IPod 4th Gen: USB yes - FireWire no. Who can help??

Got an iPod 4G for my wife to have it connected to her vintage PowerBook G3 "Pismo" (no USB 2.0 - as required by Apple - but at least two FireWire ports).
Problem: iTunes does not recognize the iPod when connected via FireWire. iPod is being charged (from the computer), but does not show up in either iTunes or the Finder.
Tried three different setups: MacPro (10.6.2, iTunes 9.0.2), MacBook Pro (10.6.2, iTunes 9.0.2), PowerBook G3 (10.4.11, iTunes 8.x.x). No luck. USB works fine on all machines (too slow on the PowerBook, though, that's why I wanted the sync via FireWire).
Reset the iPod. Installed iPod Software 3.11. Performed iPod self-diagnostic test for FireWire. Result "NOCONECT".
Anyone having any idea what elso to try?
Thank you so much!!
P.S. Put iPod into disk mode manually - doesn't show up in Finder...

Try a different cable?
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