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Installing OS, Drivers & Utilities

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Installing Windows

1. Power on the computer.

2. Insert the Windows

10 installation disc/USB into your computer.

3. Press the Restart button on the computer case.

4. Press F11 key during the computer POST (Power-On Self Test) to get into Boot

Menu.

5. Select the Windows

10 installation disc/USB from the Boot Menu.

6. Press any key when screen shows Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...

message.

7. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Windows

10.

Installing Drivers

1. Start up your computer in Windows

10.

2. Insert MSI

Driver Disc into your optical drive.

3. Click the Select to choose what happens with this disc pop-up notification, then

select Run DVDSetup.exe to open the installer. If you turn off the AutoPlay feature

from the Windows Control Panel, you can still manually execute the DVDSetup.exe

from the root path of the MSI Driver Disc.

4. The installer will find and list all necessary drivers in the Drivers/Software tab.

5. Click the Install button in the lower-right corner of the window.

6. The drivers 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.

Installing Utilities

Before you install utilities, you must complete drivers installation.

1. Open the installer as described above.

2. Click the Utilities tab.

3. Select the utilities you want to install.

4. Click the Install button in the lower-right corner of the window.

5. The utilities 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.

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MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI Specifications

General

Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Ryzen 3 2nd Gen, AMD Ryzen 3 3rd Gen, AMD Ryzen 5 2nd Gen, AMD Ryzen 5 3rd Gen, AMD Ryzen 7 2nd Gen, AMD Ryzen 7 3rd Gen, AMD Ryzen 9 3rd Gen
Supported processor sockets	Socket AM4
Audio chip	Realtek ALC1200
Cooling type	Active
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD X570
PC health monitoring	CPU, FAN, Temperature
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 10 x64
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	128 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1866, 2133, 2400, 2667, 2800, 2933, 3000, 3066, 3200, 3466, 3600, 3733, 3866, 4000, 4133, 4266, 4400, 4533, 4600 MHz
PCI Express x16 (Gen 4.x) slots	2
Number of SATA II connectors	0
Number of SATA III connectors	6
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) connectors	1
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
Supported storage drive types	HDD & SSD
Supported storage drive interfaces	M.2, SATA III
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8125B-CG
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth version	5.0
Ethernet interface type	2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
HDMI version	1.4
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity	3
DirectX version	12.0
Maximum graphics card memory	2048 MB
Parallel processing technology support	CrossFire
BIOS type	UEFI AMI
ACPI version	6.1
BIOS memory size	256 Mbit
System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) version	2.8
Cables included	SATA
Harmonized System (HS) code	84733020