Aknightwhosezni Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) I used the (Jas) install of 10.4.8 and installation went without a hitch... I wish I could say the same for any other install... Ive tried with every other image since deadmoo and no dice... but now its working great... my specs are as follows: Pentium D 945 3.4ghz(3.8ghz) 2x2mb cache ECS socket 775 mb k7vmm (I think) Ati chipset with at express 200 onboard graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7600gs 256mb Segate 400gb 7200rpm (IDE) Kingston pc4200 533 1gb 2 Usb-Pci cards Network Everywhere N100 Net Card I think it silly to have an ATI chipset and a Nvidia card but I didnt pay for it, Got it for my B-day.. WOOT! So my problem is obviously that Ethernet doesnt work... neither on board nor through the card... I tried using the IONetworkFamily.kext provided in other parts of this forum (cp....chown... etc etc) but it crashed when I rebooted and I had to reformat and do a fresh install... When I go into networking the ethernet selection is greyed out and the box to the left is unchecked.. Is there anything I can do besides replacing the Kext file? this computer might as well be a brick without the internet lol... you know how it is these days.. Edited March 6, 2007 by Aknightwhosezni Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 One thing that I know of - get a new ethernet card. If the IONetoworking fix didn't do it, your best chance is to get a supported card (I recommend Netgear FA311) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/#findComment-317999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknightwhosezni Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 well.... hmm... i have |-| <-that much money I found a dlink DFE530tx laying around... its the only one... will it work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/#findComment-318016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknightwhosezni Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/#findComment-318241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tops Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I looked around a bit for you about the Dlink one, and I think Ramm hit the nail on the head. The netgear is only $20 new, I'm thinking you should look into getting a new card. http://netgear.links.channelintelligence.c....asp?sSKU=FA311 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/#findComment-318270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 On the topic of ethernet cards, I've seen a few cheapo USB to 10/100 ethernet devices online. Makes me wonder if Mac OS X can detect and use USB ethernet... theoretically it should work, shouldn't it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/#findComment-318272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aknightwhosezni Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 will this card work out of the box? will osx automatically detect the card and implement it? I really dont want to hunt for more drivers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44422-help-with-ethernet/#findComment-318277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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