No Keyboard or Mouse for Login Screen

[motersicklebum]

i installed the new boot.efi files on a drive with 10.11.6 and then installed the drive in my 2006, macbook pro. it booted very very slowly and then i got the coveted login screen. oh, but wait.... my keyboard and mouse aren't recognized so i can't type my password in the field. it then auto restarted and would continue this loop....