FCP-BlackMagic 422 deck control issues

I have developed an issue with RS 422 deck control between my Black Magic Decklink HD Pro and a variety of Sony decks like a PVW 2800 which is my primary deck and also a DNW A25 and a DSR 1800 that I tested as well, getting the same issues.
I get an error message: “A new tape has been inserted in the VTR. You may wish to change the Reel setting.” or “Batch Capture: Tape is unthreaded” when neither is the case. They pop up randomly. Trying to find a cause and effect but it’s still random. Tried different tapes from different cameras and a DVCAM in the DSR 1800. Same thing again. I have replaced the cable with same results.
Hardware/software rundown is 2 x 3 GHz Dual Core Xeon w/ 8GB 667 DIMMs, OS 10.4.11, Decklink 6.2.2, Quicktime 7.4.1. FCP 6.0.2.
I sent a note to BlackMagic Designs and got this: 'This is a known issue with the Apple platform.  It is an Apple problem and they are trying to resolve it right now.  We are hopeful to have a resolution shortly.'
It started after I rebuilt the desktop and ran it up to OS 10.4.11, and I’m inclined to do a clean rebuild and stop at 10.4.9. which is where all things ran very well. Not interested in Leopard.
But if anyone else has run into this issue and has some insight it would be appreciated.

I finally found a person who's going through the same thing as me.... Have you figured it out yet? I can't get anything to work. My whole system is a write off unless this starts to work. If I don't figure it out by tomorrow I'm getting a Kona card.

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