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Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
Hello,
apologies for posting a second problem in just a few days. Possibly just my 3rd overall in the eight year sof using pro tools, so i should maybe consider myself lucky. I just had my pc fixed/reformatted, and managed to get a day's use of PT. Today though, every time I opened it, my audio hard drive failed! It's completely usable up to the point PT starts, then it's unusable on or off PT. I restart and it's working fine again til using pro tools. I am extremely confused. It's the same system I had before it failed on me last week, so nothing new has been added. Plus I did get one day's use, so it doesn't appear to be an usolvable intrinsic problem, right? I should possibly add that the sata cables were loose when i got the pc back, but i still don't know if that's relevant since i can use the drive in non-PT needs (plus the operating system drive is fine). But maybe PT use may put more pressure than just listening to music from the drive thus pushing a potentially loose cable? The errors displayed have been three: delayed write e (PT drive):/m$t (as a windowns alert), DAE 9060 and disk failed! the symptom is always the same) I use 6.4cs9, on XP, Athlon 3200, 1GB ram. not running antivirus or anything else, but again let me stress that i had a problem free system for years, so it must possibly relate to the pc repair (which still has the paradox of working fine for a day afterwards) Sorry for the long mail:) Once again would be grateful for some help, 10 days of of PT celibacy has been arduous enough:) |
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
Update: it all works fine if i run it all from my C drive (operating sys). Music Drive still works perfectly fine outside pro tools, so I don't know if this new info makes the solution to the problem easier ?
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
Thanks for your response Shan. The drive itself is fairly new at 7-8 months, but you never know. Do you think though that it makes sense that I can play files from that drive through windows media player?
And do you think these symptoms could have anything to do with the cable, especially given that it was loose when i received it? Either way I assume the problem arose during transit/repairs and has either damaged the cable or the hard drive- i can't see how any pro tools or compatibility related issues would only go for drive c and not e (but i'm far from an expert) |
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
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Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
Also try a different SATA port on the motherboard.
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
Thank you both. I will try switching sata ports on the MB, I only have two, so if windows doesnt load at all it should confirm its the port.
>>>It could be the cable which is something not to rule out, but as you have discovered, Media player can play audio files on that drive. Your own trouble shooting steps seem to be pointing at the hard drive itself. But if it is the drive, shouldnt the media player be unable to play music off it? It's a holiday here today so I can't take the system back, you're stuck with my questions:) I'll update soon, its been a long night trying to get this sorted, so I'm off to my bed for now. Thanks again! |
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Re: Audio Hard Drive fails when PT launches!
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Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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