Anyone try the Dell T7400? Three 64 bit PCI-X slots in a row

[tonygoodall]

The memory arrived

PT803 is no more sturdy with 12GB RAM, it just takes more VIs to get it to fail
I can now insert many instances of large VIs, I tried it with many NI ones, and got to 2.9GB before Kontakt 4 could not allocate any more memory, and killed PT too. realistically, I was loading 2-3 times as many as I loaded under XP with 4GB

Cheers
Tony

[Sound is Alive]

Reading your posts has definately given me the drive to go and get Win7 64bit too, so thank you for that. Like you I use lots of VIs so the extra ram is much needed and it sounds like you've benifited.

Thank you very much for a real wealth of information.

[tonygoodall]

still works mostly. (win7 u64) v8.1 failed though, went back to 8.0.3
Still a bit too flakey
upgraded to 16GB quad channel, to be extra sure.
Be careful timing and chip config is the same on each set of 4, or else it can BSOD

[Brandonx1]

Originally Posted by tonygoodall

still works mostly. (win7 u64) v8.1 failed though, went back to 8.0.3
Still a bit too flakey
upgraded to 16GB quad channel, to be extra sure.
Be careful timing and chip config is the same on each set of 4, or else it can BSOD

You can use windows 7 64 bit with 8.1 cs1 but you have to manually install the drivers for the HD cards. Just select the DSP and select update driver. Select a specific location and point to the C drive. Repeat for all DSPs and reboot.
Best

[yambike]

Originally Posted by Sound is Alive

Hi Yambike,
Have you or will you upgrade to Win 7 Pro 64bit using the Dell T7400 for your HD3 system?? I'll be interested on any thoughts you have.

Thank you very much

Hi, sorry for the very late response. I have no experience to offer with Win 7. I'm actually still running the same configuration, only I updated to sc7 for 7.3.1. It's the most stable setup I've ever had so I'm reluctant to change it (v.8MP hasn't been stable on my second computer). I will add memory though. I've hit the ram ceiling when printing mixes with quick punch enabled.

[yambike]

I now have Snow Leopard running on this machine and so far it's been as stable as XP with HD3 and a ULN8 running simultaneously via onboard firewire. Everything seems to be working 100% except sleep which I never used anyway.

[Filmusic]

enjoying a trip back in time - snagged a few dell 690s, tossed bout 10 gigs of ram, two dual core procs and running an hd2 pci sys on win7 64 - flawlessly!!

i'm staying! (OK OK - I will trty 9HD...but reluctantly as PT is a joy when functioning perfectly...hate to distub it for now though)

[Bob Olhsson]

I'm running PT 10 on a 690 with win7-64 and it's absolutely great!

[Filmusic]

good to hear PT10 is treating a fellow dell 690ist well

at the price I picked mine up on ebay....why pay more

bought 3 dell 690s for less then $350 a pop each,

one with a 2 X xeon duals 3.0s

and two with a 2 X xeon dual 3.2s

chucked in some extra ram in each box...cheap, quick, and fine!

With 2 spare 690s sitting on the sideline, I'm hoping to never buy another computer as long as I live - ha ha!! finally!! (fingers crossed!)

Running a PCI based accel HD2 system - and loving it - staying on 8HD....for abit....cause I'm cheap!

(upgrading to 2 X quad xeons for each box will be under $100 per xeon quad pair ...so eventually...I'll double my proc power - ha ha, yup - god love ebay!)

[panamajack]

Originally Posted by Filmusic

...upgrading to 2 X quad xeons for each box will be under $100 per xeon quad pair...

I have a 690, too. What quad core Xeon CPUs are compatible with it?