PT 10 stops loading at "VariFi.aaxplugin"

[Soul El]

I really do appreciate the time spent, this time Im in it for the long haul, I will read said docs and I completely understand the frustrations from both sides. This is not the 1st music software I've used, just the most complicated. I agree with what your saying about the skimming thru and using it as a future reference so I'm pretty sure that I'll become familiar with the literature in your suggestion. I also understand that yelling and complaining will get me know where but kicked off the forums, done that once or twice before lol. Looks to me like 10 is a completely new version comapred to 8 LE so everything I know may be subject to that, hopefully I can get this working today.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by Soul El

I installed PT 8 LE about 2 years ago and used it less than 10 times. Compatibility issues. Now Im trying to install 10. Do I need to uninstall 8? I was under the impression they could live peacefully to be removed at a later date.... I will look for said application to uninstall. EDIT. I cant seem to navigate this simple software, this is the reason I stopped using this program the 1st time, this time I have more vested into using it so I need to make it work. I've googled and searched and read, where the heck is the uninstall button?

Oh jeez, that can do it. There can only be one version of Pro Tools installed at a time (unless you install separate versions of a dual/multi-boot system, each version on its own boot OS). you may have a screwed up system depending on what you have done. I would wipe the system drive and reinstall Windows 7 SP1, then Pro Tools 10.3.3. and make sure it works and install any 3rd party plugins and any other apps you need (try to install as little other crap as possible). Check it works and then do a full backup.

If the standard uninstaller in the Control panel are not showing up then your system is sick, I thought there was stand alone utilities as well on Windows, but maybe I'm wrong on that.


Darryl

[Darryl Ramm]

And look, if Pro Tools 8 LE failed to work properly you quite likely were doing something wrong or had a misconfigured/under spec system (Pro Tools is more demanding than many other audio programs).

Go grab a copy of SiSoft Sandra and post a Sandra report here before you do much else and we'll point out if you system is underspec/has known issues.

See instructions in the "Help us Help You - READ THIS Before Posting!" link on this page. And search other posts on DUC for Sandra reports to see what they should look like (we want those full reports not a tiny summary).

Darryl

[Soul El]

Here's a sandra. SiSoftware Sandra

Computer
Model : HP-Pavilion NY553AAR-ABA e9220y
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : Office-PC
User : Office

Processor
Model : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 910 Processor
Speed : 2.6GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 64kB, Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 512kB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size
L3 On-board Cache : 6MB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 48-way, 64 byte line size, 4 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : FOXCONN ALOE
BIOS : AMI 5.09 01/22/2010
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 : 16GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : HP RS780 Host Bridge Alternate
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2GHz (4GHz)
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 100MHz (200MHz)

Chipset
Model : AMD F10h Athlon 64/Opteron/Sempron HT Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2GHz (4GHz)
Total Memory : 16GB DIMM DDR3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 533MHz (1GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Patriot Memory PSD34G13332 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Patriot Memory PSD34G13332 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Patriot Memory PSD34G13332 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Patriot Memory PSD34G13332 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4350 (40 SM4.1 600MHz, 512MB DDR3 2x500MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4350 (40 SM4.1 600MHz, 512MB DDR3 2x500MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4350 (40 SM4.1 600MHz, 512MB DDR3 2x500MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4350 (40SP 2C 600MHz, 512MB 2x500MHz)

Storage Devices
WDC WD10EADS-65M2B0 (1TB, SATA, 3.5", NCQ) : 932GB (C:) (D:)
Generic-SD/MMC (USB) : N/A (F:)
Generic-Compact Flash (USB) : N/A (G:)
Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB) : N/A (H:)
Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB) : N/A (I:)
WIBU - CodeMeter-Stick 41.2MB (USB) : 39MB (K:)
hp DVD A DH16AAL (RAID, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
SYSTEM : 100MB (NTFS)
CODEMETER (K:) : 39MB (FAT32) @ WIBU - CodeMeter-Stick 41.2MB (USB)
HP (C:) : 919GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EADS-65M2B0 (1TB, SATA, 3.5", NCQ)
back up (D:) : 12GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EADS-65M2B0 (1TB, SATA, 3.5", NCQ)
Removable Drive (F:) : N/A @ Generic-SD/MMC (USB)
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A @ Generic-Compact Flash (USB)
Removable Drive (H:) : N/A @ Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB)
Removable Drive (I:) : N/A @ Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ hp DVD A DH16AAL (RAID, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : HP IXP SB600 SMBUS Controller
LPC Hub Controller 2 : HP SB700 LPC host controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8720F
Audio Device : HP IXP SB600 High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semiconductor 888 High Definition Audio
Audio Device : MSI RV730XT Audio device [Radeon HD 4670]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) AA01h
Disk Controller : HP SB700 SATA Controller [Non-RAID5 mode]
USB Controller 1 : HP SB700 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB Controller 2 : HP SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
USB Controller 3 : HP SB700 USB EHCI Controller
USB Controller 4 : HP SB700 USB OHCI0 Controller
USB Controller 5 : HP SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
USB Controller 6 : HP SB700 USB EHCI Controller
USB Controller 7 : HP SB700 USB OHCI2 Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : HP VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : ATI SB600 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 2 : ATI AFS SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Printer : HP Officejet 7200 series (1200x1200, USB, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Peripherals
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()

Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet, 100Mbps)
Wireless Adapter 1 : Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module #2 (802.11g (ERP), WEP n-bit, 54Mbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.1

Performance Tips
Warning 100 : Large memory sizes should be made of Registered/Buffered memory.
Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

[Raoul23]

I see you have an AMD processor I think I've read on here that they are not very compatible with PT

[Darryl Ramm]

The problem with this systems is the single disk drive, you need a separate dedicated drive for Pro Tools audio/session files.

And that drive needs to meet all the pro Tools audio drive specs, including begin 7200 rpm (or SSD).

In this case not only do you have a single drive, but it is one of the most crappy worst drives possible for Pro Tools, or many other application. These WDC Caviar Green drives are just toxic for Pro Tools. They are not 7200 rm and their power saving tricks just cause all sorts of problems for high-performance IO apps. HP includes them because they are cheap (and nasty). No OEM should be putting these crap drives in systems, they are archive drives at best. HP should be ashamed of themselves. you are absolutely wasting your time with pro Tools of any version running on a single Caviar Green drive.

I would look to install a modern SSD drive, the Samsung 840 pro SSD being the best out there currently IMNSHO. I would install two of those. An SSD/System drive will boot so much faster etc. that the clunker you have. These SSD drives are so fast you may get away with one drive and using audio session files on the system/boot drive with them for not so demanding session.

Not bad, you started with a plugin error on start up and we've got you to needing one or two new disk drives and a full OS reinstall....


Darryl

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by Raoul23

I see you have an AMD processor I think I've read on here that they are not very compatible with PT

While I would always pick a system with an Intel i7 if buying one, there are many folks here running on a Phenom II processor. The real problems with AMD processors were older versions.

This is not not likely an issue--certainly not compared to the toxic WDC Caviar Green drive.

Darryl

[Soul El]

I kinda like my crappy WDC Caviar Green Toxic power saving trickery drive....

[Soul El]

Well if its something I can go grab right now and build with, givin its not too expensive I can go pick it up. For now I dont plan to mix in PT just create in as a HOST. I can always stem out and blah blah, I just want to create with it, Can I opperate on one ssd? Shoot me some specs and I'm out the door. Been considering a cpu upgrade for a while, (my laptop is better than my desktop) just being patient for now.

[Darryl Ramm]

Is your inteface Firewire based?

If so the other issue in the Sandra report is the motherboard here uses a Via Firewire chipset, you are really supposed to gave a TI chipset. I suspect some folks have the Via running OK with Pro Tools, but they really are not ideal.

With all these issues no wonder you had problems with Pro Tools 8.

I can't work out whether you are asking for specs for a SSD drive (I already gave it -- get a Samsung 840 Pro, the "Pro" part is important, they come in several sizes) or specs for a whole new system. If the later you should start by working this stuff out for yourself, and all that info is available online, start here http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/e...ility/en419171.

You don't need to purchase a new system just because of the Firewire, you can purchase a low cost TI chipset based Firewire adapter PCIe cards and use this.

Darryl