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pkoch1

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Oct 3, 2007
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Boston
Hello there.

This thread is not exactly Digital Audio (but pretty close), not exactly Hardware, and not exactly Software, so I posted it here.

First off, here are my specs:

Early 2009 Mac Pro 2.26 GHz, 8-core, 8GB RAM, whole bunch-a hard drives and peripherals plugged in via firewire, Apogee Duet, MBox 2 Pro

When I plug in a WD Passport (500GB, Firewire 800), poof! away goes my sound. It only happens with this specific hard drive on multiple systems. It possibly has to do with the MBox too, but it has happened with the Duet as well.

The only way to get my sound back is to unplug the hard drive, then unplug and replug my audio interface.

I have restored the hard drive, but still get the same issues.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
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