diff --git a/conf/99-n5550.rules b/conf/99-n5550.rules
deleted file mode 100644
index 6538953..0000000
--- a/conf/99-n5550.rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ACTION=="add", DEVPATH=="/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/gpio_ich.1.auto/gpio/gpiochip195", RUN+="/usr/sbin/modprobe n5550_board"
diff --git a/conf/modprobe_n5550.conf b/conf/modprobe_n5550.conf
index cf9f08a..409d90b 100644
--- a/conf/modprobe_n5550.conf
+++ b/conf/modprobe_n5550.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-install n5550_board	/sbin/modprobe i2c_i801; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install n5550_board
-install	libahci		/sbin/modprobe --ignore-install libahci; /sbin/modprobe n5550_ahci_leds
-install it87		/sbin/modprobe --ignore-install it87 fix_pwm_polarity=1; echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/it87.656/pwm3_enable; echo 255 > /sys/devices/platform/it87.656/pwm3
-remove	it87		echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/it87.656/pwm3_enable; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove it87
+softdep libahci	post: n5550_ahci_leds
+# without the second dependency, it is a race condition
+# where n5550_ahci_leds sometimes loses out
+softdep ahci	pre: n5550_ahci_leds
+#
+options	n5550_board	ich_gpio_base=195
+# For the newer kernels ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^---- this parameter
+# should be changed to 451;
+# to find out:
+# # dmesg | grep gpio_ich
+# [   17.017262] gpio_ich: GPIO from 451 to 511 on gpio_ich
+# first integer is the GPIO base ---^^^^^ you are looking for
+
+install it87	/sbin/modprobe --ignore-install it87 fix_pwm_polarity=1; echo 1 > \
+	/sys/devices/platform/it87.656/pwm3_enable; echo 255 > /sys/devices/platform/it87.656/pwm3
+remove	it87	echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/it87.656/pwm3_enable; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove it87
diff --git a/conf/n5550.modules b/conf/n5550.modules
index 112422a..e65e620 100755
--- a/conf/n5550.modules
+++ b/conf/n5550.modules
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 modprobe -b coretemp >/dev/null 2>&1
 modprobe -b it87 >/dev/null 2>&1
-modprobe -b n5550_board >/dev/null 2>&1
 #modprobe -b ledtrig_timer >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/dracut/install b/dracut/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 08dbfcb..0000000
--- a/dracut/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-inst /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-n5550.rules
diff --git a/modules/n5550_ahci_leds.c b/modules/n5550_ahci_leds.c
index 84be1f8..9d3bec1 100644
--- a/modules/n5550_ahci_leds.c
+++ b/modules/n5550_ahci_leds.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ static int __init n5550_ahci_leds_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
 		led_trigger_register(&n5550_ahci_led_triggers[i]);
 	}
+	pr_info("leds_n5550_ahci: Successfully installed LED hook\n");
 
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
diff --git a/modules/n5550_board.c b/modules/n5550_board.c
index 52a776d..a964258 100644
--- a/modules/n5550_board.c
+++ b/modules/n5550_board.c
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ static void __exit n5550_board_exit(void)
 module_init(n5550_board_init);
 module_exit(n5550_board_exit);
 
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: i2c_i801");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd*:bvrCDV_T??X64:*:pnMilsteadPlatform:*:rnGraniteWell:rvrFABA:*:ct9:*");
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Thecus N5550 GPIO and LED support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");