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I'm having the same exact issue. Any updates from others besides he who took it to a repair shop?

Same thing here. Worked when I turned it on for like a minute, then froze. Turned it off and back on and it started trying to update firmware on it's own - not connected to anything. Had a hard time getting into Safe Boot mode (actually never was able to, but it did go into "update mode" and was able to update the firmware through HX Edit - partially. it stopped halfway through and came back to the "UPdating UI MCU firmware..." screen it showed previously - but DID show that the firmware was updating to 3.71. Tried several times to get it back into update or safe mode. Finally tried to hook it up to a different computer so turned it off and back on (without unplugging power or anything) and it stopped powering up completely. Tried all the button combinations - nothing. Put in a ticket but I'm not expecting much help since it's out of warranty.

Trying to reinstall Workbench for my old Variax 300 but I keep getting the error "Workbench can't be installed on this disk. This software requires Mac OS X 10.5 or above." The download only lists Mac OSX through Mountain Lion, a few versions ago. I now have El Capitan, which is 10.11.5 - by my math well above 10.5. is this not going to be supported going forward?

Thanks guys. The guy wants to trade for a beater guitar I'd be happy getting $150 out of. I got the impression from AmericanMusicalSupply (AMS) website, which says "Now available from Line 6 is a free v2.0 firmware update which expands the sonic palette of the POD HD400 and enhances integration with the James Tyler Variax and DT25 or DT50 guitar amps. ". They seem to be influenced by this very forum. On 01/19/2012 someone linked from a Line 6.com/news/ page that said "Coming soon! The free v2.0 firmware update dramatically expands the sonic palette of all POD® HD multi-effect processors, and enhances integration with theJames Tyler® Variax® and DT25 or DT50 guitar amplifier dream rig." The news page it linked to has since been changed from all Pod HD to " POD® HD500, POD HD, and POD HD Pro." But as it looks like he just copied and pasted the entire article, I'm sure it was incorrect from Line 6 at first. Not that big of a deal to me, just couldn't figure out how it was supposed to work and it bugged me. Thanks for the help.

I am thinking of trading for a POD HD400. I have seen mention that HD400 integrates with the James Tyler Variax , but cannot find any mention in the manuals and do not see a standard Variax input. Is this misleading information, or can i connect my JT Variax (and/or my 1st gen Variax) to the POD HD400 directly through the D6 cable, allowing me to set up Variax data specific to patches like I could with my old Pod XTlive? Would like to know before I acquire it.