Help, Help me Rhonda! (Pentax K-x RAW)

Is ANYONE getting usable results from current Aperture and OSX versions using a Pentax K-x and RAW files?
I have tried everything I can think of, and still getting huge color shifts on high ISO (1600 and above) RAW files.
If this is working for you, I would love to know EXACTLY what versions of CRU, OSX, and in-camera settings you are using.
Thanks!
Would love to start using Aperture again, I have had to remove it completely from my workflow, and it's killing my productivity.

Thanks acai, am aware of the other posts, and have contributed to, or even started many of them.
My concern is that this continues to happen update after update, and am curious if Anyone is getting acceptable results from Aperture 3 with this camera.
If they are, it would be helpful to know EXACTLY what settings they are using, and further, it would potentially indicate a problem specific to my computer.
To date I have:
removed and reinstalled all prokit updates.
removed and reinstalled all RAW update series, checking at each update level, for each version of prokit update.
shot images in both DNG and PEF formats.
shot in all available color spaces.
shot images at ALL apertures and ISO's for import as RAW and JPG.
shot with camera settings adjusted at neutral, and many various exposure compensations
discarded and rebuilt all thumbnails many times.
forced re-rendering of previews for all Pentax RAW files many times.
individually "updated" Pentax RAW rendering in HUD on over a hundred images.
rebuilt library three times, repaired library 5 times.
created new accounts in OSX.
created new libraries for Aperture 3.
have reinstalled 10.6 from disks, and upgraded from combo update to current twice.
My most current use of Update 3.0 did NOT solve the problem under OS 10.6.6, with Aperture 3.1.1.
So again, a request for comments from anyone who IS getting this camera to work in OS 10.6.5 or 10.6.6 would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

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