Since you have an iMac, you only have one internal drive therefore you need to get an external firewire hard drive and daisy chain it with your Mbox2Pro. You should record and playback from a separate drive than you system (you have that) but it should be 7200 RPM and either an internal drive or an external firewire drive. Please also note that recording and playback (stock?) to a USB drive is not recommended or supported in Protools. If your computer has both FW400 and FW800 ports on it, they're most likely using the same bus and the above info would still apply, though you have the flexibility of connecting any firewire drives you're using either to the FW400 or FW800 ports on the computer or to the card, as long as your interface is not on the same bus - so if you connect your drives to the computer ports, connect your interface to the card or vice versa. The Siig 2 Port card (link to expresscard or PCIe versions) has been shown to be suitable for this situation. A better solution is to get a FW400 expresscard (for laptops) or PCI/PCIe FW400 card (for desktops) and connect your interface to that.
If you only have a firewire 800 port on your computer, you can try using a FW800 to FW400 adapter cable however keep in mind that this is not the ideal solution and may still be problematic. Mbox 2 Pro and most M-Audio firewire interfaces do not support FW800 connections anywhere in the chain. I called a manager at samash and he said hes never heard of that kind of problem. You should NOT use the AC adapter for the Mbox 2 Pro unless the firewire port on your computer doesn't supply power - for instance, if it's a 'mini' firewire port with only 4 pins. They said the only way to correct the issue is to replace the motherboard. Mbox 2 Pro and M-Audio firewire device specific issues
This post from DigiTechSup sounds like it applies to you concerning the power adapter (alim?)
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