Have you tried the latest version of emplode and Mike's comments? it said:

I have an updated USB driver that I hope addresses this error. If you have tried the emplode update available at
http://www2.empeg.com/upgrades/test/interim/private/emplode-0.84.2.zip
and are still seeing this error regularly then please email me directly and I'll send you a copy of the driver.

You may want to ask Mike for the new driver.

Out of curiosity: next time when you do a synch, run System Monitor. I've the hypothesis that when 'unused memory' decreases rapidly, the synch is going to fail. If it remains stable, you're OK.

Henno
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