Product specifications

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Installing Memory, the Avid Board Set, and the Fan Kit
Installing a Meridien 3D DVE Effects Board
If you have purchased a system that contains a 3D DVE effects board,
you should install it now. Depending upon the system, the board will
be either a Genie effects board or a Mercedes effects board. Both the
Genie effects board and Mercedes effects board take up one PCI slot as
shown in the tables in “Avid Board Configurations” on page 4-5.
Installing the Mercedes Effects Board
The Mercedes effects board is standard equipment on Symphony and
Symphony Universal. Interconnection between the Mercedes effects
board and the Meridien III-U digital media daughter board is
accomplished with a newly designed flexible over-the-top connector.
To install the Mercedes effects board:
1. Ensure that the Meridien III-U digital media board set has been
assembled and installed in the system (see Figure 4-4).
2. Install and secure the Mercedes effects board into the PCI slot
recommended in the product board configuration tables.
Figure 4-7 Mercedes and Meridien III-U Daughter Board
3. Orient the flexible over-the-top connector as shown in Figure 4-7,
and then carefully seat the flexible over-the-top connector into the
daughter board and Mercedes connectors. The device driver is
installed when the Avid editing product is installed.
Mercedes
Meridien III-U
board set
board set
Flexible over-the-top connector