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HP Z220 Single Quad-Core CPU Minitower Workstation
No Embedded Firewire
Qualified for Software Only
Symphony 6.x, Media Composer 6.x, & NewsCutter 10.x
– Avid Technology – March 28th 2013
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Dave Pimm
Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
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- Page 1 Avid Configuration Guidelines HP Z220 Single Quad-Core CPU Minitower Workstation No Embedded Firewire Qualified for Software Only Symphony 6.x, Media Composer 6.x, & NewsCutter 10.x – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 1 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 2 1.) HP Z220 AVID Qualified System Specification: Z220 / AVID Qualified Operating System: Supported: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition withSP1 (SP1 required) Not Supported Not Supported - Microsoft® Windows 7 – any 32-bit version, or any version of Home, Ultimate or Enterprise editions.
- Page 3 / deck / disk drive 1394a PCI HBA direct from StarTech) H.P. Option PCI1394_4 More info below – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 3 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 4 1394 camera or deck must connect via the H.P. / StarTech PCI1394MP PCI 1394a controller (HP Option PCI1394_4) which resides in slot #6. HP Z220 I/O Slot Layout – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 4 of 19 Dave Pimm...
- Page 5 HP Z220 Memory DIMM Installation order – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 5 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 6 1394 Camera / Deck connectivity for Symphony, Media Composer or NewsCutter. – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 6 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 7 Do not use this 1394 connection for 1394 devices being interfaced to Media Composer or NewsCutter. Only 2 external 1394 ports on incorrect (unqualified) HBA – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 7 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 8 (Only required if connecting USB audio I/O devices) Press F10 twice to Save Save Changes and Exit – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 8 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 9 2. Right-Click on the desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel 3. Select the “Desktop” menu selection in the control panel menu bar. 4. Enable “Desktop -> Video Editing Mode – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 9 of 19 Dave Pimm...
- Page 10 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. – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 10 of 19 Dave Pimm...
- Page 11 Make the following setting for “Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” 1. Stay in the “Manage 3D Settings” and “Base Profile” area 2. Select “Global Settings” Tab – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 11 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 12 Make the following additional setting for “3D App-Video Editing” 4. Stay in the “Manage 3D Settings” area 5. Select “Global Settings” Tab – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 12 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 13 (Important: Display-ports are not HDMI ports; at first glance they do look very similar to HDMI ports) The HP Z220 includes one Display-Port-to-DVI adapter. HP P/N 481409-001. This is digital only and will NOT connect to a VGA port with a converter.
- Page 14 E.) Serial Port Deck Control: The HP Z220 workstation does not have an embedded serial port. Serial port deck control can be established via two methods (both of which have been qualified by Avid and will maintain frame accuracy in Avid environments) 1.
- Page 15 3. The screen below will be displayed: 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). – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 15 of 19 Dave Pimm...
- Page 16 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 – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 16 of 19 Dave Pimm...
- Page 17 For the Intel 82579LM driver, under the performance settings, change the following parameters: Receive Buffers to 1024 Transmit Buffers to 1024 Disable the windows firewall. – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 17 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
- Page 18 Go to device manager. Under “Network adapters” select the device named “Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection”, which will be used for ISIS connectivity. Select properties, select “Advanced” tab and then select “performance Options”. – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 18 of 19 Dave Pimm...
- Page 19 Symphony 6.0, Media Composer 6.0 and NewsCutter 10 (Software only) March 28 , 2013 Dave Pimm Addition Nvidia Kepler card and driver – Avid Technology – March 28th 2013 Page 19 of 19 Dave Pimm Z220 Workstation / Minitower Rev B Config Guide (Software only)
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