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Joe Conforti 

 

– Avid Technology – January 15th  2016

  

HP Z240 Workstation 

– Tower / SFF Rev A 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  Manage 3D Settings 
4. 

Select “Global Settings” Tab 

5. 

Under the “Global Settings” tab select “Base Profile”. 

6.  S

croll down and locate the “Power Management Mode” feature.  The default setting is “Adaptive”. For 

the “Power management mode” feature, select “Prefer maximum performance” as shown in the picture 
below. 

 

 

 

 

7. 

Depress the “Apply” button. 

 
 
 

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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