Pro Tools 10 Freezes

[critza]

Regardless of my normal "Pro Tools could not save the session because it´s critically low on memory" error, i am now experiencing (since upgrading to PT 10)
alot of hangups and freezes with pro tools. I use R and T hotkeys in the edit window alot and work with Intstrument tracks to mostly draw the notes because im a lousy piano player.

Now it´s kinda hard to work while i have to wait all the time.

Mbox 3 on this System.

This is an older sandra report, and the only difference now is that i have an Mbox 3 and a USB hub for my ilok, but the issue described above was there before the USB hub.

<<< Computer Overview >>>
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< Computer >
Model: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Workgroup: WORKGROUP
Host Name: Studio
User: Christer

< Processor >
Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @
3.33GHz
Speed: 3.5GHz
Cores per Processor: 6 Unit(s)
Threads per Core: 1 Unit(s)
Type: Six-Core
Integrated Data Cache: 3x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64
byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache: 3x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64
byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache: 12MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way,
Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 32 threads
sharing

< Computer >
Mainboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
BIOS: Award (Phoenix) F6 08/24/2010
Bus(es): X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/
SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support: No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (:Yes
Total Memory: 8GB DIMM DDR3

< Chipset >
Model: Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 3.24GHz (6.48GHz)

< Chipset >
Model: Giga-Byte Core Desktop (Gulftown) Uncore
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 3.24GHz (6.48GHz)
Total Memory: 8GB DIMM DDR3
Channels: 2
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 675MHz (1.35GHz)

< Memory Module(s) >
Memory Module: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)

< Video System >
Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (1120 SM5.0 915MHz,
1GB DDR5 4.2GHz 256-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (1120 SM5.0 915MHz,
1GB DDR5 4.2GHz 256-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

< Graphics Processor >
OpenCL Processor: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (1120SP 14C 915MHz,
512MB DDR5 4.2GHz 256-bit)
Compute Shader Processor: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (1120SP 915MHz, 1GB
DDR5 4.2GHz 256-bit)
STREAM Processor: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (1120SP 14C 915MHz,
1GB DDR5 4.2GHz 256-bit)

< Storage Devices >
SAMSUNG HD753LJ (750.2GB, SATA:699GB (E:)
WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B0 (500.1GB:466GB (G:)
WDC WD1500BLFS-01YBU0 (150GB, :140GB (I:)
INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC (80GB, SA:75GB (F:)
WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (640.1GB:596GB (J:)
SAMSUNG HD203WI (2TB, SATA300,:2TB (H:)
C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB (SATA:119GB (D:)
OCZ-VERTEX2 (60GB, SATA300, SS:56GB (C:)
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A (RAID,:3007217TB (K:)
CBU O5QJ8TYZ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-D:N/A (L:)
CBU O5QJ8TYZ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-D:N/A (M:)

< Logical Storage Devices >
Lagring (E:): 699GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD753LJ (750.2GB,
SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Backup (G:): 466GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B0 (500.1GB,
SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Samplingar (I:): 140GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1500BLFS-01YBU0 (150GB,
SATA300, 2.5", 10000rpm, 16MB Cache)
Samplingar2 (F:): 75GB (NTFS) @ INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC (80GB,
SATA300, 2.5", SSD)
Pro Tools (J:): 596GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (640.1GB,
SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Lagring 2 (H:): 2TB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD203WI (2TB, SATA300,
3.5", 5400rpm, 32MB Cache)
Samplingar (D:): 119GB (NTFS) @ C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB
(SATA600, SSD)
Hard Disk (C:): 56GB (NTFS) @ OCZ-VERTEX2 (60GB, SATA300,
SSD)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:): N/A
Optical Drive (K:): N/A @ Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A (RAID, DVD+-RW,
CD-RW)
Optical Drive (L:): N/A @ CBU O5QJ8TYZ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+
-R-DL, CD-R)
Optical Drive (M:): N/A @ CBU O5QJ8TYZ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+
-R-DL, CD-R)

< Peripherals >
LPC Hub Controller 1: Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1: ITE IT8720F
Audio Device: Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Audio Device: ASUS Radeon 68xx HDMI Audio (NI Barts)
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte 88SE9128 SATA-600 Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID
Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID
Controller
USB Controller 1: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4: Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8: Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1: Giga-Byte TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-
layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1: Intel ICH SMBus

< Printers and Faxes >
Printer: Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600,
Colour)
Fax: Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

< Network Services >
Network Adapter: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet,
100Mbps)

< 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: 7.0

[john5193]

You aren't the only one with this issue. I've done every optimization on my windows system and am having hang ups and freezez too. They normally only last one or two seconds, but there have been the occasional 5 second freeze. Can't post a sandra at the moment, but I think it's a PT thing and not system thing. PT 9 did not have this issue. Do you have Delay Comp set to max or long? It could very well be the system having to reset the compensation on the max setting.

[critza]

Originally Posted by john5193

Do you have Delay Comp set to max or long? It could very well be the system having to reset the compensation on the max setting.

Dont know, ill check it out!

[john5193]

Originally Posted by critza

Dont know, ill check it out!

Let me know once you check. :)

[critza]

Originally Posted by john5193

Let me know once you check. :)

Ok this latest session the ADC was set to Long, and it still freezes.

[jeam25]

This really strange ...i installed few days ago PT10 and didnt have that error BUT yesterday it start to happens suddenly . Maybe its related with the PACE intelock... do you can maybe download the lastest drives and see what happen..

[john5193]

Originally Posted by jeam25

This really strange ...i installed few days ago PT10 and didnt have that error BUT yesterday it start to happens suddenly . Maybe its related with the PACE intelock... do you can maybe download the lastest drives and see what happen..

I have the newest drivers. and all my plugs are UTD. I think it's something within PT

[jeam25]

Today im.planning a fresh windows install.to see i let.you know .

[H-Musikk]

I too see this behaviour from time to time...

[grendizer]

are you guys working on big sessions?

Im still on HD9, but maybe you guys need more then 8gb of ram, for the new disk cache feature. i could be very wrong about this, but pt never utilized more then 4gigs of ram up till now.

New Disk Cache Settings

(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only) Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit now let you load audio files used in Pro Tools sessions into RAM for cached playback. Pro Tools prioritizes files closest to the current playhead location. This way, when you start playback, those files are already cached for playback. This is especially useful when working with shared media storage (such as with Avid Unity MediaNetwork and ISIS shared storage systems).

To determine the maximum amount of RAM available for Disk Cache, Pro Tools polls the computer for the amount of RAM installed and subtracts 3 GB with Mac systems or 4 GB with Windows systems.