Which motherboard/processor for pci cards?

[sean shannon]

Then, wow, what a cool, simple idea. Digi should've made those years ago. I have consecutive PCI slots, so I'm good.

[sean shannon]

I started this thread looking for a good setup, and the one I built is smokin'!!!

[Parisstudio]

I might need one of these cables, where can I get one? Thanks

[lydarkitekten]

Originally Posted by breakie

Hi Ray,

indeed you have to watch out for the pci slots!!!
they have to be next to each other if you are planning on using more then 1 protools card! (otherwise the flexcable will be too short)

As stated in my earlier post, I'm running on an x58 (1366) chipset.
The Gigabyte board I tried was not very stable with more then 8 Gigs of ram...
The Asus PT6 Deluxe 2 has no problems!

Another thing to consider is your graphics card!
Mine (ati5850) is 2 slots wide and if inserted in the first pci-e it covers the first pci slot...
BUT lucky for me, it also works in the last two slot

Hope this helps.

PS I originally switched from a MAC G4 (for the same reason as you) to a Supermicro Mobo (server) PC and updated that one this week...

Hello/HELP!!!

Im now in the same position you have been in... I have been running my pci-x HD2 system 192 i/o on a Mac G5. My mac died, and "they" want me to buy a new mac and HD2 system pcie for $15 000. I´v had my system for five years, but feel that it should last longer, when it still has alot of working power/dsp. I have buildt a pc.
question:

My system is windows 7 (64 bit), i7 , and my mobo is asus P6T WS with two PCI-X slots, 12 GB Ram.
Graphic card: Nvidia fx 580 (Avid approved)

My problem is that after installation of pro tools 9 HD, the system cannot find the core card. the driver dont whant to work!!!:-/

Is there a connection between my problem with the core card beeing pci-x, and that my system is 64 bit?

Is there someting Im missing?

You have suceeded with your setup, do you have any idees for me?

Best regards KRM

[Ghengis]

Hi,

Win 7x64 shouldn't cause any grief.

You've got the workstation version of the same MB that I do (P6T Deluxe). I did have to wind my bios back one version to get around a similar problem that you had.

Other things to try, Avid want you to use a very specific Quadro driver - are you running that version?

Also, what happens if you change the slot order of the cards ie switch them around. This may help. Can you get it to work with the core card in any of the slots? (including both the PCI and PCI-X slots) get it working, then add the accel card once you are running.

cya
Ghengis

[Bob Nagy]

Originally Posted by Parisstudio

I might need one of these cables, where can I get one? Thanks

Anybody who is interested can contact me directly. My contact info is in my resume/profile.

[dubrichie]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

Other things to try, Avid want you to use a very specific Quadro driver - are you running that version?

cya
Ghengis

Ghengis,

i use an nVidia Quadro NVS 440 with PTHD 7.4 on Win XP.

soon i will be updating to PTHD 9 on Win 7 x64.

can you please point me to a link to this info from Avid about the driver for my gfx card?

many thanks,

[Third Eye Studios]

Regarding the video driver, I think this is the page.

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/self...p?DocId=380587

[painz]

I'm running a HD2 PCI(core + process) on the ASUS P5B.
sure, processing well with win7.

[dubrichie]

thanks for the link Third Eye.

but i'm a bit baffled by it, because that driver is from 2009 and is for Win XP.

i think i'll try the most recent one for Win 7 first and if i have problems i'll give that old one a whirl.

Digi / Avid have ALWAYS been WAY behind the curve when it comes to qualifying Windows hardware and drivers.