Major Pro Tools Problems

[NVP]

Hey Yall...

I have major Pro Tools problems! Buffer errors... Access violation errors... Pro Tools unexpectidly quits... Dae errors... sometimes Freezes on loading up at "Creating Dae objects"... basically its very unreliable... it sucks.

Here are my specs:

PC:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Original Copy
P4 3.2 GHZ
MSI Core Cell Mother board
800 FSB (i think)
2 gigs or ram !!! (that shud be more than enuff)
Audigy 2 Sound Card
FireWire Card
M Audio Midisport 4x4
Plextor DVD pkayer / cd burner
Hyper Media 52X cd burner
Artic Coling Huge Fan for The P4 chip
My Pc case side panels are off, in a very cool AC room (for cooling issues)
200 GB Maxtor Drive
120 GB HD with 3 partitions

Theres Plenty Speed, Plenty Space, plenty Cooling.. What Is Wrong?!

Thats Basically my PC components...

I have rebuilt this PC over and over from scratch, I have not yet found a reliable Pro Tools setup... Im beginning to think pro tools le just sucks.

Studio:
Digi 002 Console
Maxtor External Harddrive 250GB
Micro korg
Midi Keyboard
AKG C2000B
Shure 600$ mic (cant remember the series)

As you can tell im very frustrated with this. Who wouldnt be?

Plz help me out... My sessions are getting tp be embarrasing

Thanks in advance

[NVP]

Sorry Guys... Im running Pro Tools 7

[protein]

Have you checked the compatibility?

* not that i can help, i think the people that can would want to know which motherboard you are using.

[Camilo Toledo]

#1. Do your self a favor and check if your computer (mother board chip set) is compatible.

after you do that, people here can continue to advice you.

[NVP]

Mine is 865G Neo 2-P ...
Digidesign's list: Asus P4C800-E motherboard
Intel 845/845E/845PE, 850/850E, 865PE, 875P, 915GL/915GV, 925XE, 945G/945P*, 955X* chipsets with Intel Pentium 4 processors

There is a 865 on the list but not "G" so that could be a problem... or THE problem????

[spkguitar]

Have you tried everything in the General Troubleshooting thread? (including the sandra report...)

[albee1952]

Meanwhile try uninstalling the Audigy and run without it to see if that helps.

[NVP]

One Problem.... The audigy is my only Firwire ports... i have to plug my digi 002 into the Audigy 2 soundcard to run it. I think, i know that should be bad, but i have no other way to do it. I bought a 3 slot firewire card but it has major problems... i get more buffer errors and firewire errors than ever with my firewire card. So the sudigy is the best way for me to go... I dont know what to do guys. Yes i have went throught the troubleshooting for digidesign... no help.

Im gonna buy a Powerbook G4 17 inch 1.6ghz soon. I just want to get this machine of mine working so that i can record until i get my powerbook (in 2months).

So anyone have any more help?

Thanks in advance...

[Skyflash]

To me it sounds like a firewire issue. I would check the compato page and find out
which cards are supported. The Audigy is rather flakey as it is,let alone using it's
onboard FW connection. There could even be a IRQ sharing issue there.

I would hold out for that Powerbook rather than spending the money on another FW card
unless you have a good return policy of course and how badly you need that setup
to get you by.

[The Weed]

Two things:

In the first post you say you have an "MSI Core Cell Mother board" then later you state you have an "Asus P4C800-E motherboard". Which one is it? If it's an MSI those have been problematical in the past.

And, yes you need an approved FireWire card. Many problems have been solved just by using a compatible/recommended FireWire card.

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