Cannot log and capture!!

hi,
for some wierd reason i cannot seem to log and capture from my Canon XM2 anymore, and has only been actin up recently. bought new firewire 4-6pin, camera and cable works fine from my college's mac pro.
basically, sometimes when i try the log and capture, bottom reads "vtr ok" and i can operate the camera - but only for a few seconds! then it changes to "no communication". other times i'm not even lucky to get this far; fcp won't read the device.
Checked system profile, it reads my camera plugged in... but i still have my suspicions the firewire port may be blown
is it possible the new 6.0.3 update may have caused this capturing problem? it seems to be working fine before i updated...
anyone recommend i reinstall FCP6?
any help is seriously appreciated as i need to get this up and running urgently for an assignment..
Thnx
OptikroniX
FCP 6.0.3
Canon XM2
MBP 17"

no i don't, just the camera.
also.. i've tried capturing in Quicktime and seemed fine. then it stopped working after a while. thats also hit and miss at times :S
i tried time machine. to replace fcp 6.0.3 with 6.0.2... however other files from the pro kit 2008-1 update are too new for FCP to run properly..
is there a way to reverse the update?
Message was edited by: OptikroniX

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