Specifications

Getting Started with MIX 8
Configuring the BIOS
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) parameters
vary depending on the make and model of the
computer. Refer to the documentation that
came with your computer for more details.
Different BIOS manufacturers often use differ-
ent names to describe the same system function.
Some manufacturers do not provide a particular
configuration option at all. Consequently, the
names and options that appear in your com-
puter’s BIOS may differ from those described in
this guide.
To modify your computer’s BIOS:
1 Start or restart your computer.
2 While the computer is starting up, enter BIOS
Setup by pressing the appropriate key (usually
indicated in the startup message) on your com-
puter keyboard. The F1, F2, or the Delete keys
are commonly used.
3 In the appropriate page of the BIOS Setup, dis-
able PCI Parity. If the PCI Parity option isn’t
available on your computer, skip this step.
4 If you will be using SCSI drives or devices, and
your computer is equipped with built-in SCSI
hardware, enable SCSI support. SCSI support pa-
rameters are typically found on the Devices &
I/O Options page of the BIOS setup utility. If you
do not have built-in SCSI hardware and are us-
ing a SCSI host adapter (HBA) card instead, you
do not need to enable SCSI support.
5 Disable Power Management, if present.
6 Enable PCI Dynamic Bursting, if present.
7 Enable PCI Master 0 WS Write, if present.
8 Disable PCI Delay Transaction, if present.
9 Disable PCI#2 Access #1 Retry, if present.
10 Save the new BIOS settings.
11 Exit BIOS setup and restart your computer.
Configuring the SCSI BIOS
If you are using SCSI drives or devices, you must
modify the settings of your built-in SCSI hard-
ware or SCSI host bus adapter card. This allows
SCSI hard drives to work properly with
Pro Tools. This procedure varies on different
computers. Refer to the documentation that
came with your computer.
To modify your computer’s SCSI BIOS:
1 Start or restart your computer
2 While the computer is starting up, when the
text message regarding the SCSI BIOS appears,
press the key combination listed on the screen
to enter the SCSI BIOS setup utility.
3 Refer to your SCSI host bus adapter card doc-
umentation to set the following parameters:
• For each SCSI ID and SCSI channel con-
nected to your audio drives, set the Maxi-
mum Sync Transfer Rate parameter to
20 MB/sec.
• If you are using an ATTO host bus adapter
card, change the PCI Burst Size to 32 Bytes.
• If you are using an Adaptec host bus
adapter card, enable the Host Adapter BIOS
option.
4 Save the new SCSI BIOS settings.
5 Exit SCSI BIOS setup and restart your com-
puter.
These BIOS settings are not applicable to
the Compaq Evo W8000 and the IBM Intel-
listation M Pro 6850.