Shared drives over network - Mini inconsistancy?

I have a 1.25Ghz G4 mini running Leopard that's just been replaced as a media server by a 1.83Ghz Intel mini, also using Leopard. Hanging from the G4 was a USB hub and three 500Gb drives. The G4 was able to share the three drives to the network using AFP, from where my Macbook would access the contents with ease through Finder.
With the new mini in place, I am completely unable to see the three external USB drives, no matter what I do with the Sharing Pane, permissions or hints I have seen online. Both minis appear to be configured more or less identically, but the G4 has no problem with sharing, whereas the Intel just does not do it.
The G4 is still serving from a completely different external drive now, and shared it without any interference from me. An NDAS external networked drive is also being shared from the older machine - again, no drama: it just worked.
What is it with the newer Intel machine that seems to prevent a simple thing like drive sharing? Why does the older technology work so trouble-free? And might anyone kindly assist me in this? I don't really want to use Samba, but that seems to be my only way out now.
Regards,
Raukan.

Ahhh ... now we're getting something interesting. The three drives, if plugged directly into the mini's USB ports, go absolutely ape. Leaving the network out of the equation for a moment, the mini will not recognise more than two drives connected simultaneously. It varies between the drives and is not specific to a particular unit. All three are identical WD 500Gb MyBooks. Disk Utility reports the drives are all fine, and all three work on the USB hub (though not all on the network), on the USB hub on the Macbook (and I ran a heap of transfers and could find no issues) and on the same USB hub connected to the old mini, onto which they were originally connected in the first place.
The plot thickens.
FYI, the unit's own drive has been completely wiped and reinstalled with a fresh Leopard installation and updated to 10.5.3,, with only Perian, Handbrake and standard Apple updates applied.
And to add insult to injury, after putting everything back together, I now have two of the three drives accessible on the network, but not the same two that was listed earlier this morning ...

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