Other Digidesign PCI Card Options — Pro Tools|HD Systems

With Pro Tools HD 7.0/7.1 for Windows XP

HD Core, HD Accel, HD Process PCI Cards*

Up to 7 HD PCI cards can be used in a single ProTools|HD system

• 1 HD Core card, any combination of HD Accel and/or HD Process cards
  • For proper operation, card order MUST be: HD Core card, all HD Accel cards, then remaining HD Process cards
  • DigiTest will NOT reflect the actual card order. System Usage window in Pro Tools will reflect the proper card order.
• Although 7 cards may be installed, only 4 HD cards are addressable when using 176 or 192 kHz sample rates, regardless of whether an expansion chassis is used or not
• HP Workstation xw8200 qualified with 6 HD cards when used with qualified expansion chassis

*HD PCIe (PCI Express) cards are currently not compatible with Pro Tools for Windows XP:

• HD Accel Core PCIe card
• HD Accel PCIe card

Slot Order in CPU & Expansion Chassis

Please see the following pages for correct slot order for cards:

• HP Workstation xw9300
• HP Workstation xw8200
• Dell Precision Workstation 670
• HP Workstation xw8000 (discontinued. BIOS version JQW111US or higher is required when using a Digidesign or Magma 7 slot 64 bit 33 MHz expansion chassis)
• Dell Precision Workstation 650 (discontinued)

Expansion Chassis Requirements

• Expansion Chassis Requirements - Pro Tools|HD Systems for Windows XP

Expanded Systems Guide

For more information about expansion chassis setup and requirements, please see the Expanded Systems Guide.pdf installed on your hard drive during Pro Tools installation. Also available in the Technical Document Library of the Support/Tech Support section of the website.

• Expanded Systems Guide (571 k, v7.1 for HD Systems)

Not Compatible

AVoption|XL

AVoption|XL is not compatible with Pro Tools 6.3 and higher. Do not install Pro Tools 6.3 or higher on an AVoption|XL system.

• Meridien Digital Media Board
• AVoption|XL for Windows XP Requirements

Other Digidesign PCI cards are not compatible with Pro Tools|HD for Windows XP Systems

These Digidesign PCI cards are incompatible with Pro Tools|HD systems.You cannot combine Pro Tools|HD and these PCI cards, either in the CPU or an expansion chassis. Doing so will cause crashes, or the CPU will simply fail to boot. The following Digidesign cards are not compatible with HD systems:

• MIX Core card
• MIX Farm card
• MIX I/O card
• d24 card (Pro Tools|24 core card)
• DSP Farm card (Pro Tools|24)
• Digi 001
• Audiomedia III
• Project II card
• SampleCell II
• AVoption (ABVB and Janus cards)