2x 470, MSI P55-GD80 - Help!

[claes]

x-posted at insanelymac, hoping for some help!

Hi! First OSx86 install and everything has been going smoothly thanks to all of the development here but I'm having trouble with SLI and my 470's, specs as follows:
MSI P55-GD80
MSI GTX 470
i5-760
4GB RAM...

I installed using a 10.6.3 retail disc and tonyxmac's fermi iboot disc (v2) in safe mode with a single card and no problem. I then updated to 10.6.4 (WITHOUT installing the graphics update as that'd hang) installed the drivers at the beginning of this thread and was able to boot normally using iboot. I then followed aqua-mac's multiple gpu instructions using the in.plist written for blindwarrior and was able to boot normally with either graphics card in either slot but never with both (with or without the sli bridge). In both normal boots and safe mode I'd make it through the loading spinner screen/the progress bar would go away in safe mode, either display (I have two, have tried just one in all scenarios) would flash a few times without turning blue, and then the system reboots just before loading the desktop. Any suggestions?

P.S. Thanks again to the community, I had always wanted to try OSx86 out but always thought it wasn't worth the hassle when I have a macbook around but installation was a breeze even with my chocolate hardware thanks to all of the development and user's documentation. Thanks!

P.P.S. Almost forgot
in.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
<key>@0,AAPL,boot-display</key>
<string></string>
<key>@0,can-hot-plug</key>
<string></string>
<key>@0,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@0,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@0,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
<key>@1,can-hot-plug</key>
<string></string>
<key>@1,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@1,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@1,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
<key>AAPL,aux-power-connected</key>
<string>0x00000001</string>
<key>AAPL,gart-width</key>
<integer>64</integer>
<key>AAPL,backlight-control</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>AAPL00,blackscreen-preferences</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>AAPL01,blackscreen-preferences</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>NVCAP</key>
<data>BAAAAAAAAwAcAAAAAAAACgAAAAA=</data>
<key>NVPM</key>
<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>
<key>NVDA,Features</key>
<string>0x108006ff</string>
<key>IONVRAMProperty</key>
<true/>
<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
<string>0x50000000</string>
<key>device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
<key>model</key>
<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 DDL/HDMI</string>
<key>rm_board_number</key>
<data>AAAAAA==</data>
<key>rm_multiboard_capable</key>
<data>AQAAAA==</data>
<key>rom-revision</key>
<string>0x34333433</string>
<key>subsystem-id</key>
<string>0x00001080</string>
</dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
<key>@0,can-hot-plug</key>
<string></string>
<key>@0,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@0,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@0,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
<key>@1,can-hot-plug</key>
<string></string>
<key>@1,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@1,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@1,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
<key>AAPL,aux-power-connected</key>
<string>0x00000001</string>
<key>AAPL,gart-width</key>
<integer>64</integer>
<key>AAPL,backlight-control</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>AAPL00,blackscreen-preferences</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>AAPL01,blackscreen-preferences</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>NVCAP</key>
<data>BAAAAAAAAwAcAAAAAAAACgAAAAA=</data>
<key>NVPM</key>
<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>
<key>NVDA,Features</key>
<string>0x108006ff</string>
<key>IONVRAMProperty</key>
<true/>
<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
<string>0x50000000</string>
<key>device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
<key>model</key>
<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 DDL/HDMI</string>
<key>rm_board_number</key>
<data>AAAAAA==</data>
<key>rm_multiboard_capable</key>
<data>AQAAAA==</data>
<key>rom-revision</key>
<string>0x34333433</string>
<key>subsystem-id</key>
<string>0x00001080</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
boot.plist - spaces added to hex because i don't know how to fix the width
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
<key>device-properties</key>
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</dict>
</plist>

UPDATE: tried adding GraphicsEnabler=y and pciroot=0 and then pciroot=1 to my boot.plist, booted in normal and safe, same results.

[claes]

bump!

any help would be truly appreciated!

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