Hey again Fernando, Thanks for your additional comments and suggestions. Yes, it is definitely a plain US-122. I would LOVE to hear about distros you found where it worked out of the box - that would be a dream come true. On a total tangent - can any of you comment (in lay terms if possible) on the real-time kernel? I was under the impression that Ubuntu Studio utilizes a real time kernel, making it superior to other OS's, distros or flavors of Ubuntu. I thought I had read somewhere that this RTK has been abandoned and will not be available anymore? Comments? Casey