Hallo !
Habe folgenden Beitrag gefunden und möchte ihn allen zugänglich machen.
Leider nur in engl.
Ulli !
windows 98 is fairly easy to tweak in order to achieve stable operation.
the first thing to say however is that a straight install of windows 98SE
(second edition) (i.e. not an upgrade from windows 98 first edition or
windows 95) is essential. here are my recommended windows 98SE settings
for audio pc's:
before you start tweaking, ensure your pc is running correctly:
1. make sure you have no IRQ conflicts or memory range conflicts, if you
have, your system will not run smoothly and may not even work at all in
some areas. you can check this by looking at the properties of each device
and checking for any system comments regarding conflicts.
2. make sure you have reliable drivers for everything. the most recent
drivers are not necessarily the best, check the known bugs/issues list.
try the driverguide along with the manufacturers website. if you built
the system yourself, make sure you've installed the
motherboard/chipset/pci bridge driver(s).
now begin tweaking:
3. disable system sounds. they can hog the soundcard output(s) thus
preventing audio applications from using them or worse, the system could
make a sound when you're recording which may get recorded depending on
what you're doing. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control Panel'>'Sounds and
Multimedia' and select scheme 'No Sounds'. while you're there, remove the
tick from the box next to 'Show icon on Taskbar').
4. disable screen savers. if a screen saver is enabled, the system will
check periodically if any programs which are running have received an
input recently thus preventing the program from doing anything for a
short time. this can cause glitches in recordings and/or playback. (
right-click on the desktop and select 'Properties' then click on the
'Screen Saver' tab and select 'None' from the drop-down list).
5. disable power profiles. This stops the system checking for activity
similarly to disabling screen savers. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control
Panel'>'Power Options' and select scheme 'Always On' and then in the
options for scheme 'Always On' set all drop-down menu options to 'Never').
6. disable any unnecessary applications which are set to run when the
system starts up. this gives two advantages; firstly, it frees up
resources such as memory for the programs you actually want to run.
secondly, it reduces the chances of your pc crashing since less programs
running means less for the pc to do. (go to 'Start'>'Run' and type
msconfig. now click on the 'Startup' tab and remove ticks from the boxes
next to the programs you want to disable. you can remove programs such as
'Load Power Profile', 'Taskmon', 'RealPlayer', 'PcHealth', 'StateMgr',
'SchedulingAgent' etc etc).
7. set your virtual memory (note: virtual memory is not vcache) to a fixed
size (max. size = min. size). this prevents windows from re-sizing the
virtual memory or swap file which it may otherwise do whilst you are
recording thus causing glitches in the recording. set it to 1.5 to 2 times
the amount of actual ram you have or 256MB as a minimum. (go to 'Start'>
'Settings'>'Control Panel'>'System' then click on the performance tab and
then click on 'File System'. now select 'Manually specify Virtual Memory
settings' and set the two values (min. and max.) to the same value (as
recommended above). ignore the warnings windows gives you). If you have
256MB of ram or more, you may well benefit by disabling virtual memory
entirely. this is done in the 'Troubleshooting' tab.
8. add the following line to your system.ini file after the [386 Enh] tag
so it looks as follows:
[386 Enh]
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
this makes the system use ram more often rather than the virtual memory.
this improves system performance since ram is much faster than the
hard-disk. (note: do not use this option if you have less than 128MB of
ram installed). (go to 'Start'>'Run' and type system.ini - a notepad will
be launched containing the system.ini file. add the above line after
[386 Enh] so it looks as above. there will be other lines in the section
you're adding to, just add it before them. now save the changes you made
and close the notepad - as ever, you will have to restart for the change
to take effect).
also add or edit the entry after the [vcache] tag in system.ini so it
appears as follows:
[vcache]
MinFileCache=16384
MaxFileCache=16384
this limits the amount of your system memory (ram) that windows uses as a
buffer or cache when reading from or writing to disk drives to 16MB
instead of the cubase default of 1/4 of your system ram/memory which is
often too high.
if the [vcache] tag does not exist in your system.ini, add it after the
[386 enh] tag and it's contents so i looks as above.
you can edit system.ini by typing system.ini in the run program on the
start menu.
9. make sure your hard-disk(s) are not too fragmented. you should
defragment at least once a week (if you've used your pc), before
installing programs and before recording audio onto your pc.
10. don't set you display resolution and bit depth too high, experiment
with different settings starting from 16 bit 800 x 600 and working upwards
with a reasonably complex song until the re-draws get slower then set it
back to it's previous setting (when re-draws were acceptably quick).
don't set your display to 256 colours as most new graphics cards do not
accelerate this number of colours meaning your processor will have to do
the work instead. rme reccomends that you set the colour-depth to 16 bits
but this is not always the best setting as some more modern graphics cards
will function better at higher bit-depths - play around with the settings
until you're happy.
11. make sure hardware graphics acceleration is on full. This takes some
load off your processor (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control panel'>'System'
, click on the performance tab and then click on graphics and set the
slider up to full).
12. turn off all auto insert notifications (data and audio). this stops
the system checking every second or so for new CD's in the
CDROM's/CDR's/DVDROM's/DVDRAM's which can block the PCI data buss for
that short time. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control Panel'>'System'>
'Device Manager' and double click on the CDROM section. Now double click
on each of your CD/DVD drives and un-tick the auto-Insert notifications).
13. enable 'Show Window Contents While Dragging'. this forces windows to
maintain the graphical contents of any windows you drag around so that
you can always see what you're doing. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>
'Control Panel'>'Folder Options' and select 'Show Window Contents While
Dragging').
14. make sure you're directx version is up to date. directx provides a
bypass for information around the processor for data which does not
require processing. such data is prevalent in audio work therefore
directx is essential. the easiest way to tell which version you have is
to go to 'Start'>'Run' and type dxdiag. this will tell you (on one of the
information screens) which version of directx you have. currently version
8 is the newest, though there have been some reported problems with
version 8. a safer bet may well be ver 7. directx can be downloaded from
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/
15. even if you are going to use the internet on your audio pc, it is
still recommended that you use IEradicator from 98Lite to remove internet
explorer. i would then recommend that you install the opera browser. you
can of course re-install ie if you want to, your pc will still benefit.
this optimisation dramatically increases stability.
16. USB can be problematic with pc's which are set up as audio workstations
- particularly those with VIA chipsets. for this reason, it is reccomended
that you proceed with caution if using USB devices. if you have no USB
devices, disable USB - this will free up an IRQ and prevent windows from
'Pinging' or checking the USB port for new devices which it usually does
a many times per second. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control Panel'>
'System'>'Device Manager' and double click on the USB section. now select
the USB to PCI host controller and choose 'Do not use this device
(disable)').
i have been advised that those with VIA chipsets should do the following:
1. enable USB in BIOS
2. install VIA's USB patch (in windows)
3. disable USB in BIOS (if you are not goint to use it)
17. try not to install any software other than that which you need for
your audio work. you can always create another profile in windows for
other uses. microsoft office and virus checkers which constantly run
(as opposed to those which are run when you choose to run them) in
particular has been known to cause big problems.
settings i DO NOT reccomend:
1. disabling double-buffering entirely.
as a default, windows sets double-buffering (set in msdos.sys after the
[options] tag) support to'1' which means 'use double-buffering only if
required' (some SCSI controllers require double-buffering). this is almost
always fine, only disable (set to '0') if you have problems with disk
access.
2. changing computer role to 'Network Server' though this will not really
do you any harm, it will simply allocated more cache space for programs
which will use up a little more of your ram/memory.
3. reducing graphics acceleration.
this has the exact opposite effect of that which is desired. graphics
acceleration takes the load of graphics processing off the cpu/processor
and allows the graphics card/videocard to do it instead.
4. PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL NORTON. It is a nightmare.
Habe folgenden Beitrag gefunden und möchte ihn allen zugänglich machen.
Leider nur in engl.
Ulli !
windows 98 is fairly easy to tweak in order to achieve stable operation.
the first thing to say however is that a straight install of windows 98SE
(second edition) (i.e. not an upgrade from windows 98 first edition or
windows 95) is essential. here are my recommended windows 98SE settings
for audio pc's:
before you start tweaking, ensure your pc is running correctly:
1. make sure you have no IRQ conflicts or memory range conflicts, if you
have, your system will not run smoothly and may not even work at all in
some areas. you can check this by looking at the properties of each device
and checking for any system comments regarding conflicts.
2. make sure you have reliable drivers for everything. the most recent
drivers are not necessarily the best, check the known bugs/issues list.
try the driverguide along with the manufacturers website. if you built
the system yourself, make sure you've installed the
motherboard/chipset/pci bridge driver(s).
now begin tweaking:
3. disable system sounds. they can hog the soundcard output(s) thus
preventing audio applications from using them or worse, the system could
make a sound when you're recording which may get recorded depending on
what you're doing. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control Panel'>'Sounds and
Multimedia' and select scheme 'No Sounds'. while you're there, remove the
tick from the box next to 'Show icon on Taskbar').
4. disable screen savers. if a screen saver is enabled, the system will
check periodically if any programs which are running have received an
input recently thus preventing the program from doing anything for a
short time. this can cause glitches in recordings and/or playback. (
right-click on the desktop and select 'Properties' then click on the
'Screen Saver' tab and select 'None' from the drop-down list).
5. disable power profiles. This stops the system checking for activity
similarly to disabling screen savers. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control
Panel'>'Power Options' and select scheme 'Always On' and then in the
options for scheme 'Always On' set all drop-down menu options to 'Never').
6. disable any unnecessary applications which are set to run when the
system starts up. this gives two advantages; firstly, it frees up
resources such as memory for the programs you actually want to run.
secondly, it reduces the chances of your pc crashing since less programs
running means less for the pc to do. (go to 'Start'>'Run' and type
msconfig. now click on the 'Startup' tab and remove ticks from the boxes
next to the programs you want to disable. you can remove programs such as
'Load Power Profile', 'Taskmon', 'RealPlayer', 'PcHealth', 'StateMgr',
'SchedulingAgent' etc etc).
7. set your virtual memory (note: virtual memory is not vcache) to a fixed
size (max. size = min. size). this prevents windows from re-sizing the
virtual memory or swap file which it may otherwise do whilst you are
recording thus causing glitches in the recording. set it to 1.5 to 2 times
the amount of actual ram you have or 256MB as a minimum. (go to 'Start'>
'Settings'>'Control Panel'>'System' then click on the performance tab and
then click on 'File System'. now select 'Manually specify Virtual Memory
settings' and set the two values (min. and max.) to the same value (as
recommended above). ignore the warnings windows gives you). If you have
256MB of ram or more, you may well benefit by disabling virtual memory
entirely. this is done in the 'Troubleshooting' tab.
8. add the following line to your system.ini file after the [386 Enh] tag
so it looks as follows:
[386 Enh]
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
this makes the system use ram more often rather than the virtual memory.
this improves system performance since ram is much faster than the
hard-disk. (note: do not use this option if you have less than 128MB of
ram installed). (go to 'Start'>'Run' and type system.ini - a notepad will
be launched containing the system.ini file. add the above line after
[386 Enh] so it looks as above. there will be other lines in the section
you're adding to, just add it before them. now save the changes you made
and close the notepad - as ever, you will have to restart for the change
to take effect).
also add or edit the entry after the [vcache] tag in system.ini so it
appears as follows:
[vcache]
MinFileCache=16384
MaxFileCache=16384
this limits the amount of your system memory (ram) that windows uses as a
buffer or cache when reading from or writing to disk drives to 16MB
instead of the cubase default of 1/4 of your system ram/memory which is
often too high.
if the [vcache] tag does not exist in your system.ini, add it after the
[386 enh] tag and it's contents so i looks as above.
you can edit system.ini by typing system.ini in the run program on the
start menu.
9. make sure your hard-disk(s) are not too fragmented. you should
defragment at least once a week (if you've used your pc), before
installing programs and before recording audio onto your pc.
10. don't set you display resolution and bit depth too high, experiment
with different settings starting from 16 bit 800 x 600 and working upwards
with a reasonably complex song until the re-draws get slower then set it
back to it's previous setting (when re-draws were acceptably quick).
don't set your display to 256 colours as most new graphics cards do not
accelerate this number of colours meaning your processor will have to do
the work instead. rme reccomends that you set the colour-depth to 16 bits
but this is not always the best setting as some more modern graphics cards
will function better at higher bit-depths - play around with the settings
until you're happy.
11. make sure hardware graphics acceleration is on full. This takes some
load off your processor (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control panel'>'System'
, click on the performance tab and then click on graphics and set the
slider up to full).
12. turn off all auto insert notifications (data and audio). this stops
the system checking every second or so for new CD's in the
CDROM's/CDR's/DVDROM's/DVDRAM's which can block the PCI data buss for
that short time. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control Panel'>'System'>
'Device Manager' and double click on the CDROM section. Now double click
on each of your CD/DVD drives and un-tick the auto-Insert notifications).
13. enable 'Show Window Contents While Dragging'. this forces windows to
maintain the graphical contents of any windows you drag around so that
you can always see what you're doing. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>
'Control Panel'>'Folder Options' and select 'Show Window Contents While
Dragging').
14. make sure you're directx version is up to date. directx provides a
bypass for information around the processor for data which does not
require processing. such data is prevalent in audio work therefore
directx is essential. the easiest way to tell which version you have is
to go to 'Start'>'Run' and type dxdiag. this will tell you (on one of the
information screens) which version of directx you have. currently version
8 is the newest, though there have been some reported problems with
version 8. a safer bet may well be ver 7. directx can be downloaded from
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/
15. even if you are going to use the internet on your audio pc, it is
still recommended that you use IEradicator from 98Lite to remove internet
explorer. i would then recommend that you install the opera browser. you
can of course re-install ie if you want to, your pc will still benefit.
this optimisation dramatically increases stability.
16. USB can be problematic with pc's which are set up as audio workstations
- particularly those with VIA chipsets. for this reason, it is reccomended
that you proceed with caution if using USB devices. if you have no USB
devices, disable USB - this will free up an IRQ and prevent windows from
'Pinging' or checking the USB port for new devices which it usually does
a many times per second. (go to 'Start'>'Settings'>'Control Panel'>
'System'>'Device Manager' and double click on the USB section. now select
the USB to PCI host controller and choose 'Do not use this device
(disable)').
i have been advised that those with VIA chipsets should do the following:
1. enable USB in BIOS
2. install VIA's USB patch (in windows)
3. disable USB in BIOS (if you are not goint to use it)
17. try not to install any software other than that which you need for
your audio work. you can always create another profile in windows for
other uses. microsoft office and virus checkers which constantly run
(as opposed to those which are run when you choose to run them) in
particular has been known to cause big problems.
settings i DO NOT reccomend:
1. disabling double-buffering entirely.
as a default, windows sets double-buffering (set in msdos.sys after the
[options] tag) support to'1' which means 'use double-buffering only if
required' (some SCSI controllers require double-buffering). this is almost
always fine, only disable (set to '0') if you have problems with disk
access.
2. changing computer role to 'Network Server' though this will not really
do you any harm, it will simply allocated more cache space for programs
which will use up a little more of your ram/memory.
3. reducing graphics acceleration.
this has the exact opposite effect of that which is desired. graphics
acceleration takes the load of graphics processing off the cpu/processor
and allows the graphics card/videocard to do it instead.
4. PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL NORTON. It is a nightmare.