>> Today I plugged the speakers in usb port 2 and everthing else in usb >> port 1 (it was vice versa), and everything is back to normal. Are my >> usb ports going bad ir was this just a Gremlin? > > It has happen to me once (I'm running Panther). Just unplug and replug > the speakers (in the same usb port), and you should be fine. You are probably right. How come the restart is not enough? Maybe unplugging it from the outlet would do the trick?