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		| Dan-O The Gates of Troy
 
  
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:50 pm    Post subject: When your system goes down. |   |  
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				| I had to call Didgidesign today. My 002 Rack was losing its firewire connection about minute after I would begin to record, then would come back online a minute to 10 minutes later. The shop guy said it sounds like the power suply ins't staying constant. 
 Have you ever had this or heard of this happening?
 
 Looks like I have to ship it out for repair and I don't know how long it will take. Any advice on what I should do in the meantime?
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		| Deirdre Czarina Emeritus
 
  
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		| anthonyVO 14th Avenue
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:23 pm    Post subject: Re: When your system goes down. |   |  
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				|  	  | Dan-O wrote: |  	  | I had to call Didgidesign today. My 002 Rack was losing its firewire connection about minute after I would begin to record, then would come back online a minute to 10 minutes later. The shop guy said it sounds like the power suply ins't staying constant. 
 Have you ever had this or heard of this happening?
 
 Looks like I have to ship it out for repair and I don't know how long it will take. Any advice on what I should do in the meantime?
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 Yup. It's most likely the power supply to your firewire drive, NOT your 002. I have the same problem now for 6 months
   
 The power switch on the drive is sometimes cheap, and won't give a hard enough click, so after a while the contacts start to wear and you lose power for an instant - in which case, you lose your connection.
 
 -Anthony
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		| Dan-O The Gates of Troy
 
  
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:31 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | Yup. It's most likely the power supply to your firewire drive, NOT your 002. | 
 
 Anthony, what your saying is that it's my computer, not my 002, right?
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:36 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Dan-o 
 Are you using an outboard FW Drive?
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		| Dan-O The Gates of Troy
 
  
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:44 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Outboard - meaning a seperate piece of hardware?  The connection I have is in the back of my computer. (First time hearing the term, sorry.) |  | 
	
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:55 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I think I may have misunderstood. I was under the impression that you're using an external (outboard) firewire Hard Drive as your audio drive. But I forgot that the 002 connects to your computer via Firewire - is that what you're referring to? 
 In any case, many times a loss of firewire connection DOES indeed mean loss of power if even for an instant.
 
 Sorry for the confusion.
 
 -Anthony
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