MSI X 370 Manual

							61Software Description
1. Select the Live Update tab.
2. 
Choose 
 Automatic scan, system will automatically scan all the items and search 
for the latest update files. Or you can choose Manual scan and select the items you 
wish to scan.
3.
 
Click the 
 Scan button at the bottom. It may take several moments to complete the 
process.
4.
 
When the do
 wnload list appears, please select the items you intend to update. 
5.
 
Click 
 Download button at the bottom.
6.
 
When 
 Save Path prompt, you can specify a download directory.
7. When do wnloading you will see the screen below. It may take several moments to 
complete the process.
8. To install the applications, simply unpack the packages and install. 
Total Installer
Total Installer is a convenient feature to simplify frequent installing procedure. To use 
Total Installer:
1
2
3
1. Scan updates in Live Update tab.
2.
 
Check the 
 Select All check-box you intend to update.  
3.
 
Click the 
 Total Installer button. LIVE UPDATE 6 will automatically install them.
4.
 
When pr
 ompted, click OK to complete the Total Installer procedure
5.
 
Reboot y
 our system. 
						

							62Software Description
COMMAND CENTER
COMMAND CENTER is an user-friendly software and exclusively developed by MSI, 
helping users to adjust system settings and monitor status under OS. With the help 
of COMMAND CENTER, making it possible to achieve easier and efficient monitoring 
process and adjustments than that under BIOS. In addition, the COMMAND CENTER 
can be a server for mobile remote control application.
Feature Menu
CPU TemperatureSystem Information
Feature Title
Feature
Control Panel
Previous
Feature
Next Feature
Profile
Buttons
Option Buttons
Page Indicator
Resize Corner
Profile Buttons
 
y Default - load the default values for the current feature.
 
y Apply - apply your changes.
 
y Save - store values in the file with individual file extension.
 
y Load - load the values from the file.
 Important
Every time you shut down the system, the configured 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 and Apply buttons.
CPU Frequency
CPU Frequency control panel allows you to change 
CPU Ratio and Base clock. You can see the current 
frequency of each CPU core on the top of the panel. 
						

							63Software Description
CPU Fan
CPU Fan control panel provides Smart mode and 
Manual Mode. You can switch the control mode by 
clicking the Smart Mode and Manual Mode buttons 
on the top of the CPU Fan control panel. 
y Manual Mode - allows you to manually control the 
CPU fan speed by percentage.
 
y Smart Mode - a linear fan speed control feature. 
The control panel contains 4 dots allows you to 
drag and adjust the Smart Speed slopes. The fan 
speed will be changed along these lines with CPU 
temperature. The white dot will create strip chart 
in real time.
 
y System Fan Button - to open the system fan 
control panel in new window.
 
y Fan Tune Button -  to automatically optimize the 
smart fan setting.
Manual Mode
Smart Mode
IGP Frequency & GT Voltage
 
y IGP Frequency - Allows you to adjust the IGP ratio 
(optional), and shows the IGP clock, ratio and 
frequency.
 
y GT Voltage - Allows you to adjust the GT voltage 
(optional). The risky values are displayed in red.
DRAM Frequency & DRAM Voltage
 
y DRAM Frequency - Shows the DRAM clock, ratio 
and frequency.
 
y DRAM Voltage - Allows you to adjust the DRAM 
voltage. The risky  values are displayed in red.
CPU Voltage
CPU Voltage control panel allows you to control the 
CPU voltage. 
						

							64Software Description
Option Buttons - Advanced
When click the Advanced button, The Voltage, Fan ,DRAM and Sensor icons will 
appear. 
 
yVoltage - allows you to adjust advanced voltage values of CPU and chipset.
 
y
Fan - allows you to control the system fans speed.
 
y
DRAM - shows the current Advanced DRAM parameters, and allows you to change 
the settings by selecting values from the drop-down menu on the right side.
 
y
Sensor - allows you to monitor your motherboard temperature and fan speed with 
the virtual thermal image. You can drag and drop the fan icons to new locations. 
When you press the Cooling button, all fans will run at full speed.
Option Buttons - Setting
When click the Setting button, The Record, Warning and Mobile Control icons will 
appear. 
 
y Record - allows you to monitor the status of voltage, fan speed and temperature in 
real time. 
 
ƒ To filter record charts, select the check box next to the items.
 
ƒ When click the Play button, the chart pane will start to show the recording chart. 
If you want to check the value of a specific spot on chart, please move the orange 
vertical line to the spot.
 
ƒ History Record stores the data and names with date and time.
 
ƒ To make a history record: Select items and click the Record button. When finished, 
click the Record button again. The data will be stored in the drop-down menu.
 
ƒ To load a record, click the drop-down menu and select one from the list.
 
ƒ To delete a record, select the record that you want to delete, and click the Trash 
Can icon.
GAME BOOST
GAME BOOST provides a specified CPU frequency for 
overclocking the CPU. 
						

							65Software Description
 
y Warning - contains fields of voltage, fan speed and temperature for you to set the 
threshold values. When system detects the status over your settings, a warning 
message will pop-up.
 
y Mobile Control - is only available for the motherboard with the built-in WiFi module. 
It allows you to enable/disable the COMMAND CENTER Remote Server. Please refer 
to the instruction on the Mobile Control control panel.
 
y To start remote control: (optional)
1.
 
Do
 wnload and install MSI
® COMMAND CENTER APP to your mobile device.
2.
 
Enabl

e COMMAND CENTER Remote Server on the Mobile Control panel.
3.
 
Enabl

e SoftAP Management.
4.
 
Ent

er SSID and Password, and then click the Apply button.
5.
 
Activ

ate Wi-Fi
® on your mobile device and connect to SoftAP with the SSID.
6.
 
Run 

MSI® COMMAND CENTER APP on your mobile device.
7.
 
Find the IP addr
 ess on the SoftAP Management Setting area, and enter the IP 
address on your MSI
® COMMAND CENTER APP to link your system.
8.
 
Pr

ess Refresh on the MSI® COMMAND CENTER APP to verify that monitoring and 
OC functions are working properly.
Option Buttons - Information
When click the Information button, The Motherboard, CPU, Memory and HW monitor 
icons will appear.
You can click the icons to open the related information. 
Gadget Mode
COMMAND CENTER provides a gadget mode to 
monitor the system status. You can switch between 
gadget mode and full mode by clicking the arrow 
icon 
 on the top left.
 
y To arrange gadgets:
1.
 
Click the Spanner ic
 on 
 on the Gadget mode, 
a configuration panel will slide out.
2.
 
Sel

ect the check box next to the items.
3.
 
Click the 

Close button. 
						

							66Software Description
GAMING APP
GAMING APP is an application designed to quickly control your system for improving 
gaming performance.
Information Button
Setting Button
Control Mode Buttons Gaming Function 
Buttons
CPU Frequency
GPU Frequency
Cooler Boost
Peripheral Device
Function Buttons
Remote Control Setting Button
 
y Setting Button - allows you to choose running GAMING APP when Windows starts or 
let GAMING APP to overwrite the VGA fan control function. 
 
y Information Button - shows the information of this application.
 
y CPU Frequency - shows the current CPU frequency.
 
y GPU Frequency - shows the current GPU frequency.
 
y Control Mode Buttons
 
ƒ OC Mode - apply turbo frequency to CPU and OC frequency to GPU.
 
ƒ Gaming Mode - automatically optimize the CPU ratio and the GPU clock.
 
ƒ Silent Mode - reverts the CPU ratio and GPU clock to the default values.
 
y Gaming Function Buttons - allows you to use LED Effect, OSD, Eye Rest and Dragon 
Eye functions.
 
y Peripheral Device Function Buttons - allows you to set the Gaming Hotkey, Mouse 
Master and VR Ready functions.
 
y Remote Control Setting Button - available for the motherboards with built-in or 
discrete WiFi module. It allows you to set up Name and Password to link the android 
device and the motherboard. Please follow the steps below to complete the remote 
control setting.
1.
 
Do
 wnload and install the MSI
® GAMING APP APP to your android device.
2.
 
Set up a set of 

Name and Password on the Remote Control Setting panel, and 
then click the Apply button.
3.
 
Connect y

our android device and motherboard to the same local area network. 
4.
 
Run 

MSI
® GAMING APP APP on your android device.
5.
 
Pr

ess the Remote Control Setting icon on the MSI® GAMING APP APP to find the 
paired device Name you set in the Remote Control Setting panel.
6.
 
Ent

er the Password you set in the Remote Control Setting panel.
7.
 
Finall

y, you can use the MSI
® GAMING APP APP to control your motherboard with 
the android device. 
						

							67Software Description
LED
LED function allows you to control LED lights on your motherboard.
LED Area 
Selection
LED
ON/OFF
 
y LED ON/OFF - allows you to turn ON/ OFF the LED function.
 
y LED Area Selection - separately controls each segment of LEDs on your 
motherboard and graphics cards.
 
y LED effects - switches LEDs on or off.
 
y Styles - select the LED style from the drop-down list.
 
y Music (optional) - flashes the LED light with music ’s beat. 
 
y Extend LED (optional) - allows you to turn ON/ OFF the Extend LED Effects.
 
ƒ Extend LED Effects - select extend LED strip effect.
 
y LED color (optional) - allows you change the LED color. 
 
y Apply Button - applies above settings to LEDs.
OSD Setting Panel
Use the OSD setting panel to specify information within on-screen display (OSD).
 
y Apply Button - applies above settings to OSD. 
						

							68Software Description
Eye Rest
Eye Rest allows you to optimize the display on your monitor.
 
y EyeRest - reduces blue-light of your LED backlit screen, in order to protect your 
eyes.
 
y Gaming - automatically increases contrast ratio of your screen.
 
y Movie - automatically increases dynamic contrast ratio of your screen.
 
y Customize - allows you to adjust gamma, contrast and color balance for your 
screen.
 
y Default - loads the default settings.
VR Ready
It will optimize the performance of your system to ensure everything is VR Ready.
Applications
VR ON/ OFF
 
y VR ON/ OFF -enables or disables VR settings. 
 
y Applications - appears when you turn on the VR support. It allows you to close some 
applications to optimize the system for better VR experience. 
						

							69Software Description
Gaming Hotkey
Gaming Hotkey provides instant control of the system through user defined hotkeys.Categories Toggle
Hotkey Manager Current Hotkeys Gaming Hotkey ON/OFF
 
y Gaming Hotkey ON/OFF - allows you to turn ON/OFF the Gaming Hotkey function.
 
y Categories Toggle - allows you to toggle over the Hotkey categories.
 
ƒ Macro Genie - provides the keyboard and mouse macro record function and allows 
you to define the hotkeys for the macro recorder.  
1.
 
Click on the 
 Record button to start the keyboard and mouse macro recorder.
2.
 
Click on the 
 Stop button to stop the recorder.
3.
 
Ke
 y-in a file name and set-up the parameter for the macro.
4.
 
Finall
 y, click on the Save button to save the recorded macro. 
 
ƒ Windows Keys - allows you to define hotkeys to replace Windows default keyboard 
shortcuts.
 
ƒ Login Keys - provides hotkey login function.
 
ƒ MSI Smart Keys - allows you to define hotkeys for MSI Smart Keys.
 
y Hotkey Manager - allows you to create, edit and delete hotkeys.
 
y Current Hotkeys - shows all existing hotkeys.
 Important
 
yThe Caps Lock, Num Lock, Scroll Lock, Window Home, Application and BackSpace 
keys can not be used as Hotkeys.
 
ySome key combinations are reserved for use by Microsoft Windows and can not be 
assigned as a hotkey. 
						

							70Software Description
Mouse Master
Mouse Master provides mouse macro function. You can also use it to change DPI of 
your mouse.
Delay Time
Macro Hot Key DPI Hot Key
Test Area
Clear Button
Mouse Action
DPI Setting
Default Button
Action List
Edit Buttons
Load Button
Save Button
 
y Delay Time - allows you to apply a delay time in mouse macro.
 
y Macro Hot Key - allows you to assign a hotkey from A to Z to activate the macro.
 
y Mouse Action - assigns mouse actions to the macro.
 
ƒ New  - captures the mouse coordinate and add to the macro.
 
ƒ Left - adds a left-click to the macro.
 
ƒ Middle - adds a middle-click to the macro.
 
ƒ Right - adds a right-click to the macro.
 
y Action List - shows the actions of the current macro.
 
y Edit Buttons - there 3 buttons for editing the macro.
 
ƒ Run - activates the macro.
 
ƒ Delete - removes the selected action from the macro.
 
ƒ Clear - removes all actions from the macro.
 
y Load Button - allows you to load a macro.
 
y Save Button - allows you to save the macro to a file.
 
y DPI Setting - allows you select the mouse DPI from the drop-down menu.
 
y Default Button - reverts to the default DPI setting.
 
y DPI Hot Key - allows you to assign a hotkey from A to Z to activate the DPI setting. 
Please note that you must hold the hotkey to keep the DPI setting. When you release 
the hotkey, the DPI setting will be reverted to default.
 
y Test Area - allows you to test the mouse movement.
 
y Clear Button - clears the test area.