Do I need to disable Hyperthreading on my Creation Station, and if so, how do I do it?

Our older Creation Station Rack, Pro, and Cube shipped normally with Intel Hyperthreading enabled. The current line of Ceation Station Towers (LE and Plus) also have Hyprthreading enabled. However, hyperthreading is now supported by most systems. In those cases you’ll want to disable hyperthreading. Only older version of software (e.g., Pro Tools 6.x) have issues with Hyperthreading. Also, if you have software which doesn’t seem to be running properly, you might try disabling Hyperthreading to see if this is the reason.

* Please note that any Creation Station Dual-Core do NOT have Hyperthreading, and thus you need not worry about disabling it.

* If we installed Pro Tools as a turn-key system, you do not need to worry about this, we’ve disabled Hyperthreading already.

To disable Intel’s Hyperthreading Technology on your Creation Station:

1. Restart your computer (or turn it on)
2. When you see the first boot-up screen (American Megatrends) with your hard drive list, memory, etc., press the DEL button on your keyboard several times. You will have a short opportunity to press this key, so locate it before you get to this screen
3. You will enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY
4. Use the cursor keys to go to Advanced, press ENTER
5. Cursor down to CPU Configuration, press ENTER
6. Cursor down to Hyper Threading Technology
7. Press the + or – key to change it to Disabled
8. Press F10 – you will be asked to Save and Exit. Press Enter to do so.
9. Your machine will now reboot without Hyperthreading.

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