I'll clear this up because I've encountered this issue.
I installed the first release of Fireboard right as it came out and chose to upgrade from JoomlaBoard. I then uninstalled it. Then when a more stable release came out, I chose to install that but no longer received the option to upgrade from Joomlaboard.
My Joomla database is named: _joom4
I opened up phpMyAdmin and selected _joom4 from my list of databases. Insisde this database there are tables labeled `jos_fb_sessions` and similar. I selected all of the tables starting with jos_fb and chose to "Drop" them. If you are using a command prompt or other mySQL client, use the command DROP TABLE `jos_fb_sessions` to drop the tables related to fireboard.
Then upload the latest fireboard component. Once installed, go to components>Fireboard. At the top of the Fireboard control panel you will see the options of Clean Installation and Upgrade from Joomlaboard once again, Click apply under Upgrade from Joomlaboard.
