thanks dtube, its nice to hear reassuring words! i havent brought myself to reboot just yet, its too much fun i will be sure to message you when i need help. i will take your advice and note what i check during the install and maybe ill just play around with those settings till somethings sticks.

once again, a HUGE thank you.

when i first posted i thought my post might just get relegated to the ends of the forum and never replied to. you guys have given me hope for my hackintosh

Actually I'm just a noobie at this.
I've done numerous installs over and over again. Don't ask me how many :-)
A lot of people in this space is much much better/knowledgeable on how to fix things.