[Ti] firewire port appears to be dead

[Randy Suinn]

hi all,
I have a 15" titanium (500mhz?).  One day my firewire port stopped working.  The ext drive spins up but the volume doesn't mount to the desktop.
I tried another firewire device and another cable to no avail.  FW device never appears in the About this Mac.
btw, laptop was running off of AC each time becuz my battery is almost dead.

Could the port be fried?

And if so, is there a way I can fix it myself?

TIA!
randy

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