[TheNoize]

I never solved it, because Avid/Digi never gave me any support, as usual.

I still have it always in the same position, and I bought a Mackie VLZ3 to control the volume, because it was cheaper to buy a small mixer than to actually send the 003 to repair. Sad, I know. But Digidesign was never fond of their clients that much - their approach is that these things, even costing thousands of dollars, are disposable - if it's broke, buy a new interface!