PT 7.3.1 M Powered very slow on each command..help

[theQman]

Hi Everyone

Hope there is someone to help me please. Setup is as follows

Firewire410 with driver 1.8.1 approved with 10.4.0 OS
G5 PowerPC 2GHz with 512MB
Pro Tools 7.3.1 loaded.

I have done the usual disables of Energy Saver,Spotlight,Dashboard etc

When I load my PT session and select keyboard commands during edit the little spinning ball appears for about 20 sec then starts the command I have pressed. Each time the song plays and I select a new command it then stops playing, spins the ball and eventually starts again with the next command. The same happens in mix window when I add a new plugin. This is almost like a lag or something. CPU cant be the issue as it happens without any plugins added as well

My record/playback partition has been correctly setup as OS journal extended.

I must note that I have the exact same setup on my Powerbook G4 PowerPC and it works a dream, however because of processing power for RTAS plugins I need to move all to G5 asap.

any help is appreciated

regards

Quinton

[buctayla]

you need more RAM, remember, 512 is the minimum...I have 1.25GB in my G5 and still get the spinning ball so I know 512MB is going to get it...

[theQman]

Thanks Buctayla, appreciate the response

regards

Quinton

[bubbiesdod]

I am having the same problem. Have been using pro tools on pc desktop with 1 gig of ram with absolutely no problems. I just loaded all the same software (pt and plug-ins) on my Macbook with 512 mb ram, and I get nothing but little spinning balls. It is completely useless. Oh well, I guess I will have to invest in more ram.

Matt

[scuzzytim]

thank god for that!!! had same problem today on macbook. thought it might be ram so ordered 2 gig. looking forward to getting it now knowing it will solve my problem!