Let's have a count up who's getting the freeze problem!

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by soybalm

Freeze is gone here. There are the usual expected half second pauses when adding a bus or plug. Nothing embarrassing. My freezes used to be worse with midi but would happen for almost no reason it seems. All better here.
Raoul, I have to add that I blew up a cheap OEM N-vidia card when I went to use the windows driver. I think if you uninstall the video driver in the control panel then reboot like it would tell you to do that would be your safe bet. Windows would give you limited resolutions. I would try to find out from Avid if they knew what was addressed when they fixed the freeze problem.
Also, I remember reading way back in 2006 that having a different northbridge and southbridge on your motherboard can wreak havoc but that would be on any program and usually messes up things like firewire audio drivers. My Motu 128 could only run at low latency. That's a good thing until I added more plugs and had to render in real time like Pro Tools does. Check your motherboard for alike bridges. It should be in your Sandra report. I didn't read yours.

I'll have a check now.

A big thank you to all the people here who are chiming in to help me it's very much appreciated

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by soybalm

Freeze is gone here. There are the usual expected half second pauses when adding a bus or plug. Nothing embarrassing. My freezes used to be worse with midi but would happen for almost no reason it seems. All better here.
Raoul, I have to add that I blew up a cheap OEM N-vidia card when I went to use the windows driver. I think if you uninstall the video driver in the control panel then reboot like it would tell you to do that would be your safe bet. Windows would give you limited resolutions. I would try to find out from Avid if they knew what was addressed when they fixed the freeze problem.
Also, I remember reading way back in 2006 that having a different northbridge and southbridge on your motherboard can wreak havoc but that would be on any program and usually messes up things like firewire audio drivers. My Motu 128 could only run at low latency. That's a good thing until I added more plugs and had to render in real time like Pro Tools does. Check your motherboard for alike bridges. It should be in your Sandra report. I didn't read yours.

Just checked my Sandra report couldn't see anything about north/south bridge

Here is my Sandra just incase I've missed something. Yesterday I changed my ram for 12gb


Computer
Model : SuperMicro X8SAX
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : Raoul-PC
User : Raoul

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz
Speed : 1.6GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 16 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : SuperMicro X8SAX
BIOS : AMI (OEM) 2.0 09/17/10
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 : 6GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : Super Micro Computer X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)

Chipset
Model : Intel Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory : 6GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 532MHz (1GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : Radeon X1950 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) (PS3.0, VS3.0 499MHz, 256MB 594MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)
Video Adapter : Radeon X1950 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) (PS3.0, VS3.0 499MHz, 256MB 594MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)

Graphics Processor

Storage Devices
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB (64GB, SATA150, SSD) : 60GB (C:)
WDC WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 (750.2GB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 699GB (Z:)
WDC WD1600JD-00HBB0 (160GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache) : 149GB (D:)
USB Flash Memory (1GB, USB2) : 963MB (F:)
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-219L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
WD Black (Z:) : 699GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 (750.2GB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Big Storage (D:) : 149GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1600JD-00HBB0 (160GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache)
Removable Drive (F:) : 958MB (FAT32) @ USB Flash Memory (1GB, USB2)
Hard Disk (C:) : 60GB (NTFS) @ Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB (64GB, SATA150, SSD)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-219L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Super Micro Computer LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 B0-73
Audio Device : Super Micro Computer HD Audio Controller
Serial Port(s) : 2
Disk Controller : Super Micro Computer 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Super Micro Computer 2 port SATA IDE Controller
USB Controller 1 : Super Micro Computer USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 2 : Super Micro Computer USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Super Micro Computer TSB43AB22 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/Link-Layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : Epson Stylus Photo RX420 (M) (360x360, USB, Colour)

Peripherals
Media Player : USB Flash Memory (958.23MB)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet)
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection #2 (Ethernet)
Wireless Adapter : RT73 USB Wireless LAN Card #6 (802.11g (ERP), TKIP, 54Mbps)

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)

[avasound]

+1 I've returned to the v.10.1.2

[Raoul23]

More testing done today. watching the performance CPU usage window in the task manager, when i move a send around or save i get a big hit in this CPU window the one furthest to the right shows a spike????

heres the image

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/j5lr3

[Raoul23]

Ive 99% sorted my problem YES YES YES YES

1 Ok i took my graphics card out and put it in another slot and now the meter freeze has gone when i drag a send around PERFECT very happy

2 No more freeze in the midi eg moving notes etc PERFECT very happy

3 Still get the freeze when it saves and when i try to use the strip silence feature. This is not that much of a big deal, but im determined to get this running perfect.

Has anyone else tried the strip silence feature to see if it freezes for them. Move the threshold left and right and it will stop and start which is annoying.

But hey i as Meat Loaf said 2 outta 3 aint bad

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by Raoul23

Ive 99% sorted my problem YES YES YES YES

1 Ok i took my graphics card out and put it in another slot and now the meter freeze has gone when i drag a send around PERFECT very happy

2 No more freeze in the midi eg moving notes etc PERFECT very happy

3 Still get the freeze when it saves and when i try to use the strip silence feature. This is not that much of a big deal, but im determined to get this running perfect.

Has anyone else tried the strip silence feature to see if it freezes for them. Move the threshold left and right and it will stop and start which is annoying.

But hey i as Meat Loaf said 2 outta 3 aint bad

I am still out of town and can't check. I will give third eye a call today and have him check. But for some reason I am thinking it has always don't that w strip silence.

My other thought is still getting your bios updated.

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by guitardom

I am still out of town and can't check. I will give third eye a call today and have him check. But for some reason I am thinking it has always don't that w strip silence.

My other thought is still getting your bios updated.

Cheers Guitardom. I can get a floppy drive from the school I work at no problems

Do I just download the bios update from supermicro website save it to floppy disk then run the floppy disk

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by Raoul23

Cheers Guitardom. I can get a floppy drive from the school I work at no problems

Do I just download the bios update from supermicro website save it to floppy disk then run the floppy disk

The instructions are in the manual and on the site. I don't have time to look them up right now. Third eye thinks another guy figured out how to do it from a flash drive but would have to find where it was posted. I can't find it but might do a search around this forum for your board.

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by guitardom

The instructions are in the manual and on the site. I don't have time to look them up right now. Third eye thinks another guy figured out how to do it from a flash drive but would have to find where it was posted. I can't find it but might do a search around this forum for your board.

Thanks Guitardom. I spoke to supermicro yesterday and they helped me change my RAM frequency to 1333 and the 24 part but said there is no option to change voltage

[TOM@METRO]

How many cores are currently being used (in the playback engine dialog)?