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Lenovo ThinkStation E31 Configuration Manuallines

Lenovo ThinkStation E31 Configuration Manuallines

Avid workstation tower/sff single quad core cpu qualified for software only symphony 6.x, media composer 6.x, & newscutter 10.x
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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
– Avid Technology – July 11th 2012
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Dave Pimm
E31 Workstation / Minitower Rev A Config Guide (Software only)

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  • Page 1 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 – Avid Technology – July 11th 2012 Page 1 of 15 Dave Pimm E31 Workstation / Minitower Rev A Config Guide (Software only)
  • Page 2 1.) LENOVO E31 AVID Qualified System Specification: E31 / 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 3.) Qualified O.S., Hardware and shared storage supported: Qualified Operating System Win 7 Pro 64-bit SP1 – Required Service Pack ISIS 1Gb Ethernet Client ISIS 7000/5000 V4.0 (Minimum) Not Supported ISIS 10Gb Hi-res Ethernet Client StarTech 1394a PCI Firewire Only Supported 1394 connection for 1394 camera or deck. adapter.
  • Page 4 Gen 1 82579LM Firewire 1394a camera / deck should not be connected to optional Lenovo PCI-Express 1394 HBA. For Symphony, Media Composer and NewsCutter, a 1394 camera or deck must connect via the StarTech PCI1394MP PCI 1394a controller which resides in slot #3.
  • Page 5 Cannot be used for connectivity to a 1394 Deck / Camera which is being interfaced to Symphony, Media Composer or NewsCutter Optional Lenovo FireWire IEEE 1394a PCI-Express x1 It is alright for this HBA to reside in the system. It will not Lenovo installed in slot #2...
  • Page 6 “motor-boating” or audio “popping” which may be experienced with USB audio I/O devices. Set E31 Required system BIOS (UEFI) settings: During boot up press F1 at the Lenovo splash screen to invoke BIOS Set Up. Select the Advanced tab Select CPU Setup Select Hyper-Threading Default setting is Enable –...
  • Page 7 10.0 and later 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 specific version of Symphony, Media Composer or NewsCutter...
  • Page 8 6. Select Manage 3D Settings 7. Select “Global 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.
  • Page 9 1. Stay in the “Manage 3D Settings” and “Base Profile” area 2. Select “Global Settings” Tab 3. 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 properly, select Multiple display performance mode and depress the “Apply”...
  • Page 10 The 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.
  • Page 11 E.) Serial Port Deck Control: The LENOVO E31 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 12 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 – July 11th 2012 Page 12 of 15 Dave Pimm E31 Workstation / Minitower Rev A Config Guide (Software only)
  • Page 13 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 performance” selection. (Picture below). 9. Depress the “Apply” button 10. Reboot Windows 11.
  • Page 14 G.) Embedded Intel 82579LM network interface for ISIS connectivity: For proper operation and connectivity of the Intel 82579LM network interface with ISIS the following are required: 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.
  • Page 15 Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Revision Update Revision Date Name Update July 20 , 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) –...