[mikedomi]

sounds like something we had with the laptop.we were using 2 firewire box they were not the same make 1 was kma file the other was dj mp3 the mp3 were on a older modle firewire it sounds just like what you were saying about your hoster muisc if your hard drive is larger than 120 gig you have to use the newer firewire box that will support the big drive.what we found belive it or not was the 2 firewire boxs did not like each other one was new tech and the other was old tech.
on the other hand we do not have this with our lunch box computerit runs ok other than audio drop i dont think what you have has to do with hoster in may be in laptop if that is what you have or in firewire box mike