Network works only after boot with boot-CD

[DoNotIron]

Hello folks,

 

i installed OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (update to 10.6.8) on my Dell XPS 600. So far, i can't get my network working, but when booting with the Nawcom boot-cd, it works fine. I tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], some kextes and restarts, but that doesn't help. All other components work fine.

Dell uses nVidia chipset (Nvidia nForce4-SLI) in this Mainboard, not Intel!

[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]-CDs didn't work to install OSX, so i tried the Nawcom-boot-cd and it works without problems.

 

System:

-Dell XPS 600 with Pentium 4, 3,4GHz

-4x 512MB RAM

-DVD-drive Lite-on DVD SOHD-167T (via IDE)

-WD Harddrive 1600JS-75NCB1

-Realtek ALC850 AC'97 Audio-Controller

-nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX

-nVidia nForce Networking Controller

-nVidia nForce4 Serial ATA RAID-Controller (RAID is disabled)

-nVidia Network Bus Enumerator

-FireWire: Texas Instruments

 

I use also Windows XP (Dualboot), the network operates without problems.

[LatinMcG]

do a kextstat with cd booted.. and without it. see whats major difference. likely nvethernet

[DoNotIron]

Problem solved - for now.

nForceLan.kext was missing, i put it in the extensions-folder and after a few minutes the network-controller worked. So i loaded the combo-update 10.6.8 and legacy.kext.

 

Thanks!