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Old 10-03-2006, 04:24 AM
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Hello, I have a g5 quad, 2gb of ram, mac osx tiger 10.4.4. I have connected my 002 rack and after setting up the computer as per instructed, protools looses the connection with the 002rack. it tells me that i need to up-grade the h/w buffer size. it was on 512 so i set it to 1024, this is the highest setting that i have and i am still experiencing the same problem. The error window also tells me that i might need to check the clock source, i have this set to internal, could there be a problem with the internal clock? or is there just something stupid that i'm missing?
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Old 10-03-2006, 05:22 AM
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Over the years, there have been reports that the 002 works differently on the front and rear firewire ports on some PowerMac G5's. If you're using the front, try the rear, and vice versa - just to eliminate this possibility.
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Old 10-03-2006, 10:25 AM
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Tried that and it still doesn't work. Thanks anyway.
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Old 10-04-2006, 05:34 PM
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I have the G5 2.7 dual, with 2.5 gigs of ram, and 10.4.7, And i am having the same issue????

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Old 10-04-2006, 11:35 PM
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You must be using Pro Tools LE 7.1cs9 - If you're not on 7.1 then you are going to experience all kinds of problems. 7.1 has support for the Quad. Otherwise just follow the Mac troubleshooting thread that is stickied here and you should be up and running without much buffer problems.
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Old 10-06-2006, 12:20 PM
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You must be using Pro Tools LE 7.1cs9 - If you're not on 7.1 then you are going to experience all kinds of problems. 7.1 has support for the Quad. Otherwise just follow the Mac troubleshooting thread that is stickied here and you should be up and running without much buffer problems.
Thanks for the tip. I've been having problems similar to those descried above.
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Old 10-06-2006, 05:17 PM
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I have been having this problem forever. And still can't figure it out. It's driving me frigg'n nuts. I have also just upgraded to a 2x2.6 Mac Pro, and Protools 7.1. SAME PROBLEM. it goes for to seconds and the error "Increase the H/W Buffer"appears. I increase the size, all combinations, No luck.I tried the Digi trouble shooting, sent a email to digi tech support detailing the problems. I cannot figure this out someone please help. I can now only suspect it's the hardware.(?)
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Old 10-06-2006, 06:20 PM
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I have been having this problem forever. And still can't figure it out. It's driving me frigg'n nuts. I have also just upgraded to a 2x2.6 Mac Pro, and Protools 7.1. SAME PROBLEM. it goes for to seconds and the error "Increase the H/W Buffer"appears. I increase the size, all combinations, No luck.I tried the Digi trouble shooting, sent a email to digi tech support detailing the problems. I cannot figure this out someone please help. I can now only suspect it's the hardware.(?)
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You say you're using 7.1 - you need at least 7.1.1 for an Intel-based Mac.
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Old 10-07-2006, 03:47 AM
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Are you using any cracked/ out of date / serial or demo reset (eg waves 4), type software?

Make sure your CPU performance is set in system preferences> energy saver> options, to 'highest' that was one thing that seemed to help me.

The troubleshooting sticky really is a comprehensive guide, worth a look at least.
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Old 10-07-2006, 05:14 PM
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You must be using Pro Tools LE 7.1cs9 - If you're not on 7.1 then you are going to experience all kinds of problems. 7.1 has support for the Quad. Otherwise just follow the Mac troubleshooting thread that is stickied here and you should be up and running without much buffer problems.
Help!
I did a clean install of OS X (now 10.4.7) and did a clean install of PT7 (now ver. 7.1,) and now Pro Tools won't even launch!
I updated the PACE software; checked the iLok; made sure Mbox firmware is current; checked all plugs...and it still won't launch. Did the usual digi.plist; DAE prefs and all that stuff w/restart....

Any ideas what might be going on here? Any suggestions for a fix? I'm exhausted and frustrated!

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