Problem Finding External Device In Final Cut Pro 3 & OS 10.4

I upgraded our system from os 10.3 to 10.4. Now when we open Final Cut Pro 3 it can not find the external device. Anyone have any idea why and what we can do to rectify the problem? When I switch back to os 10.3 (Which I still had on a second internal hard drive) FCP3 has no problem finding the external device/camera.

The only other suggestion I have would be the Guiness Solution. (though if 10.3 can locate the external, this may/may not help). Essentially this procedure allows the FW port to 'reset'. It is very simple and painless as well.
Short version...
Shut everything down
Unplug everything
Go have a nap, Guiness, Harpoon, Cafe Colåda, Hot Chocolate, talk a walk...anything to occupy 15 minutes or so.
Come back and plug everything in
Turn on deck/camera first
Make sure System Profiler recognizes FW device (deck/camera)
Start FCP....Does it work now?
If you haven't already, you might trash prefs
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/pref_man.htm
and run Repair Disk, using Disk Utility.
I still wouldn't discount the QT possibility. Even though it worked before your upgrade to Tiger, the upgrade to Tiger, may have triggered something that is causing the issue.
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