How do I make a phantom audio device go away?

I recently removed my firewire MOTU 828 MKII from my setup. The device is disconnected from my PC's firewire port, I have verified that the driver is not loaded, and Sonar does not see it as a device I can select in my audio device preferences. Nonetheless, each time I start Sonar it complains about the missing MOTU device. I can create a new project from scratch and I still get this issue.

I tried saving a copy of AUD.ini and then editing the file manually to remove all references to the MOTU device but this did not make the problem go away. I held down the shift key while launching Sonar and still got the same message about the missing device.

How can I get Sonar to forget this device ever existed?

I also had to run uninstall in Add/Remove Programs

If you get that message when creating a new project, the template you are using might have a reference to that device in a track or bus.

I created a new project so it was not anything associated with the particular file I was working on. I am going to try to resave the normal template to make sure it does not see the MOTU. I would rather not remove the drivers because I may use that device for remote recording now. I finally changed my sig to avoid confusion on what hardware I was using so I appreciate the heads up on that one! I can see how that would have led to some interesting speculation and confusion.