Can't see Midi ports on Mbox 2

[Dancesux]

Howdy all, im a new user sorry my first post has to be a question...

I have an Mbox 2 and am now onto pt7.1. Im having trouble finding my midi ports on my mbox 2. When i go into the midi studio setup. there is no option other than "none" in both the midi input and output port drop down menu. I know i installed the mbox correctly originally but after using it on another computer i plugged it into the original and it came up as new device and i stupidly let it load automatically instead of searching disc as i thought the drivers would have already remained from the original install. I dont know if this is the cause of the problem as i never used the midi option before i plugged the box back in but i cant think of any other causes. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers from the disc but it has not resolved the issue. I have also tried deleted the drivers in the system32 file and copying them manually from the disc into that file but to no avail. if i check th drivers throughj the control panel/system/divice manager there are 2 midi drivers "mbx2midu.dll" and "mbx2midk.sys".

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

If you dont mind the heavier style of music you can listen to some of my work at http://www.chaosdivine.net/media.htm the song still bleeding was recorded using my mbox2. The only thing we didnt record was the drums which was done with cubase by Roland Lim.

[spkguitar]

Check to make sure that MMERefresh is running on startup. If not, find it and run it. (C:\Program Files\Digidesign\Drivers\mmerefresh.exe)

[Dancesux]

yeh i tried that and it didnt seem to make any difference....

i woke up this morning and now im not able to use any audio devices on my pc at all not even my onboard soundcard... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!

on the deivices im getting this message "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)"


please help!

[Dancesux]

Ok i have now done a system restore back to a week or so ago before i started mucking around with my drivers and now i have my soundcard back online! yay! I contacted support and i was told to delete all the preferences and have done so but to no avail. I also lost my 7.1 update when i did the system restore and now trying to uninstall pt7.0 my computer is saying "Setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."



AAAAAAAHRG

[Aussie Scott]

not even my onboard soundcard...

I'm pretty sure you should have this disabled - PT hates other soundcards.

Scott

[Dancesux]

yeh i may try disabling my onboard soundcard next i have got PT7.1 back again after doing another system restore to the day i installed pt7.1

[Dancesux]

yeh tried disabling my soundcard which is an AC'97 but still no midi ports...

[Aussie Scott]

Get 'Sisoft Sandra' (do a search here for a link) and get it to do a profile of your system - then post it in this thread - that may help to make the problem more apparent.

Scott

[Dancesux]

thanx mate, here ya go...


SiSoftware Sandra

System
Host Name : DAVE-1
User : Dave
Domain : MSHOME

Processor
Model : 1x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Speed : 2.21GHz
Model Number : 3500 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR3315 (estimated)
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Internal Data Cache : 64kB Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way set, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA PCI PCIe USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 2 Processor(s)
MP APIC : No
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Mainboard : NF-CK804
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 1005MHz (2010MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 157MHz (314MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
Adapter : RADEON X300 Series
Adapter : RADEON X300 Series Secondary

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : HDT722516DLA380 (153GB)
CD-ROM/DVD : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A
Hard Disk (C:) : 153GB (121GB, 79% Free Space) (NTFS)
Pro tools le (D:) : 316MB (CDFS)

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : Digidesign Mbox 2 Firmware Updater
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Realtek AC'97 Audio

Printers and Faxes
Model : Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Model : HP PSC 1600 series

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Home (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

Network Services
Network Drivers Enabled : No

Performance Tips
Warning 100 : Large memory sizes should be made of Registered/Buffered memory.
Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

[Aussie Scott]

Pro tools le (D:) : 316MB (CDFS)

Do you always leave the PT disk in?

It all looks good so far.

Where's spkguitar?!!

Scott