Signal path edirol fa66?

hey all!
a basic newb question if ever there was one!
why is it that I can still hear sound through the outputs on my audio interface (from the inputs) when it is disconnected from the computer (running on dc power) and the soft ctrl (software monitoring) is turned off?? I was under the impression that unless you turned monitoring on (throughputting input to output) the sound went through the sequencer, and hence if this was disconnected there would be no output.
if there is always some direct throughput what is the point of this? won't the source signal mix with the signal coming out of the sequencer?
hope I'm making sense and thanks for any help! I have included a link to the fa 66 signal path here
http://picasaweb.google.com/leokram/Fa66SignalPath260507817PM
cheers
Leo
mac mini PPC 1.42ghz 1 gig ram Mac OS X (10.4.9) edirol fa 66 audio interface, logic express 7.2.3

Update:
I have partially solved my problem by removing all my attached devices (iControl, external HD, iSight camera). This lets me record using GB3. I have received an error occasionally as mentioned above. That error is:
Core Audio: Disk is too small (prepare) (-10001)
Any insight from members here would be gratefully accepted.
Tone

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