xw8400 w. protools 7.3 HDII crash bonanza

[Lorenz]

Hello Everyone,

I thought I try out a windows protools but so far I have had not a very pleasant experience. Protools crashes frequently with 'access violation errors' 'error ocuured while writing tracks' and sometimes the '\code\azuki_Cliff\AlturaPorts\NewFileLibs\Sys\Sys _line 158' error... it's a nightmare. It happens when I try to enable plugins. I have saved a template with many disabled plugins and imported audio of a band and then 'save copy in' including the audio files so I get a new folder ready for mixing. However, when I try to enable the plugins in the new session for example with alt - ctrl+start it will most likely crash. Overall the protools interface is very unresponsive meters and time code don't display smoothly. It shouldn't be a a problem of running out of cpu the CPU is only running at 10%-20%... the HD dsp are also not running out I use a 144 voice 6 DSP setting after trying other settings which had no real impact on the crash frequency. I will try to use 7.2 next but I would really appreciate if someone could give me a hint as I am not very familiar with PCs. I followed the instructions in the manual for the settings of the PC bios and XP performance settings. The XP is in Chinese, I hope that won't affect things...

the system is a HP xw8400 with 2 dualcore 2.66 CPU, 4Gb RAM and the audio drive is a 500Gb Raid0

HERE IS A SANDRA REPORT
SiSoftware Sandra

System
Host Name : HP81742335028
User : Administrator
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Processor
Model : 2x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz
Speed : 2.66GHz
Performance Rating : PR18088 (estimated)
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Dual-Core
Internal Data Cache : 2x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 1x 4MB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 16-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing

Mainboard
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 2 Processor(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Hewlett-Packard 2.15
System : Hewlett-Packard HP xw8400 Workstation
Mainboard : Hewlett-Packard 0A08h
Total Memory : 3GB DDR2-SDRAM FB-DIMM

Chipset 1
Model : Hewlett-Packard Company 5000X Chipset Memory Controller Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 333MHz (1332MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 4GB DDR2-SDRAM FB-DIMM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 333MHz (666MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : 即插即用监视器
Adapter : NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Physical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : ST3250824AS (233GB)
Hard Disk : ST3250824AS (233GB)
Hard Disk : Volume0
CD-ROM/DVD : HP DVD Writer 735d (CD 48X Rd, 48X Wr) (DVD 6X Rd, 6X Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 229GB (198GB, 86% Free Space) (NTFS)
HP_RECOVERY (E:) : 3.6GB (1GB, 28% Free Space) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (F:) : 233GB (31GB, 14% Free Space) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (G:) : 466GB (320GB, 69% Free Space) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (D:) : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 631xESB/6321ESB USB Universal Host Controller - 2688
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 631xESB/6321ESB USB Universal Host Controller - 2689
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 631xESB/6321ESB USB Universal Host Controller - 268A
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 631xESB/6321ESB USB Universal Host Controller - 268B
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 631xESB/6321ESB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 268C
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard : 标准 101/102 键或 Microsoft 自然 PS/2 键盘
Keyboard : HID Keyboard Device
Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Mouse : HID-compliant mouse
Human Interface : USB 人体学输入设备
Human Interface : USB 人体学输入设备

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Digidesign HD Core
Device : Digidesign HD Accel
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD DSP
Device : Digidesign HD Accel DSP

Printers and Faxes
Model : PDF Complete

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

Network Services
Adapter : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet

Performance Tips
Notice 5901 : CD 1x= 150kB/s; Exercise caution when comparing measured versus published ratings.
Notice 5902 : DVD 1x= 11.08Mbps Exercise caution when comparing measured versus published ratings.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.