listen. if you are having problems or questions that have been answered please start a new forum so you can be complained at - and not noise up this one.
10.5.6 will not recognize DFU mode. you can get a new USB kernel extension and there are instructions further down the page here:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/74278878/close-the-stable-door
Chill out. I'm sure my question will help a lot of people that read this thread. I didn't realize that the issues was fixed in .7, its been awhile since my last iPhone update.