I'm having a problem with my sata drive with a different motherboard (GA-MA69VM-S2). The OS X installation halts before the setup. I know its an issue with the sata drive because the drive simply powers off during the dvd boot, followed by OSX giving the stop sign during loading into the installation. Ordered an IDE hard drive to replace the sata drive I have, also ordered a new motherboard earliar on ebay, your one coincidently (ASROCK AM2NF3 VSTA), irritatingly before I read this post listing all these issues. I ordered it mainly because it has two IDE connectors, instead of one which my current one does, and because it was cheap. I'd say this is your best option, just sell your sata and get an IDE, it's not a particularly major drop in performance.