Plugging in Thunderbolt cable causes system freeze

I own a MacBook Pro 15" with Retina display, running 10.8.3, with 16GB RAM.
Both TB ports are used; one has a Matrox DS1 dock connected to it, the other has three FW800 external HDDs connected to it (daisy chained). Whenever I need to go mobile, I disconnect all devices properly, by clicking the Eject icons for every device through the Finder.
When I reconnect the TB port that has the three FW800 drives connected to it, I get a system freeze, with only the pointer remaining operative. I even close the lid, but the display remains lit.
All three drives have been in use before, most recently with the MacBook Pro 17" 3,1 that was replaced by the MBP with Retina. I would've certainly thought that maybe the Matrox dock could've been the culprit.
Any thoughts on where/how to begin troubleshooting? Thanks.

Sounds like it's the computer itself not the player. Power issue of some sort. Does the player work correctly? I wouldn't be plugging it in that computer anymore till the problem gets solved. It may be the service pack. The Hp computers(desktops) that have AMD processors were having problems with that service pack update.

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