>Steve Chandler writes: >Hi All, > >I posted this on the Logic Windows users group, but since it has just >11 members vs. the thousands here I thought I might get more response >here. > >I recently upgraded GigaStudio to version 3 and built an Athlon 64 >system to run it. It just plain doesn't work. Either midiover LAN+ >doesn't work or it can't find my many .gig files or a kernal driver >doesn't load or it doesn't see my GSIF1 card or some combination of >the above. Tascam tells me that 64 bit processors are not supported >and the techs just don't want to work with me. This doesn't sound right, reply to me privately as there could be problems with the hardware config. I'll give it a shot. >I asked Tascam if I >could switch the registration to another machine (an Athlon 2200+ >system currently running Logic 5.51) and they said yes you're allowed >two reregistrations. Both systems have 400 MHz busses, use PC3200 DDR >RAM, both have ATA100/133 busses and 7200 RPM drives. > >Here are my concerns; >1. The Athlon 2200+ system will have to have it's OS upgraded to >Service Pack 2, i.e. put it on the web and do the Windows upgrade. >That means it will be on the web and vulnerable during the upgrade >process. Should I be concerned about this (the system will be >disconnected from the web once the upgrade is done)? No, I wouldn't be concerned. W/service pack 2 installed you're pretty much safe. >2. I'll lose some anticipated performance with the slower processor >plus I'll be limited to 1 GB of RAM, what level of performance can I >expect from the Athlon 2200+ system for GS3? GS2 runs -very- well on an older Socket A Athlon 2000+, however.. I'm running WinME on that machine. It serves as my office/Gigastudio combination. :-) A scanner, printer and video interface are all on this machine and it seems to do very well running GS2 w/768Meg RAM. >3. I could upgrade the processor to a faster Socket A processor, would >this be worth it? I believe my CPU cooler is limited to Athlon 2600+. Upgraded coolers are $30, If you can go up to a 2800+ there would definitely be a difference. >4. Are there issues running Logic 5.51 on an Athlon 64 system with >Windows XP service pack 1 or 2? Don't know this... but I doubt it. HW