Playback gets lost or distorted while recording - Pro Tools 8/M-Audio Profire 2626

[xiauoko]

I bought new computer, Pro Tools 8 m-powered and M-Audio Profire 2626 while ago. I'm running them on Windows Vista SP1.

First I did the Vista optimization by Audio Forums guide. I installed the newest audiodriver and Pro Tools as recommended
on the manual.

THE PROBLEM: All audio gets lost or distorted suddenly during recording.
All the meters are moving and there are no error messages or anything, just
no playback. I can only hear my input well if i use Mixer out -option in Profire 2626 control panel.
I can't get the playback back unless I shutdown and restart Pro Tools. After doing this
I can listen what I recorded and they seem to sound good (no distortion etc.).
I have tried to change HW buffer levels and all that. I can
get cracks etc. away with these options but not the real no playback problem.

Problem occurs even when there's is not a single plug-in in use. Only audio tracks (19 of them).

I have tried integrated FW port, and Pinnacle DV500 and Pinnacle Studio DV (currently installed)
FW cards which both include Texas Instruments chip. All so i have tried the cards in different
PCI places (my computer has 2 of them). IRQ number is 16, it wont change smaller when swiching.

WHAT I HAVE TRIED:
No additional Plug-ins installed.
I'm using secondary hard drive for recording and playback.
I have done Windows Vista Optimizations as said in Digidesign website.
Quicktime is installed.
I have tried to delete DAE and Pro Tools preference files several times.
I have updated Pro Tools to CS3 version.
I created a new administrator account and it didn't solve the problem.
I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the drivers for M-Audio hardware.
I have also tried to uninstall and reinstall Pro Tools.
I have tried to format my hard drives and reinstall Vista.
There are no extraneous hardware connected to PC (except for Profire 2626 and Ilok).
I have tried to connect Profire 2626 to different Firewire ports in my firewire card and also tried to move the firewire card to another PCI slot. No effect.
I couldn't use Pro Tools Tech Support Folder since there's was only files for Mac.
I also tried to my old sequencer program Sonar 7 and it's working fine.

TECHNICAL SPECS:
M-Audio Profire 2626
Pro Tools M-Powered (with CS3 update)

PC: AMILO® Desktop Pi 3630-22P
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1
NVIDIA nForce 630i Motherboard, chipset ?
4gt RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 2.34GHz
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500620AS, 500gt Hard drive(x2)
Pinnacle Studio DV FW Card with Texas Instruments Chip

I have Sandra report but I don't know how to attach it here.

Hopefully I get this problem solved very soon.

[Keybeeetsss]

Customer Service calling Peppertree to the front desk


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[guitar486]

Originally Posted by Keybeeetsss

Customer Service calling Peppertree to the front desk


He'll be with u in a second sir

Hahahaha. Well would try a new firewire cable. And the M-Audio Forums. I bet pepper will chime in too though

[xiauoko]

Ha.

I tried with several Firewire cables. Not working. Thanks.

[guitar486]

No problem. You probably tried this, but have you ruled out your speakers and the connections from them to the 2626? Every now and then I look over insanely simple things like that when dealing with tech problems.

[xiauoko]

Originally Posted by guitar486

You probably tried this, but have you ruled out your speakers and the connections from them to the 2626?

Yes. Problem occurs also when listening headphones which are directly connected to 2626.

[DigiTechSupt]

Without a Sandra report (as requested in the Help Us Help You sticky..) it's difficult to say for sure, but it looks like, given the info below, that you have an incompatible configuration - Intel processors must be used with Intel chipset motherboards. Yours appears to have an NVidia chipset:

NVIDIA nForce 630i Motherboard, chipset ?
4gt RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 2.34GHz

You should generate and post a Sandra report, just to be sure. Going through the other troubleshooting steps in that sticky may also help.

[xiauoko]

Thanks. I also updated PACE drivers. Didn't work. But here's Sandra.

Sandra report

SiSoftware Sandra

System
Model : FUJITSU SIEMENS Amilo Desktop Pi3630A
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : AA12
User : AA1

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
Speed : 2.33GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2x 2MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing

System
Mainboard : FUJITSU SIEMENS MS-7504VP-PV
BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. V3.0L (09/17/2008)
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 3GB

Chipset
Model : MSI MCP73 Host Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 333MHz (1.33GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Qimonda 64T256020EU25C2 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-6-6-18 3-24-6-3)
Memory Module : Qimonda 64T256020EU25C2 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-6-6-18 3-24-6-3)

Video System
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (64 SM4.0 1.6GHz, 512MB DDR3 2x1GHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (64 SM4.0 1.6GHz, 512MB DDR3 2x1GHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)

Storage Devices
ST3500620AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:) (E:)
ST3500620AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (D:)
Generic-Compact Flash (USB) : N/A (G:)
Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB) : N/A (H:)
Generic-SD/MMC (USB) : N/A (I:)
Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB) : N/A (J:)
C-ONE 512MB Tiny 524.3MB (USB) : 500MB (L:)
HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GBC-H20N (SATA150, BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (F:)

Logical Storage Devices
WinRE : 9GB (NTFS)
System (C:) : 304GB (NTFS) @ ST3500620AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Data (E:) : 153GB (NTFS) @ ST3500620AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
AUDIO DATA (D:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ ST3500620AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Optical Drive (F:) : N/A @ HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GBC-H20N (SATA150, BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A @ Generic-Compact Flash (USB)
Removable Drive (H:) : N/A @ Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB)
Removable Drive (I:) : N/A @ Generic-SD/MMC (USB)
Removable Drive (J:) : N/A @ Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : MSI MCP73 LPC Bridge
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : Fintek F71882FG/F71883FG
Disk Controller : MSI MCP73 IDE
USB Controller 1 : MSI GeForce 7100/nForce 630i
USB Controller 2 : MSI GeForce 7100/nForce 630i
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Pinnacle Systems Studio DV FireWire
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : nVidia MCP5+ SMBus 1
SMBus/i2c Controller 2 : nVidia MCP5+ SMBus 2

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Printer : Send To Microsoft OneNote Driver (300x300, Colour)

Scanners and Cameras
Digital Camera : Compact Flash (USB)
Digital Camera : MS/MS-Pro (USB)
Digital Camera : SD/MMC (USB)
Digital Camera : SM/xD-Picture (USB)

Network Services

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows Vista Home 6.00.6001 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x86

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.6

[DigiTechSupt]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this computer is unlikely to work, as it has an incompatible processor/chipset combination.

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz

Chipset
Model : MSI MCP73 Host Bridge

As I mentioned above, systems with an Intel processor must have a compatible Intel chipset on the motherboard. You can find more info on compatibility here:

http://digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=54&itemid=29586

[xiauoko]

Originally Posted by DigiTechSupt

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this computer is unlikely to work, as it has an incompatible processor/chipset combination.

That's sad news. Need to use Sonar then.