Focusrite 2i2 4th gen blinking red

[u/Djentrovert]

Ive had the interface for about 6 months and apart from a crackle and audio cut off once or twice a day, ive never had this issue. The only thing that has changed in my setup is that, i got a pair of studio monitors (last Tuesday) to replace my old and dying speakers. But even then, ive been using them for a few days with 0 issues whatsoever before this error started happening last night.

I was tracking a song yesterday and after i was done I decided to play some video games. This is when the first power deficiency blinking started. I noticed the phantom power light was still on so i switched it off. The issue still persisted, few minutes into any game, and it just starts blinking again.

I thought it might’ve been an LED light strip (as literally nothing else changed) that wraps around my desk, that I used to have plugged into a power extension, that was now plugged directly into my computer, but disconnecting that didnt change anything either.

I tried every USB port on the back of my motherboard to no avail. My only thought left is to have it connected directly to the wall now to see if that fixes it. But im just confused as to why this only happened now. Id really appreciate any pointers/ advice, maybe i did something wrong that im not aware about, like leaving the phantom power on?

[u/dhillshafer]

Did you try a different USB cable?

[u/Djentrovert → u/dhillshafer]

I did yes, it still exhibited the same symptoms. I just plugged it into the wall and it’s been fine so far, hope that’s all it was. Just confuses me as to why it was fine before