Thanks, i understand all that. :]

I will try it after I'm done eating, the only hitch I've got is, how do I extract the files from the EFIUSB.dmg? I cannot boot into OSX and don't have access to an OSX device.

Are those the same files as in the "empireefi 1.085" i got from here, which is a .zip which contains two iso's, and inside of the iso are three folders: Extra, Post-Installation, usr.

If it is not the same, how do you suggest i get the files out of the "EFIUSB.dmg" you told me to download?

P.S. If you REALLY (and I mean REALLY) need me to get access to a Mac, I have two friends who have Macs.....but they are very possessive of there MacBooks and use them daily...so even if I do get my hands on one it will not be for too long. So it's not like I can stay troubleshooting with you on forums for a whole day or anything like that...

I will download the Snow Leopard retail from I know where. But you have to tell me which files I should delete to make it fit on a single DVD, with it still working.

After I will burn the result to a DVD, then just load EmpireEFI, stick in the modified retail Snow Leopard, install, and then reboot.

That would be it am I correct?

Then of course we will work out the nooks and crannys after, like sound, video, etc...

Under Info it says my Disk Identifier is "disk3s1" and under Mount Point: Not mounted. I tried mounting and it says it cant be, to try runing First Aid on it. I did so and it still could not be mounted. What to do?

I'm pretty sure I formatted it to FAT32 like you said. What should I do reformat it and put the files back on? Or should I uncheck Quick Format and format it as FAT32 withou Quick Format? Or should I just try to format it as a different type?

Look at post #21 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=452036 You should delete all packages from /Volumes/Your mounted r/w disc image/System/Installation/Packages/ except the ones it says to install in that post. That will give you a basic install of OS X. Note that you must keep all the ones labled OSInstall... What you are getting rid of is printer drivers, additional languages, and some other stuff.
The files on the .dmg I gave you are not the same as EmpireEFI. These are made specifically for the ASRock x58 Extreme w/ a core i7 920. This translates to faster boot times, a more vanilla install and evreything just "working better". If you can wait, I'll reboot into OS X (installing games on windows right now, lol) and save those files to a .zip, so that you can open them in windows.

I don't know how you formated it with Windows, but just to be on the safe side do it in Disk Utility, then recopy those files from windows.

When in Disk Utility, what should I format it as to Enable it to be mounted but still be able to copy files to it from Windows?

You want Master Boot Record (MBR) and MS-DOS (FAT)

Hey, I fixed up my DSDT a lot (it was a mess of useless fixes and warnings...). So here is the "cleaner" version, also with correct CPU info. AppleLPC now loads and there are no _CST evaluation errors, but S3 sleep doesn't work for me, but since it wont work in Windows 7 either, I suppose this is OS independent. The only thing I can mange to guess is that the P-States are motherboard independent (they are processor related), but the C-States are not therefore the code I copied is "approved" by OS X, but since it is not correct for our board it won't sleep right. If this where the case, I guess we would have to get the correct info from the SSDT, but just looking at it didn't give me any clue as to how to do this. All that still doesn't explain why Windows acts similarly (Windows won't turn off the fans or MB at least, but OS X will make y debug LED display 03 when I try to wake), but hey, coincidence exists, right?
Anyways, I hope sleep does work for all of you, since I think this is the last "big" problem we have.
Oh, and by the way, this is for BIOS version 1.9, but I checked not not much code has changed in the DSDT since 1.8, so I guess it should work too if you don't want to update.

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Hey I'm back after a while. I have been working on school very diligently (still have to actually) we never did get that thing solved...I'm still where I left off because my windows HDD(160GB) is packed to the brim.. I don't have enough space to download OSX. My secondary HDD (160GB) is empty but I'm saving it just for OSX...... I will see If I can just partition the secondary for enough space to download leopard, then burn it, strip it to fit it to a DVD, and install like a retail via Empire EFI....when I can

Put it on the second partition, and make the first one (well, second counting the EFI partition) something like 100GB, so that you have 60 left to work with (more than enough). Once you've installed OS X on the first partition, you can delete the second one.