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– Avid Technology – July 11th 2012

E31 Workstation / Minitower Rev A Config Guide (Software only)

4. On the left side of the screen above, locate and select

“Advanced system settings”

5. The System properties window will be displayed. (Picture below).

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Summary of Contents for ThinkStation E31

Page 1: ...y 11th 2012 E31 Workstation Minitower Rev A Config Guide Software only Avid Configuration Guidelines Lenovo ThinkStation E31 Workstation Tower SFF Single Quad Core CPU Qualified for Software Only Symphony 6 x Media Composer 6 x NewsCutter 10 x ...

Page 2: ...memory GT2 refers to onboard Intel graphics HD4000 GT0 means NO onboard Intel graphics Video Card 1 On Chip Intel HD Graphics P4000 2 Optional NVIDIA Quadro 600 1GB PCI Express video board not required O S System Hard Drive 250GB SATA II 3Gb s 7200RPM Hard Disk Drive Minimum Recommendation Supported Memory Configurations 1 Memory 8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 ECC memory Requires two 4GB DIMMs mixed DIMM s...

Page 3: ... camera or deck Can also be used for 1394 disk drives recommended only for file transfers AVID qualified HBA info AVID qualified HBA AVID Part Number Slot Function LSI 9200 8e SAS controller 7030 30036 01 1 SAS Local Storage Xtore StudioRAID 16Re 16 bay chassis Xtore StudioRAID 5Te 5 bay chassis Atto H680 7030 30028 01 1 SAS Local Storage Avid VideoRAID SR 16 bay Atto R680 7030 30435 00 1 SAS Loca...

Page 4: ...Tower ONLY no half height cards for SFF Mandatory primary 1394a connectivity for 1394 camera deck 4 PCI 32bit 33MHz PCI 32 33 2 Do Not Use Will cause BUS contention with 1394 controller installed in slot 3 Embedded Intel 82579LM GbE NIC PCI E x1 Gen 1 Use for connectivity to Avid ISIS 5000 7000 1 Firewire 1394a camera deck should not be connected to optional Lenovo PCI Express 1394 HBA For Symphon...

Page 5: ...ts 1394 Deck Camera Full height card does not fit in SFF system Optional Lenovo FireWire IEEE 1394a PCI Express x1 HBA Lenovo installed in slot 2 Cannot be used for connectivity to a 1394 Deck Camera which is being interfaced to Symphony Media Composer or NewsCutter It is alright for this HBA to reside in the system It will not cause any functional problem as long as it is not used for 1394 Camera...

Page 6: ...re and hardware Minimum BIOS ver 9SKT33AUS 5 12 2012 Current Avid qualified BIOS information is maintained at the following Avid KB link http avid custkb com avid app selfservice search jsp DocId 267609 Hilite hp bios E31 Required system BIOS settings 1 Set CPU Hyper Threading Enable 2 Set Intel Turbo Mode Disable Only required if connecting USB audio I O devices This setting will eliminate any au...

Page 7: ...er 10 0 and later Quadro 600 275 89 Symphony Media Composer NewsCutter 6 0 and later 10 0 and later Intel HD P4000 8 15 10 2712 After installation of the AVID software the supported Nvidia driver can be found in the following directory C Program Files Avid Utilities Nvidia The supported Intel HD P4000 driver can be found on the Lenovo website Refer to the ReadMe for driver information for the spec...

Page 8: ...al Settings Tab 8 Under the Global Settings tab select Base Profile 9 Scroll 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 10 Depress the Apply button Make the following setting for Multi display mixed GPU acceleration ...

Page 9: ...ti display mixed GPU acceleration feature See picture below The setting should be set to Multiple display performance mode If not set properly select Multiple display performance mode and depress the Apply button The other settings are Single display performance mode and Compatibility performance mode These settings are not recommended for Avid editing environments Make the following additional se...

Page 10: ...Nvidia Quadro 600 graphics card has a single DVI port and one Display Port Important Display ports are not HDMI ports at first glance they do look very similar to HDMI ports The LENOVO E31 includes one Display Port to DVI adapter This is digital only and will NOT connect to a VGA port with a converter For dual monitor connectivity Use the DVI port and Display Port Display Port connection can be na...

Page 11: ...Lite Model USA 19HS 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 00507 01 http www addenda com addenda elect products rs28 php To connect the Keyspan 19HS Addenda RS 2 8 combination Install the Keyspan 19HS driver before plugging the device into a...

Page 12: ... Technology July 11th 2012 E31 Workstation Minitower Rev A Config Guide Software only 4 On the left side of the screen above locate and select Advanced system settings 5 The System properties window will be displayed Picture below ...

Page 13: ...anced 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 performance selection Picture below 9 Depress the Apply button 10 Reboot Windows 11 Required Windows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete ...

Page 14: ...face with ISIS the following are required 1 For the Intel 82579LM driver under the performance settings change the following parameters Receive Buffers to 1024 Transmit Buffers to 1024 2 Disable the windows firewall To set the Intel 82579LM Receive Transmit buffers Go to device manager Under Network adapters select the device named Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection which will be used for IS...

Page 15: ...nfig Guide Software only Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Revision Update Revision Date Name Update A July 20 th 2012 Dave Pimm Initial Public Release of the E31 Workstation tower configuration guide for Symphony 6 0 Media Composer 6 0 and NewsCutter 10 Software only ...

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