Blue Snowflake Mic won't recognize on 2006 Mac Pro.

I just purchased a Brand New Blue USB Snowflake Mic, and when I plug it into my 2006 Mac Pro running OS X 10.6.5, it won't show up in the Sound System Preferences. I do not know what to do. It says it works with OS X, but I can't get my Mac to see it. Any ideas or help?

I can tell you my wife and I have had this happen on both of our BLUE snowflake mics. After some phone calls to BLUE, they replaced them both under warranty.
Both of the replacement Snowflakes work on our macs, but they were obviously refurbs.
It's worth noting that my wife has another BLUE mic, a Snowball that she uses for voicework. It has never exhibited any issues. Only the snowflakes. I get the impression, though it's purely anecdotal, that there is a high failure/return rate on the snowflake mics.
love,
shmoo

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