set AHCI to active if you have it. it helps with the sata drive detection.
P-ATA drives would randomly work, very slow bootup and you'd need jmicron installer for it.
using gigabyte GA-G31M-es2c, nearly as good as the es2l except for the lan card, but did a workaround and its working perfectly on 5.8.
here's my specs:
video: 9400 GT 1gig
board: gigabyte ga-g31m-es2c
ram: (2) 1gig kingston DDR2
drive(s):
seagate sata 250gig partitioned into two (dual boot on mac leopard 10.5.8 and windows xp on 2nd partition)
samsung 80gig sata (dump drive)
P-ATA dvd writers (lite-on)
SATA samsung dvd writer (no lightscribe capability), based on experience i've had for a while, the LG with lightscribe has a certain flaw on installation, more common than not it would fail on "installer integrity check before installation to drive", and it heats up beyond comfort.
so far im still figuring out WHY OH WHY the gigabyte ga-g31m-es2l fails on the update installation. from 5.7 to 5.8, tho the es2c worked liked a snake with a charmer.
things to consider on installation using iatkos v7
set kernel version 9.7.0
install ICHx fixes
install jmicron fixes
install chameleon v2 as bootloader
install azalia audio if its available on your mobo.
get a cup of coffee cuz it can take longer v
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