Early model Mac Pro's Expansion Slot Utility not working with 10.5.6 update

I'm reading that the 10.5.6 update may have crippled the Expansion Slot Utility for early Mac Pros.
I have a 2.66 Mac Pro, and I just installed a Kona 3 card in slot 3. Already had an ATI 1900xt in slot 1. However, the Expansion Slot Utility program detects only the ATI Card.
However, in System Preferences - the PCI column clearly shows slots 1 & 3 are occupied and with drivers installed for the respective boards... The Kona card works for video preview (further indicating that it's installed correctly - but the Expansion Slot Utility is broken), but I understand that the Kona card is operating at the 1x speed, thus crippling it...
Apple please fix this... Any administrators or someone in the loop care to elaborate please...
Thanks,
Lonnie

So, here's the deal. Running the Expansion Slot Utility still works for our model of computer - it just doesn't register correctly within the program. This is only a cosmetic flaw. I've confirmed this with AJA and in System Prefs under PCI columns.
Also, AJA recommends 4Lane, slot 3. There it lies. Furthermore slot 4 concerns me - too close to drive bays for proper air circulation and the propensity for over heating.
The main issue of not sleeping has been answered by AJA. Their Kona 3 card does not support sleep.
Guess I'll be turning my computer off instead of sleeping it after hours - no biggee...

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