User Manual

Mbox Pro User Guide28
To enable DMA for any IDE hard drives
(Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP):
1 Choose Start.
2 Right-click Computer (Windows 7, Windows
Vista) or My Computer (Windows XP) and choose
Manage.
3 In the left pane of Computer Management un-
der System Tools, click on Device Manager.
4 In the right pane, click the triangle
(Windows 7) or the plus (+) sign (Windows
Vista, Windows XP) next to IDE ATA/ATAPI
Controllers.
5 Double-click on an IDE Channel.
6 Click the Advanced Settings tab.
7 Under Device Properties, check the box Enable
DMA (Windows 7, Windows Vista) or under each
listed Device, set the Transfer Mode to DMA if
available (Windows XP).
8 Click OK.
9 Repeat for each IDE Channel.
Configuring Windows Power
Management Settings
Pro Tools requires maximum CPU performance
for optimal RTAS processing and disk streaming.
For best performance, use the following recom-
mended Windows Power Management settings.
To configure Windows Power Management
Settings (Windows 7, Windows Vista):
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 Click Hardware and Sound > Power Options.
3 In the Power Options control panel, click High
Performance.
4 Click Change plan settings.
5 Click Change advanced power settings to
change additional settings.
6 Click Hard disk > Turn off hard disk after =
Never. You can make optional changes such as
disabling sleep and disabling shutting down the
monitor.
7 Click OK or click Save changes to save the
changes.
8 Close the window.