Installation guide

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Installation Guide : System Requirements

Installation Guide

Pyramix MassCore Systems

• CPU: For MassCore systems the currently recommended processor for best performance is the

Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 CPU.

• Mother Board: The Intel DP35DP with the P35 chipset is the current recommended and certified-

board.

Note: Avoid any Intel X5000 chipset series motherboards, present in some Intel Macs,

certain Dell machines as well as various off-the-shelf motherboards.

• 1 or more available PCIe x1 slots for Mykerinos PCI Express based systems

• RAM: Minumum 2GB RAM

Note: DDR RAM DIMMs should always be installed in matched pairs. I.e. same manufac-

turer, same size and same series. Also, take note of the motherboard manufacturers rec-

ommendations. Reputable memory manufacturers will also be able to advise on

compatible memory.

• OS: We recommend and certify Pyramix Version 6 under Windows XP SP2 Professional and

Windows Vista Business.

Note: Although not certified, Pyramix with MassCore™ has also been observed to work

under the Home editions of XP SP2 and Vista without any known edition related issues to

date.

Other Components

• Sufficient HD space and speed for your audio media files. The speed and amount of disk space

required depends on sample rate, wordlength, number of tracks and length of program material.

• A typical SATA drive is sufficient for 48 tracks at 48 kHz. Higher track-counts and/or higher sampling

rates will require multiple drives configured in Raid 0 or Raid 5

• We recommend disks should be formatted as NTFS volumes

• CD-ROM drive or better (since Pyramix software is delivered on a CD)

• SXGA 17" monitor or better. Multiple 19” monitors highly recommended

• 3 button mouse