Upgrading Final Cut Studio

I have Final Cut Studio with FCP 5 and Motion 2 can I upgrade it to FCP 6 and Motion 3?
I see where the Apple Site has a Final Cut Studio upgrade which includes FCP 6 and Motion 3 will it work?
For some reason I have not been able to get my Motion 2 to work which messes up my entire editing process with FCP on a project I am working on. I have reinstalled the original disks but no luck.
I am thinking that upgrading to the next possible "free" upgrade for Final Cut Studio might work and make my Motion 2 (upgraded to Motion 3) functional.
I would appreciate any suggestions I can get.

What you said is exactly what I am worried about. I found a FCP 6 download on Apple's site. If comes with FCP5 and Motion 3 but I do not know if it will blow up my system which is:
Machine Name: iMac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac8,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.5f1
I don't know much about the "technical" aspect of the machine, it is just that I need my FInal Cut Studio to work and it won't because something happened to Motion and it WILL NOT UPLOAD from the original disks which I have. So I thought maybe FCP6 and Motion 3 would work better for me.
My I MAC IS NOT AN INTEL but I really don't know what it is!

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