skerplee Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi, Problem description on title. Followed instructions for E5xxx installation here but ended up missing some things: - Can't HDD boot - Ethernet / en0 doesnt appear or detected in System Preferences and in System Info>Ethernet Cards. e5420/4GB/i5/ Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 10, 2017 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2017 check bios for both issues. set sata to ahci and make sure lan is enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skerplee Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Tried setting default bios then sata to ahci. Boots now on hdd. LAN is enabled in bios. Still not showing up in Network. Only Firewire displays there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 10, 2017 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2017 what kext are you using for ethernet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skerplee Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 A BCM5722D.kext . It works on my previous El Capitan installs. But wont work this time with fresh 10.12.4 Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 12, 2017 Administrators Share Posted April 12, 2017 i recompiled the original code from here https://github.com/adlan/BCM5722D with latest xcode you can try it maybe it fixes your issue BCM5722D.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skerplee Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Unfortunately , it still wont work. Ethernet still missing Followed the usb installer creation instructions again for a 10.12 instead of 10.12.4 but Ethernet still wont show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 13, 2017 Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2017 What's the PCI id of the Ethernet card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skerplee Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 14e4 1681 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 13, 2017 Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2017 Please refrain from multiple posting on the LAN matter (and, as a general rule, any other matter). You've posted about it 4 or 5 times in the last few hours and we're not going to reply to each post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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