Hi Phil, I just wanted to update you and everyone else on here regarding this issue. Your suggestion of disabling the 1394 connection worked. That seems to be the problem. I used it for a couple hours today and no problems. This also resolved the problem I was having with intermittently losing sound from my softsynths. Very many thanks, again. Omar Binno www.omarbinno.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Muir To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: power issue? Possibly however, I would first make sure that the 1394 network connection is disabled. Leaving that enabled is known to cause lots of pops and clicks. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions, Music And Audio Production Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK+44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxx URL: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:37 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: power issue? Hi Phil, I'm using a firewire card. I'd have to see if I disabled the 1394 connection or not. Does any of this sound like it could be a power management issue? Thanks. Omar Binno www.omarbinno.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Muir To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 7:15 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: power issue? What sound card are you using. Is it USB 2 or, firewire? Also, if you have a firewire card installed, have you disabled the 1394 network connection? not doing that will cause crackling. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions, Music And Audio Production Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK+44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxx URL: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:07 AM Subject: [ddots-l] power issue? Hello, I've been getting some crackling and intermittent dropouts in Sonar on my quad-core system. I recently loaded some large vsts, (some that take up 40 gigs or more,) onto my machine and am using them within sonar. I know these synths use the ram of the computer heavily. Recently, I posted an inquiry on here regarding another issue I was having with losing sounds for my vsts during a project while trying to play them from my midi controler. I'm also hearing that USB/firewire ringer go off randomly. I'm becoming fairly certain that these issues are all somehow related, and am wondering if power management is an issue. Side note: the fans in my pc are constantly running, even when I havent been using it for several hours, and they weren't doing that before. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. Omar Binno www.omarbinno.com