Specifications

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2 Open the computer case. For additional de-
tails on installing a card in your computer, refer
to its documentation.
3 Install the host card in the lowest numbered
slot in your computer. This will be the slot clos-
est to the graphics card.
4 Attach a 1 meter or 1.5 meter expansion chas-
sis cable to the host card.
5 If using a SCSI HBA, install it in the highest
numbered remaining slot in your computer.
Install the chassis controller card:
1 Attach the chassis cable to the connector on
the back of the expansion chassis.
2 Attach the other end of the expansion chassis
cable to the controller card.
Installing the Digidesign Cards
Install the Digidesign audio cards:
1 Install the Pro Tools Core card (clock master
with primary audio interface) in slot 1 of the ex-
pansion chassis.
2 Install the remaining cards in successive PCI
card slots in the chassis, in the following order:
• Pro Tools|HD
• HD Accel
• HD Process
3 Connect all Pro Tools cards with TDM Flex-
Cables. See “Connecting Pro Tools|HD Cards”
on page 6.
Example 3, Pro Tools 7-Slot Expansion
Chassis
Connecting Audio Interfaces
See “Connecting Audio Interfaces” on page 9.
Before removing cards from their antistatic
bags or handling any card, discharge any
static electricity that may be on your clothes
or body by touching a grounded metal sur-
face (such as the power supply case inside
your computer).
Refer to your computer’s documentation to
verify slot order.
6-foot expansion chassis cables are not sup-
ported.
HD-series cards and Pro Tools|24 MIX-se-
ries cards are not compatible, and cannot be
used in the same computer. Never install
Pro Tools|24 MIX-series cards in a
Pro Tools|HD-series system.
Chassis cards with multiple audio interfaces:
Slot Card
Slot 1 HD Core (Interface #1 and #2)
Slot 2 HD Accel or HD Process
(interface #3 and #4)
Slot 3 HD Accel or HD Process
(interface #5 and #6)
Slot 4 HD Accel or HD Process
(interface #7 and #8)
Slot 5 HD Accel or HD Process
Slot 6 HD Accel or HD Process
Slot 7 HD Accel or HD Process