No Ethernet on HP Pavillion dv9740us from osX86 10.5.6 Final

[chris_lowe2]

Ok I am new to this site, but through the help of this site I was able to install osX86 10.5.6 Final on my Hp Pavillion dv9740us, with ease. After a few fine tunes and some more reading on this site, and a few reinstalls, I have it all working but the Ethernet and the wireless.

 

From what I have seen, wireless is out of the questions unless I replace the wireless card in the computer. It currently has Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965 AGN. Now if there is a fix for this and I have just missed it, please let me know.

 

Ok here is the problem I really need fixed!!

 

1. Realtek RTL8168/8111 Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0), is not working.

 

I have read every post on this site and everyone on google, and still no fix. I installed the "RealtekR100" in all of the installs, as was described by every review i read. It still does not work.

 

Here is how I installed:

 

1. No Kernel Selected. Vanilla Kernel is installed by default.

2. Depending on Video Card choose 1 of the Video drivers, personally my 9740US has a 8600M GS Card, and I like the NVDarwin drivers so I choose the NVDarwin 256MB.

3. Intel ICHx SATA Drivers selected in Chipset

4. ALC268 seems to be the standard AUDIO in these boards. I stick with the MADTUX ALC268 release. It has the headphone port fix built in.

5. You can skip any driver install for Ethernet/Wireless. If you followed the BIOS fix above, your wireless will be autodetected if you select a Wireless card that is OSX compatiable.

6. I select Voodoo Power, but I wont say that it is required..make your judgment on this one.

7. Under Fixes and Patches select, Seatbelt.kext, Both PS/2 Device Support patches, this is required for your trackpad and keyboard to work.

 

 

 

Also, on reboot, it seems to FREEZE. If i leave the original DVD in the drive, then it boots fine, but if I take it out, I get a prompt and then nothing happens. Do I need to change something here to correct this problem?

 

 

Now I am new to this, and I am familiar with computers well, but please dumb this down for me and provide and links that will be helpful or will solve my problems!!

 

Thanks and GREAT Job to everyone who helped on all of these sites & builds!!

 

CLOWE