Hi,
I have made a video of some connection problems I am having with my MBox Pro.
I suspect I need to invest in a new, recommended FireWire card for my PC and replace the cable (it doesn't seem to be too tight a connection in its physical connection with the MBox).
Do you think this might fix the problem? I'd like someone with some expertise to please advise before I drop the $$$s.
Here's the vid where I am not touching anything to cause the connection to drop / pick up and the power light on the MBox is flashing. You can see Device Manager and the MBox software struggling to maintain a connection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RTQT004VdM
I have tried all optimisations and this has had no impact on this issue. I have read widely on this issue but have failed to find anything to fix the issue.
My MBox worked fine for the first few months.
Here's a Sandra report:-
Computer
Model : GigaByte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Chassis : GigaByte Desktop
Mainboard : GigaByte Z68X-UD3H-B3
BIOS : Award (OEM) F10 10/12/2011
Total Memory : 15.92GB DIMM DDR3
Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4C 8T 3.81GHz, 3.8GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 8MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA1155
Chipset
Memory Controller : Intel Core (Sandy Bridge) DRAM Controller 100MHz, 2x 8GB DIMM DDR3 1.6GHz/1.33GHz 128-bit
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : G.Skill F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : G.Skill F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : G.Skill F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : G.Skill F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : Samsung SMS24A450
(1920x1200, 30.6")
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (7CU 336SP SM5.0 1.85GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.2GHz 256-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (336SP 7C 1.85GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.2GHz 256-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (336SP 7C 1.85GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.2GHz 256-bit)
CUDA GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (336SP 7C 1.85GHz, 512kB L2, 1GB 4.2GHz 256-bit)
Storage Devices
Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 932GB (C:) (E:)
Samsung SSD 840 Series (120GB, SATA600, SSD) : 112GB (P:)
TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB (112.3MB, SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) : 107MB (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Sys Rsrvd (E:) : 100MB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Pro Tools (P:) : 112GB (NTFS) @ Samsung SSD 840 Series (120GB, SATA600, SSD)
Hard Disk (C:) : 931GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
SP_4_80_ML (D:) : 107MB (CDFS) @ TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB (112.3MB, SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Gigabyte Cougar Point LPC Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T2 87-28
Audio Device : Gigabyte Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Device : ASUS GF110 High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia 0016
Audio Codec : nVidia 0016
Audio Codec : nVidia 0016
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Gigabyte Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : Gigabyte 88SE9172 SATA III 6Gb/s RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : Gigabyte Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 2 : Gigabyte Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller 3 : Gigabyte Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller
USB Controller 4 : Gigabyte Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : 8738 VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : Gigabyte VIA VT6308 1394 OHCI Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Send To Microsoft OneNote 2010 Driver (1200x1200, Colour)
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet)
Wireless Adapter : NETGEAR WNA3100 N300 Wireless USB Adapter (802.11g (ERP), TKIP, 54Mbps)
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64