2 Before you start ...
3 PC: Intel Pentium or AMD processor with a clock frequency of 2 GHz and 1024 MB Ram;
Operating System Windows
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32/64bit: 2000
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/XP/Vista/7 and Server 2003/2008/2010;
DirectX 9c
3 MAC: PowerPC starting with G4, or Intel Prozessor with 1024MB Ram; Mac OS X 10.4
to 10.7
3 1 free expansion slots (one free PCIe slot)
3 A free slot for the MIDI/WordClock Extender (MWX version only)
Please note that the system requirements may be higher depending on the operating system
and audio application used.
2.2.3 Hardware and software installation
In the brochure labeled ”Quick Start” you will find all the installation steps as a graphical guide.
If you still have any questions or in case that problems appear during the installation, please
contact our support service. You will find all the different ways to contact the support services
in the appendix of this manual.
2.2.4 Driver and firmware updates
In some cases, there is a driver update available for the SERAPH 8 in the download section of
the MARIAN homepage. It may include:
3 Functional improvements of the driver and/or the user interface (s)
3 Adjustments to new operating systems and/or their new components (updates and service
packs)
3 Compatibility upgrades to audio applications and third-party applications
When performing a driver update please follow the instructions provided in the ’readme.htm’
file, which is part of the packed folder of the new driver files
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Important: In the course of a driver update it may become necessary for the firmware of
the SERAPH 8 to be updated. Whether a firmware update is necessary or not, can only be
determined after an installation/update was performed. The firmware upgrade will then be
executed automatically and must finish with a reboot (Turn off and turn on) of the PC system.
The Fail-safe firmware update technology MARIAN protects the SERAPH 8 against errors,
which could occur due to the interruption of the update process, such as a power failure. If
normally this would result in a total malfunction of a system, the fail-safe technology ensures
that at the next initialization of the SERAPH 8 a core firmware is loaded. Thus the sound card
may again be detected correctly by a Windows
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system.
Please note: Following a successful firmware update and after the restart of the system,
Windows
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32/64bit: 2000
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/XP/Vista/7 and Server 2003/2008/2010will find a new hardware,
because the hardware ID of the SERAPH 8 may have changed due to the former update. As
the driver files are already installed, you must simply choose ”Install software automatically
(recommended)” when the Windows
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hardware wizard appears.
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only for 32bit Windows
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Even if the Windows
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Explorer is capable of displaying compressed files – for installing the driver (update)
a full decompression is required!
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only for 32bit Windows
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