Since 10.4.6 install, an external HD seems fried

I installed the update to the system and everything was ok. Then this morning I head a beeping from the basement. A Maxtox Personal Storage 60 gig HD that I have connected to my G5 via firewire was running and running. The green and amber lights both were lit and even if I power-cycled it'd do the same thing. I looked in About this mac and it saw an unknown device. Then I followed someone's advice and turned off sharing - About this mac then saw a Maxtor 2TB drive.
I can't do anything with it - it doesn't even show up on the desktop.
Could this be a 10.4.6 induced problem? Or is the drive death and the install timing coincidental?
I hope I can recover - that's where all my music is. (eek.)
Any help is appreciated!

Thought you could use this info about getting FireWire to work!
First, you should always Repair Permissions in Disk Utility before and after any update; I would do that now. If you installed your update with FireWire plugged in, your Mac may not recognize it anymore.
Try resetting your FireWire ports by disconnecting all FW devices, shut down your Mac and unplug it from AC power (wall socket) for 30 minutes. plug it back in and try FW.
If that did'nt work, download the combo update from this site (yours may be corrupt), not Software Update, disconnect all firewire + USB devices except keyboard + mouse, Repair Permissions, re-install update, Repair Permissions again + try. Yours is the 10.4.6 Combo update. Others reading, download the Combo that applies to your system.
If that still did'nt get it Zap the PRAM. While restarting Mac hold down the following key combo Command-Option-P-R. Keep holding those keys down till you hear the second start-up chime, then release.
For those of you with Macs that are not PowerBooks or iBooks, a bad internal battery can cause FireWire to not be recognized, so make sure it's good!
Good Luck!
Cheers!
DALE

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