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18th August 2011
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| Gear interested Joined: Aug 2009 Location: san diego
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Thread Starter | optimizing new laptop for music
i just got a lenovo Thinkpad T410 and i was wondering what i can do from here to tweek my comp for music production such as disabling wifi etc. im using this only for music and want it to be optimized. going to be using ableton, cubase, and fruity loops. Model: T410 (2518AJU) Part#: 2518AJU Color:Black Operating System : Windows 7 Professional 64-bit CPU Type: Intel Core i5 560M(2.66GHz) Screen: 14.1" Memory Size: 4GB DDR3 Hard Disk: 320GB 7200 RPM Optical Drive: DVD±R/RW Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 3100M Video Memory: 512MB Card slot: 1 x Express Card Battery Life: Up to 11 hours Dimensions: 13.20" x 9.40" x 1.10" – 1.30" Weight: 5.35 lbs. Other Features: NVIDIA Optimus CPU Type: Intel Core i5 CPU Speed: 560M(2.66GHz) CPU Support: 3MB L3 Cache Max Turbo Frequency: 3.2GHz Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
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19th August 2011
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Oct 2010 Location: Long Beach, CA
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Google it brother. You'll find what you're looking for
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19th August 2011
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| 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Joined: Jun 2011 Location: at home
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at least a dozen sites with full instructins on tweaking your pc for audio. | |
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19th August 2011
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| Gear interested Joined: Aug 2009 Location: san diego
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Thread Starter | Speed Up Windows 7 - Ultimate Guide To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast!!! following this one at the moment. does this get one get a seal of approval? anyone wanna link me to instructions like this that theyve used? this one dosent seem to be for music specifically. |
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19th August 2011
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The first thing that I always did was to clone the hard drive and replace it with a 7200RPM drive, and boost the memory to the max.
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19th August 2011
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Check out the Configuration that matches your operating system: (BlackViper.com) Main Page - Process and Service wiki You should find on the correct page a long list of Windows Services and whether or not they can be set to manual or disabled or left at automatic.
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20th August 2011
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Just disable the internet and the virus software and you will probably be fine. I wouldn't do more than that unless I encountered a problem. I have an i5 with 4G RAM W7 64 bit and I use Norton 360. It has an option to put it to sleep until reboot, it works well. OTher than that I just go offline. I have everything set for manual updates except Norton, because I turn it off when I was the computer as a DAW. Windows updates are manual. It is an HP and I have the HP updater to run once a month, it checks everything and updates all my system drivers etc. When I was using XP I had to go into administrative tools and disable a whole list of processes and applications... not so with W7 64... just try the basics first. offline, no auto updates, and turn off your virus software. Remember to turn it back on and remember to check for windows updates in the control panel if you set them to manual. I think you'll find that it will run just fine. I did set it for Best Performance, turned off a the audio enhancements, gave priority to background services... I think that is all. I left Aero on and have talked to others who leave it on and have no trouble. Most of your trouble, if you have any, will be from not having a good enough interface with od enough drivers. The RME Babyface or Roland Octa-Capture are smooth operators. You can run into problems using software like X1 64 bit if you try to use older 32 bit plugins. Main thing, IMO, GOOD drivers, everything 64 bit, turn off the internet and the virus software... then you should be fine. JB Last edited by Strat-O-Kat; 20th August 2011 at 11:40 PM.. Reason: Forgot something |
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21st August 2011
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Germany, Worldwide
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21st August 2011
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Dolno Sonje, Sopiste, Macedonia
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Just disable the network adapter when you do music and you're fine. No special optimization necessary (or possible).
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21st August 2011
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 ]and just set the power plan to "High Performance" and "Min Processor state" to 100%.It NOW runs better than all the tweaking crap/turning stuff off,hell,I even did the "regedit tweak" of turning off core parking[making "Value min/Value max]by changing the text from 64 to 00 but it just ran worse as it was then "stuck" at 2.0GHz instead of using turbo to boost it to 2.9 as SONAR X1 producer constantly demands about 2.5/2.6GHZ as per their "requirements"[2.6GHz] Windows 7 is TOTALLY different to XP or Resistor[Vista]and runs great by doing all the "simple"stuff I mentioned.The only thing that would concern me is the fact your machine has a i5 instead of an i7 but supposedly most Daws/Plugs still run OK with the i5.I would definately "upgrade" the RAM,mine was 4GB stock,and I just got another 4GB stick for $55.Funny thing was a freind did the same thing[same size RAM increase] with his MBP and they convinced him the "Job" had to be done by them[apple] it cost him $250!!!!!!:facepalm Good Luck,Cheers RK.
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