Help! Error 9128 "Your'e running out of CPU power. Take out some plugins to free..."

[LATablette]

I keep running into this error. I did not run into it before I went to Win xp (except when I was REALLY taxing the system) But now, with just one or two plugins, it is giving me this error a lot. I am running a quicktime file in the session (and yes, I have turned the QT track to "Blocks) But it happens even when I am not playing the QT file. I have tried turning everything that is running in the background off--to no avail. My buffer is set to 1024. any suggestions?

I have a P3 800Mhz, 256 RAM, win xp--with audio and video coming off a seperate drive from the system drive

thanks!

[Mr_Seven]

I know it's obvious but you need a faster system.

[LATablette]

yeah, I know, but why was I not getting these errors before when I was on win 98. I'm thinking maybe I don't have all my settings right (in iether xp or in PT when I re-installed it)--any suggestions?

[gracepoint]

Yeah, I'm getting that error alot too since moving from Win98 to XP Pro. It sucks because I got way more plugins in Win98. I'm using a Pentium 3 1ghz in my machine. One thing I did was switch the buffer size hit play wait and the error pops up, then switch it again and hit play and it usually works. Pretty sad though, because I have almost no RTAS plugs running in my session I copied virtually everything over to Audiosuite and the error almost never fails to appear. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

[Platinum Sounds]

You may also try a Hardware profile running only the bare necessities required for your desired audio applications (Protools, etc)...

Also, I would possibly run a defrag on the system drive and try to do that on a regular basis (XP requires more HD space to run efficiently).

Hope this helps

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[LATablette]

Sounds like a common problem. Think I might wait until PT 6 is available, and then get a G4 dual proc. Thanks!

[JMS40]

Hi LATablette-
Guess you can geta a Mac if you'd like. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
My old P3 800 system did better or equal on the DaveC than the G4's posted.

Still, as stable as that setup was for me, it was power limited. There's a world of difference between it and the XP 1700 im playing with now.

You're asking alot of a P3 800 running PT with Quicktime files, which is something you weren't doing in 98.
Just some random thoughts.
Good luck-

[Rick Irvine]

I read that you have only 256 of ram.Digidesign specifically recommends 500meg for the 001.
It would surely be the most cost effective way to up your CPU power.

[JMS40]

Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case on the DUC.
With 256 or better ram, it's more CPU power that makes a difference as far as plug in's go.

Originally posted by Rick Irvine:
I read that you have only 256 of ram.Digidesign specifically recommends 500meg for the 001.
It would surely be the most cost effective way to up your CPU power.

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[alhardy]

Hi,
After asking digi support the same questions they answered that winXP and protools 5.3 (32Trk) consume more power than a 5.1 98/me system, therefore suggesting to upgrade to a faster cpu.

I upgraded to a amd 2400 with 1gig of ram and my machine is realy clean, but the error occurs, especially at 128 buffer size.

If U guys finbd a solution that'll be great.