Pismo No Longer Sees Aria Extreme Card

Hi All,
I've been happily using Sonnettech's Aria Extreme 54 card in the CardBus slot of my Pismo for a couple of years now. It's been working great. But suddenly it isn't seeing the card anymore. It shows no airport card at all. I've shut down and restarted several times but it makes no difference. Internet connect has Airport greyed out, and Airport Setup Assistant doesn't see any card either, so I can't do anything. Is this something I'm going to be able to fix? Any ideas welcome.
giles

I've tried shutting down and reinstalling the card several times. No change.
I just tried out a card that I KNOW is working, and it doesn't work in my Pismo either--so it's definitely the computer. I don't think it's a bent pin because I almost never remove the card, so it would be hard for one to bend and not the others.
Questions is, Is it hardware or software? I've been having a lot of hard drive problems that I've posted about in another thread, so I don't know if it's related to that.

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