Pro Tools 9 & Profire 610 Interface: Unable to switch to standalone mode
 

I am running ProTools 9.0.6 with a Profire 610. I also run a lot of other software, mostly SOANR X3, and I don't really use the ProTools that much as what I do is better served by SONAR. I also run, (only occasionally) Sound Forge, Vegas, East West Play engines, Quicktime, Z3Ta, Melodyne, Dimension Pro, Rapture, Guitar Rig, Reason, and Izotrope. The vast majority of the time I run these other processes through SONAR when I need them.

The problem I am having is that my Profire 610 is locked into hosted mode by one of these programs or the OS (?) I don't know, but I am thinking the Protools may be doing this as it won't let me switch off the interface. I want to get the ProFire 610 in standalone mode as I want to switch it from an internal to an external clock, but the Profire 610 control panel won't let me do this while it is in hosted mode. I've tried the M-Audio people on this, but they were not much help at all. Is there a way to make Protools stop using the Profire as its interface without me completely uninstalling the program? Is there someone with experience with this interface and ProTools who might know how to do this? Or can someone think of any reason why my interface is locked in Hosted Mode if the ProTools is not the cause? One of the other programs possible? I have put the Profire 610 on another computer without all this software, and the standalone mode came up fine there. I would like to avoid having to completely uninstall all this software and then reinstall it as that would be one royal pain and might not be possible to do without major damage. My search of the database here and the ProToolsusers.org forum turned up nothing in reference to this problem. I appreciate any help or knowledge that may be out there in reference to this. Thanks.

I have the following set up: Sandra-soft report is as follows:

SiSoftware Sandra
Mainboard : Clevo D900C
BIOS : Phoenix (OEM) 6.00 09/24/2008
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR2
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4C 2.83GHz, 2x 6MB L2)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA (Socket T) Chipset
Memory Controller : Clevo P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub 4x 332MHz (1.33GHz), 2x 4GB DIMM DDR2 796MHz 128-bit
2 x 4GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (8 Gb total)
Monitor/Panel : Hewlett Packard LA2405 (1920x1200, 30.6")
Monitor/Panel : LPL Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1200)
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX (112SP SM4.0 1.25GHz, 1GB DDR3 1.6GHz 256-bit, PCIe 1.00 x16) Graphics Processor
INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD) : 559GB (C:) D:)
INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD) : 559GB (E:)
INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD) : 559GB (F:)
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 (3TB, USB2/SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 3TB (H:)
MAT[bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep]ABD-MLT UJ-220S (2.1GB, ATA33, BD-RE, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 8MB Cache) : 2GB (G:)
Logical Storage Devices
MAINXP1 (D:) : 14GB (NTFS) @ INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD)
2ND_VOLUME1 (E:) : 559GB (NTFS) @ INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD)
3RD_VOLUME1 (F:) : 559GB (NTFS) @ INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD)
BackupDrive (H:) : 3TB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 (3TB, USB2/SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
MAINSTATION1 (C:) : 545GB (NTFS) @ INTEL SSDSA2CW600G3 (600.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", SSD)
S8_Producer (G:) : 2GB (CDFS) @ MAT[bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep]ABD-MLT UJ-220S (2.1GB, ATA33, BD-RE, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 8MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Clevo 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller
Audio Device : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) HD Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi 883 High Definition Audio
Audio Codec : Motorola Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) 4 port SATA Controller
Disk Controller : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) 2 port SATA Controller
Disk Controller : Clevo JMB368 IDE Controller
USB Controller 1 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #4
USB Controller 2 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #5
USB Controller 3 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB2 EHCI #2
USB Controller 4 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #1
USB Controller 5 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #2
USB Controller 6 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #3
USB Controller 7 : Clevo 82801H (ICH8) USB2 EHCI #1
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet, 1Gbps)
Wireless Adapter : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11g (ERP), AES-CCMP, 117Mbps)
Power Management
Battery No 1 : NOTEBOOK BAT1 97.68Wh/6.60Ah
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9