Firewire out.....

I have just lost firewire on my FW800 G4 Dual 1.42Ghz (ultimate)
my firewire canon scanner isn't being seen, my ipod is charging by not mounting, in system profiler when i go to look at firewire it just comes up with firewire bus.
I have tried resetting pram (restart holding command-option P + R)
I have tried resetting nvram
i have even tried a CUDA reset
pram battery has charge!
any one got any ideas??
G4 (FW800) Dual 1.42Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Try resetting your FireWire ports by disconnecting any/all FW devices, shutting down, and unplugging the Mac for 30 minutes or so. Then plug in the power cord, boot up and attach the FW devices one at a time.
Gary
1GHz DP G4 Quicksilver 2002, 400MHz B&W rev.2 G3, Mac SE30 Mac OS X (10.4.5) 5G iPod, Epson 2200 & R300 & LW Select 360 Printers, Epson 3200 Scanner

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