I have tried nearly everything I can to figure this out, but with my limited knowledge of how to compare what i'm installing, versus what the DVD contains when it boots is keeping me from determining the root cause.

For some strange reason I think that possibly the sata controller on this particular motherboard is a VIA chip due to the presence of a VIA SATA kext load when the DVD boots that is not present when the system boots from the HD. I even tried installing with this kext, but that didn't help. Still it seems strange.

Any assistance in this comparison or the issue in general would be fantastic