External Firewire drive icon changed

Without warning, the typical Firewire drive icon I've grown accustomed to changed on me. It used to be this:
http://flickr.com/photos/7624391@N02/482112390/
But now, every time I plug in my drive, its this strange thing:
http://flickr.com/photos/7624391@N02/482112392/
This second image looks like a compact flash card or something, so I'm thinking OS X is confused and thinks my Firewire drive is now a compact flash drive? How can I make it stop? Is there any way to revert to the normal icon? (I've tried the article in Apple's knowledge base about removing custom icons, and so I know its not a custom icon that's somehow been applied to my drive).

..."Without warning, the typical Firewire drive icon I've grown accustomed to changed on me."...
Was it really without warning, or did it begin immediately after installing the 10.4.9 update? This may be unrelated to your problem, but there seem to be some ongoing issues with Macally FW enclosures after the update, including incorrect icons in some cases. E.g. see this thread:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=69428

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