Specifications

Getting Started with MIX10
7 Double-click the Symbios Logic PCI SCSI
Adapter.
8 Click the Driver tab.
9 Click Update Driver and click Next.
10 Select “Search for a suitable driver for my de-
vice” and click Next.
11 Select “Specify a location” and click Next.
12 Click Browse and navigate to the ATTO
folder on the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM.
13 Select EXPRESS.INF and click Open.
14 Click OK.
15 Select Install one of the other drivers and
click Next.
16 Select ExpressPCI Adapter and click Next.
17 Click Finish.
18 Click Close.
19 If you have a dual-channel SCSI card, repeat
steps 7–18 for the second channel.
20 Click OK.
Windows System Settings
To ensure optimum performance with
Pro Tools, you should configure certain Control
Panel settings for your version of Windows XP.
Enabling DMA
Enabling your computer's DMA (Direct Memory
Access) for any IDE/ATA hard drives frees up
CPU bandwidth so your computer can perform
other Pro Tools tasks.
In most cases the DMA option will already be set
correctly, as Windows XP detects and activates
DMA mode by default.
To enable DMA:
1 Right-click My Computer and choose Man-
age.
2 Under System Tools, choose Device Manager.
3 In the Device Manager window, double-click
IDE ATA/TAPI controllers, then double-click the
Primary IDE Channel for your IDE hard drive.
4 Click the Advanced Settings tab.
5 For each device, set the Transfer Mode to
“DMA if available,” and click OK.
6 Repeat steps 3–5 for any additional IDE Chan-
nels.
7 Close the Computer Management window.
Setting Display Effects
While not required, this setting will provide bet-
ter font display and improve graphics perfor-
mance in Pro Tools.
To configure Display Effects:
1 From the Start Menu, choose Control Panel.
2 Double-click Display.
3 Click the Appearance tab.
4 Click Effects.
5 Select “Use the following method to smooth
edges of screen fonts.”
6 Select “Clear Type” from the pop-up menu.
7 Deselect “Show window contents while drag-
ging.”
8 Click OK to save your settings and close the
Effects dialog.
9 Click OK to close the Display Properties dia-
log.