Mac OS X 10.5.7 Finder not displaying items

Just a blank screen. Couldn't see boot drive and everything else. MBPro running fine though. A bit perplexing, should I say?
Help!

I apologize. You see, when the blank Desktop popped up, it was past 1:30 AM in the morning (PST) and with my twenty plus years of Mac user experience with several years actually doing Mac support, I just couldn't swallow my pride and ask for help on this forum.
I was also hesitant about pointing a finger at the eSATA Express Card(s); I have two: one has dual sockets and the other, single but OWC claimed it's bootable. And it did boot up the external 500g LaCie - once so I can't really pin it down to the Express Card. The dual card bought from Frys' has been working fine, very sweet.
BTW, even with FW800 connected, the errant drive still made the Desktop disappear. I know, LaCie drives do not support simultaneous and different connections, i.e. FW800 or eSATA or USB although FW800 and FW400 sockets work nicely together.

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