FTDI USB drivers on mac os x 10.5 ???

I have been having the same problems with OS X 10.5.2 and Arduino0010. I have tried all the remedies suggested by the message boards and from what I've found on google. I'm installing the newest verison of the FTDI drivers for os x, have repaired permissions, I've deleted the kext from /System/Library/Extensions. The odd thing is that it worked fine when I first installed it, then I tried to load a program onto the board, and then it never worked again after that.
I'm getting to the point where I'm going to reinstall 10.5 again... but would rather fix the problem, or create a patch if possible... and ideas for troubleshooting/debugging this problem?
thanks in advance