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lahteedah
Thank you!!!  
FIxed it.

How?

Preferences>driver settings>Playback timing master ......was set to 'none'...i reset to my soundcard 
 
 

Also, many years ago I learned the hard way that if I start Sonar, [or my other DAW], before I remember to turn on my Audio & MIDI interfaces, a message will usually pop up about them missing.
 
If I don't correct it then, I have to go into preferences and re-assign them just like you mentioned here:
 
...Preferences>driver settings>Playback timing master ......was set to 'none'...i reset to my soundcard... 
 
So always have them on first, as Sonar scans to look for them at start up.

Edit:
After many many failed attempts, this turned into another dual post.

jimusic
Also, many years ago I learned the hard way that if I start Sonar, [or my other DAW], before I remember to turn on my Audio & MIDI interfaces, a message will usually pop up about them missing.

If I don't correct it then, I have to go into preferences and re-assign them just like you mentioned here:

...Preferences>driver settings>Playback timing master ......was set to 'none'...i reset to my soundcard... 

So always have them on first, as Sonar scans to look for them at start up.

Thank you.  From now on i won't even turn my pc on unless soundcard (via USB), is up and running, plugged in and full of red and green lights.
Live and learn.
 

And don't forget to use the same USB port ( USB buss? ) ,,, this too seems to disable the interface. It seems to be happy using the one that was used for the driver install. 
I find it's not a problem if I boot the computer and then turn on the interface, but I always turn it on before I open Sonar. 

Yes - a good point about the USB. If you were to plug it into a different USB port, for any reason at all, the computer would see it as a 'new device', and would search for or ask for the driver to be installed again. So best to consistently use the same port.
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I too also turn the computer on first, then the Audio/MIDI interfaces, then start Sonar after everything is on and settled down after a minute or so, then finally my speakers.
 
The reason is that with my Audio Interface, which is a Presonus StudioLive 16.4.2 mixer, that there are a few visual spikes that show up & peak on the mixer meters during Windows start up, and are even quite loud if I happen to have the speakers on first.