Installation guide

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Installation Guide : System Requirements

Installation Guide

Pyramix V6 Mykerinos Systems

• CPU: The Intel Core 2 Duo (E6550 or higher) series CPU is the minimum recommended proces-

sor for Pyramix version 6.0 systems.

• 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.

Two additional possible but currently un-certified motherboards are the ASUS P5E WS Professional and

the Foxconn X38 both offering PCI legacy and PCIe slots for use with both Mykerinos MB1-5 PCI DSP

boards as well as Mykerinos X-30/X-50 PCIe boards. Any system built on one of these boards should

include a Core2 processor and at least 1GB of DDR2 series RAM (Minimum 2GB for Windows Vista.

• RAM: minimum 1GB RAM under Windows XP. Minimum 2GB under Windows Vista

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 has also been observed to work under the Home edi-

tions of XP SP2 and Vista without any known edition related issues to date.

Note: NEVER attempt to install Pyramix on Windows NT Server)

• Graphics Card: The recommended graphics cards are the ATI Radion series of PCIe graphics

cards from the X1550 fanless series (and higher) or the Matrox Parhelia dual head series.

Note: When using the Parhelia graphics cards make sure you have updated to the latest

bios version since a known CONFLICT exists with older Parhelia bios versions and Pyra-

mix Version 6.

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