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Joe Conforti 

 

– Avid Technology – January 15th  2016

  

HP Z240 Workstation 

– Tower / SFF Rev A Config Guide  

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

B.)  O.S. setting recommendations for optimum performance with Avid Editing applications:  

The following link provides O.S. setting suggestions for ensuring optimum performance when working with 
your Avid editing application with either Windows 7 or Windows 8 O.S. 

 

 

 

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/troubleshooting/en390339 

 

 

 

 

 

C.)  Qualified Video Drivers: 

 

AVID Software 

Min Version(s) 

GPU 

Driver Required 

 

Media Composer 

 

 

8.4.3  

 

Quadro K620 / K1200 

 

 

 Nvidia 353.82 

 

 

Media Composer 

 

 

8.2.5  

 

 

Quadro K620 / K1200 

 

 

 Nvidia 347.52* 

 

Media Composer 

 

 

8.2.5 

 

 

Intel HD P530 

 

Recommend using latest 

posted on HP’s website   

 
 
 

 

      

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

      C:\Program Files\Avid\Utilities\Nvidia.   
 
If a specified Nvidia driver is NOT included with the patch Avid installer, the required Nvidia driver can typically be 
found on the Avid Knowledge Base. 
 
The supported Intel HD P530 driver can be found on the H.P. support website for the Z240. 

 

Refer to the ReadMe for driver information for the specific version of Media Composer being installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for z240

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 15 Joe Conforti Avid Technology January 15th 2016 HP Z240 Workstation Tower SFF Rev A Config Guide Avid Configuration Guidelines HP Z240 Workstation Tower SFF Single Quad Core CPU...

Page 2: ...graphics must be set to 1GB via the system BIOS If the memory for the Intel HD P530 is not set properly the Media Composer s w will not initialize Refer to the BIOS settings section of this document 2...

Page 3: ...s the only supported interface for 1394 camera or deck Can also be used for 1394 disk drives recommended only for file transfers 3 AVID qualified HBA info AVID qualified HBA SFF Slot Tower Slot Functi...

Page 4: ...bo Drive G2 PCIe Solid State Storage HBA http www8 hp com us en campaigns workstations z turbo drive g2 html 2 x1 PCI E Gen 3 x4 StarTech 1394 PCIe Firewire adapter Half height PCIe card PEX1394B3 Por...

Page 5: ...Atto PCIe SAS controller or HP Z Turbo Drive G2 PCIe Solid State Storage HBA http www8 hp com us en campaigns workstations z turbo drive g2 html 4 x4 PCI E Gen 3 x16 Optional Intel i350 T2 Dual port...

Page 6: ...6Gb s SAS SATA RAID Controller https www attotech com products adapters sas sata raid 6gb ESAS R680 000 20ESAS R680 C00 Atto ExpressSAS H680 6Gb s SAS SATA Controller https www attotech com products a...

Page 7: ...udio motor boating or audio popping which may be experienced with USB audio I O devices Set Z240 Tower and SFF required system BIOS settings 1 Verify CPU Hyper Threading Enable During boot up press F1...

Page 8: ...river Required Media Composer 8 4 3 Quadro K620 K1200 Nvidia 353 82 Media Composer 8 2 5 Quadro K620 K1200 Nvidia 347 52 Media Composer 8 2 5 Intel HD P530 Recommend using latest posted on HP s websit...

Page 9: ...ow 2 Right Click on the desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel 3 Select Manage 3D Settings 4 Select Global Settings Tab 5 Under the Global Settings tab select Base Profile 6 Scroll down and locate th...

Page 10: ...iguration 9 Under 3D Settings select Set PhysX Configuration See picture below 10 Under Select a PhysX processor Auto select is currently selected 11 See picture below 12 Under Select a PhysX processo...

Page 11: ...240 Workstation Tower SFF Rev A Config Guide D Set Windows Visual Effects for best performance 1 Right Click on Computer icon 2 Select Properties 3 The screen below will be displayed 4 On the left sid...

Page 12: ...Picture below 6 Under the Advanced tab depress the Settings button for performance 7 The performance Options window will be displayed 8 Under the Visual Effects tab select the Adjust for best performa...

Page 13: ...ntel i219 LM driver under the performance settings change the following parameters Receive Buffers to 1024 Transmit Buffers to 1024 3 The i219 LM has an ultra low power mode that may exhibit connectio...

Page 14: ...chnology January 15th 2016 HP Z240 Workstation Tower SFF Rev A Config Guide Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Disable Windows Firewall Select Control Panel System and Security W...

Page 15: ...S AVID P N 7080 20013 01 http www tripplite com en products model cfm txtSeriesID 518 EID 13384 txtModelID 3914 Addenda Rosetta Stone or equivalent model RS 2 8 RS232 to RS422 converter AVID P N 7070...

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