This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: 64 bit Windows 7 upgrade Q

Friday, March 9, 2012

[Avid-L2] Re: 64 bit Windows 7 upgrade Q

BIOS should be v01.36 25/10/2010 HP786F5

You can get it here:

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=267609

Various other HP 64bit drivers are here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3432828&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3432827&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4059

Plus a driver management tool which should do it all for you - but probably doesn't!

I'm not sure if the Win7 hot fix actually fixed the Firewire problems which are slow transfer rates and not being able to hot swap drives (i.e you sometimes have to reboot 2 or 3 times to get a drive to be seen) I found the Unibrain drivers work best, but if somebody has a better solution then i would be happy to see it.

Nick

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@...> wrote:
>
> What bios version should this be at?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Nick" <nick@> wrote:
> >
> > Agree with using a new drive. Put the old one in as a D Drive then you can always boot up into WinXP with your old configuration if needs be and access all your old projects etc.
> >
> > Also you may need to hunt around for 64bit drivers for your SATA controller and any other peripherals you have as well as updating the hp xw8600 BIOS to the latest version. Most of this can be done from the hp website.
> >
> > Win7 doesn't like firewire very much either so you might have to use the legacy firewire drivers or these ones: http://www.unibrain.com/products/driverapi/ubcore.htm
> >
> > which seem to work OK.
> >
> > On the upside you can get some more memory and look to upgrading to 64bit MC6!
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Quinsee-Jover" <tony@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Me too.
> > >
> > > Whatever you do, don't upgrade XP to Win7. Put in a new drive and do a
> > > clean install of Win 7 onto it.
> > >
> > > Tony
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Terence Curren
> > > Sent: 08 March 2012 00:33
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: 64 bit Windows 7 upgrade Q
> > >
> > >
> > > I am running that config.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK so Job got me thinking about this. We are currently running Symphony v
> > > 5.5.3 Nitris DX on XP Pro 32 bit on a XW8600 with Nvidia Quadro FX 3700. I
> > > looked at the Avid version matrix and it looks like I can install Windows 7
> > > 64bit on this system. Is this correct?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > KEN
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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