Wow! Really ? Usb incompatible? what a bummer! If it were FW, ok I would understand, but why USB?

With Protools you automatically install Core Audio, so it should wake up the box, even without launching the program.

Do you have expresscard? You could always make a new USB bus, that might do the trick, but seems a bit far fetched.

Try booting with the box connected

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