Did you insert the cards while your system was powered on??
heh no - definitely not
That`s kinda weird
indeed, you will get no argument from me on that! - I went through the full seven stages when
both my cards broke after the FW update
Denial - "naa its not broken, its just err.. sleeping"
Anger - "Damn e-bay tat, never worked in the first place! REFUND WARPATH"
Bargaining - "If you boot now I will never firmware you again - promise"
Guilt - "...should never have spent all this money, tins of beans for tea for the next month..."
Depression - "I give up - its broken and there is NOTHING I can do to fix it, I wonder how much copper water-blocks are going for..."
Acceptance and Hope - "ok then. What if I try something crazy, (...3 hours later...) OH **** ITS WORKING! woohoo!"
The process
almost led me to me believe that the cards had become stuck and needed to be re-initialized via the driver re-install, but I doubt that's how they actually work...
FR