Ok, I didn't know exactly where to post this because my install is kind of a combination of retail install then patched with kext's; I did an install of retail leopard 10.5.6 following a snow leopard tutorial, and updated to 10.5.8.

everything works great EXCEPT for my KP's when trying to rip a DVD, either with RipIt or MacTheRipper so I'm thinking it's an I/O thing. I can burn CD/DVD's just fine, just can't rip 'em!

And i've tried using all the different kernels I could find for AMD: 9.5 voodoo, 9.6 XNU, 9.7 voodoo, 9.8 Qoopz, 9.8 XNU, all the same thing so I don't think it's a kernel issue. . .

anyway, I'm googling the subject and combing the forums. . .