MSI ATX User Manual
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Software & Application
User Guide
G52-XXXX1HG
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Revision History
Revision Revision History Date
V3.0 First release 2014/03
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 distributor. Alternatively,
please try the following help resources for further guidance.
Visit the MSI website for technical guide, BIOS
updates, driver updates, and other information:
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About this guide
This Software Application Guide describes how to use the software applications
that come with the MSI’s motherboards. 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.
Your motherboard may only supports some applications, please refer to the
specication on the motherboard user guide.
Command Center - this chapter describes Command Center overview, how to
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monitor your motherboard hardware, read CPU, memory information and use
Command Center to overclock the system.
Sound Blaster Cinema 2 - this chapter describes how to active enhancement
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features and select proles on Sound Blaster Cinema 2.
Killer Network Manager - this chapter describes how to test and congure
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bandwidth on Killer Network Manager.
Live Update 6 - this chapter describes Live Update 6 overview, and how to
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update your system.
Network Genie - this chapter describes system requirement of Network Genie,
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how to select network mode and set applications priority.
Super Charger - this chapter guides you with Super-Charge to charge your
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iPad, iPhone and iPod.
Smart Utilities - this chapter describes how to use Smart Utilities for enabling
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Intel® Rapid Start Technology, Intel® Smart Response Technology and Intel®
Smart Connect Technology.
Gaming App - this chapter describes how to switch between OC mode,
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Gaming mode and Silent mode in Gaming App.
ECO Center - this chapter describes how to power o components on the
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motherboard with ECO Center.
XSplit Gamecaster - this chapter describes how to register an XSplit account,
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stream and record your gameplay.
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▍CONTENTS
Command Center ........................................................................................... 1
Overview and Operation ......................................................................................... 2
Default Value .................................................................................................... 2
Changing Value ................................................................................................ 2
Prole Buttons .................................................................................................. 3
Resizing Window .............................................................................................. 4
Main Features ......................................................................................................... 5
CPU Frequency ................................................................................................ 5
CPU Fan ........................................................................................................... 5
CPU Voltage ..................................................................................................... 6
DRAM Frequency & DRAM Voltage ................................................................. 6
IGP Frequency & GT Voltage ........................................................................... 6
RAMDisk ........................................................................................................... 7
OC Genie .......................................................................................................... 7
Option Buttons ........................................................................................................ 8
Gadget Mode ........................................................................................................ 12
Setting Gadget ................................................................................................ 12
Sound Blaster Cinema 2...............................................................................13
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 14
Overview and Operation ....................................................................................... 14
Tool Tip ........................................................................................................... 14
SBX Pro Studio Master ON/OFF .................................................................... 15
Users Prole ................................................................................................... 15
Advanced Setting ............................................................................................ 15
Feature Toggle ............................................................................................... 15
Control Slider .................................................................................................. 15
Volume Control/ Mute ..................................................................................... 16
Drop-down Menu (Top Right) ......................................................................... 16
Killer Network Manager ................................................................................ 17
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 18
Killer Network Manager Operation ........................................................................ 18
Conguring Bandwidth .......................................................................................... 19
Speed Testing ................................................................................................. 19
Manually Changing Bandwidth ....................................................................... 19
Killer Network Manager Control Panel .................................................................. 20
Overview ......................................................................................................... 20
Applications Page ........................................................................................... 21
Network Settings ............................................................................................. 22
System Performance ...................................................................................... 23
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Killer Ethernet ................................................................................................. 24
Live Update 6 ...............................................................................................25
Live Update 6 overview ......................................................................................... 26
Live Update Tab ............................................................................................. 26
History Tab ..................................................................................................... 26
Setting ............................................................................................................. 27
System Information Tab .................................................................................. 27
Updating The System ............................................................................................ 28
Total Installer ......................................................................................................... 30
Network Genie .............................................................................................. 31
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 32
Network Genie Operation ...................................................................................... 32
Network Genie Control Panel ................................................................................ 33
Mode Tab ........................................................................................................ 33
Application Tab ............................................................................................... 34
Advanced Tab ................................................................................................. 35
System Info Tab .............................................................................................. 36
About Tab ....................................................................................................... 36
Super Charger .............................................................................................. 37
Enabling Super Charger ........................................................................................ 38
Smart Utilities ...............................................................................................39
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 40
Overview and Operation ....................................................................................... 40
Main Buttons Status ........................................................................................ 40
Intel Rapid Start ............................................................................................. 41
Intel Smart Response ..................................................................................... 41
Intel Smart Connect ....................................................................................... 41
Apply ............................................................................................................... 42
Gaming App..................................................................................................43
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 44
Overview and Operation ....................................................................................... 44
CPU and GPU Clock ...................................................................................... 44
Control Mode Buttons ..................................................................................... 45
Display Mode Button ....................................................................................... 45
ECO Center .................................................................................................. 47
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 48
Overview and Operation ....................................................................................... 48
Power Toggle .................................................................................................. 49
Apply Button ................................................................................................... 49
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XSplit Gamecaster........................................................................................51
System Requirement ............................................................................................. 52
Logging ................................................................................................................. 52
Registering an Account ................................................................................... 52
Overview and Operation ....................................................................................... 53
User Information ............................................................................................. 53
Learning stream and record ............................................................................ 53
Changing language ......................................................................................... 54
Tool Tip ........................................................................................................... 54
Inside the XSplit Gamecaster Overlay ............................................................ 54
Accounts Tab ........................................................................................................ 55
Live Streaming Services ................................................................................. 55
Video Sharing Services .................................................................................. 55
Social Network Services ................................................................................. 55
Settings Tab .......................................................................................................... 56
Stream Settings .............................................................................................. 56
Hotkeys Tab .......................................................................................................... 57
Setting and Deleting Hotkeys ......................................................................... 57
Recordings Tab ..................................................................................................... 58
Command Center
Command Center is an user-friendly software and exclusively developed by
MSI, helping users to adjust system settings and monitor status and under
OS. With the help of Command Center, making it possible to achieve easier
and ecient monitoring process and adjustments than that under BIOS. In
addition, the Command Center can be a server for mobile remote control
application.
Overview and Operation
After installing and activating Command Center, you can click on each feature name
(CPU, DRAM, GPU, OC Genie) to switch into particular feature view for necessary
Command Center
setting controls. You can also click the left or the right arrow icons on the sides of the
Command Center to scroll to the previous or next control panel.
System
Information
Feature
menu
Feature
title
Feature
control
panel
Previous
feature
Option
buttons
CPU
temperature
Prole
buttons
Next
feature
Page
indicator
Resize
corner
Important
The pictures in this guide are for reference only and may vary from the product you
purchased. Please refer to the actual screens of your system for detailed information.
Default Value
When you click the information icon
on the panel, a pop-up message will show,
indicating the allowed range and the default
value.
Changing Value
Each control panel has dierent way to change values. The following describes how to
control.
▶Plus and minus buttons
You can click the plus or minus button to increase or decrease the value.
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▶Slider
You can drag the slider left or right to decrease or increase the value.
▶Knob
You can rotate the knob clockwise or counter clockwise to increase or decrease the
percentage.
▶Enter value
You can enter a value directly in the text eld.
Prole Buttons
You can use proles buttons to apply changes, reset to default, save and load proles.
Command Center
▶Default button - Load the default setting values for the current feature.
▶Apply button - After changing values on Feature control panel, you must click the
“Apply” button to apply your changes.
▶Save button - When you click the “Save” button A dialogue window will appear that
allows you to select the location on your computer to save the le. Setting values of
each feature will be stored in the le with individual le extension.
▶Load button - Load the setting values from the le.
Important
Every time you shut down the system, the congured 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” and “Apply” buttons.
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Command Center
Resizing Window
You can resize the window to half size mode by dragging the right bottom corner.
Command Center
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Main Features
This section describes the main features (CPU Frequency, CPU Fan, )on the control
panel.
CPU Frequency
CPU Frequency control panel allows you
to change CPU Ratio and Baseclock.
You can see the current frequency of
each CPU core on the top of the panel.
CPU Fan
CPU Fan control panel provides Smart
mode and Manual Mode. You can switch
the control mode by clicking the “Smart
Mode” and “Manual Mode” buttons on
the top of the CPU Fan control panel.
▶Manual Mode - Allows you to manually
control the CPU fan speed by percentage.
▶Smart Mode - Smart Mode is a linear
fan speed control feature. The Smart
Mode control panel contains 4 dots allows you to drag and adjust the Smart
Speed slopes. The fan speed will be
changed along these lines with CPU temperature. The white dot will create strip
chart in real time.
▶System Fan Button - You can click the
Manual Mode
Command Center
system fan icon
tem fan control panel in new window.
▶Fan Tune Button - Also, you can press
the auto tune icon
optimize the smart fan setting.
to open the sys-
to automatically
Smart Mode
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CPU Voltage
CPU Voltage control panel allows you to
control the CPU voltage.
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DRAM Frequency & DRAM
Voltage
▶DRAM Frequency - Shows the DRAM
clock, ratio and frequency.
▶DRAM Voltage - Allows you to adjust
the DRAM voltage. The risky values are
displayed in red.
IGP Frequency & GT Voltage
▶IGP Frequency - Allows you to adjust
the IGP ratio, and shows the IGP clock,
ratio and frequency.
▶GT Voltage - Allows you to adjust the
GT voltage. The risky values are displayed in red.
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RAMDisk
RAMDisk control panel allows you to
create a virtual RAM drive.
▶Enable button - Enable or disable the
RAMDisk function.
▶Setting - Specify Letter, Name, Size
and Format of the RAM disk.
▶Option - Select data to save/load on
the RAM disk, witch can speed up your
system performance and extend the life
of SSD.
▶Backup - Specify backup and restore
settings to prevent data loss.
▶Accept button - Allows you to accept
settings of the RAMDisk function.
OC Genie
Please read the introduction on the OC Genie control panel rst. Depends on the CPU
types, the introduction may be dierent.
Command Center
To enable the OC Genie feature, click the OC GEINE button icon. You can also click
the “How to start?” button to learn how to use the OC GENIE button.
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Command Center
Option Buttons
Option buttons provide advanced setting, additional setting and system information.
▶Advanced
Command Center
When click the “Advanced” button, The Voltage, Fan and DRAM icons will appear.
You can click the icons to open the control panels in new windows.
Voltage - Allows you to adjust
advanced voltage of CPU and
chipset.
Fan - Allows you to control the
system fans speed.
DRAM - DRAM Timings control
panel shows the current Advanced
DRAM parameters, and allows you
to change the settings by selecting
values from the drop-down menu
on the right hand side.
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▶Setting
When click the “Setting” button, The Record, Warning and Mobile Control icons will
appear. You can click the icons to open the control panels in new windows.
Record - Record control panel
allows you to monitor the status
of voltage, fan speed and
temperature in real time.
To lter record charts, select the
check box next to the items.
When click the
button, the chart pane will start
to show the recording chart. If
you want to check the value of
a specic spot on chart, please
move the orange vertical line to
the spot.
History Record - History Record
stores the data and names with
date and time.
To make a history record:
1. Select items that you would
like to record.
2. Click the “Record” button on
the left bottom to record status
from your system.
3. When nished, click the
“Record” button again. The
data will be stored in the dropdown menu.
To load a record, click the dropdown menu and select your
desired record from the list.
Start
Records List
Start/ Stop Record
Button
Command Center
To delete a record, select the
record that you want to delete, and
click the Trash Can icon.
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Command Center
Warning - Warning Control Panel contains elds
of voltage, fan speed and temperature for you to
set the threshold values. When system detects
the status over your settings, a warning message
Command Center
will pop-up(as shown below).
You can enable/ disable warning items and alert
sound by selecting the check box next to the
items.
Mobile Control - The Mobile Control control panel is only available for the
motherboard with the built-in WiFi module. It allows you to enable/disable the
Command Center Remote Server. Please refer to the instruction on the Mobile
Control control panel.
Command Center Remote
Server ON/OFF
SoftAP Management Setting
To start remote control:
1. Download and install MSI Command Center APP to your mobile device.
2. Enable Command Center Remote Server on the Mobile Control control
panel.
3. Enable SoftAP Management.
4. Enter SSID and Password, and then click the “Apply” button.
5. Activate Wi-Fi on your mobile device and connect to SoftAP with the SSID.
6. Run MSI Command Center APP on your mobile device.
7. Find the IP address on the SoftAP Management Setting area, and enter the
IP address on your MSI Command Center APP to link your system.
8. Press “Refresh” on the MSI Command Center APP to verify that monitoring
and OC functions are working properly.
SoftAP Management
enable button
Command Center
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▶Information
When click the “Information” button, The Motherboard, CPU, Memory and HW Monitor
Control icons will appear. You can click the icons to open the information windows.
Motherboard
CPU
Momery
HW Monitor
Command Center
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Command Center
Gadget Mode
Command Center provides a gadget mode to monitor the system status. You can
switch to gadget mode by clicking the arrow icon
Command Center
below).
Setting Gadget
Gadget mode provides a conguration panel,
that allows you to select items.
To select items:
1. Click the Spanner icon on the Gadget, a
conguration panel will slide out.
2. Select the check box next to the items.
3. When nished, click the “Close” button.
on the top left (as shown
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Sound Blaster
Cinema 2
Sound Blaster Cinema 2 improves how you experience stereo and multichannel soundtracks from a variety of sources, including DVDs, games, CDs,
MP3s and even Blu-Ray.
Powered by the SBX Pro Studio technologies, the Sound Blaster Cinema 2
delivers a much more realistic and immersive experience, conveniently placed
in a central and intuitive console
The SBX Pro Studio suite of technologies features:
■ SBX Surround™
■ SBX Crystalizer™
■ SBX Bass™
■ SBX Smart Volume™
■ SBX Dialog Plus™
System Requirement
You need to have the following system requirements to run Sound Blaster Cinema 2 :
Hardware:
■ MSI motherboard with Sound Blaster Cinema 2
Software specications:
■ Windows 7 32bit/ 64bit
Sound Blaster Cinema 2
■ Windows 8 32bit/ 64bit
■ Windows 8.1 32bit/ 64bit
■ Realtek HD audio driver
Overview and Operation
After installing and activating Sound Blaster Cinema 2, you can click on each
enhancement feature name (SURROUND, CRYSTALIZER, BASS, DIALOG PLUS or
SMART VOLUME) to switch into particular feature view for necessary setting controls.
User Prole
Control Slider
Advanced
Setting
Volume
Control/
Mute
SBX Pro Studio Master
ON/OFF
Feature Title
Feature Toggle
Tool Tip
When you hover the (mouse) cursor over a button, slider or feature name on the
panel, a tooltip will show, describing the particular function of that item.
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