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Quick Start Thank you for purchasing the MSI® B450M BAZOOKA MAX WIFI motherboard. You may have even link to install your phone or tablet. Preparing Tools and Components AMD® AM4 CPU CPU Fan DDR4 Memory Power Supply Unit Chassis Graphics Card Thermal Paste SATA Hard Disk Drive SATA DVD Drive Phillips Screwdriver A Package ...
Quick Start Thank you for purchasing the MSI® B450M BAZOOKA MAX WIFI motherboard. You may have even link to install your phone or tablet. Preparing Tools and Components AMD® AM4 CPU CPU Fan DDR4 Memory Power Supply Unit Chassis Graphics Card Thermal Paste SATA Hard Disk Drive SATA DVD Drive Phillips Screwdriver A Package ...
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Onboard LEDs...39 EZ Debug LED...39 Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities 40 Installing Windows® 10 40 Installing Drivers 40 Installing Utilities 40 BIOS Setup...41 Entering BIOS Setup 41 Resetting BIOS...42 Updating BIOS...42 EZ Mode...43 Advanced Mode ...45 SETTINGS...46 Advanced...46 Boot...52 Security...53 Save & Exit...54 OC...55 M-FLASH...59 OC PROFILE...60 HARDWARE MONITOR 61 AMD RAID Configuration 62 Enabling RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility 62 Initializing Disks...63 Creating Arrays...64 Deleting Arrays...65 Installing RAID Driver 66 Troubleshooting 67 14 Contents
Onboard LEDs...39 EZ Debug LED...39 Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities 40 Installing Windows® 10 40 Installing Drivers 40 Installing Utilities 40 BIOS Setup...41 Entering BIOS Setup 41 Resetting BIOS...42 Updating BIOS...42 EZ Mode...43 Advanced Mode ...45 SETTINGS...46 Advanced...46 Boot...52 Security...53 Save & Exit...54 OC...55 M-FLASH...59 OC PROFILE...60 HARDWARE MONITOR 61 AMD RAID Configuration 62 Enabling RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility 62 Initializing Disks...63 Creating Arrays...64 Deleting Arrays...65 Installing RAID Driver 66 Troubleshooting 67 14 Contents
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...3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE) for the other AMD CPU ∙∙Dual channel memory architecture ∙∙Supports non-ECC UDIMM memory ∙∙Supports un-buffered memory * Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory. ∙∙1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot... (PCI_E1)* ▪▪1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ support x16 mode ▪▪Ryzen™ with Radeon™ ...
...3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE) for the other AMD CPU ∙∙Dual channel memory architecture ∙∙Supports non-ECC UDIMM memory ∙∙Supports un-buffered memory * Please refer www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory. ∙∙1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot... (PCI_E1)* ▪▪1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ support x16 mode ▪▪Ryzen™ with Radeon™ ...
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...∙∙Supports Dual Mode Bluetooth 2.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0, 4.0, BLE, 4.2 ∙∙1x M.2_2 Socket with E key (Wi-Fi mode) ∙∙AMD® B450 Chipset ▪▪6x USB 3.2 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector) &#...8729;Realtek® ALC892/ ALC897 Codec ∙∙7.1-Channel High Definition Audio ∙∙1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port ∙∙1x WiFi/ Bluetooth module ∙∙4x USB 2.0 ports ∙∙1x HDMI Port ∙∙4x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A ports ∙∙1x...
...∙∙Supports Dual Mode Bluetooth 2.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0, 4.0, BLE, 4.2 ∙∙1x M.2_2 Socket with E key (Wi-Fi mode) ∙∙AMD® B450 Chipset ▪▪6x USB 3.2 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (4ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector) &#...8729;Realtek® ALC892/ ALC897 Codec ∙∙7.1-Channel High Definition Audio ∙∙1x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port ∙∙1x WiFi/ Bluetooth module ∙∙4x USB 2.0 ports ∙∙1x HDMI Port ∙∙4x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A ports ∙∙1x...
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...3.0 x16*/ PCIe 3.0 x8**/PCIe 3.0 x4*** PCI_E2: PCIe 2.0 x4 * For 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ processors ** For Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics processors *** For Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors ⚠...;⚠Important ∙∙If you install a large and heavy graphics card, you need to use a tool such as MSI Gaming Series Graphics Card ...
...3.0 x16*/ PCIe 3.0 x8**/PCIe 3.0 x4*** PCI_E2: PCIe 2.0 x4 * For 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ processors ** For Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics processors *** For Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors ⚠...;⚠Important ∙∙If you install a large and heavy graphics card, you need to use a tool such as MSI Gaming Series Graphics Card ...
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... be erased after clear CMOS. The version must be available when administrator password is enabled. [AMD CPU fTPM] Select it for AMD Firmware TPM. [AMD CPU fTPM Disabled] Select it for accessing the system. ▶▶AMD fTPM switch [AMD CPU fTPM] Selects TPM device. Once the password is being disabled. A password will be requested...
... be erased after clear CMOS. The version must be available when administrator password is enabled. [AMD CPU fTPM] Select it for AMD Firmware TPM. [AMD CPU fTPM Disabled] Select it for accessing the system. ▶▶AMD fTPM switch [AMD CPU fTPM] Selects TPM device. Once the password is being disabled. A password will be requested...
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... [Enabled] The Cool'n'Quiet technology can effectively and dynamically lower CPU speed and power consumption. ▶▶SVM Mode [Enabled] Enables/ disables the AMD SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) Mode. ▶▶Power Supply Idle Control [Auto] (optional) It allows you to select the power-saving control mode...state. ▶▶Relaxed EDC throttling [Auto] (optional) Relaxed EDC throttling reduces the amount of time the processor will throttle the cores. [Auto] AMD's recommendation [Enabled] Reduce the amount of time the processor will configure these settings. 58 BIOS Setup
... [Enabled] The Cool'n'Quiet technology can effectively and dynamically lower CPU speed and power consumption. ▶▶SVM Mode [Enabled] Enables/ disables the AMD SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) Mode. ▶▶Power Supply Idle Control [Auto] (optional) It allows you to select the power-saving control mode...state. ▶▶Relaxed EDC throttling [Auto] (optional) Relaxed EDC throttling reduces the amount of time the processor will throttle the cores. [Auto] AMD's recommendation [Enabled] Reduce the amount of time the processor will configure these settings. 58 BIOS Setup
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... The following are written to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility submenu. 62 AMD RAID Configuration RAID 10 (Striped RAID1 Sets) uses four hard drives to link-together storage from EZ mode. 3. Useful in the array. Go to BIOS > ...
... The following are written to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility submenu. 62 AMD RAID Configuration RAID 10 (Striped RAID1 Sets) uses four hard drives to link-together storage from EZ mode. 3. Useful in the array. Go to BIOS > ...
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...disks and legacy disks must be initialized before they can contain valid data. AMD RAID Configuration 63 When a legacy disk is initialized, all channels is done automatically. To initialize disks 1. Initialization writes AMD-RAID configuration information (metadata) to a disk. ⚠⚠Important ∙...;∙If a disk is part of all data on the disk is lost. To initial the disk anyway, delete the AMD-RAID array. Select desired disks by changing the Physical Disk setting to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility > Physical Disk ...
...disks and legacy disks must be initialized before they can contain valid data. AMD RAID Configuration 63 When a legacy disk is initialized, all channels is done automatically. To initialize disks 1. Initialization writes AMD-RAID configuration information (metadata) to a disk. ⚠⚠Important ∙...;∙If a disk is part of all data on the disk is lost. To initial the disk anyway, delete the AMD-RAID array. Select desired disks by changing the Physical Disk setting to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility > Physical Disk ...
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...from the Select RAID Level drop down menu. 4. As previously mentioned, enable RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility. 2. Select the RAID level from an AMD-RAID bootable array, the first array in the Arrays section must be different in the Arrays section. Enter Select Physical Disks sub-menu,... select member disks by pressing ESC. ∙∙If the system is not started until after the operating system and AMD-RAID OS drivers have been installed and the system has booted to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility > Array Management > Create...
...from the Select RAID Level drop down menu. 4. As previously mentioned, enable RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility. 2. Select the RAID level from an AMD-RAID bootable array, the first array in the Arrays section must be different in the Arrays section. Enter Select Physical Disks sub-menu,... select member disks by pressing ESC. ∙∙If the system is not started until after the operating system and AMD-RAID OS drivers have been installed and the system has booted to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility > Array Management > Create...
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...it is on the array. To delete an array 1. Enter Delete Array(s) sub-menu. 5. Doing this deletes the operating system and AMD-RAID files. As previously mentioned, enable RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility. 2. Select the desired array and change the setting to BIOS > SETTINGS >... Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility > Array Management > Delete Array sub-menu. 3. AMD RAID Configuration 65 Go to Enabled. 6. Select YES then press Enter. Deleting Arrays ⚠⚠Important ∙∙Deleting an array permanently...
...it is on the array. To delete an array 1. Enter Delete Array(s) sub-menu. 5. Doing this deletes the operating system and AMD-RAID files. As previously mentioned, enable RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility. 2. Select the desired array and change the setting to BIOS > SETTINGS >... Advanced > RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility > Array Management > Delete Array sub-menu. 3. AMD RAID Configuration 65 Go to Enabled. 6. Select YES then press Enter. Deleting Arrays ⚠⚠Important ∙∙Deleting an array permanently...
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...Change the credentials: ▪▪Create new username and password 10. Insert the MSI Driver Disc into the optical drive. 3. Click Browse and navigate to the directory containing the saved AMD RAID drivers, then click OK. 4. If you turn off the AutoPlay feature from... You have successfully installed the RAID driver, and Windows setup should continue. 9. AMD RAIDXpert2 Management Suite Installation 1. Insert the MSI Driver Disc into the optical drive. Under the Drivers/Software tab, check the AMD RAID Drivers check-box. 5. Click the Install button. 6. When prompt you ...
...Change the credentials: ▪▪Create new username and password 10. Insert the MSI Driver Disc into the optical drive. 3. Click Browse and navigate to the directory containing the saved AMD RAID drivers, then click OK. 4. If you turn off the AutoPlay feature from... You have successfully installed the RAID driver, and Windows setup should continue. 9. AMD RAIDXpert2 Management Suite Installation 1. Insert the MSI Driver Disc into the optical drive. Under the Drivers/Software tab, check the AMD RAID Drivers check-box. 5. Click the Install button. 6. When prompt you ...
