D-link DFE-528 fails after installing VGA EFI string

[limneos]

Hello...

 

I managed to install SL on an ASUS P5LD2-X/1333 mobo using this guide :

(which probably makes it a success story on a non-Gigabyte mobo)

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181699

 

(btw, it needed 2 Gigs of RAM, when I tried with 1 GIG, the installer paniced at boot... or my 1 gig alone had a problem)

 

Specs:

 

Mobo: ASUS P5LD2-X/1333

 

CPU: Intel E2160 DualCore 1.80GHz

 

Ram : 2Gigs DDR2 Kingston

 

Vga: Nvidia 7200GS 256MB

 

HDD: IDE + SATA

 

LAN: D-LINK DFE-528 (PCI), Onboard Intel Pro Card (disabled from BIOS,malfunctioning even in windows)

 

 

BIOS SETTINGS: ACPI 2.0 support=enabled, ACPI APIC Support=Enabled

 

 

Anyways, the point is , it worked fine on first boot...I had network, I didn't have sound and I didn't have my Nvidia OpenGL enabled. But I had network and internet, the DFE-528 was recognized.

 

Now, I did the following: I added my EFI string for my Nvidia 7200GS to com.apple.Boot.plist, rebooted and I had full graphics support (transparencies, etc). But I lost my network.

 

So I created hex string for my network card via osx86tool, joined the strings and rebooted.

 

I had vga acceleration,I didn't have network.

 

I figured, I must have done something wrong or there might be a conflict with the VGA string.

 

So, I restored com.apple.Boot.plist to it's original settings, like it was on first boot (no efi strings) and rebooted. Still no network.

 

I'm gonna try a REALTEK 8139 net card, but does anyone think of any solution?

 

I even removed the EFI string and used natit nvidia driver, which gave me vga acceleration, but still no net. Is it that DFE-528 is not supported in SL? Forgive me if it's mentioned anywhere and I didn't find it.

 

 

 

Thank you all in advance

 

edit: I made changes to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist, not in /Extra...

 

edit2: Realtek 8139 worked....

[tapper00`]

Is it possible that the first time you booted, it was in 32 bit mode. And subsequent boots have been in 64 bit mode? Default boot is 64 bit. A lot of network drivers are only 32bit compatible at the moment. Just a thought.