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Originally Posted by Phil Bradbury  My laptop has an Intel Core 2 duo with 3 gb of Ram. I did not dissable anything prior to loading ProTools. Since I use the laptop for work too I do the following when I am going to use ProTools:
NOTE: I use a stand alone 320 gb hard drive for all my ProTools music files.
Hardware: I dissable the Firewire Port
Software: I go to RUN: MSCONGIG and only load the Microsoft Services
Is there something else that I should disable? Thanks, Phil |
Enable DMA for any IDE hard drives.
1. Choose Start > Control Panel.
2. Launch System.
3. Click Hardware tab
4. Under Device Manager, choose Device Manager
5. In the Device Manage window, double click IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, then double-click the Primary IDE Channel for your IDE hard drive.
6. Click the Advanced Settings Tab.
7. For each device, set the Transfer Mode to "DMA if available" click OK
8. Repeat steps 5-7 for any additional IDE Channels.
9. Close the Computer Management Window.
Disable System Standby and Power Management
1. Choose Start > Control Panel
2. Launch Power Options
WAIT BEFORE I CONTINUE DID YOU SAY YOU'RE ON VISTA?