Constant Clock & 6086 errors WHY? WHY? Digidesign PLEASE Answer

[15th SINE]

Hi I recently upgraded my rig to Digi 003 Rack Factory with Pro Tools LE 8.0
Loving new features of Pro Tools, but constant errors keep coming up forcing me to save , shutdown my computer then boot up everything again ggggrrr.

Errors including are the following:

1. The Operating System held off interrupts for too long. If this occurs frequently, try increasing the “H/W Buffer Size” in the Playback Engine (-6086)

2. Problem detected with audio clock. Check that your clock source and sample rate are correct.

3. Pro Tools cannot communicate with 003. Please reconnect the unit and press ok. (Umm ok I NEVER touched the Power button, power plug or firewire cable.)

4. Audio Engine play startup deadline was missed.

I never got these sought of errors on my Digi 001. Here’s my current playback engine setup, tell me if it’s ok or tell me a better one.

H/W Buffer Size: 1024
RTAS Processors: 2 Processors
CPU Usage Limit: 85 %
DAE Playback Buffer
Size: Level 2 Cache Size: Normal

Or does my System PC Suck and has issues with it. PLEASE help me

PC – Windows XP PRO SP3, 32 bit
4gig RAM (DDR1)
Gigabyte 8IPE775P Motherboard
Intel i865PE Chipset
Intel Pentium 4, 530J CPU (3Gig) – (1 Physical Processor / 1 Core / 2 Logical Processors)
Gigabyte Radeon 9250 Video Card (128 mb total memory)
C: Drive for programs 80 gig Seagate , E: Drive for Audio 160 gig Seagate
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

[sw rec]

Hmmm....my only thought would be that a Pentium 4 isn't much horsepower for the newer software. I ran my old 001 on one and got along fine with up to about 6.1, but wouldn't think there's enough resources to run 8.
Clocking...have your sync source set to internal or external?

[TOM@METRO]

My first thought is one you are not gonna' like. Your system is not strong enough to run PT8 well. That being said, if you want to proceed to try to get out of it what you can, then first post a Sandra report. Instructions are here.

EDIT: Have you tried more than one firewire port and cable?

[sw rec]

EDIT: Have you tried more than one firewire port and cable?

While you're doing that, remember to NEVER hot-swap a firewire cable.

"WHY? WHY? Digidesign PLEASE Answer"

This is a USERS forum, but they might chime in from time to time......

[pianosound]

+1 on a weak system!!! My P4 got me to PT 6.4,,, sort of,,, had to upgrade in order to use PT 8!

Sorry man,,, good luck,,,, Mike

[Jenk2k]

You should roll back to an earlier version of Pro Tools. You can get alot done in 7.4 with a system like that.

[15th SINE]

but i thought my system is fast yea always new technology you must upgrade asap

my clock source is set to "Internal"

Would getting a new Firewire PCI card & Cable do the trick ?

i have another PC which is newer i just use for the net thing is its Vista
i could Roll it back to XP Pro and add more Ram heres the specs on my other one, tell me if its any good and if it get rid of all these errors

Accer 1640
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
3 Gig RAM – DDR2 – SDRAM
NVIDIA MCP73 Motherboard
NVIDIA GeForce 7050 Chipset
Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2160 (1.80GHz) – (1 Physical Processors, 2 Cores, 2 Logical Processors/64 bit)
NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i Video Card (256 mb Total Memory)
C: Drive for programs Hitachi 74 gig D: drive for Audio Hitachi 74 gig
VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (Fire Wire port)

[TOM@METRO]

In a word... NO.


The Intel CPU and the Nvidia chipset together are known to be problematic with Pro Tools.

[15th SINE]

So now i have to buy / build a new PC to over come this were can i find ideal specs for PC , i want the next one to be a Quadcore im so angry now. o well i think i can hold off a bit and put up with run errors.

[TOM@METRO]

You can still post a Sandra report and see if there is some way to improve things inexpensively.