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Help (Frustrated) Play button works intermittently
Hi...
Having an issue that occurs periodically (more frequently than not). The play button when pressed sometimes just blinks and doesn't play at all. In addition, I get a "Not Responding" message frequently, either when trying to save a file (on those occassions that I can get PT to work), or sometimes just when selecting a menu item, such as I/O. I am a newbie here, but I've troubleshooted for the past week, figuring that something is probably conflicting with PT. I had other issues following my installation, but I think I've gotten all of them handled. I'm using ProTools 11.1.3, with an Mbox3. I have a dedicated hard drive for the audio files. I read in a forum that you wanted full system specs, which I have included below. Please let me know what I need to look at to get this working consistently. Thanks. Jim SiSoftware Sandra ID Host Name : jspellos-MU2013 Workgroup : WORKGROUP Computer Model : HP EliteBook 8570p 103C_5336AN G=N L=BUS B=HP S=ELI Serial Number : 5CB24***** Chassis : HP Notebook Mainboard : HP 17A7 Serial Number : PCSUDB6******* BIOS : HP 68ICF Ver. F.31 09/24/2012 TPM - Trusted Platform Module : 1.02, IFX Intel vPro : 8.01.00.1265 Total Memory : 8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM Processors Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz (2C 4T 3.59GHz, 3.6GHz IMC, 2x 256kB L2, 4MB L3) Socket/Slot : FC PGA988 Chipset Memory Controller : HP Core (Ivy Bridge) Mobile DRAM Controller 100MHz, 2x 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM 1.6GHz 128-bit Memory Module(s) Memory Module : Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-12800S DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6) Memory Module : Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-12800S DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6) Video System Monitor/Panel : Samsung Generic PnP Monitor (1600x1200, 15.3") Video Adapter : AMD Radeon HD 7570M (6CU 480SP SM5.0 500MHz, 1GB DDR5 3.2GHz 64-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16) Graphics Processor OpenCL GP Processor : AMD Radeon HD 7570M (480SP 6C 500MHz, 1GB DDR5 3.2GHz 64-bit) Compute Shader Processor : AMD Radeon HD 7570M (480SP 6C 500MHz, 1GB DDR5 3.2GHz 64-bit) Storage Devices Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:) (E:) (G:) WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT0 (320.1GB, USB2/SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache) : 298GB (D:) hp DVD A DS8A8SH (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 1MB Cache) : N/A (F:) Logical Storage Devices SYSTEM : 300MB (NTFS) My Passport (D:) : 298GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT0 (320.1GB, USB2/SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache) Hard Disk (C:) : 448GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) HP_RECOVERY (G:) : 15GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) HP_TOOLS (E:) : 2GB (FAT32) @ Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) Optical Drive (F:) : N/A @ hp DVD A DS8A8SH (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 1MB Cache) Peripherals LPC Hub Controller 1 : HP Panther Point LPC Controller LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T1 07-01 Audio Device : HP Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller Audio Codec : Integrated Device Tech 7605 Audio Codec : Lucent/Agere Systems (Was: AT&T MicroElectronics) HDA softmodem Audio Device : HP Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6000 Series] Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio Serial Port(s) : 3 Parallel Port(s) : 1 Disk Controller : HP Panther Point Mobile 6 port SATA AHCI Controller Disk Controller : HP Standard SD Host Controller USB Controller 1 : HP Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller USB Controller 2 : HP Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 USB Controller 3 : HP Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : HP IEEE 1394 Host Controller SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus Printers and Faxes Printer : Send to Microsoft OneNote 15 Driver (1200x1200, Colour) Printer : PDF Complete Converter (2400x2400, Colour) Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour) Printer : HP ePrint (600x600, Parallel, Colour) Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200) Sensors Motion : HP Hewlett-Packard 3-axis Accelerometer (Motion, Accelerometer) Network Services Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet) Network Adapter : Bluetooth Personal Area Network (Ethernet) Wireless Adapter : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 (802.11g (ERP), AES-CCMP, 72Mbps) Power Management Battery No 1 : Hewlett-Packard Primary 58.43Wh/4.61Ah Operating System Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1) Platform Compliance : x64 Windows Experience Index Current System : 4.3 |
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Re: Help (Frustrated) Play button works intermittently
Storage Devices
Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:) (E:) (G:) WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT0 (320.1GB, USB2/SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache) : 298GB (D:) If you are recording to the WDC drive (D:) you'll need to replace it with a 7200rpm drive. The Western Digital Caviar BLACK drives work very well (Higher the cache the better). Stay away from Green drives. EDIT: Just noticed it's a laptop....not sure what drive options will be available to you.
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Too much blood in my drugstream Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AERO D CPU: Intel Alder Lake Core i9-12900K CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2x 32gb 5200MHz) Drives: 2 x Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (Record & Samples) 1 x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (OS Win 11 Pro) GPU:Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCIE 4 PSU: Corsair HX Series HX850 Platinim CASE: Fractal Define XL R2 PT 11HD (v11.3.2) Omni s/pdif <> AxeFxIII HD 96I/O |
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Re: Help (Frustrated) Play button works intermittently
Zedhed...Thanks. I'll check into hard drives tomorrow. Could that be the only thing causing it to hang? Seems like such a simple fix...coulda sworn there was a software/services conflict causing it.
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Re: Help (Frustrated) Play button works intermittently
I'm not sayin it's the only problem but it's the best place to start.
I remember back when I was using PT8 I had those sorts of problems until I switched the drive.
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Too much blood in my drugstream Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AERO D CPU: Intel Alder Lake Core i9-12900K CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB (2x 32gb 5200MHz) Drives: 2 x Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (Record & Samples) 1 x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVME PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (OS Win 11 Pro) GPU:Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCIE 4 PSU: Corsair HX Series HX850 Platinim CASE: Fractal Define XL R2 PT 11HD (v11.3.2) Omni s/pdif <> AxeFxIII HD 96I/O |
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