MSI X 370 Manual

							81Software Description
 
ƒ Device properties - allows you to boost the volume and modify the left/ right 
balance of microphone. Clicks on this button and a device properties panel will 
show. 
 
y Microphone Loopback - turns the microphone loopback On/Off. In order to avoid any 
feedback (Larsen effect).
 
y Microphone Effects - allows you to separately control any of the 3 microphone 
effects.
 
ƒ Voice Shaper - applies a filter to the voice.
 
ƒ Voice Leveler - levels the volume of your voice in order to avoid any saturation and 
maintains a constant and clear communication. Voice Leveler can be adjusted with 
a 0 to 100% slider.
 
ƒ Noise Reduction - removes the remaining sound that the Noise Gate has left on 
top of your words and sentences.
HD Audio Recorder 2
From this tab, you can access  the audio launchpad and HD Audio Recorder 2 settings. 
Audio 
Launchpad effects
Control pagePad 
Properties
 
y Audio Launchpad effects - allows streamers to use prerecorded sounds during a 
livestream. These sounds can also be heard by viewers. This tool will allow you to 
create your true audio identity. That way, your livestreams will be more personal and 
animated. The Audio Launchpad is one of the fresh new features of Nahimic 2. As 
it’s a feature designed for broadcasters, we included it in the HD Audio Recorder 2 
page.
 
ƒ Pad Properties - every pad can be customized by clicking the properties button 
that will appear in its bottom right when hovering over it with your mouse.  
On the Pad Properties panel you can choose:
 
˜ The sound assigned to each pad.
 
˜ The keyboard hotkey assigned to each pad.
 
˜ The color assigned to each pad.
 
ƒ Config 1, 2 & 3 - allows you to prepare 3 completely different configurations so 
as to adapt the Launchpad to the content you are streaming. Each configuration 
has 6 customizable pads. The 3 configurations are independent, meaning Config 1 
cannot be used at the same time than Config 3. 
						

							82Software Description
 
y Control Page - by clicking the arrow button, you can access the control page.
 
ƒ Audio Launchpad ON/OFF - switches the Audio Launchpad on or off.
 
ƒ HD Audio Recorder 2 - The HD Audio Recorder 2 is, by default, automatically 
launched when a XSplit Gamecaster 2 recording session is detected. The launch of 
the HD Audio Recorder 2 enables HD audio processing over an XSplit Gamecaster 
2 recording without any need for adjustments. The HD Audio Recorder supports 
XSplit Gamecaster 2.
 
ƒ Pop-up message ON/OFF - switches the pop-up message on or off.   
Sound Tracker
The Sound Tracker is an FPS oriented feature that provides a visual indication 
localizing the source of the strongest sound while in a game. The Sound Tracker 
captions the 5.1 and 7.1 sound streams processed by your audio system, and is 
displayed in all applications and games using DirectX 9, 9c, 10 and 11. Please 
remember Sound Tracker is only available if you are using an audio device that 
supports Nahimic 2 effects.
Sound 
Tracker 
Effects
 
ƒ ON / OFF button and hotkey - switches the Sound Tracker on or off.
 
ƒ Hotkey - use the CTRL + SHIFT + S to turn ON / OFF the Sound Tracker.
 
ƒ 7.1 Audio Test - launch a 7.1 audio sample allowing you to preview how the radar 
will react in your game.
 
ƒ Transparency - allows you to adjust the transparency of the Sound Tracker, 
making it look more or less discrete.
 
ƒ Scale - allows you to adjust the scale of the Sound Tracker, making it look bigger 
or smaller. 
						

							83Software Description
XSplit Gamecaster V2
XSplit Gamecaster is the newest product from SplitmediaLabs, the creators of XSplit 
Broadcaster, the world’s most popular streaming application.
XSplit Gamecaster was designed to provide gamers with the simplest and most 
uncomplicated way to create high quality gameplay recordings and live streams. By 
utilizing the revolutionary in-game overlay, streamlined encoding, and social network 
features, you ’ll be sharing your gameplay to your family, friends, and followers in no 
time!
Logging
After installing and activating XSplit Gamecaster V2, it will display a login dialogue. If 
you already have an account and password, fill your email and password into the form 
and click the Login button.
 Important
When starting XSplit Gamecaster V2 on select MSI® gaming laptops, all-in ones or on 
machines that contain select MSI® motherboards or graphics cards, you will receive 
a free 6 month XSplit premium license that you can apply to an existing free account  or to a new account. If you already have an XSplit account with a personal or premium license, then you can instead add 6 months to your license duration.
Registering an Account
If you don ’t have an XSplit account yet, click Register now on the login dialogue. When 
the user registration form appears, complete all the fields. 
						

							84Software Description
Learning stream and record
Refer to the Start page of XSplit Gamecaster V2 to learn how to stream and record your 
gameplay.
To o l  T i p
When you click the question mark next to a feature name on the panel, a tooltip will 
show, describing the particular function of that item.
Question mark
Inside the XSplit Gamecaster Overlay
1. Streaming/Recording Buttons - Press Stream to start live streaming or Record to start recording.
2.
 
Micr
 ophone/System Sound Control - Pressing the microphone or system sound 
button will enable or disable the microphone or system sound.
3.
 
W
 ebcam Controls - To enable webcam controls, you must first select a camera/
webcam in the Settings Tab. Once you have selected a webcam, you can activate it 
by clicking on its icon in the XSplit Gamecaster V2 overlay.
4.
 
T
 witch Chat Controls - If you ’ve signed in to your Twitch.tv account, you ’ll see a 
Twitch icon in the overlay. When you click on this icon, a window will open. This 
window is XSplit Gamecaster ’s integrated chat system. 
						

							85Software Description
5. Share Button - If you authorize your Facebook, Twitter, and/or Google+ accounts, you can quickly share your stream URL and status update within the overlay.
6.
 
Annot
 ations - This feature of XSplit Gamecaster V2 allows you to draw directly 
onto your game play. You can activate annotation mode by clicking on the pencil 
button in the overlay.
Accounts Tab
 
y Live Streaming - allows you to stream to a variety of live streaming services such as 
YouTube, Twitch, Ustream, Dailymotion, Niconico and also allows for custom RTMP 
streaming.
 
y Video Sharing - allows you to directly upload recordings to YouTube from within the 
software.
 
y Social Network - allows you to share your live stream or YouTube links to friends 
& followers on Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. To allow XSplit Gamecaster to post 
on your desired social network, click on the Authorize To Post On... button of your 
desired social network and enter your username and password to authorize.
Settings Tab
 
y Stream Settings - The default setting is Automatic mode. In Automatic mode, your 
stream settings are automatically determined by XSplit Gamecaster based on your 
computer and internet resources (this includes resolution, bitrate, codec, but frame 
is always set to 30). You can change to a different resolution by clicking on the drop-
down arrow.
 
y Record Settings - The default setting for recording is Original Resolution. This 
refers to the resolution of the game that ’s been set inside the game ’s video/
graphics settings.  You can change to a different resolution by clicking on the drop-
down arrow. 
						

							86Software Description
 
y Microphone Settings - In this region, you can select your desired microphone. What 
is shown in the list depends on what you have connected to your PC. If you don ’t 
see your desired device in the list, please make sure that it is detected and it is not 
disabled in your recording devices list in the Windows
® Sound Menu (Start > Control 
Panel > Sound > Recording).
 
y Camera Settings - In this region, you can select your desired camera. What is shown 
in the list depends on the cameras you have connected to your PC (Control Panel > 
Device Manager > Imaging Devices).
 
y BRB Graphics (Be-Right-Back Graphics) - BRB Graphics are activated when you 
alt-tab or minimize your game. BRB Graphics will not work in Console Viewer mode. 
You can enter the BRB Graphics editor by clicking on the gear icon next to the BRB 
Graphics preview.
Recordings Tab
 
y Arranging Recordings - In the Recordings Tab, you can view your recordings as 
thumbnails or in a listed format by clicking on the 
 button in the top right corner 
of the window. You can sort your recordings by name, date, length, and size by right 
clicking in the Recordings Tab.
 
y Opening Recordings Folder - To open your recordings folder in Windows
® Explorer, 
click on Open Folder.
 
y Changing Recordings Location - To change the location of where your videos will be 
saved, click on the recordings folder location.
 
y Uploading video recordings to YouTube - To upload to YouTube, you must first 
authorize your account in the Accounts Tab. After you have authorized your account, 
click on a recording and then click on the YouTube logo in the bottom right corner. A 
window will open and you will be able to fill out the title, description, category, tags, 
privacy, and you will be able to choose to allow or disallow embedding. Once you 
have entered the details for YouTube, press the Upload Now button.
 
y Sharing on Social Media - Once a video has been uploaded, you can share the 
YouTube link on any social media accounts you have connected to XSplit Gamecaster. 
Simply click on the icon of the social media site you wish to share, and a window will 
appear where you can enter some details about your post before publishing your 
link. When you are done entering the details of your post, click Share Video to post it 
to your selected social media account. 
						

							87Software Description
SteelSeries Engine 3
SteelSeries Engine 3 is a unified platform built to support all of SteelSeries products. 
It can deploy your saved device settings automatically when switching between your 
favorite games or applications.
After installation the SteelSeries Engine background processes will start and the 
interface will open automatically.
My GearLibrary
Device Cards
Application 
Configuration
 
y My Gear - all of your SteelSeries devices in one place.
 
ƒ Device Cards - all of your SteelSeries devices are easily accessible from the My 
Gear tab, regardless of type, connection status, or which applications they are 
assigned to.
 
y Library - quickly set up your configurations to autolaunch with an application.
 
ƒ Application Configuration - you can choose to have configurations deploy 
automatically whenever you use a specific game or application. Add any number 
of applications to your library and SteelSeries Engine 3 will seamlessly change the 
configurations of your devices as you switch between them.
Configuration Windows
Configuration Windows are unique to their devices and each of them includes a 
collapsible Configuration List Panel of all the configurations for that device. You 
can create a new configuration by selecting the New button at the bottom of the 
Configuration List Panel.
Configuration 
Windows 
						

							88Software Description
Configuring Your Devices
You can custom configurations for SteelSeries devices in their Configuration Windows. 
The top left displays the name of the configuration you are viewing, the body features 
widgets for customizing various functions of the device, and at the bottom are Save/
Revert buttons, a Live Preview toggle, and a button to open/close the collapsible 
Configuration List Panel.
Configuration Windows ToggleWidgets Toggle
Widgets Widgets
Live Preview Revert/ Save Button
 
y Widgets - allow you to customize a certain aspect of your device. 
 
y Widgets Toggle - allows you to toggle Widgets .
 
y Configuration Windows Toggle - allows you to toggle the Configuration Windows.
 
y Live Preview - gives you the full experience of your configuration ’s look, feel, and 
sound while you are editing it.
 
y Revert/ Save Button - configuration changes are not written to the database until 
you select Save. This gives you freedom to experiment, knowing that you can select 
Revert to undo changes.
To o l  T i p
When you click the question mark next to a feature name on the panel, a tooltip will 
show, describing the particular function of that item.
Question Mark 
						

							89Software Description
CPU-Z
CPU-Z is an utility that gathers information on some of the main devices of your 
system.
 
y CPU Tab - shows processor name, code name, package, specification, instructions 
sets, core speed and cache levels.
 
y Caches Tab - shows extended information related to the cache capabilities.
 
y Mainboard Tab - shows motherboard manufacturer, model name, chipset, BIOS 
version and graphic interface.
 
y Memory Tab - shows memory type, memory size, channels, memory frequency.
 
y SPD Tab - shows specifications relating to each memory module connected to the 
motherboard, including the size, type and frequency.
 
y Graphics Tab - shows GPU name, code name, core speed, memory size, and 
memory type.
 
y Bench Tab - allows you to run either a benchmark or a stress test on your processor.
 
y About Tab - shows the CPU-Z version, Windows version, DirectX version and allows 
you to save the report file. 
						

							90Troubleshooting 
Troubleshooting 
Before sending the motherboard for RMA 
repair, try to go over troubleshooting 
guide first to see if your got similar 
symptoms as mentioned below.
The power is not on.
 
y Connect the AC power cord to an 
electrical outlet securely.
 
y Check if all ATX power connectors 
like ATX_PWR1, CPU_PWR1 are 
connected from the power supply to 
the motherboard?
 
y Some power supply units have a power 
button on the rear side, make sure the 
button is turned on.
 
y Check if the power switch cable is 
connected to JFP1 pin header properly.
 
y Verify the Clear CMOS jumper JBAT1 is 
set to Keep DATA.
 
y Test with another known working 
power supply of equal or greater 
wattage.
The power is on, but no signal to 
monitor
 
y Connect the monitor power cord to a 
electrical outlet securely.
 
y Make sure the monitor is turned on.
 
y Select different inputs on the monitor.
 
y If 3 long beeps are heard, remove all 
memory modules and try to install only 
one memory module in the DIMMA2 
slot first and then restart the computer.
 
y If 1 long 2 short beeps are heard, 
remove and reinstall the graphics card 
and then restart the computer.
 
y Test with another known working 
graphics card.
The computer does not boot after 
updating the BIOS
 
y Clear the CMOS.
 
y Use the secondary BIOS to bootup the 
system (Only for motherboard with 
Dual BIOS)
Lost BIOS password
 
y Clear the CMOS, but that will cause 
you to lose all customized settings in 
the BIOS.  
There is no audio
 
y Adjust the volume.
 
y Connect the speakers/headphones to  
audio ports on the motherboard rear 
IO panel.
 
y Remove secondary speakers/ 
headphones, HDMI cables, USB audio 
devices.
 
y Test with another known working 
speaker or headphone.
There is no network
 
y Make sure the network chipset driver 
has been installed.
 
y Verify if the network cable is properly 
connected and make sure the LAN port 
LEDs are properly illuminated. 
 
y Verify your TCP/IP settings.
 
y Restart or reset your router.
 
y Test with another known working LAN 
cable.
The USB device is not working
 
y Make sure your USB drive driver has 
been installed.
 
y Verify if USB device is listed in 
Windows
® Device Manager.
 
y Connect the USB device to other USB 
port on the motherboard rear IO panel.