well, found something that worked. figured i'd post the link to it here in case someone comes across this prob in the future.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=777353
i found it through this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=111
so credit goes there.
also, after you install it, you might want to either install the "muted" beep that it installs, or you can do like i did and use an audio editing progy on your puter to mute it.
thanks for your guys' help though!
-ulysses