Ludvig confirms he has the same issue. That makes me feel better that I'm not alone with this bug. I got a stupidly good discount by buying two of these. Then you get them in and installed and BANG! It still was quite an investment to make in gear that has this much of an issue. Oh, and I tried just one at a time to see if the daisy chaining had anything to do with it. Even one at a time, I have the same issue. Ludvig confirms he has only one SC and he has the same issue.
Music4me, I know what you are saying. I have had Edirol, MOTU, and Focusrite interfaces. I even helped a friend of mine setup a Tascam on his laptop and I have never had an interface that I had to shut down this way. While we are discussing this, the power up is just as weird!
If I turn on the interfaces first and then power up the computer, the computer never sees the interfaces! But if I power up the computer and let it get all the way to the desktop showing, I turn on the interfaces and the comp recognizes them with no problems at all.
Anyway, I can't help but feel that it will be a while before we get a firmware fix if at all.