Software Description; Installing Windows ® 7/ 8.1/ 10; Installing Drivers; Installing Utilities - MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK User Manual

Software Description

Installing Windows
1. Power on the computer.
2. Insert the Windows
Note: Due to chipset limitation, during the Windows
optical drives and USB flash drives are not supported.
3. Press the Restart button on the computer case.
4. For windows 8.1/ 10, skip this step. For Windows 7, access the BIOS menu
SETTING > Advanced > Windows OS Configuration > Windows 7 Installation and
set the item to enabled, save changes and restart.
Note: It is suggested to plug in your USB Keyboard/USB Mouse to the leftmost
USB port when installing Windows 7.
5. Press F11 key during the computer POST (Power-On Self Test) to get into Boot
Menu.
6. Select your optical drive from the Boot Menu.
7. Press any key when screen shows Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...
message.
8. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Windows

Installing Drivers

1. Start up your computer in Windows
2. Insert MSI Driver Disc into your optical drive.
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3. The installer will automatically appear and it will find and list all necessary
drivers.
4. Click Install button.
5. The software installation will then be in progress, after it has finished it will
prompt you to restart.
6. Click OK button to finish.
7. Restart your computer.

Installing Utilities

Before you install utilities, you must complete drivers installation.
1. Insert MSI Driver Disc into your optical drive.
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2. The installer will automatically appear.
3. Click Utilities tab.
4. Select the utilities you want to install.
5. Click Install button.
6. The utilities installation will then be in progress, after it has finished it will prompt
you to restart.
7. Click OK button to finish.
8. Restart your computer.
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7/ 8.1/ 10 disc into your optical drive.
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7 installation process, USB
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