Setup guide

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide12
Installing Pro Tools|HD Cards
This section shows how to install Pro Tools|HD
cards into a Windows computer.
To install Pro Tools cards:
1 Turn off your computer and any peripherals.
Leave your computer’s power cable plugged in
so the computer is grounded.
2 Disconnect all cables attached to the com-
puter (such as hard drives, displays, USB and
FireWire devices) except for the power cable.
3 Open the computer case.
4 Remove the metal access port cover behind
the slot you want to use by removing the screw
and sliding the cover out from the access port.
5 Do one of the following depending on
whether your computer has PCIe or PCI card
slots:
• Install the Accel Core (for PCIe) card in the
first PCIe slot.
– or –
• Install the HD Core (for PCI) card in the
first PCI slot.
6 If you are installing additional Pro Tools cards
(or other cards), skip to the next step. If you
have no additional cards to install, do the fol-
lowing:
• Secure the card in place with the slot access
port screw you removed earlier.
• Close the computer case.
• Skip to “Connecting Audio Interfaces” on
page 14.
7 Do one of the following depending on
whether your computer has PCIe or PCI card
slots:
• Install the first HD Accel (for PCIe) card in
the second PCIe slot.
– or –
• Install the first HD Accel card (if any) in the
second PCI slot.
8 Install any remaining HD Accel cards in the re-
maining consecutive PCIe or PCI slots.
9 For a computer with PCI card slots, install any
HD Process cards in the remaining consecutive
PCI slots (64-bit or 32-bit).
10 If you are installing a SCSI host bus adapter
(HBA) card, install it in the highest-numbered
remaining slot.
11 Check to be sure that your cards are installed
in the proper order for your system, starting
with the lowest numeric slot:
• Display card for your computer monitor
• Accel Core card (for PCIe) or HD Core card
(for PCI)
• HD Accel cards
• HD Process cards
• SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card
12 Secure each card in place with the slot access
port screws you removed earlier.
To install cards into an expansion chassis,
see the
Expanded Systems Guide.
Before handling any card, discharge static
electricity from your clothes or body by
touching a grounded metal surface, such as
the power supply case inside your computer.