AppStore and iCloud aunthefication problems (maybe hardware related things)

Hi. I have MBP (2006) with broken ethernet port but working wifi. I never woried about it cause I've used wireless everywhere.I had the interface "Ethernet" in the list of interfaces for years but MBP has not seen any cable plugged into it.
But after update to 10.7.x (I didn't really noticed when it had happened) ethernet interface has been missed from the list of interfaces. And at the same time AppStore stoped to work with my apple id with the message "Your device or computer could not be verified. Contact support for assistance". And now after starting iCloud services it doesn't work too: "This Apple ID is valid but is not an iCloud account"
My apple id is ok, I've checked it 4 times, everything is verified, I can buy applications and music at iTunes Music Store, authorize and deauthorize computers use it for iMessage on my iPad etc. iCloud works too on my iPad and at the website icloud.com — I can sync everything, backup to iCloud etc. But neither purchases at AppStore nor iCloud features works on my MacBook Pro.
I think its some eth0/eth1 related things, cause most of solutions for broken Apple ID on Macs are: "Remove /Library/Preferences/SystemConfigurations/* then reboot". I did it thosands of times but nothing happens. I tried to reset SMC but it doesn't work too — ethernet interface is still missing, AppStore and iCloud give me strange error messages and doesn't work.

Right - I have tried booting the MacMini using Chameleon. Using these instructions: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,1123.0.html it boots.
Basically, Chameleon can be made to work if you re-format your HD to use a MBR boot sector. Even the latest Chamelon (Chameleon_2.1svn_r1686_trunk_pkg) can be made to work by using a minimal org.chameleon.Boot config (i.e. not the one it installs by default - use the one in the first link/post as a basis). You can also use Champlist to control your installation settings.
This enables me to change the model number, serial number, bios/efi version etc reported by the system - and you can also do this by manually editing the smbios.plist file
After booting I added relevant information into the settings to simulate a built-in ethernet port, after matching the specific settings for my macmini - but no luck.
I also booted it as a MacBook Air to see if this would negate the need for an inbuilt ethernet port - however no luck either.
Authentication failed in the same way.
Either the information reported by Apple System Profiler, and changed by Chamelon, is surface-level and the 'true' information is still being read by the authentication process or there is something amiss with my 'hackintosh' settings.
I have a few more things to try including:
Booting using Chamelon and then deleting network prefs and seeing if this resets the authentication process on the next boot
Reverting the MacMini to stock macmini1,1 firmware. (Has been updated to macmini2,1 using method at: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,874.0.html)

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