Pro tools starting slow.

Is it normal for Pro Tools 6.7 to take ages to load when it gets to loading DAE? And could anyone please suggest a reason why my an is constantly on when using PT please? Thanks L.Dudley

How many plugins are installed on your system? Many plugs = slow loading.

Yes, I have a LOT of plugins, must be this. Any ideas as to what the fan being on could be at all please? Thanks L.Dudley

Yes, I have a LOT of plugins, must be this. Any ideas as to what the fan being on could be at all please? Thanks L.Dudley

The fan is on because ProTools typically runs the CPU at 100%, even when PT is idle.

Hey Dr_38! I have this exact same problem and it's driving me crazy. The launch process gets stuck at "DAE Loaded" for about 3 to 4 minutes. It eventually does load but the wait is annoying. I don't think it's a plug in issue since this problem just started, after no significant changes to my "ProTools only" computer. I'm running the Digi and free BombFactory plugs only. Did you ever resolve this issue?? Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for the response, mpark! I deleted all the folders as recommended by digi, but to no avail. Maybe I missed the database folders. I'll check it out asap! Thanks, Jay

Hi, contradictory to what Digidesign suggets, I enabled hyper threading and my system is running much smoother. The fan doesnt come on now but I still have the problem of starting slowly, what spec is your PC?

Hey Dr38.. My PC is an AMD Athlon XP 2500, Asus A7V8X-X mobo, WD 80 Gig system drive, 1.5 gigs of RAM, and an LG DVD/CD-rw. I record to a removable drive connected to the primary IDE bus.