Liquid blue v5.6 Upgrade Cookbook Liquid blue v5.6 Upgrade Cookbook v. 1.0 Version 1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CAVEAT UPGRADER................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 3 RELATED DOCUMENTS............................................................. 3 SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS....................................................... 4 How Much RAM is Necessary? ............................................................................................................ 4 Operating System .........
Caveat Upgrader There are two categories of Liquid blue users who will need to follow separate upgrade instructions to prepare their systems for a Liquid blue v5.6 installation: 1. Customers using HP xw6000 or Compaq Evo W8000 have to upgrade to Windows XP Professional 2. Customers using legacy systems (3 height units chassis and 5 height units chassis with ASUS CUV4X-DLS main board) must not upgrade to Windows XP.
System Considerations How Much RAM is Necessary? Liquid blue requires a minimum 512 MB RAM. 1GB is recommended for demanding use of all features. Operating System Windows XP Professional SP1 (including DirectX 9.0a or 9.0b) is required for the following turnkeys: • HP XW6000 workstation • Compaq Evo W8000 workstation TSRs Software such as Scheduler, Task Reminder, Microsoft Outlook, Real Player and Screen Savers can interrupt a Liquid blue session causing drop frames and other performance problems.
Upgrading HP xw6000 to Windows XP There are 3 things you will need to do to upgrade your xw6000 to get Liquid blue v5.60 up and running: 1. Update your system BIOS to v. 1.17 2. Update OS using Pinnacle’s Windows XP Restore CD for HP xw6000 3. Install Liquid blue v5.60 Update Your System BIOS If your system is not running the certified xw6000 BIOS version 1.17, please upgrade your BIOS. You can download the BIOS from the HP support site: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.
. You will see the windows desktop. If your blue hardware is installed, a number of dialog boxes will appear asking if you want to install drivers. Click Cancel for each of these. If your system has a connection to the Internet, you may want to download the most recent Microsoft system and security downloads. Only install system and security updates recommended by Microsoft. This may include DirectX 9.0b, which is certified for use with Liquid blue v5.60. Install the Liquid blue v5.60 Software 1.
SYSTEM SUMMARY HP XW6000 Main Board: HP system board rev. 0F BIOS: RAM: CPU: HP System ROM v. 1.17 1024 MB PC2100 ECC DDR 266 Dual Intel Xeon CPU 2.66 GHz or 2.8 GHz SCSI: Adaptec AIC-7902 Ultra320 Dual Adapter driver V1.2.0.0 BIOS build 40030 VGA: Matrox G450 or G550, Graphics Bios 1.0 b09, Power Desk 6.86.027, driver: 5.86.32.0 Audio: on board SoundMAX (AC`97) (not tested) LAN: onboard Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver: 6.34.0.
Upgrading Compaq Evo W8000 to Windows XP There are 3 things you will need to do to upgrade your xw6000 to get Liquid blue v5.60 up and running: 1. Update your system BIOS to v. 1.27 2. Update OS using a retail Windows XP Professional CD 3. Install Liquid blue v5.60 Update Your System BIOS If your system is not running the certified BIOS version 1.27, please upgrade your BIOS. You can download the BIOS from the HP support site: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/evoworkstation/us/locate/20_1332.
Install the Liquid blue v5.60 Software 1. Install the Liquid blue v5.60 software per the installation instructions (see below, step 14 to 16), then Commotion and Impression. 2. Reinstall all your projects, user data and non-system files that you have backed up. Your system is now ready for use again. (For tips on backup see Appendix A – Back Up and Archiving Your Projects). Liquid blue v5.
SYSTEM SUMMARY COMPAQ EVO W8000 BIOS: Compaq System-BIOS v. 1.27 RAM: 512 MB PC800 RDRAM (min.), ECC (1024 MB recommended) CPU: Single or dual Intel Xeon CPU 2 or 2.2 GHz (single 2 GHz is standard) SCSI: ADAPTEC AIC-7899 Ultra160 Dual, standard W2K driver, BIOS Rev.: 2.55.2 VGA: Matrox G 450 AGP DH Driver Package 5.86.032 (WHQL certified); Kernel driver 5.12.01.1860, Power desk 6.86.027 (Graphics BIOS 2.0 B36) Audio: RME DIGI96/8 PAD Broadcast, driver 2.
CONFIGURATION NOTES: BIOS: “Advanced\ Bus Options\ PCI SERR# Generation” switch to “Disable”. More details: see section «Installation Procedure». INSTALLATION PROCEDURE for Liquid blue 5.60 Turnkey System: – Set “Screen Refresh Rate” under “Monitor” to 75 Hertz and click OK – Under tab “Troubleshooting” set “Hardware Accelaration” slider one step back to one below maximum 6. Reboot computer 1.
Upgrading Legacy Turnkey Systems to Liquid blue 5.60 If you have a legacy turnkey workstation, you cannot perform a Windows XP upgrade. Blue turnkeys 1 and 2 (3 / 5 height units 19” chassis, ASUS CUV4X-DLS main board) are not supported under Windows XP. You can keep your current Windows 2000 Professional installation, but you should install all available and recommended system and security updates from the Microsoft web site. This may include DirectX 9.0b, which is certified for use with Liquid blue v5.60.
SYSTEM SUMMARY ASUS CUV4X-DLS BASED LEGACY TURNKEY SYSTEMS: Mainboard: ASUS CUV4X-DLS BIOS: Award BIOS, Asus Rev. 1014 Chipset: VIA 694XDP (VIA VT82C694XDP North Bridge and VIA VT82C686B South Bridge) RAM: 512 MB RAM SDRAM Infineon DIMM ECC unbuffered (1024 MB recommended) CPU: Dual CPU support up to ~1.1 GHz CPU (2x866 MHz tested) SCSI: Onboard Symbios Logic Dual channel controller Ultra3 53C1010-33 (Version PCI4.18.032), Driver 5.9.0.0 VGA: Matrox G 450 AGP DH Driver Package 5.86.
CONFIGURATION NOTES: 5. Windows 2000 / VIA Drivers 1. Hardware Setup Note that many system drivers are not updated automatically (this has to be done in Device Manager using the “Update Driver” button)! VIA device drivers should be updated manually to the latest version available on the system after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000.
APPENDIX A – Backing Up and Archiving Projects What happens when you create a project in blue? PROCEDURE 1. Create a project in Liquid blue called ‘orange’. 2. A folder gets created on the system drive: C:\program files\Liquid blue\projects\orange 3. This folder is the project and will be the location for all files connected to that project except the media, CGs and any imported graphics or sound. 4. A file gets created in the C:\program files\Liquid blue\projects\orange folder called orange.project.
BACKING UP PROJECTS There are two ways to back up the project folder. 1. Liquid blue has a project backup function in the start menu’s ‘projects’ menu (“save a copy…”). This function creates a copy of the current project to whatever destination you specify. No digitized material or CGs or imported material is backed up. 2. The second method for backing up is to simply use Windows explorer to copy the project folder to whatever destination you specify.
‘archive’ attribute from them. Once all the files and folders have had their attributes removed Liquid blue will be able to operate on that project. Project.project file If the .project file is not located in the same folder as the project Liquid blue will not be able to ‘see’ that project. This file can be recreated by creating a new text file and saving it with the project name and a file extension of .project.
