V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Troubleshooting is always a moving target as users discover ever more exotic ways to use Pyramix. Therefore, thissection is necessarily historic.If the answer to your problem cannot be found here or elsewhere in the documentation, for the latest informationplease consult the FAQ sections at:http://www.merging.comIf you need further technical support, please e-mailsupport@merging.comKeeping Up To DateAcquiring and installing regularly the latest Drivers/Firmware/Bios or Operating System available for equipmentsuch as: Graphic Cards, CD/DVD writers, Network Adapters, Motherboards, (but exercise especial caution), externaldrives, RAID controllers and other third party hardware add-ons, will ensure that your system will always performas efficiently as possible. Always accept any ‘rollback’ options, just in case the driver updates have unforeseen consequences.Keeping Windows (and DirectX) up to date with latest service packs is also, in general, a positive move towardsmaintaining a healthy system.Note: These operations are not required for Mykerinos and Daughter cards simplybecause the latest firmware for your hardware (if any) is automatically installed by themost recent Pyramix installer.Error MessagesPCI Bus Too SlowPC motherboards are by no means equal. Real-time intensive activities such as those found in audio and videoworkstations show up inadequacies unlikely to be noticed in more mundane applications. Even though one mightexpect the newest, ever faster Pentium or AMD processors to give better performance this isn't always the case. Atleast with respect to how well they handle the transfer of data over the PCI bus on which the Mykerinos board(s)resides.Audio is requested or handed over on the PCI bus every 1.3ms. When the request (interrupt) is delayed for morethan 20%, in this case 0.26ms, the first warning message will pop up, indicating a timing inconstancy of the PCIsub-system. There are two levels of warning with “PCI Bus too Slow” messages;