Firewire devices not seen.

Hi,
I have a 2009 Intel MacBook 2GHz with the 400 FW. I attached variously a Canopus video converter and a LaCie FW drive. The laptop saw neither. When I opened System Profiler, they weren't there either, just the Firewire 400 port. I popped both items into my old laptop (a late 2007 Intel MacBook 2GHz) and they both showed up.
Went to Genius bad, and the problem repeated. However when the lad restarted and selected a boot disk, his disk showed up in the options. He has suggested it's a Digidesign fault (I have ProTools 8 LE on the machine). He removed the Digi Firewire driver - no difference. He suggested I remove Digi's gear bit by bit. I pointed out that this machine and all on it was copied via Time Machine from my old MacBook (the one mentioned above), which worked fine. He's sticking ith the "it's Digi" scenario.
Anyone have a similar problem? Anyone know what to do?
The MacBook is on 10.5.6 - but BOTH laptops are. One works, one doesn't.

Does OS X not see the drive? And were these daisy-chained? Sometimes, Firewire drives can be REALLY pesky when not ejected properly. Here's how I solve the problem:
1. Disconnect the cable from the drive and the computer.
2. Remove the Power cable from the drive and turn it on (No, the drive won't turn on)
3. Reconnect the power cable and actually turn on the drive.
4. reconnect the cable to the drive then the computer. You should see the drive. If not, you can check System Profiler (Applications/Utilities folder) and see what it says under the firewire tab.

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