Honest Bob Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Recently I have installed a retail copy of Snow Leopard on my dell vostro a860. I also updated to 10.6.1 with no problems whatsoever. But then, a couple of weeks after the update, my USB support just died completely. It won't detect anything plugged in, and a USB mouse won't work. I would greatly appreciate anyone's help, as my hackintosh is practically useless without USB support. Here's a list of stuff that works and stuff that doesnt: Wifi - no Ethernet - yes Video - yes Bluetooth - no USB - no Trackpad - yes Audio - yes Keyboard - yes Sleep - no Battery meter - yes Firewire - yes, but I haven't tried it I would be EXTREMELY happy if anyone could help me! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Bob Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1317773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanG Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hello, I would not help you for your question, but maybe you could help me : I have the same laptop, i tried one year ago ton instal leo on it but a few problems make me stop ... now i would like to test it again / can you tell me wich distro you use and how you make it works. (sorry for my language, i'm french ...) Thanks very much JeanG Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1318073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Bob Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 I followed this guide and used a retail DVD which I had purchased Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1318878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlanmaar Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Please tell me how you got the ethernet and battery meter working! edit:Also the video too.I'm stuck at 1024x768! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1319079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Bob Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 dlanmaar - Are you on a dell vostro a860? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1319917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlanmaar Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 dlanmaar - Are you on a dell vostro a860? Yes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1319925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamorgen Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I'm having a similar issue with my Dell Inspiron 1720. USB is broken, Bluetooth is Broken, Webcam is Broken. USB & Bluetooth worked straight out of the box, but at some point, Bluetooth disappeared, and USB stopped working. Very frustrating. Keep me in the loop if your figure it out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1320517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Bob Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 dlanmaar - here is how to get ethernet working (although i can't guarantee it will work for you) First, make a backup of IONetworkingFamily.kext which is located in /System/Library/Extensions/ Then download this IONetworkingFamily.kext http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OOW0H2VP and put it in your /System/Library/Extensions/ folder. Reboot, and ethernet should be working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/195281-usb-broken-help/#findComment-1322049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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