Macbook Pro (Late 2008) - Ethernet not detected in OS X

[RavenWinds]

hi everyone,

i purchased my macbook pro (Late 2008) model the week it was released and it is my pride and joy

however tonight i have noticed a problem.

during the week i was using an ethernet connection in OS X with no problems however now the mac does not even find the cable. i tried a different cable with no difference.

i booted into my bootcamp windows xp partition and the ethernet worked perfectly so thank God its not a hardware problem.

after searching google and finding problems from 2006 onwards i found that there were numerous hardware failures but not anything similar to my problem (at least not which i could find).

i reset the pram (or what ever its called) and it made no difference. i ran Onyx and it didnt work. i am covered with applecare if it comes to that however the ethernet was working perfectly yesterday in OS X, it seems a little strange that it buggered up in OS X and not XP.

any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.

 

[Kaliemon]

I'm having the same problem.

If you startup from the install dvd that came with your laptop and open network utility, does it connect? Mine does, so I'm thinking its a recent OS X problem.

If I leave the cable connected and startup normally it works until the laptop goes to sleep or I unplug the cable and then I have to do the entire procedure again.

If anyone has any solution for this it would be great.

 

[jav6454]

Call up Apple Care or visit your local Apple Store. Sometimes its hardware related.