Noob question regarding MSI Z77 Mpower

nick.lidgett · 4 Oct 2013 at 12:12

Hi guys, bit of a noob question for you;

I have flashed the bios of my Z77 Mpower to the latest release, then i went about overclocking and changing various settings, now i want to reset the setting to default, i cant find an option in the menus to simply click and load them back up.

Do i have to take the cmos battery out? and if i do, will i have to re-flash tbe bios or does it remember the latset version?

Also while im at, there is an extra pci-e power slot down by the 24 pin slot, i cant find my manual or one person online who can clearly explain the purpose/benefit of having this plugged in. Can one of you guys enlighten me please.

Anyway, thanks in advance.

cheesyboy · 4 Oct 2013 at 12:49

It has a "clear CMOS" button doesn't it?

Try pressing it. It will reset the current bios version to default (won't roll back to old bios install)

http://game.msi.com/product/motherboard/z77-mpower
On the IO panel according to the pic near the bottom of the page

Extra power input is in case of serious (extreme) overclocking - in case the board needs more juice to fire the CPU.

nick.lidgett · 4 Oct 2013 at 13:09

cheesyboy said:
It has a "clear CMOS" button doesn't it?

Try pressing it. It will reset the current bios version to default (won't roll back to old bios install)

http://game.msi.com/product/motherboard/z77-mpower
On the IO panel according to the pic near the bottom of the page

Extra power input is in case of serious (extreme) overclocking - in case the board needs more juice to fire the CPU.

Thanks mate, ill give this a bash later.
And by "extreme" overclocking, whats that in 2600k terms? Anything north of 4.5Ghz?

Nelly · 4 Oct 2013 at 13:17

Hi there,

Go into UEFI Bios, then:

Click the Overclocking Settings section, and scroll down.
Click Overclocking Profiles.

Once you have done this, you can save your overclock settings, rename each profile like Stock Settings, 4.5GHz Overclock etc etc.

Also check the motherboard, their is a reset buttons on the board have a look in the manual also.

Click on my thread here for good info >> **Official MSI Z77 MPOWER Discussion Thread**