TEAC IF-FW/DMmkII IF-FW/DMmkII release notes version 1.22 - Page 6

Release Notes Miscellaneous Windows Vista 64 TASCAM Customer support will not provide direct support for Windows Vista 64 because DAW stability on this platform varies greatly due to software and motherboard configurations. We recommend purchasing a Vista64 machine that is preconfigured and supported for DAW use from an audio system integrator. Windows Vista Hints for configuring Windows Vista for DAW use: •• Turn off Aero, select "best performance" for the User Interface. •• Select Performance mode instead of power saving mode. •• Disable unneeded peripherals at the BIOS level. •• Disable fan speed, battery and temperature monitoring add-ons. •• Background vs Applications prioritization. Only select "Background" if you are running on a single core or hyper-threaded CPU. "Applications" is the best setting for multi-core CPUs. •• Double check that your hard drives are using DMA modes for transfers and not PIO. •• If you have an AGP video card, investigate and tune PCI bus latencies to give your FireWire card the most bus time. Many video cards default to having an unreasonable priority. This is not an issue with PCIExpress video cards. TASCAM IF-FW/DMmkII 6 Firmware: 1.10, Windows driver: 1.21, Mac OSX driver: 1.22 D01068220D