MSI Classic Motherboard User Manual

Software & Application
User Guide

G52-XXXX1HA

Software Application Guide

Preface

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Revision History

Revision Revision History Date
V1.0 First release 2010/10
V1.1 Second release 2011/03
V1.2 Add VIRTU 2011/04
V1.3 Update Conter Center for AMD CPU 2011/05
V1.4 Add CLICK BIOS II 2011/06
V1.5 Add VIRTU Universal MVP and Network Genie 2012/01

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 FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates,

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and other information:
Contact our technical sta󰘯 at:

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http://www.msi.com/service/download/

http://support.msi.com/

Preface

About this guide

This Software Application Guide describes how to install and use the software applica­tions 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-

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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

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iPad, iPhone and iPod.
Winki III - this chapter describes how to enter Winki III, introduces the main

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window of Winki III and hotkeys.
Audio Genie - this chapter describes how to install and use Audio Genie.

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Video Genie - this chapter describes Video Genie overview, and how to enable

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Video Genie.
Network Genie - this chapter describes system requirement of Network Genie,

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how to select network mode and set applications priority.
Teaming Genie - this chapter describes system requirement of Teaming Genie,

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how to install Teaming Genie, Teaming Genie overview, Team mode and how
to create a team.

Live Update 5 - this chapter describes Live Update 5 overview, and how to

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update your system.
EasyViewer - this chapter describes functions of Easy Viwer, and how to enable

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the 3D e󰘯ect.
VIRTU - this chapter describes VIRTU, how to connect the display and how to

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use i-Mode and d-Mode.
VIRTU Universal MVP - this chapter describes VIRTU Universal MVP, how

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to connect the display and how to use i-Mode, d-Mode, HyperFormance and
Virtual Vsync.

CLICK BIOS II - this chapter describes how to use CLICK BIOS II to change

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BIOS settings.

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Preface

CONTENTS

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Control Center ................................................................................................1

Control Center Overview ......................................................................................... 2

System Information ................................................................................................. 5

Overclock ................................................................................................................ 7

Green Power ......................................................................................................... 11

Gadget Mode ........................................................................................................12

Super-Charger ..............................................................................................13

Enabling Super-Charger .......................................................................................14

Winki III .........................................................................................................15

System Requirement .............................................................................................16

Entering Winki III ................................................................................................... 16

Winki III overview .................................................................................................. 19

Hotkeys ................................................................................................................. 20

Audio Genie ..................................................................................................21

Installing Audio Genie ........................................................................................... 22

Using Audio Genie ................................................................................................ 22

Hotkeys ................................................................................................................. 24

Using THX Control Panel ...................................................................................... 24

Video Genie ..................................................................................................25

Video Genie overview ........................................................................................... 26

Enabling Video Genie ...........................................................................................26

Network Genie ..............................................................................................27

System Requirement .............................................................................................28

Network Genie Operation ......................................................................................28

Network Genie Control Panel ................................................................................29

Teaming Genie .............................................................................................33

System Requirement .............................................................................................34

Installing Teaming Genie ......................................................................................34

Teaming modes ....................................................................................................34

Teaming Genie Overview ......................................................................................35

Creating Team ......................................................................................................36

Live Update 5 ...............................................................................................37

Live Update 5 overview ......................................................................................... 38

Updating The System ............................................................................................41

Total Installer .........................................................................................................42

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EasyViewer...................................................................................................43

Supported File Formats .........................................................................................44

Preview Mode .......................................................................................................44

Slide Mode ............................................................................................................ 46

3D E󰘯ect ............................................................................................................... 48

VIRTU ...........................................................................................................49

System Requirement .............................................................................................50

i-Mode ................................................................................................................... 50

d-Mode .................................................................................................................. 51

Installing VIRTU .................................................................................................... 51

VIRTU Operation ...................................................................................................52

VIRTU Control Panel .............................................................................................53

Virtu Universal MVP ....................................................................................57

System Requirement .............................................................................................58

i-Mode ................................................................................................................... 58

d-Mode .................................................................................................................. 59

Installing VIRTU .................................................................................................... 59

VIRTU Operation ...................................................................................................60

VIRTU Universal MVP Control Panel .................................................................... 61

CLICK BIOS II ..............................................................................................65

CLICK BIOS II Overview ....................................................................................... 66

BIOS Menu Operation ........................................................................................... 67

Changing Boot Priority .......................................................................................... 68

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Control Center

Control Center is an user-friendly software and exclu­sively 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 Cen­ter, making it possible to achieve easier and e󰘲cient
monitoring process and adjustments than that under
BIOS.

Software Application Guide

Control Center

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.

Overclocking Tab

When you launch Control Center, you will see the Overclock tab at 󰘰rst, 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.

Mainboard

information

CPU

information

Advanced

Memory

information

buttons

Overclock

Control

Panel

Overclocking

Mode bar

Pro󰘰le

buttons

Note

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 pur­chased. Please refer to the actual screens of your system for detailed information.

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Control Center

OC Genie/ OC Genie II Tab

To enter the OC Genie/ OC Genie II tab, click the sub-menu under the Overclocking
tab.

Under the OC Genie/ OC Genie II tab, read the introduction on the tab 󰘰rst. The func­tions of Intel CPU and AMD CPU may be di󰘯erent, that will have di󰘯erent screens. The
following 󰘰gure shows an example of AMD CPU.

OC Genie/ OC
Genie II switch

OC Genie Lite

switch

Introduction

OC Genie/ OC

Genie II steps

diagram

Control

Mode

Selection

Control Center

Important

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.

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Control Center

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 con󰘰guration, resulting in more e󰘲cient 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

Power Phase,

Fan Speed

control panel

LED Tab

To enter the LED/TEMP tab,
click the sub-menu under the
Green Power tab.

Under the LED/TEMP tab,
you can turn on/o󰘯 the on­board LEDs by clicking each
button. If your mainboard with
Dr.MOS, this screen will dis­play the status of Dr.MOS.

Green
Power

Mode bar

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Control Center

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.

Mainboard Detail Information
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.

CPU Information

CPU information block is under the Overclock tab. You can read the information of
model and frequency.

Control Center

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 sta­tus of CPU cores and iGPU (only on IGP
chipsets), including frequency, ratio and
temperature.

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Control Center

CPU Detail Information
Click the “More” button on the right side of the CPU block

to open the CPU detailed information window, including
model name, speci󰘰cations, features and cache informa­tion.

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 Detail Information
Click the “More” button on the right side of the

Memory block to open the memory detailed infor­mation window, you can select a slot to read infor­mation, including type, size, manufacturer, speed
and timing table.

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Control Center

Overclock

Under Overclock block, you can select Cooling, Default, Cinema, and Game mode to
reach the most suitable overclocking e󰘯ect. That is to say, you can set an overclocking
environment in advance, which avoids unnecessary risks and time-consuming manual
adjustment on endless testing.

Selecting Overclock Mode

Under Cinema mode, Control Center provides you 3% plus overclocking e󰘯ect automat­ically, 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
e󰘯ect 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.

Control Center

Adjusting DRAM Timings (for Intel chipset)
Click the DRAM Timing button on the right side of the Mem-

ory block to open the DRAM Timings window, you can read
and set parameters.

Important

Please refer to the BIOS chapter in the mainboard user

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guide.
Every time you shut down the system, the con󰘰gured set-

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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.

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Control Center

Applying parameters

You can do all the above mentioned adjustments under each mode, after that, please
click the “Apply” button to execute the con󰘰gured setting without rebooting the system;
or you can click the “Save” button to save the adjustments for future use.

Important

Every time you shut down the system, the con󰘰gured 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” but­ton to save the adjustments for future use. You may refer to the following pictures.

Adjust CPU Ratio, click Apply, it will

prompt a message for reboot.

Noti󰘰cation

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.

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Control Center

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.

Keeping GPU ratio

In the default setting, for keeping the GPU ratio, Control Center will startup automati­cally 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 icon on the system tray and then
click Exit.

Control Center

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Control Center

Unlocking CPU core (for AMD CPU)

To enter the Unclock CPU Core tab, click the sub-menu under the Overclocking tab.

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.

Unlock CPU
Core control

panel

CPU Core

Control panel

Individual

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 when 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.

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Control Center

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.

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 sav­ing. 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 con󰘰gured 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.

Control Center

Default: CPU fan speed: 100%, System fan speed: 100%
Silent: CPU fan speed: 50%, System fan speed: 50%

Important

The Control Center provides a 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.

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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.

Important

The GPU frequency only appears when you use the CPU with integrated GPU.

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Super-Charger

Super-Charger provides i-Pad, i-Phone and iPod charg­ing function.

The iPad with very special charging requirements as it
requires 1.6A power supply rather than the 0.5A cur­rent available with conventional USB interfaces. That
is ordinary computer cannot charge your iPad even 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.

To enable Super-Charger, click the “On/O󰘯” button to On.

When a warning prompt window appears, click “Yes” to continue.

Important

When Super-Charger is enabled, the USB port will be changed to Charging mode,
therefore, the data syncing will be disabled.

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Winki III

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 messen­ging, 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

Winki Ⅲ

System Requirement

In order to run Winki III, the following hardware and is required

At least 2GB memory

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DVD Drive

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Important

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.

Entering Winki III

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 DVD Drive

Put the attached DVD to the DVD drive.

1.
Reboot and enter the BIOS by pressing “Delete” under POST screen.

2.
Select to boot from DVD drive and reboot.

3.
The Winki III boot screen appears as below.

4.
Select “Winki, full-featured Winki” and press “Enter”.

5.

Select this option

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Then, you will enter Winki.6.

Winki Ⅲ

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.

1.
Put the attached DVD to the DVD drive.

2.
Reboot and enter the BIOS by pressing “Delete” under POST screen.

3.
Select to boot from DVD drive and reboot.

4.
The Winki III boot screen appears as below.

5.
Select “Winki, Start with Winki installer” and press “Enter”.

6.

Select this option

Winki Ⅲ

Check the installing dialog and click “Start”. 7.

Click here

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Winki Ⅲ

Make sure that you backup your data in advanced. Then, click “Yes” to continue.8.

Click here

The installer is proceeding. Click “Close” when 󰘰nish.9.

Click here

Click “Reboot” and then “Yes”.10.

Click here

Enter the BIOS by pressing “Delete” under POST screen.

11.
Select to boot from USB drive and reboot.

12.
Then, you will enter Winki III.

13.

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Winki Ⅲ

Winki III overview

The following 󰘰gure describes the function of the Winki III.

Application selection

Calendar

Task bar

Winki Ⅲ

Recently opened 󰘰le list
Tool and Device selection

Application selection

▶
Applications are classi󰘰ed 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.

Task bar

▶
This bar is used to monitor the status of system and display current time.

Calendar

▶
The calendar allows you to schedule your tasks and set reminders.

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.

Recently opened 󰘰le list

▶
There is a list of recently used applications at the bottom. It allows you to launch ap-

plications quickly.

RSS reader

▶
The RSS reader is able to display any RSS news feed.

RSS reader

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Hotkeys

You can also use the hotkey listed below.

Hotkey Function

Ctrl + 1 Web Browser

Ctrl + 2 Instant Messenger

Ctrl + 3 Skype

Ctrl + 4 Photo Viewer

Ctrl + F1 Volume Controller

Ctrl + F2 Resolution Setting

Ctrl + F3 Network Setting

Ctrl + F4 Language Setting

Ctrl + F5 Keyboard Setting

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Ctrl + F11 Decrease Volume

Ctrl + F12 Increase Volume

Audio Genie

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

Audio Genie

Installing Audio Genie

If your audio device is built-in with your mainboard, take a moment to con󰘰rm that the
item “Audio Controller” in BIOS has been set to “Enabled”. If you are using the Realtek
HD audio card, con󰘰rm 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 󰘰nd the suggested speaker placement for your ster­eo and select audio 󰘰les for testing.

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This screen only shows
the speakers placement

Audio Genie

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 in the system tray.

THX

This screen introduce the functions of THX control panel. When you enter this screen
the THX control panel will appear on the desktop.

Audio Genie

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Hotkeys

You can also use the hotkey listed below.

Hotkey Function

Ctrl + F7 Game Mode
Ctrl + F8 Movie Mode
Ctrl + F9 Music Mode
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 e󰘯ect, click the sound e󰘯ect on the THX control
panel, and then click the on/ o󰘯 button. Also you can adjust the intensity by dragging the
slide bar to the right or the left.

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Video Genie

Video Genie provides the automatic color saturation en­hancement, contrast enhancement and intelligent gam­ma correction.

Video Genie not only improves the quality of static im­age, the video playback will be dramatically enhanced.

Software Application Guide

Video Genie overview

The following 󰘰gure describes the function of the Video Genie.

E󰘯ect comparison

Picture selection

Cancel button

OK button

Apply button

Enable checkbox

E󰘯ect comparison

▶
This window shows the picture comparison between before and after Video Genie ap-

plication.

Picture selection

▶
This button allows you to select a picture to be displayed in e󰘯ect comparison window.

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.

OK button

▶
When you click the OK button, the e󰘯ect setting will be applied and the main window

will be closed.

Apply button

▶
This button allows you to apply the e󰘯ect setting immediately.

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:

Check the Enable checkbox.

1.
Click the OK button.

2.
The Video Genie “ON” message will pop up for two seconds.

3.

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Network Genie

Network Genie is an utility to optimize the tra󰘲c for band­width control. Network Genie is designed for the Realtek
LAN chip with Windows Vista and Windows 7 platforms.

With the Network Genie you can play on-line games and
download data without being disturbed by latency. Just
set up the network priority in Network Genie. You do not
need to close some of occupied bandwidth applications
while enjoying on-line games or streaming videos.

Software Application Guide

System Requirement

In order to run the Network Genie, the following hardware and software is required
Hardware:

MSI mainboard with Realtek LAN chip (8111E or newer).

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Software speci󰘰cations:

Windows 7 32bit/ 64bit

■

Windows Vista 32bit/ 64bit

■

Realtek LAN driver

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Network Genie Operation

Once installed, the Network Genie logo shows on system tray (the right bottom corner of
the screen). Mouse right click at the icon, will display the following screen.

Moving the mouse pointer on “Mode” option, a sub-menu will appear for user to

■

select Game, Stream, Browser and Auto mode.
Clicking on the “Show” option will open a new window with Network Genie con-

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trol panel.
Clicking on the “Hide” option will hide the Network Genie control panel.

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Clicking on the “Exit” option will exit Network Genie.

■

Invisible logo means Network Genie is not activated.

■

In case no logo is shown on the system tray, it is possible to activate Network Genie
manually by clicking Start → Programs → MSI → Network Genie → Network Genie.

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Network Genie Control Panel

Mode Tab

If Mode tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

Mode selection

▶
Mode selection is used to quickly change the network mode. The following options are

available:

Game Mode - Network Genie will set gaming applications to high priority.

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Stream Mode - Network Genie will set streaming applications to high priority.

■

Browser Mode - Network Genie will set web browsers to high priority.

■

Auto Mode - Network Genie will set gaming, streaming applications and web

■

browsers to high priority.

Network Genie

Click “Apply” button to complete.

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Software Application Guide

Application Tab

If Application tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

Application tab lists all network related applications. There are 5 columns in the list,
including Program, Priority, Blocked, Download and Upload. The function of each
column is described as follows:

Program - Shows the currently running network related applications.

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Priority - “H”: represents high network priority. “L”: represents low network prior-

■

ity. You can manually change the priority by clicking “H” or “L”.
Blocked - “Lock icon”: represents the network application is blocked. “Un-lock

■

icon”: represents the network application is allowed. You can block the network
application by clicking the block icon.

Download/ Upload - Indicate the download and upload status.

■

Inactive programs will be listed at the bottom and you can check the “Hide inactive
programs” to hide them. After changing the settings, click the “Save” button to store the
newer con󰘰gurations.

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Advanced Tab

If Advanced tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

Advanced tab provides detailed settings for Network Genie. There are two parts in this
tab, one is “Internet Speed”, and another is “Delay/Sensitivity Settings”.

In “Internet Speed”, you can set the maximum available bandwidth to the upload/
download speed manually or just leave blank for no limit.

In “Delay/Sensitivity Settings”, you can enable “Speed up Response Time” and “No
TCP Delay” to reduce the latency of the high priority applications.

Network Genie

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Software Application Guide

System Info Tab

If System Info tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

System Info tab shows system information, including “Processor”, “Network Card”,
“Memory”, “Graphics Card”, “Operating System”, “CPU Usage”, “Connection Status”,
“Total Packets Sent”, and “Total Packets Received”.

About Tab

If About tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

About tab shows information of Network Genie, including “Version”, “Copyright”, and
web address.

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Teaming Genie

Teaming Genie provides tra󰘲c load balancing and re­dundant 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 in­clude at least two members, but can support up to ten
members.

In a team of two or more NICs, the secondary NIC 󰘰lls
the primary, if the primary NIC fails.

Software Application Guide

Teaming Genie

System Requirement

The system and software requirements for Teaming Genie as listed below.

Installed with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

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Dual Realtek RTL81XX series with NIC Adapters

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Installing Teaming Genie

Before you begin to install and use Teaming Genie, take a moment to con󰘰rm 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

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 con󰘰gured 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 in­bound tra󰘲c.

Link Aggregation\LACP(802.3ad) Mode

▶
This mode supports link aggregation and conforms to the IEEE 802.3ad (LACP) speci-

󰘰cation. All adapters in the team are con󰘰gured to receive packets for the same MAC
address. In this mode, at least one of the link partners must be in active mode.

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Teaming Genie

Teaming Genie Overview

The following 󰘰gure describes the function of the Teaming Genie.

Mode selection

Member selection

Create/ Remove button

Mode selection

▶
Here you can select a team mode.

Member selection

▶
Here you can select members.

Create/ Remove button

▶
This button is used to create or remove a team.

Teaming Genie

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Software Application Guide

Creating Team

This section describes how to create a team. Please follow the steps below:

Select FEC/GEC mode or Link Aggregation\LACP(802.3ad) mode

1.
Select members that you want to combine to.

2.
Click the Create Team button.

3.

To remove the team, click the Remove button at the bottom.

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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 driv­ers on web sites, and don’t need to know the models of
mainboard and graphics cards. Live Update 5 will down­load the appropriate drivers automatically.

Software Application Guide

Live Update 5

Live Update 5 overview

After installing and activating 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 󰘰rst, this tab displays the
information of the system.

Live Update Tab

This tab allows you to select 󰘰les to download. You can also read the relevant informa­tion by clicking the information icon on the right of the item listed.

Download options

Download list

Scan / Download /

Total installer button

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Live Update 5

History Tab

This tab shows the downloading history.

Setting

This tab allows you specify the frequency that Live Update 5 remind you to update.

Live Update 5

Reminder Frequency

con󰘰guration

Important

The pictures in this guide are for reference only and may vary from the product you pur­chased. Please refer to the actual screen of your system for detailed information.

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Software Application Guide

Live Update 5

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.

MSI Online Customer

Service link button

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Live Update 5

Updating The System

This section describes how to update your system with Live Update 5. Please follow
the steps below:

Select download options in Live Update tab. If you select “Automatic scan”, Live

1.
Update 5 will automatically detect your system, select the appropriate items to
download.

Click the “Scan” button at the bottom, you will see the screen below. It may take

2.
several moments to complete the process. Please wait while it is displayed.

When the download list appears, please check the items you intend to update. 3.

Select all

Click “Download” button at the bottom.

4.
When Save Path prompt, you need to specify the directory for Live Update 5.

5.

Live Update 5

When downloading you will see the screen below. It may take several moments to

6.
complete the process. Please wait while it is displayed.

To install the applications, simply unpack the packages and install. 7.

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Total Installer

Total Installer is a convenient feature to simplify frequent installing procedure. To use
Total Installer:

Scan updates in Live Update tab.1.

Select all

Total installer button

Check the items you intend to update.

2.
Click the Total Installer button. Live Update 5 will automatically install them.

3.

When prompted, click OK to complete the Total Installer procedure

4.
Reboot your system.

5.

EasyViewer

MSI EasyViewer is a full 3D image browser that supports
NVIDIA 3D vision and allows zoom-in, zoom-out, full­screen or auto-playback for previewing images. Under
the Slide mode, you may edit pictures: image enlarge­ment, reduction, 90-degree and 󰘰ne-tuned rotation. You
can even use the HDII image enhancement, intelligent
white balance, and image sharpness adjustment fea­tures to make your pictures richer, more alive and more
textured. With intuitive user interface, it can be easily op­erated on a touch screen or on any PC with mouse.

Software Application Guide

Video Genie

Supported File Formats

EasyViewer’s current supported 󰘰le formats are jpg, png, bmp, tif and gif.

Preview Mode

Zoom In

Auto Playing Full Screen

Changing Directory Upper Directory

1. Zoom In/Out

Scroll with the mouse wheel.

■

Press the button and 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.

■

3. Selecting a photo

Left-click on an image to select it.

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Zoom Out

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Video Genie

4. Auto playing images

Press the button and the EasyViewer will present a full-screen slide

■

show that runs automatically.

5. Full Screen

Press the button and the EasyViewer will enter full-screen mode.

■

6. Changing the 󰘰le folder

Press the button to change your destination folder.

■

7. Go to the upper directory

Press the button to go to the upper directory.

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Video Genie

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Software Application Guide

Video Genie

Slide Mode

Zoom In/Out Rotation

Fine-tuning Rotation Enhancing HDII Image

Intelligent White Balance Saving Files

Auto Playing Full Screen

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 (←→) on the keyboard.

■

Press the and buttons alongside the thumbnail bar.

■

3. Zoom In/Out

Press the button and move the cursor to the center for zoom. Left-click

■

the mouse and hold. Move the mouse arbitrarily to zoom in or out.
Use two-󰘰nger pinch zoom (for touch screens only).

■

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Video Genie

4. Rotating photos

Press the buttons to rotate your photos clockwise or counterclock-

■

wise.
Use two-󰘰nger rotation (for touch screens only).

■

5. Fine-tuning the photo rotation

Press the button to 󰘰ne-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 button and the EasyViewer will present a full-screen slide

■

show that runs automatically.

9. Full Screen

Press the button and the EasyViewer will enter full-screen mode. If

■

equipped with a 120Hz monitor, the True 3D mode will be activated automati­cally. To experience the 3D e󰘯ect, a pair of shutter glasses will be required.

10. Saving 󰘰les

Video Genie

Press the button to save the images you’ve processed.

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Software Application Guide

3D E󰘯ect

EasyViewer provides the 3D visual e󰘯ect, with 3D glasses, you can experience the
photos in 3D.

System Requirement

The system and software requirements for EasyViewer 3D e󰘯ect 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

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Enabling 3D Effect

To enable 3D e󰘯ect, please follow the steps below:

Con󰘰rm the graphic card has been installed properly.

1.
Con󰘰rm the 3D Vision kit has been installed properly.

2.
Install the latest graphic card driver.

3.
Install the GeForce 3D Vision driver.

4.
Enable GeForce 3D Vision in the NVIDIA control panel.

5.
Enter the MSI EasyViewer full-screen mode.

6.
Enjoy the 3D e󰘯ect.

7.

Important

The MSI EasyViewer can only support GeForce 3D Vision in the full screen mode.

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VIRTU

Lucid VIRTU is designed for Intel 2nd Generation Intel®
Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 processors platform
with Intel Processor Graphics enabled. VIRTU dynami­cally 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 Intel 2nd
Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 along
with the high end 3D rendering performance provided by
the discrete GPU installed in the system.

When no high end graphics is used and display is con­nected 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 environ­ment friendly platform.

Software Application Guide

VIRTU

System Requirement

In order to run the Lucid VIRTU, the following hardware and software is required
Hardware speci󰘰cations:

The mainboard supports VIRTU

■

Intel 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 processors in an

■

LGA 1155 socket.
AMD GPU (HD 4xxx and up) or Nvidia GPU (GF 2xx and up)

■

At least 2GB memory

■

Software speci󰘰cations:

Windows 7 32bit/ 64bit

■

DirectX 9/ 10/ 10.1/ 11

■

Intel/ NVIDIA/ AMD GPU drivers

■

i-Mode

i-Mode provides user with near zero performance overhead on 3D graphics games,
Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 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.

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Graphics card
NO DISPLAY CONNECTED

Display connected to
mainboard video port

VIRTU

d-Mode

d-Mode is provided for demanding 3D gamers to achieve uncompromised 3D perform­ance 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.

Important

In most cases the di󰘯erences 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 → Settings → On-Chip VGA Devices → 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 → Driver → OTHERS. You

■

can also find setup.exe and double-click it to install. The full path on the DVD is
\\OtherDriver\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.

■

VIRTU

Important

Lucid VIRTU is designed for Intel 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™
i3 processors based platforms only.

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Software Application Guide

VIRTU

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.

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 Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™
i3 IGP for graphics activities.

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:

Click Start → Programs → VIRTU.

1.

Right-click on “VIRTU Control Panel”.

2.

In case logo icon is grey, right-click while pointing at the logo to get the following
screen:

Clicking on the “Enable” option, will activate the VIRTU.

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VIRTU

VIRTU Control Panel

Main Tab

When activating the VIRTU control panel, the following window is displayed:

In-Game

Icon selection

Activate

button

Performance

optimization

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.

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.
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.

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.

VIRTU

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Software Application Guide

VIRTU

Games Tab

If the Games tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

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 con󰘰guration.
VIRTU allows users to add new applications using the "Add", "Edit" and "Remove" but­tons. We cannot guarantee the functionality and performance of applications that were
not part of the application list provided with the product.

Important

Adding and editing of the applications list is disabled in evaluation versions of the
product.

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VIRTU

When selecting the “Add” option, the following window is displayed:

Place the desired application full “exe” 󰘰le path in the “exe name” box. Clicking on the
“…” button next to the “exe name” box allows using a standard Windows browser to
󰘰nd the location of the desired application “exe” 󰘰le.

VIRTU

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 󰘰lling the required information. This will automatically add an applica­tion 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 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.

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Software Application Guide

About Tab

If the “About” tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

This screen provides VIRTU version installed.

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Virtu Universal MVP

Lucid VIRTU Universal MVP solution is designed for
the platforms with one integrated and one discrete
GPU. VIRTU Universal MVP dynamically assigns tasks
to best available graphics resource based on power,
performance and features. There is no need for HW or
HW changes. VIRTU Universal MVP allows user to fully
utilize the capabilities of both integrated and discrete
GPUs

When no high end graphics is used and display is
connected 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
environment friendly platform.

Advanced performance improvement features of VIRTU
Universal MVP, Virtual Vsync and HyperFormance
provide the uncompromised image quality and game
responsiveness performance gain.

Software Application Guide

VIRTU Universal MVP

System Requirement

In order to run the Lucid VIRTU Universal MVP, the following hardware and software
is required

Hardware speci󰘰cations:

MSI mainboard supports VIRTU Universal MVP

■

Any Intel CPU with integrated graphics support

■

Any NVIDIA/ AMD GPU with DX9/ DX10/ DX11 support

■

At least 2GB memory

■

Software speci󰘰cations:

Windows 7 32bit/ 64bit

■

DirectX 9/ 10/ 10.1/ 11

■

Intel/ NVIDIA/ AMD GPU drivers

■

i-Mode

i-Mode provides user with near zero performance overhead on 3D graphics games,
Virtual VSync and Hyperformance features, integrated GPU special features and power
saving options when no 3D gaming is used.

Important

GPU vendor speci󰘰c multi GPU acceleration features such as SLI and CrossFire are not
available in i-Mode due to GPU vendor limitations.

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

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VIRTU Universal MVP

d-Mode

d-Mode is provided for demanding 3D gamers to achieve uncompromised 3D perform­ance of discrete GPU installed in the system, along with Virtual VSync and Hyperform­ance quality/ performance improvement features. In this mode, Virtu Universal MVP
allows user to utilize integrated GPU special features such as trascoding, while display
is connected to discrete GPU.

Important

In d-Mode SLI and CrossFire are available. Media features can be virtualized by

•

VIRTU Universal MVP to integrated GPU.
Virtual Vsync and HyperFormance features are not available when SLI or CrossFire

•

is enabled.

To use Lucid VIRTU Universal MVP solution in d-Mode, display must be connected to
discrete GPU installed in the system as shown below.

Display connected to
graphics card

VIRTU Universal MVP

Installing VIRTU

In BIOS → SETTINGS → Integerated Graphics Devices Configuration → IGD

■

Multi-Monitor, the IGD Multi-Monitor must be set to Enabled.
Intel/ NVIDIA/ AMD GPU drivers must be installed prior to Lucid VIRTU Univer-

■

sal MVP installation.
Install Lucid VIRTU Universal MVP from MSI Driver DVD setup screen → Driver

■

→ OTHERS. You can also find setup.exe and double-click it to install. The full
path on the DVD is \\OtherDriver\Lucid VIRTU Universal MVP.

GPU drivers and Lucid VIRTU should be installed before running any graphic

■

application.
It is recommended to restart the system after every driver installation.

■

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Software Application Guide

VIRTU Universal MVP

VIRTU Operation

Once installed, 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.

Clicking on the “Open Virtu MVP Control Panel” option will open a new window

■

with VIRTU Universal MVP control panel.
Clicking on the “Check for updates” option will check for new updates.

■

Clicking on the “Disable Virtu MVP” option, allows the user to stop VIRTU Uni-

■

versal MVP function.
Invisible or grey logo means VIRTU Universal MVP 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:

Click Start → Programs → VIRTU Universal MVP.

1.

Right-click on “Virtu MVP Control Panel”.

2.

In case logo icon is grey, right-click while pointing at the logo to get the following
screen:

Clicking on the “Enable Virtu MVP” option, will activate the VIRTU Universal MVP.

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VIRTU Universal MVP

VIRTU Universal MVP Control Panel

Main Tab

When activating the VIRTU control panel, the following window is displayed:

In-Game

Icon selection

Activate

button

Activate button

▶
By pressing a big “On” button VIRTU Universal MVP 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.

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.
Hide - No logo will be shown.

■

Chose a Corner - is a control to select a corner of the screen in which VIRTU

■

Universal MVP logo will be displayed.

VIRTU Universal MVP

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Software Application Guide

VIRTU Universal MVP

Performance Tab

If Performance tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

HyperFormance

ON/ OFF button

Virtual Vsync

ON/ OFF button

This screen controls the unique VIRTU Universal MVP performance and visual quality
optimization features.
By toggling On/O󰘯 buttons on HyperFormance and Virtual Vsync features, these
features can be enabled/disabled for all games.

HyperFormance

▶
When enabled, improves overall game responsiveness performance and observed

frame rate.

Virtual Vsync

▶
Enables games to run at high FPS with fast user responsiveness while eliminating no

image tearing artifacts. You must keep in game Vsync option enabled to enjoy this
feature standalone.

Both features work well together, providing uncompromised visual quality together
with extra performance and game responsiveness.

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VIRTU Universal MVP

Games Tab

If the Games tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

This screen shows the applications that VIRTU Universal MVP supports with the avail­able graphic cards.

“D” column selected means application will use discrete GPU when running,

■

regardless of physical display cables connection. Good for 3D extensive ap­plications.

“I” column selected means application will use integrated GPU when running,

■

regardless of physical display cables connection. Good for Media extensive
applications

“H” column checked means application will use “HyperFormance” feature when

■

HyperFormance enabled in “Performance” tab

VIRTU Universal MVP

VIRTU allows users to add new applications using the "Add", "Edit" and "Remove" but­tons. We cannot guarantee the functionality and performance of applications that were
not part of the application list provided with the product.

Important

Not all application can are currently quali󰘰ed to use HyperFormance feature. Unquali-

•

󰘰ed application may experience some issues.
Adding and editing of the applications list is disabled in evaluation versions of the

•

product.

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Software Application Guide

When selecting the “Add” option, the following window is displayed:

Place the desired application full “exe” 󰘰le
path in the “exe name” box. Clicking on
the “…” button next to the “exe name” box
allows using a standard Windows browser
to 󰘰nd the location of the desired applica­tion “exe” 󰘰le.

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 󰘰lling the required
information. This will automatically add
an application to the supported game list.

VIRTU Universal MVP will be applied to this application.

Once the desired application will activate,

Important

Adding manually an application that was not originally part 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.

About Tab

If the “About” tab is selected, the following screen is displayed:

This screen provides License Status and VIRTU Universal MVP version installed.

Important

VIRTU Universal MVP will try to activate itself through internet. If for some reason auto­activation process fails, or internet is not available for 30 days, you will have to manually
activate VIRTU Universal MVP by pressing “Activate” button.

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CLICK BIOS II

CLICK BIOS II is a new application software that pro­vides a interface for setting parameters of BIOS from
Windows operating system without the need to reboot
and enter BIOS utility.

With the CLICK BIOS II, users can change BIOS set­tings, monitor CPU temperature, select the boot device
priority and view system information such as the CPU
name, DRAM capacity, the OS version and the BIOS
version. Users can import and export parameters data
for backup or sharing with friends.

Software Application Guide

CLICK BIOS II

CLICK BIOS II Overview

After installing and activating CLICK BIOS II, the following window is displayed.

CPU

temperature

BIOS menu

selection

Menu display

System

information

Boot device

priority bar

Help

information

Important

If the BIOS is password protected, you will not be able to enter CLICK BIOS II and

•

change the BIOS settings.
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.

CPU temperature

▶
This block shows the temperature of the processor.

System information

▶
This block shows the CPU name, CPUID, DRAM capacity, the OS version and the BIOS

version.

BIOS menu selection

▶
This block is used to select menus of BIOS. The following options are available:

SETTINGS - Use this menu to specify your settings for chipset features, boot

■

device. In this menu you can also control the M-Flash function.
OC - This menu contains items on the frequency and voltage adjustments.

■

Increasing the frequency can get better performance, however high frequency
and heat can cause instability, we do not recommend general users to
overclock.

ECO - This menu is related to energy-saving settings.

■

SECURITY - You can use these security features to protect your system.

■

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CLICK BIOS II

Boot device priority bar

▶
You can move the device icons to change the boot priority.

Help information

▶
When you select a BIOS item, this window will provide you related information.

Menu display

▶
This area provides BIOS setting menu that allows you to change parameters.

BIOS Menu Operation

CLICK BIOS II allows you to set options on four BIOS menus incude SETTINGS, OC
(overclocking), ECO and SECURITY.

CLICK BIOS II

Clicking on , , , , BIOS menus will be displayed

■

in the middle of the window. Some menus have tab selection buttons on the
top.

Double clicking on BIOS items will enter the option window that allows you to

■

select parameters.
An arrow symbol appears to the left of certain 󰘰elds that means it contains a

■

sub-menu.
Clicking the Import button allows you to import parameters data from

■

a 󰘰le.
Clicking the Export button allows you to export parameters data and

■

store in a 󰘰le.
Clicking the Default button allows you to load the optimized default

■

values.
Clicking the Apply button CLICK BIOS II will save changes and prompt

■

for restart the system.

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Software Application Guide

Changing Boot Priority

Boot priority speci󰘰es the order in which the computer searches for a bootable operating
system. You can set your system to boot from devices in order. The computer will
sequentially check the bootable device and load the operating system from the 󰘰rst one
it 󰘰nds.

Your mainboard can boot from devices include HDDs, USB drives, CD/DVD drives,
Network devices, UEFI and BEV. CLICK BIOS II o󰘯ers alternate boot devices allow you
to specify the boot device priority by two methods:

From the Boot device priority bar

▶

High priority Low priority

This bar shows the priority of the boot devices. The light icons indicate that the
devices are available. Click and draw the icon to left or right to specify the boot priority.

Boot device icon list

■

USB Drive

USB hard
disk drive

Hard disk
drive

USB
󰘱oppy

Optical
disk

USB optical
drive

LAN

UEFI

BEV

From the Boot menu

▶
Enter the Boot menu by clicking the “Boot” tab button on the “SETTINGS” BIOS menu.

In the Boot menu, you can choose from 1st to 9th boot device priority. In addition, you
can specify Hard Disk Drive/ Network Device/ CD/DVD ROM Drive/ BEV Device BBS
Priorities (you may need to scroll down to 󰘰nd them).

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Disable