Problem with e1000: EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid - ThinkWikiProblem Description On certain ThinkPads, e1000 driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) fails to load with the following error message in /var/log/messages: e1000: 0000:02:00.0: e1000_probe: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid e1000: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -5 The problem is caused by a power savings feature obstructing normal operation, and causes the first bytes read from th
