Firewire fails on MacBook Pro

I have a 15" MacBook pro. I use it with a variety of firewrie devices, camera, video camera, hard drives and it has always worked flawlessly.
Until two days ago. I woke it up from sleep and tried to mount a hard drive. The drive got power but the drive never mounted. I then tried several other drives and they would not work either. These devices work properly on other Macs, including other MacBook Pros. I work at a newspaper and we have a certifed Mac guy on staff. He ordered a new mother board and di the swap. Same problem.
Are ther known problems with firewire on this model? Is it likely that two mother boards ahve the same issue?
Clay
MBP Mac OS X (10.4.6)

you may get a better answer here...
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Depending on what you are doing on the computer, how hard you are working the computer, it should not overheat. And if it does it should shut down or get very slow because when it starts to overheat the CPU will be throttled back to a lower Ghz speed and or just shut down so it doesn't cause damage to the CPU. The Kernel Panics are a sign that something else is going on. This could be software or hardware.
If after wiping the drives and reinstall Lion on the SSD if the system is running OK then the drives are fine, IE they are not bad. There is something else corrupting them. Again this could be hardware or software, but I doubt it is heat. And using the MBP ion clamshell mode should not cause overheating or excessive heating of either of the drives.
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You should never install OS updates or upgrades with anti-virus software enabled as it will definitely corrupt the process.
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I have a 15" MacBook pro. I use it with a variety of firewrie devices, camera, video camera, hard drives and it has always worked flawlessly.
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