Hi, trying to get the Trial of MC 6 to run on my PC, MC 5 & 5.5 were running ok before.

Specs:

AMD FX 4100 Quad Core 3.6Ghz
4.00GB RAM
Windows 7 64-Bit
Nvidia Quadro FX 1700
&
Avid Mbox Mini

I keep getting BSOD's on the "Initalizing Audio Plugins" part of the load process into Media Composer and the error is something along the lines of "Clock Interrupt on Secondary Processor Not Recieved in Time"... Sorry I can quote it exactly but my writing isn't quick enough.

Using BlueScreenView I get this data:

Crash List

Created by using BlueScreenView

I sometimes get a proper BSOD report, sometimes the System just hangs and then reboots itself. I have tried both WITH & WITHOUT the Avid Mbox Mini (Supported Device, no?) and used the following graphics drivers from Nvidia on the FX 1700:

190.38
270.71
275.89
276.28
276.42
285.62 

And they have all delivered similar, if not identical results... i.e: all crashing on "Initialzing Audio Plugins".

I read somewhere that adding a bit of heat to the RAM will help; in the way of an extra 0.100v in BIOS, tried that... no change. I'm not overclocking at all. Any suggestions without having to buy a new graphics card, in theory there is just enough juice to make MC 6 work, right? 

Ok... my BlueScreenView Copy and Paste didnt come out very well... whats the best way to get that data from A to B?

well with a username like that you might not get much help. but i did solve my BSOD problem going on to windows 7 forums and uploading my minump file that was created when i blue screened. usually its a driver problem, one of your drivers are probably not updated, wrong, or corrupt.

I have downloaded the free 30 day trial and currently have 27 days left, do i really have to waste time talking about my username ? I dont use warez downloads, a friend of mine did almost religiously so i called him a warez wally (Where's Wally?.. or Waldo if you insist on being mistaken). Its tongue in cheek and,.. yes maybe foresight should've made me change it, I kinda hoped the 1st response wouldnt pick up on it, but hey...

anyway...

Which Windows 7 Forum do you speak of? There's quite a few and is that really the best option considering its an issue I'm only having with Avid? I'm not really in the mood to be told by a 12 year old that I need to change my PSU... Which I already HAVE done. 

Peace Brother!

Ok,

I guess its right for me to excuse my impetuousness. I'm sorry.

Has no-one else had this issue? is there something I've missed that I should look into?

Chris

Hi Chris,

According to the version matrix, 275.89 is the Nvidia driver you want, but since you already tried it with the same result, I'm guessing the driver isn't the problem.

Just to be sure, check your version of Quicktime and if it's not 7.7, try installing that and see if it helps.

If the driver and Quicktime are both good, then I'm at a loss to say what might be causing the problem.  AMD processors aren't supported, but I run them and so do tons of other people, so that may or may not be it.  

Since it crashes at the audio plugins step, what audio card have you got?  Do you have any other audio stuff plugged in or installed?  Even something small like a USB mic or something like that?

ciao,
Carl 

Its a fresh Win 7 Pro x64 install, however I have changed graphics cards since and also installed MC5 and uninstalled it... doubt this should be it.

I have onboard Motherboard sound and also an Avid Mbox Mini (Which is probably the ONLY supported hardware I'm actually using)... On previous versions of Avid the onboard sound was ignored by the software as long as the Mbox was plugged in.

 And QuickTime is 7.7.1

How about Wacom tablets or built-in cameras?  Have you tried the on-board sound with current drivers?

No cameras or tablets. Yeah I've tried both with and without the Mbox

Update...

I did  bit of googling and found some people were having the same problem with Battlefield 2 (Close relation of Avid right? ha!) so they went to MSCONFIG and set the PC to boot on 1 core. I did the same and Avid 5 worked... did I mention that Avid 5 had the exact same problems too, even after a clean install of Win 7 with the approved and latest drivers? Windows Update decided to have a huge download and struck my computer with what I can only call Update Diarrhoea, mainly security updates, nothing touched the hardware so Im hoping the solution wasnt that simple. 

I could get Avid 5 working fine on a Geforce 7600GT before, I have yet to re-test that, frankly I'd rather get my Quadro FX 1700 working fine seeing as it doesnt scream of a graphics card issue...

Now to try that all again on MC 6... 

Did you setup your FX 1700 configuration according to the release notes?

Does MC 6 work when you use only a single core?

Yes, its all working now...

I blogged about it here:

http://dmb40atuop.blogspot.com/2012/01/getting-avid-to-run-after-bsod.html#!/2012/01/getting-avid-to-run-after-bsod.html

"There have been constant problems getting Avid MC 5 & MC 6 to run".  Interesting way to start that blog.  Hasn't been my experience, but then I don't have MC6.  Nor do I run games software or have Windows update running on my edit system.  Oh, and I don't use an AMD processor.

I do have MC5x running on an Intel-based system, using an Avid approved display card and Avid approved third-party IO hardware.  I have not only not had "constant problems" getting Avid to run, I've never had problems getting Avid to run on the Windows platform since I started using Windows-based Avids in the Xpress DV days.

Possibly "I have had constant problems getting Avid MC 5 & MC 6 to run" might have been a more reasonable start to your blog.

You're right, however I have to write an academic blog for university and it has to be in 3rd person. I'll re-phrase it soon.