Re: [Avid-L2] PCI-E Laptop Problem - Help!

David,

Apple Menu>About this Mac>More info>Software>64-bit Kernel and Extensions:
No

In your case, it will probably read: 64-bit Kernel and Extensions: Yes.

Here's a link to dl a small util where you can choose:
http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html

Best
Raj

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:04 PM, David Dodson
<davidadodson@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Thanks, Raj. At the risk of sounding like a total idiot, how do I check
> whether or not 64bit is enabled in the OS?
>
> David
>
>
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Raj Rodrigues wrote:
>
> > Check to see if 64bit is enabled in the OS. Then awitch it to 32bit.
> There
> > are free utilities on the net. Google.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Raj
> > On Thursday, October 20, 2011, David Dodson <davidadodson@sbcglobal.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> So my favorite Avid rental house here in LA stepped up to help me put
> > together a few pieces that I could use in order to cut using my MBP and a
> > Nitris DX box so I could hook up an external 42" HD plasma monitor. The
> idea
> > was to use the Avid PCI-E Laptop Adaptor for the Express card slot in my
> 17"
> > MBP. We hooked it all up but whenever we booted the computer with the BOB
> > turned on we got an immediate kernel panic that locked up the computer.
> >>
> >> The MC 5.5.1 software works fine when the PCI-E Adaptor is in the slot
> but
> > without the cable hooked to the Nitris BOB. But then the second you hook
> up
> > the cable and restart - BAM! - kernel panic and lockup.
> >>
> >> Some little bit of research seemed to indicate that the Nitris DX is
> > simply incompatible with my processor. I'm running OSX 10.6.8, Intel Core
> > i7, with 8 GB of RAM. As for the Model Indentifier, it's a MacBookPro8,3.
> >>
> >> Does ANYONE know whether or not this should work? It seems impossible
> that
> > the Avid Nitris DX BOB wouldn't work via their own PCI-E Laptop Adaptor
> > card. Just impossible. The idea that I can't monitor out is unreal.
> >>
> >> But if this is true, what options might I have? Are there any Matrox
> > options that would work with my MBP that would get me to an 42" HD plasma
> > monitor, either via HDMI or SDI?
> >>
> >> Baffled and frustrated,
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> David Dodson
> >> davidadodson@sbcglobal.net
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
>
> >
> > Search the official Complete Avid-L archives at:
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> >
> >
> >
>
> David Dodson
> davidadodson@sbcglobal.net
>
>
>

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