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Old 02-15-2012, 05:03 AM
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Correct, if you want to waste twice as many PCI slots I agree completely that two Process cards are better than 1 Accel card, however there is still a limit of up to 6 HD cards
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Correct, if you want to waste twice as many PCI slots I agree completely that two Process cards are better than 1 Accel card, however there is still a limit of up to 6 HD cards
Are you sure? Digitest shows more slots... Anyway, just a thumbs-up because those old original PCI Process cards can be bought dirt cheap and they're perfectly capable cards, if you have a slot to put them into
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Reopening this thread...

If i have this configuration:

HD|Core
HD|Core
HD|Accel

Do you know if Flexcable is needed between the first and second HD|Core cards? Obviously between second HD|Core and HD|Accel is needed, but someone can tell me if is needed between HD|Core cards?

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Reopening this thread...

If i have this configuration:

HD|Core
HD|Core
HD|Accel

Do you know if Flexcable is needed between the first and second HD|Core cards? Obviously between second HD|Core and HD|Accel is needed, but someone can tell me if is needed between HD|Core cards?

Thank you!!.
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Default Re: Can I use 2 hd core card?

opening this again!!

I have:
3 - 192 i/o
3 - Core Cards
3 - Accel Cards
2 - process cards
pro tools 10hd with magma 13 slot expansion chassis

is there any benefit to using all 3 core cards then all 3 accel cards and one process card? Will I have same power if I only use 1 core and 3 accel cards?
should i bypass the additional core cards and go 1 core and 3 accel?

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If you have old PCI cards, Core card equals Process card.


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Old 07-06-2020, 05:18 PM
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Default Re: Can I use 2 hd core card?

They are all PCI cards in an expansion bay, correct. Is there any benefit to using all 7 cards with 3 192’s?

How would you order them in your slots?
3 - HD Core cards
3 - HD Accel cards
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Card order *must* be core card first, accel cards second, process cards last. Now back in the day core card was the most expensive so not many had more than one in a system, I am not so sure if you need to put all core cards first. Knowing core card is identical to process card (except the core capability) you may need to put rest of the core cards after accel cards. Just try it.
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Old 07-09-2020, 01:41 AM
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the order that was functional initially was as follows

slot 1 - core card
slot 2 - core card
slot 3 - process card
slot 4 - process card
slot 5 - process card

I did not check if computer registered all cards prior to test, but i took them out and added

slot 1 - core card
slot 2 - accel card
slot 3 - accel card
slot 4 - core card
slot 5 - process card
slot 6 - process card
slot 7 - process card

...PT WOULDNT EVEN START, the computer wouldnt start either

so I tried...

slot 1 - core card
slot 2 - accel card
slot 3 - accel card
slot 4 - core card

same thing, wouldnt start nothing would

so I tried...

slot 1 - core card
slot 2 - accel card
slot 3 - accel card
slot 4 - accel card

computer said tdm cable was unplugged and it wasnt and I tried numerous tdm cables

so I ...
slot 1 - core card
slot 2 - accel card
slot 3 - accel card

and it worked(but only with the tdm cables that WERE MADE IN CHINA! The usa made tdm cables did not work at all, sadly). voice count was low, and if I try and use more than 1 dsp in the playback engine, it will crash and upon restart will go back to 1 dsp...

damn
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