Firewire devices not showing up - No firewire information in System Profile

I have 3 external HD's, and an M-Audio Firewire interface connected to my dual 2.5 G5 - 10.4.6.
None of my drives are showing up on my desktop, and my interface is not showing up in my audio settings. In addition, the FIREWIRE secion of the system profiler has no information in it at all... it simply says "FireWire Bus:"
I ran a hardware diagnostic, and everything passed both the quick test and the full test.
I have tried numerous firewire cables, and all of my ports (FW 400 and 800)
I am very alarmed by this, I have zapped PRAM and repaired all permissions in Disk Utility.
please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance,
john

Thought you could use this info about getting FireWire to work! (some you have tried!)
First, you should always Repair Permissions in Disk Utility before and after any update; I would do that now. If you installed your update with FireWire plugged in, your Mac may not recognize it anymore.
Try resetting your FireWire ports by disconnecting all FW devices, shut down your Mac and unplug it from AC power (wall socket) for 30 minutes. plug it back in and try FW.
If that didn't work, download the combo update from this site (yours may be corrupt), not Software Update, disconnect all firewire + USB devices except keyboard + mouse, Repair Permissions, re-install update, Repair Permissions again + try. Yours is the 10.4.6 Combo update ( PPC, not for Intel systems). Others reading, download the Combo that applies to your system.
If that still didn't get it Zap the PRAM. While restarting Mac hold down the following key combo Command-Option-P-R. Keep holding those keys down till you hear the second start-up chime, then release.
For those of you with Macs that are not PowerBooks or iBooks, a bad internal battery can cause FireWire to not be recognized, so make sure it's good! Also, here is Apple doc.#88338 on getting FireWire to work
Cheers!
DALE

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