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Page 11 of  26                            Joe Conforti

 – Avid Technology – May 2nd, 2013

 

                                                             Z400 Gen1 (4-DIMM / No Embedded Firewire)  Rev B Config Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

C.)  Nvidia Qualified Drivers: 

Nvidia qualified drivers 

 

AVID Software 

Version(s) 

Nvidia GPU 

Nvidia Driver Required 

 

Media Composer  

 

NewsCutter 

 
 

 

6.0 and later 

 

10.0 and later 

 

Quadro FX 3800 

 

 

275.89 

 

Media Composer  

 
 

NewsCutter 

 

 

6.0.3.4 and later 
6.5.2.1 and later

 
10.0.3.4 and later 
10.5.2.1 and later 

 

 

Quadro FX 3800 

 

 

310.90 

 
 
After installation of the AVID software the supported Nvidia driver can be found in the following directory: 

Program Files / Avid / Utilities / Nvidia 

 
Please Note:

 If the Nvidia driver ver 310.90 is not included with the patch s/w version being installed, the 

 

Nvidia driver ver 310.90 and be found on the Avid Knowledge Base.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for HP Z400 Series

Page 1: ...ger available in new systems being purchased from H P Video Card Choice NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 1GB PCI E video board System Hard Drive 320GB SATA II 3Gb s 7200RPM Hard Disk Drive Minimum Recommendation...

Page 2: ...elease for Win7 SP1 is required for Media Composer 6 0 and NewsCutter 10 As future Service Packs are released Avid will evaluate and announce formal support when testing is completed 3 Qualified Hardw...

Page 3: ...ge Unity ISIS Copper Gb Ethernet Intel PRO 1000 PF ISIS Not stocked by AVID 3 Shared Storage Unity ISIS Optical Gb Ethernet Myricom 10G PCIE 8B S Requires minimum ISIS 2 2 ISIS 7000 only 7030 30041 01...

Page 4: ...board revision is clearly marked on a label on the back of the FC 41ES Earlier revisions A B and C of the FC 41ES may demonstrate compatibility issues when used with the Z400 including not being recog...

Page 5: ...T ISIS 5000 7000 Intel PRO 1000 PF ISIS 5000 7000 4 x16 PCI E Gen 2 75Watts x16 Local Storage Controllers Atto H680 Avid SAS VideoRAID SR 16 bay support Atto R380 Avid SAS VideoRAID ST 5 bay support A...

Page 6: ...e connectivity for all configurations running Media Composer 6 0 and NewsCutter 10 Configuration NM980AV HP 3 port PCI 1394a Firewire IEEE HBA option Slot 5 Utilization for Camera Deck Disk Drive supp...

Page 7: ...Page 7 of 26 Joe Conforti Avid Technology May 2nd 2013 Z400 Gen1 4 DIMM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide 7 HP Z400 I O Slot Layout HP Z400 Slot Layout...

Page 8: ...e configs All 3 versions of the DX interface HBA are supported with the Media Composer 6 x and NewsCutter 10 x releases 1 Active DX interface HBA 7030 30048 01 2 Active DX interface HBA 7030 20084 01...

Page 9: ...20 3 21 3 54 Current Avid qualified Z400 BIOS information is maintained at the following Avid KB link http avid force com pkb articles en_US troubleshooting en267609 Z400 Required system BIOS settings...

Page 10: ...Power Management Default setting is Enable Change this setting from Enable to Disable Select MWAIT Aware OS Default setting is Enable Change this setting from Enable to Disable Select Idle Power Savi...

Page 11: ...nd later Quadro FX 3800 275 89 Media Composer NewsCutter 6 0 3 4 and later 6 5 2 1 and later 10 0 3 4 and later 10 5 2 1 and later Quadro FX 3800 310 90 After installation of the AVID software the sup...

Page 12: ...ded Firewire Rev B Config Guide Set optimized Nvidia driver settings for Avid editing environments 1 See picture below 2 Right Click on the desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel 3 Select the Desktop...

Page 13: ...Avid Technology May 2nd 2013 Z400 Gen1 4 DIMM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide 5 Select Manage 3D Settings 6 Select Global Settings Tab 7 Under the Global Settings tab select Base Profile as s...

Page 14: ...Conforti Avid Technology May 2nd 2013 Z400 Gen1 4 DIMM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide 8 Scroll down and locate the Power Management Mode feature The default setting is Adaptive as shown in t...

Page 15: ...orti Avid Technology May 2nd 2013 Z400 Gen1 4 DIMM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide 9 For the Power management mode feature select Prefer maximum performance as shown in the picture below 10 De...

Page 16: ...ea 12 Select Global Settings Tab 13 Scroll down and locate the Multi display mixed GPU acceleration feature See picture below The setting should be set to Multiple display performance mode If not set...

Page 17: ...he following additional setting for 3D App Video Editing 14 Stay in the Manage 3D Settings area 15 Select Global Settings Tab 16 Under Global Settings tab select 3D App Video Editing setting as shown...

Page 18: ...t the same time will result in non functioning video output from the Nvidia GPU video card The HP Z400 includes one Display Port to DVI adapter HP P N 481409 001 For dual monitor connectivity 1 Use th...

Page 19: ...txtModelID 3914 Addenda Rosetta Stone or equivalent model RS 2 8 RS232 to RS422 converter AVID P N 7070 00507 01 http www addenda com addenda elect products rs28 php To connect the Keyspan 19HS Adden...

Page 20: ...MM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide G Set Windows Visual Effects for best performance 1 Right Click on My Computer Computer 2 Select Properties 3 The screen below will be displayed 4 On the lef...

Page 21: ...Z400 Gen1 4 DIMM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide 5 The System properties window will be displayed Picture below 6 Under the Advanced tab depress the Settings button for performance 7 The perf...

Page 22: ...IMM No Embedded Firewire Rev B Config Guide 8 Under the Visual Effects tab select the Adjust for best performance selection Picture below 9 Depress the Apply button 10 Reboot Windows 11 Required Windo...

Page 23: ...e Base article 273945 http avid custkb com avid app selfservice search jsp DocId 273945 Hilite UL5D Install Atto UL5D configuration tool and launch the software Expand the Express PCI UL5D menu and cl...

Page 24: ...nce settings change the following parameters Receive Buffers to 1024 Transmit Buffers to 1024 2 Disable the windows firewall Intel PRO 1000 PT Driver The proper driver can be found in the ISIS softwar...

Page 25: ...de Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Perform this for each instance of the device named Intel R PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter which will be used for ISIS connectivity J D...

Page 26: ...cations OK to save Revision Update Revision Date Name Update A Oct 27th 2011 Joe Conforti Initial public release of the Z400 Gen1 configuration guide for support of Media Composer 6 0 and NewsCutter 1...

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