I've seen this a few times in the past with loose connectors. The cause
has generally been either a loose connection on the center pin (usually in
the connector on the card, but sometimes the crimp on the center pin of
the connector isn't tight enough onto the center conductor of the cable).
AFAIK, the PA-GE is only available supporting a GBIC, so there is no
native copper interface. I've never tried using a 1000b-T GBIC in a PA-GE
before, but I wouldn't count on it working -- Cisco only lists the PA-GE
as supporting optical GBICs.
Depending on your application, you might be able to
