FCP hangs on launch and then won't force quit

I am having trouble launching FCP.
it will hang about at the point that it is llooking for the deck. I try to force quit and it hangs up there too.
I did manage to get it to come up once but I noticed in thhe capture settings that the Apple Firewire setting was (missing). I have also been getting the "You must restart hold down the power button" message alot lately.

Here is my suggestion
1. Update Mac Pro EFI Firmware. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookproefifirmwareupdate12.html
2. Reset PRAM via the following process:
Shut down your Mac Pro , then start it back up while immediately holding the following keys: Command, Option, P and R.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the third time.
3. Erase FCP preferences files. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93832
4. unplug all GRAID. Basically FireWire VTR and Storage need separate bus, so you needs a PCIe FW card.
Usually you can hook up both FW storage and VTR on the same FireWire bus; it is not stable, but at least you can captuer or control the deck.
5. update CalDigit's FASTA-4e driver to 2.0.3 http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp
6. are you using apple original memory?
We are using Apple original RAM 8Gigs, CalDigit FASTA-4e card, CalDigit S2VR Duo 1.5TB, FCP 5.1.2, OS 10.4.8, been running a while, no problem at all.
If you still have this problem, you can try to disconnect all external devices and memory one by one to point which component causing that issue.
Power G5 Quad and Intel Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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