• Avid Media Composer

  XpressPro grief

  Posted by Mark Kaiser on October 2, 2006 at 2:10 pm

  Hi,

  I’ve been running 5.2.4 with few problems on an HP a1140n. This has an XP Media Center OS, which I understand may be problematic.

  However, in the last week, I can’t even launch Avid because I’m getting multiple ACCESS_VIOLATION errors. I’ve tried various things, including deleting settings & MCSTATE, changing permissions, and adding a new admin user, all without any meaningful improvements. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

  Mark Kaiser

  Oakmozart replied 19 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Kaiser

  October 2, 2006 at 11:44 pm

  Here’s my system info, the better to allow you to help!!!

  HP a1140n, 3Ghz P4 (HT), 2GB RAM
  250 GB HDD (7200 rpm SATA)
  250 GB ext. HDD Western Digital
  two built-in firewire ports, no video card
  Intel 910 GL chipset, driver 6.14.10.3971
  Realtek High Definition Audio, driver 5.10.0.5123

  running XPressPro HD 5.2.1

  Mark
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  Oakmozart

  October 3, 2006 at 1:11 am

  Mark, have you been following your thread over at the Avid Forums? To reiterate what was said there, it’s probably your graphics card (or rather, LACK of graphics card)…onboard graphics usually doesn’t play well with Avid. Get a Nvidia card (ideally a certified one) and that should solve your problem.

  HOWEVER, before you shell out money on a video card, try pressing/holding O and G when starting up XPro. See if that fixes your issues. If no errors, it’s your video card…I’d bet money on it.

  Keep us posted…

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