MacBook 5.1 - USB port Issues

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Hi

Have a MacBook 5.1 with USB Issues.
2 USB Ports
a. Rear facing USB port works with a 4Gb Memory stick but If I plug anything bigger it does not work.
b. Front facing USB does not work no matter what I insert.

Some Mac Info

Model Identifier MacBook5,1
Intel core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz.
Rom Version - MD51.007D.B03
SMC version - 1.32f8
Hardware UUID - 2b6505ae-2550-5dff-82aa-85e6fd42e836
OS Version - Mac OSZ 10.5.8 (9L30)
Kernel - Darwin 9.8.0
 
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09 MBP 8GB ram 500GB HD OS 10.9 32B iPad 4 32GB iPhone 5 iOs7 2TB TC Apple TV3
If you have Apple Care take it in.
 
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Back to my old 2.2GHz C2D MB after selling my MBP and wondering what my next Mac will be :)
And if it's only just out of warranty, take it to Apple and see if they will fix it free anyway, or, ring Apple and work your way up the ranks to get it sorted with a pleasant manner.
 
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Why do you have OSX 10.5.8? MacBook 5,1 came out with 10.6.1/2 installed. Deinstalling to a lower system may be your problem. I don't know if the 32-bit system that 10.5 uses can handle the right USB, as 10.5 came out on MacBooks when both USBs were on the left. Good luck.
 
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Why do you have OSX 10.5.8? MacBook 5,1 came out with 10.6.1/2 installed. Deinstalling to a lower system may be your problem. I don't know if the 32-bit system that 10.5 uses can handle the right USB, as 10.5 came out on MacBooks when both USBs were on the left. Good luck.


Not sure if you have your info right . I am typing this on a Macbook 5,1 and I just up-graded to 10.6 as it did not come with it because SL wasn't even released for 6 months after I purchased my machine.

Clay
 

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