Dell Precision Workstation 650 Requirements

With Pro Tools 6.x & Pro Tools HD 7 for Windows XP

(Discontinued. Replaced by the Dell Precision Workstation 670)

Supported Processors

BIOS

  • BIOS version 1.21 required

System Software

  • Windows XP Professional or Home Edition*
  • Service Pack 1 or 2 Required**
  • Service Pack 2 Required for Pro Tools 6.9 and higher
  • Windows XP Settings & Requirements
  • Pro Tools 6.1 and higher can NOT be installed or used on systems running Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT, 95, or 3.1

*Windows XP Professional required for systems with AVoption|V10, Avid Mojo, Media Station|PT, or Avid Unity

**The HP Workstation xw8000 has been fully qualified with Windows XP SP1 and SP2. If you are upating from SP1 to SP2, please see the following information:

Windows XP SP2, Microsoft DEP and PACE InterLok Drivers Update

  • if you encounter unexplained blue screens, freezes or spontaneous reboots when launching Pro Tools with Windows XP Service Pack 2, please update your PACE InterLok drivers:
  • The current InterLok drivers solve the described problems without having to disable Microsoft's DEP (Data Execution Prevention) feature introduced with Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Avid Interchange

AVoption|V10, Avid Mojo, and Media Station|PT are supported with Pro Tools 6.9 & Pro Tools HD 7 for Windows XP For details and System Requirements, see the following compatibility pages:

AVoption|XL is not supported with Pro Tols 6.3 and higher. Pro Tools 6.2 is the last release with support for AVoption|XL.

Card Slot Order for Pro Tools 6.x & 7.x Pro Tools|HD & Pro Tools|HD Accel Systems

When used without AVoption|V10 or AVoption|XL

  • The HD Core card goes in the slot furthest from the AGP card, followed by all HD Accel cards, then HD Process cards (if any)

Configuration using only CPU with only Pro Tools|HD or HD Accel system:

Slot Card
AGP Monitor card
32-bit PCI HD Process/Accel card or Empty
32-bit PCI HD Process/Accel card or Empty
64-bit PCI HD Process/Accel card or Empty
64-bit PCI HD Process/Accel card or Empty
64-bit PCI HD Core

Pro Tools 6.3 & 6.4 with AVoption|V10

Configuration using only CPU with HD or HD Accel and AVoption|V10:

For information on slot order with AVoption|V10, see the following:

AVoption|V10, AVoption|XL, and Avid Mojo are not supported in Pro Tools 6.7. AVoption|V10 and Avid Mojo users should use Pro Tools 6.9 for Windows XP:

PCI Expansion Chassis (Optional)

For more information on Qualified Expansion Chassis and Requirements, please see the following pages:

Supported Chassis For Use With Pro Tools 7.1 and higher with Pro Tools|HD or HD Accel systems:

Supported Chassis For Use With Pro Tools 6.9.x & 7.x with Pro Tools|HD or HD Accel systems:

  • Digidesign 64-bit 7 Slot Expansion Chassis
  • Magma 64-bit 7 slot expansion chassis - model P7R464 (current), model P7R464-D1 (discontinued)
  • For use with Avid Unity Shared Storage or AVoption|V10, these chassis have been qualified with Pro Tools 6.9.x & 7.x only
  • Other chassis have not been tested with Pro Tools 6.4 and higher

AVoption|V10 & Avid Mojo

Because AVoption|V10 and Avid Mojo connect to the internal FireWire bus, a chassis is not required. However, AVoption|V10 and Avid Mojo require the complete bandwidth of the FireWire bus, as well as the segment of the PCI bus which that FireWire bus utilizes. Therefore, no other devices can be attached to the same FireWire bus as the AVoption|V10 or Avid Mojo, and no PCI cards can be installed in the PCI slots that share that segment. This leaves the HP xw8000 and Dell 650 with only three available PCI slots for Pro Tools cards, SCSI HBAs, or additional FireWire PCI cards. For information on slot order with AVoption|V10 and Avid Mojo:

Pro Tools 6.1 & 6.2 with AVoption|XL

Configuration using only CPU with AVoption|XL with either FibreChannel or SCSI:

Slot Card
AGP Monitor card
32-bit PCI Meridien card
32-bit PCI Optional ATTO 3300 or UL3D or Empty
64-bit PCI HD Process/Accel card or Empty
64-bit PCI HD Process/Accel card or Empty
64-bit PCI HD Core

CPU configuration with Digidesign or Magma 64 bit/33mHz expansion chassis and AVoption|XL:

Slot Card
AGP Monitor card
32-bit PCI Meridien card
32-bit PCI Optional ATTO 3300 or UL3D or Empty
64-bit PCI Empty
64-bit PCI Empty
64-bit PCI Magma host card

Please see PCI expansion chassis guidelines for correct slot order of Pro Tools|HD and HD Accel cards in the Digidesign or Magma chassis:

Dell Product Information:

Digidesign Compatibility Documents Index