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Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started 8
4
Under Device Manager, choose Device Man-
ager.
5
In the Device Manager 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,” and click OK.
8
Repeat steps 5–7 for any additional IDE Chan-
nels.
9
Close the Computer Management window.
Disabling System Standby and Power
Management
When using Pro Tools, the Windows System
Standby power scheme must be set to Always
On. This helps prevent long record or playback
passes from stopping due to system resources
powering down.
To configure Windows Power Management:
1
Choose Start > Control Panel.
2
Double-click Power Options.
3
Click the Power Schemes tab.
4
From the Power Schemes pop-up menu, select
Always On.
5
Click OK.
This sets System Standby, System Hibernate,
and “Turn off hard disks” to Never.
Disabling ClearType Font Smoothing
When using Pro Tools, the Effects “Clear Type”
setting must be disabled.
To disable ClearType font smoothing:
1
Choose Start > Control Panel.
2
Double-click Display.
3
Click the Appearance tab.
4
Click Effects.
5
Deselect “Use the following methods to
smooth edges of screen fonts.”
6
Click OK to save your settings and close the
Effects dialog.
7
Click OK.
8
Restart the computer.
Recommended Optimizations
Pro Tools can also be affected by other software
and hardware drivers installed on your com-
puter. It is recommended (but not required) that
you do the following:
• Avoid running any unneeded programs at
the same time as Pro Tools.
• Turn off any software utilities that run in
the background, such as Windows Messen-
ger, calendars, and disk maintenance pro-
grams.
• Turn off any nonessential USB devices
while running Pro Tools.
• If your video display card supports it, en-
able Bus Mastering in the manufacturer’s
Control Panel. Refer to the manufacturer’s
instructions for details.
On AMD processors, be sure to check and
disable Cool N’Quiet in the System BIOS (in
the Cool & Quiet Configuration section).
Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation
for instructions on disabling this power op-
tion, if necessary.