Trying to fix dead Firewire

My firewire ports mysteriously died the other day. Big drag.
I've found a lot of posts on software/firmware fixes, but to no avail so far. I've tried resetting the ports by unplugging the machine for a half hour, resetting nvram and resetting all in open firmware, zapping the pram multiple times, and doing an archive and reinstall of the OS.
Anyway, it seemed like it must be hardware, so in trying to keep as close to my budget of $0 as possible, I bought a via card on ebay. it's a combo firewire/usb2 card. the plan was to replace the usb2 only card that i currently use.
anyway, the computer doesn't recognize the card, the firewire ports, or even the usb ports. installing the driver that came with the card made no difference.
looks like i need to get my money back and get another card. it has to be a combo firewire/usb2 card with 4 usb2 ports and at least 2 firewire ports. i need the combo card because i have no more free slots.
any recommendations? or any software stones that i haven't left unturned?
much appreciated.
g4 dual processor gigabit ethernet   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   1.75 gigs ram

Here's the Adaptec USB 2.0/FireWire combo card. If you need more USB ports, I'd suggest a powered hub.

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