Anyone seen this? Please HELP if you can. DigiTechSupt?

[RobMacki]

Here's the system:
G4 400 pci graphic.
Magma (4 slot)
d24 + dsp farm II + dsp farm
888|24
OS 9+
PT 5.1.3

Here's the message:
"Pro Tools was not able to reacquire the hardware and must now exit. Message ID = -9045"

I can launch PT but get the message when I go to open a session. Sometimes I get the message when assigning hardware after throwing away digi prefs.

Here's what I've tried so far:
Trash digi prefs.
Swap interface cables. (I have two, I was using a 'y' and got rid of it for trouble shooting)
Re-seat cards (blow out w/ air) after doing this everything was fine for a couple of weeks.
Digi Test passed all cards.

I'm stumped and bummed [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

Anyone know what it might be?

[soma323brooklyn]

Sounds like your expansion chassis might be out. I had a magma 13 slot expansion chassis go out on me twice in two years. Magma is in San Diego, they do repair them rather fast. Hope this helps.

[RobMacki]

Any way I can verify it is the Magma?

[Shawn Simpson]

Take the cards out of the chassis and install them in the computer. That takes the magma out of the equation. If the problem goes away, that's a good indication that something could be wrong in the expansion chain. It might not be the chassis, but the card or cable would be a bit harder to troubleshoot without some substitutes. Give it a try with the cards in the computer. Good luck.