FCP 5 Cannot Capture

My system spec is
Power Mac G5
1.6 GHZ
1GB Ram
10.4.2
Radeon 9600
80GB free on internal
295GB free on external
Im running Final Cut Studio (just got it last week, had FCP4 before and just upgraded everything)
Best way for me to describe my situation is if you guys read it here cause ive been trying to figure it out for a few days now.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1830707#post1830707
Thanks In advance.

If you had no troubles with the FW drive and deck being connected at the same time before. I'd reinstall from the ground up. Just "upgrading" a Panther system to Tiger, then just "upgrading" FCP to FCP 5 isn't going to be a clean install at all...
If it were me, I'd do thing this way:
1. Backup all project files, Word Docs, email and whatever else you want to keep. (iTunes files possibly?) OR buy a new internal SATA or ATA drive for the new OS and setup (best bet - then you have your last stable system as a backup, and can boot into it anytime).
2. Perform an erase and install of Tiger, formatting the drive Mac OS Extended, with Journalling turned on.
3. Install Tiger then run Software update and install everything it asks for... except maybe things like the software to run the new iTunes phone if you don't need it.
4. Install Studio from the disks (don't need to install previous versions either, just have their serial numbers handy). Then run Software Update again at least two times.
5. Viola... clean system. Works great!
All the very best,
Jerry

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