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4,332 reads · 2009-10-06

BCM5751Ethernet Causes slow shutdown/reboot

I noticed that AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext causes on some notebooks slow shuting down and reboot. Terminal says: Still waiting for BCM5751 Ethernet ... ... ... I don't know why If you have slow shutdown/reboot and if you don't need ethernet,…

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@slic Published 2009-10-06
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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4,332 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2009-10-06
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@slic@kj.web

I noticed that
AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
causes on some notebooks slow shuting down and reboot.

Terminal says:
Still waiting for BCM5751 Ethernet ... ... ...

I don't know why
If you have slow shutdown/reboot and if you don't need ethernet, remove this kext.

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Synthesized Community Field Notes

1 technical responses curated from 2 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @kj.web 2009-10-06

I have BCM5787M and i have it worser, My computer can restart and shutdown, but it is it worth.

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