FireWire Card readers require restart

I'm a photographer. Since loading Snow Leopard, every time I eject a FlashCard from my FW400 reader, I have to restart to access the next card.
Believe me, I have 2 identical FlashCard readers. They both work perfectly and consistently. I use them all day, everyday.
Since Snow Leopard, if I restart, I can access a card. Once I eject the card, I can not read the next card without restarting (Grrrrrr). (Log out doesn't do it and "relaunching" the finder does not work)
Any ideas please? I appreciate any info or to know if someone else is experiencing this as well.
Many thanks.
Michael

They both work perfectly and consistently
Are you having problems or not?
You should post over in the correct Snow LEopard forum -> http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=263

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