10.4.7 Update killed my firewire ports

Hello -
All was going quite well this morning, but then I upgrade my machine to 10.4.7 which killed my firewire port.
All I get in System Profiler is:
"FireWire Bus:"
No bus info is displayed. It was working this morning before I did the update.
I already zapped my pram, reinstalled the firmware required to run my GigiDesigns card, rebuilt permissions, cleaned out every cache possible with "Main Menu".
Any thoughts? tips? Tricks?
Thanks - Dustin
G4 Quicksilver, 1.8 GHz Giga Designs Mac OS X (10.4.7)

What is the status of the computer's built-in Firewire ports? If they are OK, then your PCI card may not be compatible with 10.4.7. If that's the case check with the manufacturer's website support.
When you installed the update did you use the Combo Updater or the Delta Updater (via Software Update?) If you did not use the Combo Updater, then download it and re-install the update. Before doing so do the following:
Boot from your Tiger DVD. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (3.0.3 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.1.1 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

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