Hyper X

Still hoping someone will help me get hot swapping ;\

1) I use a specific Mouseman marble that was never redone in a similar design on USB... not ever. I REALLY dont want to give it up. Do if I can get it to work even a little long that would be awesome. USB top PS/2 style adapter are choppy and only ever see 2 of the 4 buttons. This is not a working solution for me ;\
2) I figured out the graphics card issue. I slapped in a 8800GS so it seems much happier with that!
3) Hotswap is on the ICH7 ports (not using the jmicron for ANYTHING) but doesn't work. It won't see a drive when I pop it in there, when I eject and remove a drive it sometimes goes beachball and I must reboot.

If you could help on the ps/2 port and the hotswap I would be SUPER happy. Everything else works. Maybe you have a bios setting different then what is in your guide? I tried turning on APL *that thing in the IDE setting* but it didn't help the issues ;\ It works PERFECT in windows so I know its either a driver or bios thing. I can live without auto sleeping though. Heck I even have speedstep working which is AWESOME!

Thank you in advanced!

PS Seems like SOMETIMES sleep fails... randomly. Not sure why yet ;\

I solved the PS2 issue. The problem is the drive checks for a PS2 keyboard first... if it fails to find on it does not check the mouse port. DAMMIT. Well got a PS2 keyboard jammed in temp like. Gonna need to check if all the buttons work. If they all work, then I need to ask someone to recompile the driver for me to go mouse then keyboard when polling. Oh well.

The sleep issues I solved... he is the problem. The bottom 2 usb ports on the back at +5vsb and not +5. If you plug a keyboard or mouse into the bottom USB ports it will sometimes or all the time lock when trying to wake from sleep. Use the upper USB ports for keyboard and mouse. This will solve the issue.

NOW IMPORTANT: I am still very much stumped on HOT SWAPPING ON SATA. I am using the ICH7 ports and I can eject a drive... but removing it and placing a new one in does not work. If I just place a new drive in on an unused port it ALSO will not look for the drive. ANY IDEAS? Thank you.

Not sure about this, but are you un-mounting the drives before you remove them, and can you mount them after ?
Unfortunately I don't have a hot-swap bay to test this.

Yes I am unmounting the drive first, but when I put a new drive in the bay or by esata around the rear it does not notice the new drive. It doesn't even acknowledge anything is plugged in. This and the PS/2 port for mouse are the last 2 things I need to get working!

Please can anyone help me get Hot Swapping issue? You would be making my Xmas Merry!

@Hyper X, Your problems actually relate to two devices:
1. PS/2 - not offensive, but you should throw away the scrap as soon as possible... Devices PS/2 will always cause problems in OS X because it does not support them natively. Change to the USB device and you'll have peace of mind.
2. NV 7xxx have a problem with the operation of 10.6.2 in 64 bit mode - if you do not work properly GraficsEnable in com.apple.boot.plist - remove it and use another solution... or change the card to a newer 8xxx series and up.
Define what does not work with HostSwap. HotSwap works perfectly on the ICH controller. Not checked and I do not like to do it for JMicron.

1) I use a specific Mouseman marble that was never redone in a similar design on USB... not ever. I REALLY dont want to give it up. Do if I can get it to work even a little long that would be awesome. USB top PS/2 style adapter are choppy and only ever see 2 of the 4 buttons. This is not a working solution for me ;\
2) I figured out the graphics card issue. I slapped in a 8800GS so it seems much happier with that!
3) Hotswap is on the ICH7 ports (not using the jmicron for ANYTHING) but doesn't work. It won't see a drive when I pop it in there, when I eject and remove a drive it sometimes goes beachball and I must reboot.

If you could help on the ps/2 port and the hotswap I would be SUPER happy. Everything else works. Maybe you have a bios setting different then what is in your guide? I tried turning on APL *that thing in the IDE setting* but it didn't help the issues ;\ It works PERFECT in windows so I know its either a driver or bios thing. I can live without auto sleeping though. Heck I even have speedstep working which is AWESOME!

Thank you in advanced!

PS Seems like SOMETIMES sleep fails... randomly. Not sure why yet ;\