Mac's in the business and he recommended giving a powered usb hub a try. They are pretty cheap and available. You could buy one and try it. If it didn't solve your problem, you could take it back. I have a little Archos multimedia player that used to work from my laptop's usb drive but starting having problems. I tried it on the powered hub and now no problems. I think that we all wish that since we never had any hardware problems in the past, that we won't have any in the future. Oh, sure......


Cornet Curmudgeon