6.7 LE HELP WANTED FROM WINDOWS EXPERT

Hello, I have installed LE 6.7 on sony 2.8 laptop with mbox and it just won't run, even with an empty song i get the error message "audio processing is in conflict with other CPU tasks, try reducing the HW buffer -6129" i reduce the buffer then get the error message " the operating system held off interupts far too long, increase the HW buffer size -9073" I have tried all HW buffer settings and DAE buffer settings! I have re installed everything. I have set my IDE/ATA controllers to DMA I have had this post on the windows LE forum for 4 days and still no fix and i am getting frustrated with it not working. Can anyone help? Regards Chris Sony vaio 2.8 ghz windows XP PT 6.7 cs8 mbox

How much ram do you have ..? I had the same problem with my Hp Pavilion - protools wont work with less then 350 ram I didn't know that so I upgrade to 1024 & now everything work's ...wow....great May be this is your problem . Cheers

Hello, Yes i have had PT running fine on this laptop! 6.2 & 6.4 would run ok, i upgraded to 6.7 about 5-6 weeks ago and this is the first time i have actually tried to run a song. I can't find my 6.4 code! i have 6.1 code but can't find the 6.1 installed, so i can only try 6.7 at the moment! Sony Vaio laptop 2.8ghz 512 ram PT 6.7 le cs8 mbox (mbox is plugged directly into the laptop) windows xp home office xp norton system works (tried with this disabled) Regards Chris

Hello, I have totally uninstalled 6.7 and done a fresh install of 6.4 and still i can't get Pro tools to run without these error messages!! even with an empty song i get the error message "audio processing is in conflict with other CPU tasks, try reducing the HW buffer -6129" i reduce the buffer then get the error message " the operating system held off interupts far too long, increase the HW buffer size -9073" It will run for 10-15 seconds and thats it!! This used to run Pro tools no problem!? i don't know what could have happened to change this!!!! I have installed Norton firewall and anti virus in the past month!!? but i have tried turning these off, with no differenece. Would uninstalling norton be the answer? has anyone had to uninstall Norton to get Pro tools to work? Regards Chris

You may get more help or answers with this question if you ask this question in the Windows LE Forum instead of TDM.

I hate to bear the bad news, but... the chipset on most Sony VAIO computers is SiS. Unfortunately, this chipset is not compatible with PT... Even if you had gotten / get it to run, it may not be the most efficient... Good luck...

Hi Chris, Some of these you might have tried but.. Norton has been known to cause trouble. On my laptop I can run sessions all day on the internal drive with an Mbox, but no go with 002R- unless I have an external drive (firewire cardbus issues?). I also have to disable my wireless card, sound card, and have nothing running in the background- or at startup- and keep a lean system for an effective laptop setup. Check that your power management settings are set to "always on" and try selecting (or deselecting) page file settings ("Windows manages memory" page file and/or user settings etc.). *Your display settings, amount of RAM, and how full your hardrive is (and running session @ just 44.1/16 bit) can help. However, as mentioned, certain chipsets can cause issues and I think (of all things) I even had a wireless mouse and keyboard giving me issues on my laptop once. Most laptops drives are 4200 RPM..contrary to 5400 as sometimes reported..which can result in a lot drive issues. One last thing(s) -I've even had to disable SD cards/slots- and "adjust for best performance" and disable any "auto updating" in Control Panel/System Properties. Just some thoughts regarding possible XP configurations.. but please be careful if your unsure of any DEEP tweaking or adjustments. Good luck, len

Hello, Thank you L.A. Branville, The problem was infact my PC card wireless adapter D-LINK airplus extreme!! I was sure i had both this and PT le working before i did a new install! but that was it!! i have had to revert back to a usb wireless adapter!! Regards Chris