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H61M-P21 (B3)

Intel® H61 (B3) Chipset Based

• OC Genie II: Auto OC to boost performance in 1 sec
• ClickBIOS Concept: Easy-to-use UEFI BIOS interface
• IGP Supports DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1 and OpenGL 3.0
• Support DDR3 1066/1333

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Overview

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OC Genie II

Just press the OC Genie button or enable OC Genie II function in BIOS menu, the CPU performance (P67 series) or the 3D performance of iGPU (H67/H61 series) will be highly improved. Whether users want to watch a high bit-rate HD movie or go online gaming, both can be enjoyed with image performance that is smoother and lag-free!




Features
- Exclusive OC Genie detect hardware configuration
- Intelligently auto set clock/voltage of CPU and memory or iGPU
- Increase overall system performance in 1 second
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B3 Stepping Ready

To fix Intel’s 6 Series chipset design error, the SATA problems in its 6 Series chipset, MSI implements the latest Intel B3 Stepping 6 Series chipset on its Z68/P67/H67 motherboards for fixing SATA problems in the Intel Series 6 chipsets. Consumers can now identify the latest MSI Z68/P67/H67 motherboards equipped with the Intel B3 Stepping chipset with the MSI B3 Stepping Ready logo. This provides a more confident way to identify your next-generation P67/H67 motherboard.
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Super Charger

Mobile consumer appliances are getting more and more attention in current day fast moving life style, with smart phones and tablets almost becoming a fashion accessory. However, many ordinary personal computers cannot charge some of these devices, making it difficult to stay connected. The MSI Super Charger is a Windows resident program capable of revising the power supply mode of your USB port to become more powerful. Once your phone or tablet is connected to your USB port, the Super Charger sends a signal to initiate its charging circuit, making it a really smart and convenient charging solution for mobile computing needs.

Note: Only front red USB ports support charger function after system off
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Live Update 5

MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful and useful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving you time and lowers the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app from the MSI website.

Features
- Automatically Detect the BIOS/Driver/VGA/Utility Update
- Support Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 32/64bit
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M-Flash

Compared to common motherboard which need extra BIOS chips, MSI’s M-Flash has a double advantage which doesn’t need extra components and secondly, all your BIOS data will be saved in the USB drive. The stored data does not only have backup and upgrade function, moreover it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC.

Features
- Backup/Restore Your BIOS to/from Any USB Flash Disk
- Avoid Unnecessary Repair Due to Accident Failures During The Upgrading Process
- Earn more BIOS Lifespan by Reducing Unnecessary Rewriting Process
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Solid Capacitors on PWM

Capacitors are the most important component for electronic product’s power supply. The quality of the capacitors can impact the stability of the entire system and risk of product failure. Currently there are two types of capacitors, electrolytic capacitors and solid capacitors. Compared to electrolytic capacitors, solid capacitors have a longer lifespan, and provide a more stable power under high temperatures. More importantly, solid capacitors do not have any liquid materials inside, and thus will not suffer a leak which would infringe upon the product’s stability. With such benefits is it no wonder that solid capacitors are very important for product quality’s improvement,
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Winki 3

Winki 3 is a free Linux-based O/S which is based on the Linux core. With an ultra-fast  booting speed and a multi-language interface, the built-in Winki 3 provides an easy-to-use internet environment that includes the most popular functions such as internet surfing, web mail, instant messaging, picture browsing, and more. It's the most practical way to be online in the shortest time.

Features
- User friendly & totally free applications
- Power on to run applications in 25 seconds
- Multi-language interface support

MSI Reminds You...

  1. The specifications may differ from areas and we keep the right to change without notice. Please check the specific Specification with your local dealers.
  2. The color of the product might be affected by photography and the monitor's setting, which might be different from the real product.

Basic Specifications

Socket 1155
CPU (Max Support) i3/i5/i7
FSB/BCLK/Hyper Transport Bus 100MHz
Chipset Intel® H61 (B3)
DDR3 Memory DDR3 1066/1333/1600* (*DDR3-1600 MHz is only supported with Intel® Ivy Bridge processors)
Memory Channel Dual
DIMM Slots 2
Max Memory (GB) 16
PCI-Ex16 1
PCI-E Gen Gen2 (1x16)
PCI-Ex1 3
SATAII 4
LAN 10/100*1
TPM 1
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) 4
Audio ports (Rear) 3
Serial ports (Rear) 1
Parallel ports (Rear) 1
VGA 1
VGA Max Share Memory (MB) 1759
DirectX DX10.1
Form Factor M-ATX

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

Detail Specifications

 


CPU 

• Supports Intel® Sandy Bridge processors in LGA1155 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
 


Chipset

• Intel® H61 (B3) Chipset
 


Main Memory

• Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600* DRAM, 16GB Max
- Supports Dual channel mode
*DDR3-1600 MHz is only supported with Intel® Ivy Bridge processors
 


Slots

• 1 PCI Express gen2 x16 slot
• 3 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
 


On-Board SATA

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel® H61 (B3) chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports (SATA1~4) by H61 (B3) PCH
 


Audio 

• Chipset integrated by VIA® VT1708S
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec
 


LAN 

• Supports one PCI Express LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet by Atheros AR8152.
 


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 
- CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector
 


Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x Parallel port
- 1 x Serial port 
- 1 x Graphics Card port
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 3 in 1 audio jack

MSI Reminds You...
• VGA port can only work with CPUs with GPUs core inside.

 


BIOS

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.
 


Dimension

• 24.5cm(L) x 20.5cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes.
 
 

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

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BIOS

!Attention:

Users who download BIOS from here (not using Live Update) should use the flash utility included in the downloaded compressed file when doing the BIOS update. To avoid BIOS update failure, please do not use older versions of the update utility or utilities not provided by MSI.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Description - Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update onboard Realtek LAN driver.
- Enhanced PCI-E display card performance.
- Improved memory compatibility.
 Version 19.2
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2013-01-09
Download 7680vJ2.zip File Size 5.65 MB
Note *Please download and execute the file in USB pen drive only.
System will restart several times to update ME firmware after updated system BIOS. Please DO NOT remove the USB pen drive until ME update sucessfully.
*Please make sure you have read the SOP before you update the BIOS.
SOP Download: BIOS & ME update SOP
*MSI recommend you to update BIOS with ME8 only if you are using IvyBridge 22nm CPU.

**Please reinstall driver after updating BIOS with ME8.
OS: Windows 7
OS: Windows XP
Description - Update M-Flash module for ME update.
- Update USB module.
- Update onboard VBIOS.
- Improved memory compatibility.
 Version 19.1
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2012-09-17
Download 7680vJ1.zip File Size 5.61 MB
Note *Please download and execute the file in USB pen drive only.
System will restart several times to update ME firmware after updated system BIOS. Please DO NOT remove the USB pen drive until ME update sucessfully.
*Please make sure you have read the SOP before you update the BIOS.
SOP Download: BIOS & ME update SOP
*MSI recommend you to update BIOS with ME8 only if you are using IvyBridge 22nm CPU.

**Please reinstall driver after updating BIOS with ME8.
OS: Windows 7
OS: Windows XP
Description - Update BIOS for IvyBridge 22nm CPU.
 Version 19.0
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2012-05-15
Download 7680vJ0.zip File Size 5.6 MB
Note *Please download and execute the file in USB pen drive only.
System will restart several times to update ME firmware after updated system BIOS. Please DO NOT remove the USB pen drive until ME update sucessfully.
*Please make sure you have read the SOP before you update the BIOS.
SOP Download: BIOS & ME update SOP
*MSI recommend you to update BIOS with ME8 only if you are using IvyBridge 22nm CPU.

**Please reinstall driver after updating BIOS with ME8.
OS: Windows 7
OS: Windows XP
Description - Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update RAID option ROM.
- Improved memory compatibility.
 Version 17.6
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2012-01-13
Download 7680vH6.zip File Size 1.92 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update M-Flash module.
- Add smart fan Linear mode.
- Improved memory compatibility.
 Version 17.4
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2011-12-01
Download 7680vH4.zip File Size 1.92 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update M-Flash module.
 Version 17.3
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2011-07-27
Download 7680vH3.zip File Size 1.86 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU Micro Code.
- Update M-Flash module.
- Improved memory compatibility.
 Version 17.2
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2011-06-14
Download 7680vH2.zip File Size 1.86 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Improved memory compatibility.
- Improved gaming USB mouse compatibility.
 Version 17.1
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2011-04-11
Download 7680vH1.zip File Size 1.93 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description New BIOS Release
 Version 17.0
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2011-03-14
Download 7680vH0.zip File Size 1.92 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
click here

Live Update 5

DISCLAIMER:
Live Update 5 utility is only intended for MSI Desktop PC related products (motherboards and graphics cards) usage. This utility doesn’t support any MSI Notebook (NB and Tablet PC) or AIO product, while installed might experience unexpected errors. If it happens that you have installed Live Update 5 on your Notebook or AIO system, please uninstall it then perform system restart.

Live Update 5 is a powerful update tool with user-friendly interface, provides an automatic scan and download for your MSI products. Using this service to keep your system in the most updated environment.

Live Update 5 supports the following MSI product lines and items:
Motherboards: Drivers/BIOS/Utilities;
Graphics Cards: Drivers/BIOS

Click here to read the instruction

Driver

Win8 64,Win8 32,Win7 64,Win7 32,Vista 64,Vista 32,XP 64,XP 32

!Special Note:

The Drivers provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
TPM Device Driver
Description Intel Trusted Platform chipset driver
XP: 2.01.0001.00
 Version 2.01.0001.00
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2012-11-14
OS XP 64, XP 32
Download TPMDriver_XP_MB.zip File Size 0.06 MB
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Intel Management Engine Driver
Description
Version 7.1.52.1176
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2012-08-30
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download intel6x_ime_mb.zip File Size 4.4 MB
Note
Intel Chipset Driver.
Description
Version 9.3.0.1021
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2012-08-29
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download intel_chipset_all_mb.zip File Size 2.69 MB
Note
Atheros 8131 LAN Drivers
Description Atheros Lan Driver
 Version 2.1.0.5
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2012-08-29
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download Atheros_lan_vx_mb.zip File Size 5.57 MB
Note
VIA HD Audio Codec
Description XP/Vista/Win7: v9700b
 Version 6.0.1.9700
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2011-07-19
OS Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download via_audio_vx7_mb.zip File Size 96.62 MB
Note
VIA HD Audio Codec (For front panel AC'97)
Description XP/Vista/Win7: v8800b
 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2010-12-14
OS Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download via_audio_ac97_vx7_mb.zip File Size 63.63 MB
Note
Intel Rapid Start Technology Driver for 6x Series
Description
Version 1.0.0.1015
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2012-04-26
OS Win7 64, Win7 32
Download intel_rstrt_mb.zip File Size 2.09 MB
Note Must update to ME8 BIOS
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver
Description Intel Rapid Storage Technology for SATA RAID and AHCI mode.
 Version 10.5.0.1027
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2011-11-21
OS Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download Intel_RST_MB.zip File Size 11.9 MB
Note
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Floppy Driver (F6)
Description Intel Rapid Storage Technology for SATA RAID and AHCI mode.
 Version 10.5.0.1027
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2011-08-22
OS Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download Intel_RST_floppy_MB.zip File Size 0.58 MB
Note
Intel VGA Driver.
Description VGA Driver
 Version 9.17.10.2867
Type On-Board VGA Drivers Release Date 2012-12-26
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32
Download intel_vga_7_mb.zip File Size 245.44 MB
Note
Intel VGA Driver.
Description
Version 6.14.10.5400
Type On-Board VGA Drivers Release Date 2012-07-16
OS XP 64, XP 32
Download intel_vga_x_mb.zip File Size 53.11 MB
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Utility

Win8 64,Win8 32,Win7 64,Win7 32,Vista 64,Vista 32,XP 64,XP 32

!Special Note:

The Utilities provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
MSI Live Update 5
Description • Online update BIOS/Driver/Firmware/Utility.
• Live Monitor auto-detects and suggests the latest BIOS/Driver/Utilities information.
Version 5.0.102
Type Utility Release Date 2013-05-10
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download LiveUpdate.zip File Size 3.38 MB
Note For K9VGM-V (MS-7253) mainboard, please do not select the DMI option.
Control Center
Description 1. The utility for msi products to overclock & greenpower

 Version 2.5.056
Type Utility Release Date 2013-05-10
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download ControlCenterIIv25_mb.zip File Size 24.68 MB
Note 1. .net framework 4.0 is required.
2. Intel mainboards need to install Intel ME driver to enable CPU overclock.
Super Charger (W8)
Description The utility for msi products to change Apple iPad/iPhone series.
 Version 1.2.018
Type Utility Release Date 2013-04-10
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download SuperCharger_mb.zip File Size 1.62 MB
Note When connect iPad to USB port for charging, please remove other USB devices for stability.
THX TruStudio PRO
Description THX TruStudio PRO
 Version 1.04.03
Type Utility Release Date 2012-11-14
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32
Download thx_mb.zip File Size 12.85 MB
Note
Intel Turbo Boost Monitor (W8)
Description Intel Turbo Boost Monitor Utility
 Version 2.6.2.0
Type Utility Release Date 2012-08-30
OS Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32
Download itbm_v7_mb.zip File Size 22.01 MB
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Manual

!Special Note:

MSI™ provides user manuals (in PDF format) here for download. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe's WEB Site) to open them.

An easy guide for you to assemble your PC step by step, please refer to "Quick Installation Guide".


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Version Language File Size Download Release Date
3.2 English 6.77 MB M7680v3.2.zip 2011-02-24

Quick Guide

!Special Note:

MSI™ provides user manuals (in PDF format) here for download. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe's WEB Site) to open them.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Version Language File Size Download Release Date
1.5 English 5.85 MB MSI_Software_Guide.zip 2012-03-09

Test Report

CPU Support

FAQ

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