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Old 05-08-2009, 06:40 PM
somoneybaby somoneybaby is offline
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Broadcom 5752

I have the same exact card as someone (A.A.) who posted this .kext on the InsanelyMac forums. I don't know what the heck I am doing wrong but this is getting very frustrating since it is the last piece of my PC to Mac puzzle.

I've tried many different ways to install this .kext and I just can't get my Ethernet card to be recognized.

What am I doing wrong?

I've saved the .kext to a PC. I saved it to a thumb drive and copied it over to my Mac OS Desktop. File called "AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext"

If I "Show Package Contents" on AppleBCM* I see 2 files. A folder called "_MACOSX" and another .kext file named the same (AppleBCM*). Within that "_MACOSX" folder is another .kext file (same name - AppleBCM*).

Should I be installing the entire .kext I saved onto my desktop? It just seems weird that there is a _MACOSX file and a normal .kext in the original package.

Here is the installation I found and tried using:


1) I made sure there were no other instances of AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext

2) Commands:

sudo -s
<root password>
cp -r -v ~Desktop/AppleB* /S*/L*/E*/IONet*/C*/Plug*/
rm -v /S*/L*/E*.mke*
diskutil repairpermissions /
reboot

You see anything I may be missing?

Here is the link to the .kext file I'm using:
AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext

Thank you!!!


** File Structure of .kext Broken down to unconfuse anyone haha**

AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
..._MACOSX
......AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
.........Contents
............Blank - Nothing in here
...AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
......Contents
.........Info.plist
.........version.plist
.........MacOS
............AppleBCM5701Ethernet (This is a Unix Executable File)
............AppleBCM5751Ethernet (This is a Unix Executable File)
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Old 05-12-2009, 11:50 AM
Macsperience Macsperience is offline
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mabey you should just try
kext-helper
just start it, drag the kext and drop it into the window, press "Easy Install" after entering your password.
after that reboot your computer, it should work then.
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