We have put together a list of things to help increase performance with Media Composer Adrenaline & G5 computers. Below are some suggestions to improve speed and stability of your system as well as some general links & notes on the Editor with the platform. While this isn’t an official document, it’s meant to help people struggling with Mac’s and Adrenaline, and trying to get their performance better. Please send any comments or corrections to: keith_gerrard@avid.com

** Supported Mac OS & QuickTime for:

Adrenaline v.1.8 to 1.8.4:

Mac OS X 10.4.2 – 10.4.5; QuickTime® 7.0 to 7.0.3

Adrenaline v.1.8.5:

Mac OS X 10.4.6; QuickTime® 7.0.4 (still testing QT 7.1 – Currently NOT SUPPORTED)

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT MOVING TO A DUAL CORE/QUAD CORE G5:

http://www.avid.com/onlinesupport/supportcontent.asp?productID=92&contentID=8921&typeID=

Slot configurations:

The location of the SCSI, FireWire or Fibre Channel cards can greatly affect performance and bus speed.

Slot order for Macintosh G5’s (Dual Processor 2.0 thru 2.7GHz, including Dual/Quad Core G5s 2.0 thru 2.5GHz):

(though the type and speed of cards may have changed, the slot order should be the same.)

If using: Would be located in: FireWire*** card goes in:

ATTO SCSI cards:

(PCI-E) – UL5D ( firmware 1.5.0/ Driver 3.60 ) — Slot 4 of the G5 — Slot 2

(PCI-X) – UL4D ( firmware 1.5.0 / Driver 3.60 ) — Slot 4 of the G5 — Slot 2

(PCI) – UL3D ( firmware 1.6.6f0 / Driver 3.21 ) — Slot 3 of the G5 — Slot 4

ATTO Fibre channel cards:

(PCI-E) – Celerity FC42ES (firm / Driver 2.41) — Slot 3 of the G5 — none.

(PCI-E) – Celerity FC41ES (firm / Driver 2.41) — Slot 3 of the G5 — none.

(PCI-X) – Celerity FC41XS(firm 1.1.0 /Driver 2.41 ) — Slot 3 of the G5 — Slot 4

(PCI)  -ATTO 3300 (firmware v2.4f0/Driver 2.40) — Slot 3 of the G5   — Slot 4

If running Fibre Channel card ONLY, then the slot configuration would remain the same. (Slot 3 of the G5)

*** Supported PCI/PCI-X FireWire cards used in conjunction with SCSI/Fibre card:

 – ADS PYRO PCI 64, part #API-311 

– SIIG 1394 3-Port PCI i/e, part #NN-440012

AT THIS TIME, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT SUPPORT any PCI-e FireWire cards in the Dual/Quad Core G5’s. They are still in testing. (june 12^th, 2006)

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