Aye, zeigerpuppy and IU have been working to find some sort of solution. However, speaking for myself I am not a gifted coder or anything of the sort. The card worked before I installed the sp's (after dropping the firmware in the right spot). Something must have broken inbetween. Dmesg and cardctl ident id the card, as well.
Since the net has been a defunct function I haven't really been using my Z all that much.
--Fishj