USB port gone kapooey

Middle USB port will charge my iPod but that's it.
Disconnected everything else, plugged keyboard into it - No go.
Reset the SMU & PRAM - No go.
Ran hardware test and Techtools Pro - No go.
Any other suggestions?
Looks like I am off to the Apple Store this weekend.
Good thing I got AppleCare.
If not, I wouldn't bother getting it fixed since the other 2 work ok.

Finally took my iMac in on Saturday. New logic board on the way. Should be finished in a day or 2.
Hopefully, this will also cool it down a bit (by redoing the thermal paste). When running, the temp is usually right at 160F. This with the processor set on auto and CPU "Nap" setting turned on.
If I have more than one thing going on, it usually runs at 166F and the fans get going.
Haven't had it shut off yet, but it's been up to 170F with the buzzsaws running full bore!

Similar Messages

USB ports gone after plugging in my Color LaserJet 2600n

I've posted here with the incident: the printer had worked for 2-3 days with me plugging the USB connection in and out for every print job. Yesterday I got a slight spark and no print done. Tried again, got a second slight spark and no print done. Today I checked other USB devices (external hard disk, flash memory, digital camera) and nothing works.
Ran the Apple Hardware Test and it reports that the Logic Board is fine. Can anyone explain how come I've lost both USB ports on my Powerbook? I only plugged the LaserJet in the left one (both times); never the right one. Sparks only occurred on the left port, not the right one. How come I've lost both ports?
By the way, system.log reports loads of IOUSBFamily errors, and console.log reports multiple lines about Watchdog finding Dead USB (not exact wording).
Any tips please? I'm baffled.

OK, Stanley, that's what I also thought (even the Subject of my other post suggests that).
But, how come the Apple Hardware Test shows the Logic Board to be OK?
Can I fry both ports by just sparking one of them? I contacted the PowerbookMedic.com guys, and they said the two ports on the Powerbook (the left and the right one) are totally different circuits, and the only way to kill both is by the logic board getting damaged. Which it isn't.
Tips?

USB Port Gone Bad?

I have my keyboard and mouse plugged into a USB port in the back of my 23" Cinema display. Suddenly, the mouse and keyboard stopped working. I plugged the USB cable into the other USB port in the display, worked fine, plugged it into the front of my Mac, worked fine, but in that one USB port, no go. But if I plug my printer into that bad USB port, it seems to work. What's the deal here?

I re-booted my machine and it is working fine now.

USB port gone after ejecting external HDD

All software uptodate.
I have strange issue with USB ports. After ejecting USB drive (external HDD, powered by USB bus), which worked perfectly, USB port does not recognize anything, nor providing power. Turning MBP off and then booting back solves this issue.
Any ideas?

After some time I connected external HDD to "dead" port again. And got power. But still no devices recognized on this port. For example: iPad does not charge, not recognized.

I can not get my ipod touch/iphone 5s to sync to itunes i have tried everything i can think of reset ipod,redownload itunes check linking cable usb port ect... if anyone out there is or has gone through this please help me out thx

can someone please help me out!!!!

See
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
- I would start with
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
However, after your remove the Apple software components also remove the iCloud Control Panel via Windows Programs and Features app in the Window Control Panel. Then reinstall all the Apple software components
- New cable and different USB port
- Run this and see if the results help with determine the cause
iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests
Also see:
Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates
- Try on another computer to help determine if computer or iPod problem

Continue to receive error 1604 and can't use the recover function - help! I have gone through all the steps listed in support and nothing has worked. I am using a usb port I tested with my printer cable and it's fine.

I wanted to update my software this morning and it has turned into a nightmare. I continue to receive the error 1604, which is related to a usb port. I followed all the steps listed in support and nothing has helped. I just plugged in my printer cable to the usb port and it works fine, yet I continue to receive this error and can't use my phone!

A printer does not require power, and does not transfer large amounts of data. So that is not a valid test. It's like saying "if I plug a nightlight into an outlet it works fine, so why do 2 hair dryers on at the same time trip a circuit breaker?"
Are you using a port directly on the computer, and not a hub? If it's not a laptop and it has ports on front and back are you using a back port, which can supply more power?
Have you EVER used this computer to hack or jailbreak ANY iPhone (not necessarily the one with the problem? Or used a program to downgrade the version of iOS on any phone?

USB functionality gone on both ports on Powerbook G4

I've posted here with the incident that led to this loss of both my USB ports.
What basically happened is a little (I mean, very little) spark on the left USB port as I was plugging in the cable from my HP CLJ2600n. Then all USB devices stopped mounting/getting recognised by the system.
Don't want to be overly optimistic, but:
•System Profiler reports on all USBs,
•System Profiler reports on all IO Extensions, including the IOUSBxxx Extensions, that they are Valid, Authentic, Dependencies are Satisfied and Integrity is Correct, and
•/usr/sbin/system_profiler in Terminal.app reports on all USBs.
Whenever I plug any USB device on either of the two ports, however, I get the following lines (or similar) in system.log:
Apr 6 12:45:57 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79. 6 AppleUSBOHCI[0x1d87800] Processing WDH before suspending
Apr 6 12:45:57 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79. 6 USB Controller on bus 59 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:57 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79. 6 AppleUSBOHCI[0x1d86000] Processing WDH before suspending
Apr 6 12:45:57 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79. 6 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:57 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79.265 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:57 localhost mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79.429 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost configd[41]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79.656 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79.675 [0x1db6b00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 2 of hub @ location: 0x5b000000)
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 79.833 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost configd[41]: initCardWithStoredPrefs failed.
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 80. 79 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:45:58 localhost configd[41]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
Apr 6 12:45:59 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 80.327 USB Controller on bus 27 received and unrecoverable error interrupt. Attempting to recover (0,0,0)
Apr 6 12:46:55 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 136.947 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:46:55 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 136.977 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:46:56 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 136.981 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:46:56 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 137. 11 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:46:56 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 138.215 [0x1db6b00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
Apr 6 12:47:55 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 196.948 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:47:55 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 196.978 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:47:55 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 196.981 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:47:55 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 197. 12 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Apr 6 12:47:57 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 197. 15 [0x1db6b00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 2 of hub @ location: 0x5b000000)
Does anyone out there think I might have a hardware problem? Or just a software one?
Should I try reinstalling the latest MacOS X Combo Update?
Many thanks, as always, people.
PS I've entered the same post over at 'Using MacOS X Tiger', in an attempt to get some attention since I wasn't sure just where this issue would fit better.

Since this thread is almost starved, and since there seems to be some posts over in the Using MacOS X Tiger area, please post there if you have some idea.
Many thanks, guys.

K7N2G-ILSR: Firewire and all but 2 usb ports are gone.

I have the MSI K7N2G-ILSR motherboard. When I first got it I noticed in my bios I had the option to enable/disable my IEEE 1394 ports. After having problems with my video card I updated my bios to v1.7 and since then I've lost that option all together and have noticed that only 2 of my USB ports work and the firewire ports are not detected.
Is this a known bug? I'm going to try and roll the bios back to v1.4 and see if that restores them. If that doesn't work any suggestions?
Also on occation my USB ports will fail to be started by windows and/or linux.
MSI K7N2G-ILSR
512MB Ram
Athalon XP 1400+
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Using Onboard Sound
Windows XP SP1
Mandrake Linux 9.1 and SuSE 9.0
Nforce system drives 2.45

My firewire is connected and enabled. When i connect my camcorder to it, windows xp saids it there, but when i try to use the connect, as in record a home movie on the computer, all programs just hang until i unplug the camcorder? I have the same motherbroad with 512meg running a 2800+. Help before my head goes bang.

DVI to ADC Adapter + Mini DVI to DVI Adapter = usb ports don't work?

I have a 23" Cinema with the ADC plug. I've been using it with the DVI to ADC adapter for many years, though I did not use any of the monitor's usb ports during this time. I recently bought a new Macbook, so now I have am combining a Mini DVI to DVI adapter with the DVI to ADC adapter. The display works fine, but now I find the usb ports on the monitor do not work. I've checked all the pins involved and they are all straight and look normal.
Does this have anything to do with the double adapter situation, or could it just be that the monitor's usb ports are aging and haven't been used in a long time? Or is it possible these ports do not support usb 2.0 devices?

Thank you Malcolm.
It's true I cannot adjust the display's brightness using the buttons on the monitor. But I can put the Macbook to sleep, both when the adapter's usb cable is plugged in and when it's not.
So if the usb circuitry has gone bad, will this cause me any other problems, or can I just ignore it? Right now I am trying to choose an external hard drive to buy, so I'm taking stock of my available ports. I don't think I'd put a big hard drive on a usb 1.1 port anyways.

X1 and USB Port Replicator with digital video - hangs system

Hi
with the X1 to help with docking it everyday at the office I have a USB Port replicator with digital video. I am not using the digital video but the USB ports, head phone and mics plus ethernet.
When I plug it in it detects it OK, I then installed the software. But after reboot it looks to stall when logging into windows, screen flickers back and forth and locks up the operating system. I unlplug it and reboot and window is working fine.
Note as I mentioned I am not using the digital output but instead using an external monitor via the display port on the back of the laptop.
Also its is very slow to boot (Lenovo bios splash screen is there for about a minute)
I have gone into the bios and turned off all other bootable devices just leaving the laptops hard drive.
As a work around I have removed the software and I am getting the basic functionality of the port replicator, but not the ethernet.
I have run the update manager but does not appear to show a need to update the drivers.
Model X1 (1293-CTO)
Windows 7

Hi, I have this same exact problem.
Video (anything from youtube to downloaded shows, movies) will freeze for 5-7 seconds at a time. The sound continues to play while the video is 'frozen', and the video resumes after that.
It will happen on its own, with no bumping, but it is more prone to happen if I do something like increase the volume within the media player.
Any suggestions are much appreciated!

How do I use the USB port on my MBP for audio output

I am a fairly new commercial sound provider running live sound and the occassional itunes type playback at events. I currently use a Y cable from the headphone output of my MBP osX into the RCA inputs on my audio mixer. On an older HP laptop I was able to use a USB output into the USB input of the mixer and the sound was a lot better in quality. I wish to do the same using the new MBP but when I plugged into the right side USB port I received no audio output. What am I doing wrong? Thanks howardfrom nh.

Have you gone into the Sound/Output system preferences to see if your mixer shows up there as a valid output device and if it does selected it there? If it doesn't appear, have you confirmed with the manufacturer of your mixer that it is compatible with Macs and if so asked if there are any drivers you need to install?
Regards.

HP G72 USB Ports Not Working - Battery Issue?

I recently purchased a G72-250US and found out too late that none of the three USB ports work. I have tried three different devices - a mechanical keyboard, a Razer mouse, and a SanDisk thumb drive. Of the three, the thumb drive is the only one which receives enough power for its LED to remain on, but none of the devices are recognized by Windows, even as 'unknown' devices.
I've gone through every step I could find or think of to correct any possible sources of problems that could be created by software - uninstalling USB drivers, changing power settings, manually adding data to the Windows registry - and nothing has worked. I have not been able to find any options in the BIOS regarding the USB ports. I have also tried to use 'refresh' in the HP Support Assistant's Health Analysis tool, but the process always fails at 'Gathering Information'.
This has led me to believe that there is a hardware issue, but I'm not sure what the nature of this issue could be. If the ports were just dead, why would the thumb drive be getting any power at all? The only thing I can think of is that there is an issue related to the battery. Per another thread on this topic, I unplugged the laptop and took out the battery and left it like that overnight, but this did not solve the problem. I then ran the Battery Check from the Support Assistant, and it very quickly indicated a failure.
Is it possible that a bad battery is causing the USB ports to not provide enough power to my devices? I previously owned a Compaq CQ42 whose battery was so bad it caused an error to pop up every time I turned on or restarted the computer, but this never resulted in any issues aside from having to keep it plugged in at all times.

Hi,
Please go to the following link to download chipset driver and reinstall on your computer:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=4217...
Hope this helps and good luck.
BH
**Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

HT2421 If I attach a hard drive to the USB port, can I access it from the wired network, while simultaneously creating a separate wifi network with NO access to the hard drive?

I already have a wireless network (call it Network A) with connectivity to various wired and wireless devices. I have a USB hard drive that I directly attach to my MacBook Air. I use it for Time Machine backups and general storage. I would like to move this drive to an AirPort Extreme. I would like to continue to be able to reach it via Network A, but also use the AirPort to create a guest Network (Network B). I don't want the guest network to access the hard drive.
Now, I know I can plug a hub into the USB port and put (I hear up to 3) hard drives on it. Can I determine which ones are accessable by Network A, and by Network B?
Bonzo...

Several things to consider.
You cannot create a wireless network for guests if the AE is bridged. It has to be the main router in the network.
You cannot use the existing TM backups on the USB drive.. if you plug into a network it will need to be wiped.. and only AC model can produce reliable TM backups.. the earlier models are not reliable for TM backups.
See http://pondini.org/TM/Airport.html
These two factors alone may be enough to make you reconsider.
If you can create a guest network.. and you can overcome the limitations of airdisks.. then any person on the guest network should not be able to access the disk drive.. but if you wish to go ahead Bob Timmons might be able to confirm it.. I stay away from USB drives on routers.. I do not and will not use a router as a NAS.. it is underpowered and simply unsuitable long term.. a cheap single disk NAS is many times faster.. more reliable.. and has a marvellous thing called backup.. no USB disk or even internal disk in a TC can back itself up. .nor can TM backup network drives.. so any data you store on a USB drive is going to be gone one day.. unless you go to great lengths to back it up .. to where.. another USB drive plugged into another router somewhere.. the definition of slow.. should be copying files between two usb drives in an apple network using wireless. You will experience new levels of pain and suffering.. likened to the belly of the Sarlacc.

Mac pro usb ports won't work when ipod is plugged in

I just bought a used Mac Pro (2008). 8 cores, 12 meg 0f ram, all of this so I wouldnt be limited as I was with my 4 meg Imac. I go to plug in my ipod, and none of the other ports work, I can't use the mouse or keyboard. Is there any way around this. I had to plug the ipod directly into the tower (the port wouldnt work) This is frustrating, I get this model to be more than capable for what I need, and something like this pops up...always something. If anyone out there has had this experience, and figured out a work around, please help. Thanks

okay, that doesn't sound usual. Sounds to me like the usb port is drawing too much power. Try doing a repair permission or SMC reset. If you are using it with a USB hub, maybe that needs plugging in to the wall, or maybe it has gone bad. I can't help you a lot, but just a little bit. repairing permissions is through Disk Utility. SMC goes like this: shut down the Mac pro, unplug the power cord, wait 15-20 seconds. reattach power cord, wait about 15 seconds, then press power button. you can maybe try resetting the PRAM-shut down Mac, turn on computer, hold down Command, Option,P and R keys before grey screen appears. Hold down until computer restarts again and you hear the 2nd startup sound. Let go of the keys. You can also check in "About this mac" (more info) to see if there's something wrong with the USB ports themselves.
Other than that, could be logic board battery. Maybe Archive and install. Sorry, the crystal ball has gone dark. I"m sure someone else can enlighten you more than I can. I always plugged my ipod directly into my tower via the front USB port...
John B

Usb ports quit working?

I am using VM virtual box to run windows xp on a windows 7 (64 bit). I have rockwell rs logix installed on the windows xp. I had created a virtual drive to share my old files and set up a usb port to run a usb to serial adapter. I set the serial port up in the vm software and everything ran great. Then I got a notice for a new version of VM and now I can not get it to use the usb ports. I have gone through and uninstalled the vm software and re-installed it re did all of the parameters as before and still it will not use the usb ports. Here is the code that I get
It fails to attach the usb device unknown device to the virtual machine.
Result code: E_invalidarg (0x800070057)
Any idea what changed or how to change it back?
I have tried plugging in other usb items and they will not work either.

Hello! There have been reported problems with the mouse cable fraying at the end and thus not working but if the ports themselves aren't working try unplugging everything including the 115 volt power cord to the wall and letting it sit for 30 minutes and then restarting. This allows the ports to "reset" . Tom

USB port gone kapooey

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for