Moving across the pond (Mac to PC) Help needed

[dat_nomad]

OK, I'm in a bind and my g3 just aint kicking it the way we used too. I'm taking a leap of faith and believing everyone telling me a p4 will run ptle just fine. i purchased a Dell 4550 with a 2.5 processor it has 256mb ram out the box.(I'll get some new sticks this weekend.) I downloaded the 5.3 exe. on another computer then brang it over via CDR. I installed the card ,PTLE 5.3 and quicktime 5.0. I opened up a new project and went to record off the analog inputs and wham it tells me the buffer is set too low. I change it and it now says it's too high. Do i need more ram to run this thing or am I just PC stupid? I cant seem to get it to do anything but open. anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong??????

[Chris Cavell]

You'll probably see major improvements with just a little more ram. I've run into these probs before (also on systems w/ little ram), sometimes setting the default record time in the preferences seemed to help.

[Jorge442]

what operating system do you have?

I hope someone points you to the right direction since I´m not familiar with PT5.3. However I did have the same problem with 5.1 and WinMe, I had to get rid of the ¨Ultra (Intel?)storage driver, install a generic(microsoft) disk driver and enable DMA on all drives.
You can find step by step instructions on how to do this. It´s really not that hard at all.

good luck.

jorge

[Alex T.]

The storage driver thing is all in the past and doesn't exhist anymore. With XP you won't have to change anything, although I don't like the idea of a cluttered Dell PC [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

[vonbleak101]

You probebly dont want to hear this, but you should have asked us about your PC before you paid for it. We have 'the ultimate PC for under a grand' thread which is always updated with the best parts, And its alot cheaper that a dell pre built system, and its designed with only 1 thing in mind, the best PT performance. [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[dat_nomad]

LOL well I thought about that sys but I got a great deal on it and didn't have to come out of pocket except for more ram. As far as it being a preconfiged sys, i figured there should be little conflicts as i'm only adding 1 piece of hardware. I do hate the fact it came jam packed with all these programs I wil neve use (norton, ms office, aol etc............). It's running Xp home and the install went smooth It seems it needs more ram which I plan on getting this weekend anyway. BTW 5.3 looks and acts like 5.1 does as far as I can see. I haven't recorded yet to get into true editing but we'll see.

[vonbleak101]

Yeah, you want at least 512mb ram, is it DDR? If so thats a good thing.

Also 5.3 is the same as 5.1 ecxept that its 32tracks not 24tracks. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[dat_nomad]

yeah it is DDR 333, expensive stuff.

[vonbleak101]

Expaensive? Mmmm How much have you seen it for?

Here in Melbourne i can get 512mb DDR333 for $125, which is about $70 US. Thats not too bad. [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[dat_nomad]

actually Ijust started looking i seen it for $150 US. but that was in the local retail chains.