Re: Premiere CS3 and dual quad-core mobo performance

Some people have had a better experience with PPCS3 if they have at least 2 gigs of RAM for every processor core.

In a "consumer" 32-bit MicroSoft OS, this can not be had, but with certain "other" versions it can, for example: WIN Server 2003 32-Bit with PAE enabled, WIN Server 2003 64-Bit, WIN XP 64-bit, WIN Vista 64-bit.

Others have had great success if the BIOS is updated to work correcty with 4-core processors. (Check out www.biosman.com to know how to update your BIOS without messing up your SuperMicro motherboard.)

Others have had great success if the temperature inside the case is within designated extremes. If you realize that inside the case the temperature gets to 140º Fahrenheit too often, that may be the cause of your machine slowing down. By design, Xeon Intel processor chips cause themselves and the RAM to slow down if the temperature inside the case gets too hot.

Finally, others have had great success by being careful with their power supply.

If your power supply cannot handle the power requirements (the wattage) of all the stuff connected to it, you may notice strangeness. If the computer at times turns itself off for no reason, (no WIN XP exit, just turns off...) the power supply is being over taxed in wattage.

This can also happen if you connect too many high wattage components to only one or two rails (electrical circuit coming out of the power supply.)

For example, if the power supply has four rails (4 circuits) and each can handle 250 watts (the power supply is rated 1000 watts on its chassis), and you just happen to install 300 watts of stuff on only one of the rails, the power supply will then turn itself off when the heat goes up. In this case, the power supply is rated to 1000 watts, but 300 watts causes it to fail because of the overload of one of the circuits.

You may also want to check your power supply just to make sure it's completely compatible with your motherboard. Most of the motherboards labeled somewhere as being 5000x... (meaning they are compatible with XEON 5000 sequence processors) also, expect a power supply that is EPS12V compatible.

When you shop online for a power supply, type "EPS12V" in the site's search engine. This may help you determine quickly if they have power supplies that work with your motherboard.

Based on what you have explained, I would first look at your BIOS and check if it's compatible with the processors installed.

Regards,
Paul