National Instruments PXI Express Series User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation and ConfigurationNI PXIe-8101/8102 User Manual 2-8 ni.com• Processor Type, Speed, and Number of Cores—These valuesindicate the type of processor used in the NI PXIe-8101/8102controller, the speed of the processor, and the number of processorcores.Video Configuration SubmenuUse this submenu to apply alternate settings to the video configuration.Normally, you do not need to modify these settings, as the factory defaultsettings provide the most compatible and optimal configuration possible.• Primary Display—This setting specifies which video adapter theBIOS should use as the primary adapter if more than one is present.To use an external video adapter as the primary graphics adapter,choose Add-in PCI Video. The default value is Onboard Video.• Total Graphics Memory—This setting specifies the amount ofsystem memory to allocate as graphics memory for use by the onboardvideo device. The default value is 256 MB.• DDC Routing—This setting determines how the monitor DDC isrouted. Use this setting to select whether or not the DDC is routed foran analog monitor or a DVI monitor. In order to use a DVI monitor, thissetting must be set to DVI. An analog monitor, however, will functionwith this option set to either Analog or DVI. The DDC communicationpath is only enabled when set to Analog for an analog monitor, socertain advanced features of your analog monitor may only be enabledwhen routing DDC to Analog. The default setting is DVI.PCI Express Configuration SubmenuUse this submenu to apply alternate settings to the PCI Expressconfiguration. Normally, you do not need to modify these settings,as the factory default settings provide the most compatible and optimalconfiguration possible.• PCIe High Priority Port—This setting specifies whether or not oneof the PCI Express ports will receive priority when arbitrating databandwidth. The default value for this setting is Disabled.• Select Port—This setting determines which port receives prioritywhen arbitrating data bandwidth if the PCIe High Priority Portsetting is Enabled. To give priority to one of the four ports routed to aPXIe chassis, select Root Port [1-4]. The default value for this settingis Root Port 1.Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com