Nice one, I'll give that a try now. I'll be making an upgrade to 5.4 very soon but in the meantime I've got too many projects on the go that need the stability and my time!
Will let you know if it's solved the problem for now.
Thanks heaps.

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My Hackintosh:
Kalyway 10.5.2 Intel/Amd -- Speedstep, Netkas Smbios, AMD test patch 2.
Mobo: MSI K9AGM2
Chipset: AMD 690v ATISB600 -- SB600ATA kexts
CPU: 3Ghz AMD Athlon 64x2 6000+
Ram: 2gb Rambo DDRii 667
Graphics: Nvidea MSI nx8600GT 512MB -- NvInject 512 (fully supported 100% working)
Audio~External: Focusrite Saffire -- (100% working - ootb)
Ethernet: 8101E -- Realtek R1000 (100% working)
HDD: 320GB WD SataII (150gb Boot Partition)
150gb Lacie Firewire/USB RIP my dear Lacie.