIOS by pressing Delete under POST screen Select to boot from DVD drive and reboot The Winki III boot screen appears as below St n WN Select Winki full featured Winki and press Enter Winki loader based on SYSLINUX 3 72 Winki start with Winki installer Select this option Winki full featured Winki Automatic boot in 9 seconds 6 Then you will enter Winki 16 Entering the Winki III from Your USB Flash Drive You need to prepare a USB drive with at least 1GB capacity Please backup your data in advance or the Winki III installer will format your USB drive Insert your USB drive to your computer Put the attached DVD to the DVD drive Reboot and enter the BIOS by pressing Delete under POST screen Select to boot from DVD drive and reboot The Winki III boot screen appears as below Select Winki Start with Winki installer and press Enter ST St amp E et E Winki loader based on SYSLINUX 3 72 Select this option Winki start with Hinki installer WMinKi IUili Teatured HLIK jutomatic boot in 9 seconds gt 7 Check the installing dialog and click Start Winki Installer Device General USB Flash Disk ly Partition List Partition Size _ File System Labe 1 32 SMB fat32 2 S71MB reiserfs WINKI O need verification after installing Winki into US
18. clockwise or counterclock wise Use two finger rotation for touch screens only 5 Fine tuning the photo rotation A Press the button to fine tune the degree of photo rotation 6 HDII image enhancement Press the button to enhance HDII images If the image exposure is ad equate the image will remain unchanged 7 Intelligent white balance Press the button to activate intelligent white balance If the white balance of the image is adequate the image will remain unchanged 8 Auto playing images Press the LI button and the EasyViewer will present a full screen slide show that runs automatically 9 Full Screen ny 100 Press the button and the EasyViewer will enter full screen mode If equipped with a 120Hz monitor the True 3D mode will be activated automati cally To experience the 3D effect a pair of shutter glasses will be required 12 Saving files WI kennt Press the button to save the images you ve processed 41 Software Application Guide 3D Effect EasyViewer provides the 3D visual effect with 3D glasses you can experience the photos in 3D System Requirement The system and software requirements for EasyViewer 3D effect as below list Microsoft Windows Vista 32 64 bit or Windows 7 32 64 bit 3D Vision Ready Display NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit Compatible NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Card Enabling 3D Effect To enable 3D effect please follow the steps below
19. e button gt Mode selection Here you can select a team mode gt Member selection Here you can select members gt Create Remove button This button is used to create or remove a team 29 Software Application Guide Creating Team This section describes how to create a team Please follow the steps below 1 Select FEC GEC mode or Link Aggregation LACP 802 3ad mode 2 Select members that you want to combine to 3 Click the Create Team button To remove the team click the Remove button at the bottom ez sf al ell gl f i a i a Teaming is an advanced feature for server environment Physical adapters can be combined to be a team Click the follow button to set a team Remove Cr a a 30 Live Update 5 Live Update 5 is an application for the MSI system to scan and download the latest drivers BIOS and utilities With Live Update 5 you don t need to search the driv ers on web sites and don t need to know the models of mainboard and graphics cards Live Update 5 will down load the appropriate drivers automatically Software Application Guide Live Update 5 overview After installing and Live update 5 you will see Home Live Update History Setting and About tabs at the top You can click the tab to switch the control panel Home Tab When you launch Live Update 5 you will see the Home tab at first this tab displays the information of the system
20. eview Mode msi EasyViewer Li Auto Playing E Changing Directory 1 Zoom In Out Scroll with the mouse wheel button and ben button 2 Browsing photos Left click the mouse and hold Move the mouse to the left or right to browse photos Drag the slider bar to browse photos Press the 3 Selecting a photo Left click on an image to select it 38 4 Auto playing images Press the button and the EasyViewer will present a full screen slide show that runs automatically 5 Full Screen e 100 Press the button and the EasyViewer will enter full screen mode 6 Changing the file folder Press the i button to change your destination folder 7 Go to the upper directory Press the Lei button to go to the upper directory 39 Software Application Guide Slide Mode Li Auto Playing 1 Entering Slide mode While selecting an image in the Preview mode double left click the mouse to enter the slide mode 2 Browsing photos Left click the mouse and hold Move the mouse to the left or right to browse photos Select the thumbnail to get a larger sized view Press the arrow keys gt on the keyboard Press the and buttons alongside the thumbnail bar 3 Zoom In Out the mouse and hold Move the mouse arbitrarily to zoom in or out Use two finger pinch zoom for touch screens only 40 4 Rotating photos Press the buttons to rotate your photos
21. hen the CPU Core Control column is set to manual After that please click the Apply button When prompted to reboot your computer click OK to reboot 10 Green Power Under the Green Power tab you can select the Green Power mode read CPU Phase status also select other power phase and control fan speed Default Silent CPU Phase Mode Disabled mode gt CPU Fan gt DDR Phase gt System Fani System Fan2 This application provides APS Intel SVID and Disable mode for CPU power phase display In APS and Intel SVID mode when you adjust CPU voltage the CPU phase control will switch to Disabled mode automatically You can change the CPU fan and system fan speed as well to get a good balance between performance and power sav ing After setup is complete click the Apply button at the bottom of the tab to apply changes or click the Save button to save the adjustment for future use Important Every time you shut down the system the configured setting will be restored to the factory default If you want to use the saved settings you have to load it every time by clicking the Load button Green Power Mode There are two preset mode for fan control D T SCT CPU Phase Mode Disabled mode gt CPUFan gt DDR Phase Auto gt System tant System Fan2 Default CPU fan speed 100 System fan speed 100 Silent CPU fan speed 50 System fan speed 50 The Control Center provides a
22. lity CO S Unknown 1 0 190 msi Utility DirectOC Unknow 1 0 019 msi Utility Driver Booster Manager Unknow 0 09 44 4 Click Download button at the bottom 5 When Save Path prompt you need to specify the directory for Live Update 5 Save Path C Program Files MSI Live Update 5 LU5 DL_FILE 6 When downloading you will see the screen below It may take several moments to complete the process Please wait while it is displayed Processing please wait for a while Download MB Driver information now 65 7 To install the applications simply unpack the packages and install 35 Software Application Guide msi 36 EasyViewer MSI EasyViewer is a full 3D image browser that supports NVIDIA 3D vision and allows zoom in zoom out full screen or auto playback for previewing images Under the Slide mode you may edit pictures image enlarge ment reduction 90 degree and fine tuned rotation You can even use the HDII image enhancement intelligent white balance and image sharpness adjustment fea tures to make your pictures richer more alive and more textured With intuitive user interface it can be easily op erated on a touch screen or on any PC with mouse Software Application Guide Supported File Formats EasyViewer s current supported file formats are jpg png bmp tif and gif Pr
23. lowing screen is displayed i 7 Virtu Control Panel This screen shows the applications that VIRTU supports with the available graphics cards The application list is changed according to the graphics cards available in the system and the current configuration VIRTU allows users to add new applications using the Add Edit and Remove but tons We cannot guarantee the functionality and performance of applications that were not part of the application list provided with the product Adding and editing of the applications list is disabled in evaluation versions of the product 48 When selecting the Add option the following window is displayed Oi Edit Game Fee name ee sg Friendly name Rash l 4 Place the desired application full exe file path in the exe name box Clicking on the button next to the exe name box allows using a standard Windows browser to find the location of the desired application exe file The Friendly name box allows the user to give the desired application a name that best describes the application This is a free text box Press OK after filling the required information This will automatically add an applica tion to the supported game list Once the desired application will activate VIRTU will be applied to this application Important Adding manually an application that was not originally part
24. of the Mem ory block to open the DRAM Timings window you can read and set parameters YOON e Please refer to the BIOS chapter in the mainboard user guide e Every time you shut down the system the configured set ting will be restored to the factory default If you want to use the saved settings you have to load it every time by clicking the Load button Software Application Guide Applying parameters You can do all the above mentioned adjustments under each mode after that please click the Apply button to execute the configured setting without rebooting the system or you can click the Save button to save the adjustments for future use Every time you shut down the system the configured setting will be restored to the factory default If you want to use the saved settings you have to load it every time by clicking the Load button Manual Overclocking You can adjust the CPU base clock CPU ratio and its related voltages to create an even better overclocking environment after that please click the Apply button When prompted to reboot your computer click OK to reboot You can also click the Save but ton to save the adjustments for future use You may refer to the following pictures Memory More Cooling Default Cinema Game gt PLL Voltage Override gt DDR_VREF_CA_A V CPU Ratio 1 0 DDR_VREF_CA_B V Base Clock MHz 100 0 MHz DDR_VREF_DA_A V CPU Voltage V
25. optimized processer memory and the overall system performance boosts Disable Introduction FE CPuRatio ole S eps Genie I CPU y PU Voltage OC Genie OC Unlock CPU Core Genie II steps diagram If there is a physical OC Genie button on your mainboard and when you select the Auto mode the OC Genie OC Genie II tab will show the animation as below Follow the steps and press the button to control OC Genie OC Genie II function by the Control Center software Software Application Guide Green Power Tab Green Power is an energy saving technology that controls power supply by auto phase switching for CPU and components Besides Green Power can automatically manage your power configuration resulting in more efficient power usage and acoustic noise reduction You can monitor the power supply status system temperature and adjust the fan speed under this panel Power Supply information Temperature information 40 C 104 F Power Phase Fan Speed control panel raze gt CPU Phase Mode gt DDR Phase LED Tab To enter the LED TEMP tab click the sub menu under the Green Power tab v Green R ower D ees Geen rowe Under the LED TEMP tab you can turn on off the on board LEDs by clicking each button If your mainboard with Dr MOS this screen will dis play the status of Dr MOS CPU NB V SB Voltage V CPU PLL Voltage V NB Voltage V 32 C 89 F Green Power Mode
26. r Lucid Virtu Driver GPU drivers and Lucid VIRTU should be installed before running any graphic application It is recommended to restart the system after every driver installation Lucid VIRTU is designed for Intel Sandy Bridge based platforms only 45 Software Application Guide VIRTU Operation After the installation process completed VIRTU is activated Once activated the Lucid logo shows on system tray the right bottom corner of the screen Mouse right click at the icon will display the following screen i Open control panel Disable Virtu Remove from system tray l lt Veeees CN Clicking on the Open control panel option will open a new window with VIRTU control panel Clicking on Disable option allows the user to stop VIRTU function When VIRTU is disabled the system will use the Sandy Bridge IPG for graphics ac tivities m Invisible or grey logo means VIRTU is not activated In case no logo is shown on the system tray it is possible to activate the driver and the control panel manually by using the following instructions 1 Click Start gt Programs gt VIRTU 2 Right click on VIRTU Control Panel In case logo icon is grey right click while pointing at the logo to get the following screen i Open control panel Enable Virtu l 4 8 2011 Le Clicking on the Enable option will activate the VIRTU 46 VIRTU Control Panel Main Tab When activa
27. racteristics To top it off it additionally has a bass ei management system to give you the extra oomph to Dialog Plus produce a noticeable low frequency ee sound spectrum 23 Software Application Guide Hotkeys You can also use the hotkey listed below Hotkey Function Ctrl F10 Clean Mode Ctrl F11 Phone Mode Ctrl F12 Optimum Mode Using THX Control Panel You can open the THX control panel through the Audio Genie or double click the THX icon in the system tray To enable or disable each THX sound effect click the sound effect on the THX control panel and then click the on off button Also you can adjust the intensity by dragging the slide bar to the right or the left Kee EN T E E E E TruStu di PRO 24 Video Genie Video Genie provides the automatic color saturation en hancement contrast enhancement and intelligent gam ma correction Video Genie not only improves the quality of static im age the video playback will be dramatically enhanced Software Application Guide Video Genie overview The following figure describes the function of the Video Genie Effect comparison VIDEO GENIE Normal ideo Genie e Picture selection Cancel button OK button Apply button insist on the best e e i Enable checkbox gt Effect comparison This window shows the picture comparison between before and after Video Genie ap plication gt Picture selection This
28. re y Ratio Ratio Ratio Ratio Ratio Temperature Temperature Temperature Temperature al 33 C 91 F 32 C 89 F 31 C 87 F 29 C 84 F Wee 1 Core 2 Core 3 Core 4 Core Ratio Limit Ratio Limit Ratio Limit Ratio Limit x 36 x35 x 34 Software Application Guide name Intel Sandy Bridge socket LGA1155 technology 32 nm CPU Detail Information zm Click the More button on the right side of the CPU block ges i to open the CPU detailed information window including ext model 2A revision mannan model name specifications features and cache informa instruction MMX SSE 1 35 4 1 4 2 S EM i tion specification core speed ratio base clock Li Data Li Inst Level2 Level3 Memory Information Memory information block is under the Overclock tab You can read the information of each memory DIMM slot including memory type manufacturer and speed You can select a DIMM slot you want to read by clicking slot button Memory Slot Type DDR3 Size 2048 MBytes 2 GB tun BR Memory Detail Information ens a Click the More button on the right side of the Speed DDR3 1333 667MHz Serial no Memory block to open the memory detailed infor WG mation window you can select a slot to read infor mation including type size manufacturer speed JEDEC 1 JEDEC 2 JEDEC 3 XMP1600 and timing table Speed 444MHz 592MHz 666MHz 1000 MHz tc 6 8 9 7 tROD 6 8 9 7 7 24 20 34 5i 74 110 25 37 10 15
29. safety funcation A warning pop up message will appear when the CPU temperature reaches 75 degrees Meanwhile it will automatically switch to Default mode for maximum fan speed 11 Software Application Guide Gadget Mode Control Center provides a gadget mode to monitor the CPU frequency iGPU frequency and CPU temperature Switch to gadget mode by clicking the button as shown in picture COC ONTROL N o e mmm v Overclocking E Overclocking Mainboard P67A GD65 MS 7681 version V1 8611 P67 build date 20110127 Intel R Core TM i5 2400 CPU eed 1600 0 MHz 3 10GHz ep x 16 0 4 4 6A7 OT x Li EPU Frequency 2048 MBytes 2 GB 3100 0 MHz 100 0 x 31 0 GPU Frequency Overclock Cooling Default Cinema Game PLL Voltage Override Auto DDR_VREF_CA_A V CPU Ratio o DDR_VREF_CA_B V Base Clock MHz 00 0 MHz DDR_VREF_DA_A V CPU Voltage V ito DDR_VREF_DA_B V CPU IO V 0500 CPU Fan Threshold rpm CPU SA V CPU PLL V 650 0 MHz CPU Temperature 38 C 100 F msi dmnovation itn style Important The GPU frequency only appears when you use the CPU with integrated GPU 12 Super Charger Super Charger provides i Pad i Phone and iPod charg ing function The iPad with very special charging requirements as it requires 1 6A power supply rather than the 0 5A cur rent available with conventional USB interfaces That is ordinary computer cannot charge your iPad even
30. ting the VIRTU control panel the following window is displayed In Game Icon selection S E Virtu Control Panel sa Activate button S In Game Icon Show S SE NN j Graphics PS A Performance atl wm a optimization Restore To Defaults GPU Virtualization by Lucid gt Activate button By pressing a big On button VIRTU solution is activated If Show in System Tray is selected a small control panel icon will be displayed on the system tray together with the rest of the current running applications gt In Game Icon selection In Game Icon selection is used to enable disable in game VIRTU logo indication The following options are available Show The logo will be constantly displayed in the selected corner of the screen Show for a few seconds The logo will be shown for a few second and then will disappear m Hide No logo will be shown Chose a Corner is a control to select a corner of the screen in which VIRTU logo will be displayed gt Performance optimization You can optimize the performance of the virtualization by using special techniques Tested on each application in support list In case of new application some issues may rarely happen it using full performance setting In this case it is recommended to change the seting to Quality 47 Software Application Guide Games Tab If the Games tab is selected the fol
31. use Teaming Genie take a moment to confirm that the items Onboard LAN Controller in BIOS has been set to Enabled You need to install Microsoft NET Framework 3 5 and Realtek LAN driver prior to Teaming Genie installation After then Install Teaming Genie Teaming modes gt FEC GEC Mode The FEC GEC mode is similar to the Link Aggregation LACP 802 3ad mode in that all adapters in the team need to be configured to receive packets for the same MAC address however it does not provide LACP or marker protocol support Basically this mode is a light version of the Link Aggregation LACP 802 3ad mode The FEC GEC mode supports load balancing and failover for both outbound and in bound traffic gt Link Aggregation LACP 802 3ad Mode This mode supports link aggregation and conforms to the IEEE 802 3ad LACP speci fication All adapters in the team are configured to receive packets for the same MAC address In this mode at least one of the link partners must be in active mode 28 Teaming Genie Overview The following figure describes the function of the Teaming Genie a Te amna ScnIc Teaming is an advanced feature for server environment Physical adapters can be combined to be a team Click the follow button to set a team Mode Link Aggregation LACP 802 3ad z Mode selection Add Members Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller 4 Member selection W4 Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller 5 Create Remov
32. utomati cally when your system boots and you login It is minimized to the system tray instead of the taskbar If you want to close it right click te icon on the system tray and then click Exit Open Control Center when restart Pr vu OPM a e 2 9 2011 Software Application Guide Unlocking CPU core for AMD CPU To enter the Unclock CPU Core tab click the sub menu under the Overclocking tab v Overclocking y Green Power Overclocking OC Genie Il Unlock CPU Core Under the Unclock CPU Core tab you can unlock CPU core that is original hidden or disabled in CPU to enhance the performance Therefore a dual or tri core CPU turns to be a quad core CPU a quad core CPU turns to be a hex core CPU In another words you can gain a quad core or hex core CPU Conrroee CEN e Kalb als el i eee 7 vy Overclocking di v Green Power Unlock CPU Core Unlock CPU Core control ivi kad Individual p Core Unlock CPU Core CPU Core Control Individual Core Control Control panel CPU Core Control panel Important The success and the stability of core unlocking regard to the CPU physique itself Not any CPU could be unlocked successful by the way the stability of the unlocked CPU may be tested later You can use some burn in programs or Benchmark to test the stability of the unlocked CPU To unlock CPU core simply select the Unlock CPU Core column to be Enable You can enable disable each core individually w
33. utomatically remind you to scan the computer The pictures in this guide are for reference only and may vary from the product you pur chased Please refer to the actual screen of your system for detailed information 33 Software Application Guide About This tab shows the information about Live Update 5 You can click the MSI Online Customer Service button to open the online customer service web page L rve UPDA O Home tive Update M PirStOTY T sSetmg msi Live Update Version 5 0 045 Copyright c 2009 Micro Star Int l Co All Rights Reserved http www msi com msi OPF SEn ice MSI Online Customer Service link button 34 Updating The System This section describes how to update your system with Live Update 5 Please follow the steps below 1 Select download options in Live Update tab If you select Automatic scan Live Update 5 will automatically detect your system select the appropriate items to download 2 Click the Scan button at the bottom you will see the screen below It may take several moments to complete the process Please wait while it is displayed Processing please wait for a while File download now 4 3 When the download list appears please check the items you intend to update Type ltem Current Ver Online Ver MB Driver Intel INF Update Unknown 9 2 0 1009 msi Utility AutoBoot Unknow 1 0 103 msi Utility AudioGenie 1 0 1 0 1 0 100 msi Uti
34. utor Alternatively please try the following help resources for further guidance Wl Visit the MSI website for FAQ technical guide BIOS updates driver updates and other information http www msi com service download W Contact our technical staff at http support msi com About this guide This Software Application Guide describes how to install and use the software applica tions that come with the MSI s mainboards Each chapter describes one of the software applications It can help you to operate easily when you use the advanced software applications designed by MSI Control Center this chapter describes Control Center overview how to moni tor your mainboard hardware read CPU memory information and use Control Center to overclock the system Super Charger this chapter guides you with Super Charge to charge your iPad iPhone and iPod O Winki Ill this chapter describes how to enter Winki III introduces the main window of Winki III and hotkeys Audio Genie this chapter describes how to install and use Audio Genie O Video Genie this chapter describes Video Genie overview and how to enable Video Genie O Teaming Genie this chapter describes system requirement of Teaming Genie how to install Teaming Genie Teaming Genie overview Team mode and how to create a team O Live Update 5 this chapter describes Live Update 5 overview and how to update your system O EasyViewer this chapter
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