MSI B150 Gaming M3 Service Manual

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1. PS/2 Gaming Device Port

2. USB 3.1 Gen 1 Ports

3. Killer™ LAN Port

4. HD Audio Connectors

5. USB Gaming Device Port

6. DVI Port

7. USB 2.0 Ports

8. HDMI Ports

9. USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports

10. Optical S/PDIF Out

SPECIFICATIONS I/O OVERVIEW

The MSI® B150 GAMING M3 motherboard is designed to provide gamers the best gaming experience

through genuine GAMING design, best-in-class gaming features and the latest technology. The B150

GAMING M3 motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection.

DDR4 BOOST

By fully isolating the memory circuitry from other components, DDR4 Boost ensures the memory signal to stay pure for maximum performance and stability.

M.2 & SATA Express

Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely fast loading times with MSI GAMING motherboards. M.2 and SATA Express transfer data up to 16 Gb/s, making it 67% faster than SATA 3.0.

AUDIO BOOST 3 & NAHIMIC

The ultimate audio solution for gamers, powered by Nahimic Audio Enhancer. With dual OPA1652 AMPs and metal EMI Shielding you get breathtaking sound quality.

HD Audio Connectors

GAMING LAN by Killer™

Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic

DDR4 BOOST

CrossFire Support

EZ Debug LED

GAMING Device Port

M.2

MSI GAMING LAN POWERED BY KILLER™

MSI GAMING LAN is powered by the KillerTMLAN E2400 Network Controller featuring intelligent AES 2.0 to automatically prioritize games above other applications. GAMING LAN uses LAN Protect with 15KV anti-surge protection for safety, highlighted with a red LED in the LAN port.

CPU support

Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® Processors

CPU socket

LGA 1151

Chipset

Intel®B150 Chipset

Graphics interface

2 * PCI-E 3.0 x16 PCI-E slots, 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ support

Display Interface

1 * HDMI, 1 * DVI Port – Requires Processor Graphics

Memory support

4 DIMMs, Dual Channel DDR4-2133

Expansion slots

2 * PCI-E x1 slots, 3 * PCI slots

M.2 / SATA

1 * M.2 (SATA Mode Only), 6 * SATA 6 Gb/s (2 ports reserved for SATA Express)

USB

6* USB 3.1 Gen1, 6 * USB 2.0

LAN

1 * Killer™ E2400 Gigabit LAN

Audio

8-channel Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic