Archimago Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Hey guys, Since moving up to a DFI LanParty nForce4 board from a crappy ECS nForce4 also, OS X refuses to boot up with USB recognition. There's no problem with Win XP... I have to unplug the keyboard & mouse, then replug to get it to recognize. Very annoying... Any fix for this. Is this a BIOS setting issue? Thanks, Arch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. W. Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I didn't see your post when I made my first thread, but I'm having the same problem. amdprophet has been reccommending the board, so I'll give him a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimago Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 Thanks for the note B.W. I've seen this issue posted before a few months back with no answer as far as I recall, but since I now also have a MacBook Pro also, it would be nice to get my desktop to run the same OS every once awhile . Let me know if you find out how to get this working! I've tried the latest BIOS to no avail. Arch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimago Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 An update, Tried booting up in -s mode tonight. I get the message "EHCI controller unable to take control from BIOS". Looks like this may be a BIOS fault with DFI. Apparently this kind of thing happened on Acer laptops also fixed with a BIOS update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. W. Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 There are other BIOS upgrades your can try. prophet said he had the same problem, but just used a PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexl55 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I'm getting the same probelm on my DFI nForce4 board. If I enable USB Keyboard and mouse emulation, then I get "EHCI controller unable to take control from BIOS" during verbose boot. Also strangely if USB emulation is enable in the BIOS, my PS/2 ports stop working in OSX. Has anyone found a solution to get a USB keyboard and mouse working on a DFI nforce4 board? I really want to get steermouse working, cuz I miss all the extra buttons on my MX3100 set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderd Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I have the same problems with the DFI board. Seems like some BIOS bug/feature of the board. I have to unplug and replug my devices if I leave my USB-Stick connected while booting up. If it's disconncted, my devices get recognized on startup, but I still do have the EHCI messages. {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdprophet Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Easy fix, just disable USB Keyboard/Mouse support in your BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkmassel Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Its easy- in your BIOS you will have to disable USB keyboard support (and if you have it, legacy support)- then you don't even have to plug in and unplug the keyboard and mouse every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. W. Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Then I can't use my mouse or keyboard at all. I haven't tried disabling legacy support though. EDIT: There's no option for legacy support in the Ultra-D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderd Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 It's called "Enable/Disable USB Mouse/Keyboard Support" or something like that. It doesn't help for me when disabling these. I still don't get USB 2.0 speeds. That's the only thing for me now that bothers me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimago Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Enabling/disabling keyboard/mouse makes no difference to me here either... What's wrong with DFI's BIOS - or is it Apple's software?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. W. Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Anyone have any luck with this board using 10.4.7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Yau Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I am using Lanparty Ultra D and my OSX has been upgraded to 10.4.7 without any problem. The on-board lan and audio are all working fine, but USB is not fully working. I have to un-plug and re-plug each usb device in order to activate it after booting. And only usb 1.1 can be used. It is now truely plug-and-play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. W. Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Sorry, I was talking about the USB 2.0 fix that was posted a while back in 10.4.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Download17 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Yeah... I have a DFI board (see my sig)... and I just disabled usb keyboard and mouse support in my BIOS and then my usb keyboard and mouse worked perfectly. Unfortunately all of my usb ports in Mac OS seem to be just USB 1.1 and not USB 2.0... Anyone know how to fix this??? That'd be sweet... thanks..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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