MacBook Pro + Belkin Firewire Hub

Hello,
I have a MacBook Pro and I use a 5 port Belkin Firewire Hub that has a Lacie d2, Lacie Portable and Firewire Audio Interface attached. Right now the hub has just stopped working and I keep restarting and nothing happens. It happened on Sunday aswell after I brought my MacBook to a gig and I shut the laptop down and went to bed. In the morning it was fine. I can't have this happening all the time because all of my synth libraries are on these hard drives and I need those all the time...
Any ideas?

Sometimes Firewire chains can get 'confused' - try unplugging everything for an hour or so and then reconnect them live/hot in the sequence you require. (And, there could be a hardware fault in the hub ...)

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