Final Cut Pro HD 4.5 HELP! "Camcorder not recognized Firewire"

I just upgraded to OS X Tiger and now FCP HD 4.5 wont recognize my XL1s. I tried repairing my disk permissions and that didn't work. Any Ideas?

I have the same problem. CANNOT capture nor print to tape (XL1s FCP5)
I have tried the Quicktime restart, no change in situation.
Is there anybody out there who solved this problem?
A few years back, there was a XL1s user saying that he 'burned his firewire'. He either turned on the camera or FCP first, and that had burned the firewire port. Apparently Canon has this problem and Sony doesn't...
I don't know if that's true, or if it is relevant. I've totally forgotten about the conversation, since I never had a problem, but this Suddenly that memory is haunting me.
Is there a proper timing to turn the VTR/Camera on? How do I know my firewire port's ruined?
Thanks,
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I make the easy setup with 108060i and now is working good and printing to tape, but is so slow...
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