How to Fix Internal disks aren't showing up during Big Sur installation (LGA775)

How to Fix Internal disks aren't showing up during Big Sur installation (LGA775)

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

• Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
• Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

1. Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
2. Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
3. Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.

Verification

• Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

Clover (5130) detects all disks (I dualboot Windows and macOS), but in Disk Utility there's nothing, no disks, no volumes, only installation USB. Did anyone have such problem and how do I fix it? During Catalina installation IOATAFamily.kext solved the issue, but it panics on Big Sur for some reason.
Kexts:
- AAAMouSSE.kext
- AtherosL1cEthernet.kext (internet)
- FakeSMC.kext
- Lilu.kext
- telemetrap.kext
- WhateverGreen.kext
Motherboard: ASRock G41M-VGS3
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
GPU...

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Author: tertaco