MBox 2 Pro, no power at all...LED lights off.

[macalleeking]

And the super secret re-boot that fixed you up is?

Originally Posted by WRETAUDIO

I had this happen when I switched from a PC to my Mac. Tech support told me that if you don't power the MBox down before you switch computers, it can become absolutely unresponsive. No power LED's, no nothing. I thought mine had blown up, but Tech support walked me though a super secrete re-boot that fixed me up.

[mikeprovencher]

Yeah, that would be good to know...mine is seemingly dead in the water, no lights, no camera, no action.

[Hayata64]

Originally Posted by WRETAUDIO

I had this happen when I switched from a PC to my Mac. Tech support told me that if you don't power the MBox down before you switch computers, it can become absolutely unresponsive. No power LED's, no nothing. I thought mine had blown up, but Tech support walked me though a super secrete re-boot that fixed me up.

Just happened to me this week. No lights, no power on my MBox 2 Pro. I tried it with wall wart and firewire (6 pin on both ends) and no joy. I need the secret reboot. I purchased a used MBox 2 Pro last year with no disks to use with my live keyboard rig. I run VSTs through Cantabile Performer. MBox worked great as an interface for last 9 months. I do not even use Pro Tools. Then I switched laptops (Windows 7 64bit) and tried to get it working. I read on a forum about updating firmware by launching Pro Tools, so I installed PT LE 8 from a friend's disk. That's when my MBox turned into a brick. Looking at OTHER BRANDS of interfaces so that I can be up and running in a week.

[lilcleo001]

Originally Posted by WRETAUDIO

I had this happen when I switched from a PC to my Mac. Tech support told me that if you don't power the MBox down before you switch computers, it can become absolutely unresponsive. No power LED's, no nothing. I thought mine had blown up, but Tech support walked me though a super secrete re-boot that fixed me up.

Hey Mr. Super Secret. You should post the details so people stop coming here and finding no fix. Sharing is Caring 8^)

[Top Jimmy]

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/e...oting/en207915

[Hayata64]

I am going to be trying again tonight to restore my MBox 2 pro using the method in the Avid article for Windows. I called Avid last week and got a quote of 245.00USD for the repair. One additional tip the tech gave me is to make sure that my Firewire card's driver is the "legacy" driver. Drivers are a not a strong subject for me. I'll be Googling away to find out whether or not I need to roll it back to legacy...where to find the legacy driver...etc.

PS. I have already switched my live keyboard rig to a Presonus Firebox I picked up in a trade at Music Go Round.