[edge.it]

anytime i try to reboot my machine with all my peripherals plugged in it will stay at the white screen and wont load past it. I have every port taken up on my mac book pro.ipod(usb), esata host card, firewire 800 hard drive ethernet .apple monitor hub with both sets of USB and FW400 ports used up. (7 port usb hub 1/2used ) so pretty much im maxed out.

when i unplug everything it loads fine. any ideas?

[JKT]

Typically, USB hubs are a problem, but the easiest way to find out is to start by unplugging the hub - if problem solved, plug it back in and start removing individual devices from the hub to see if you can narrow it down. If you identify the device, try swapping its USB cable with another to see if the cable is the problem. If not, try plugging that device directly into the USB ports on the Mac to see if that solves the problem.

Repeat for all other devices if it doesn't turn out to be the hub or something attached to it.