USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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Hi I am having problems finding the drivers for WinXP to run the Mac hardware...

My winXP asks for drivers

Any help appreciated

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USB 2.0 Bus:
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCIPCI
  PCI Device ID:            0x1e26 
  PCI Revision ID:          0x0004 
  PCI Vendor ID:            0x8086 

Hub:
  Product ID:               0x0024
  Vendor ID:                0x8087  (Intel Corporation)
  Version:                  0.00
  Speed:                    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Location ID:              0x1d100000 / 2
  Current Available (mA):   1000
  Current Required (mA):    0
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
  Built-In:                 Yes

Hub:
  Product ID:               0x2512
  Vendor ID:                0x0424  (SMSC)
  Version:                  b.b3
  Speed:                    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Location ID:              0x1d180000 / 1
  Current Available (mA):   1000
  Current Required (mA):    2
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
  Built-In:                 Yes

Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad:
  Product ID:               0x024a
  Vendor ID:                0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version:                  2.19
  Speed:                    Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:             Apple Inc.
  Location ID:              0x1d182000 / 3
  Current Available (mA):   1000
  Current Required (mA):    40
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
  Built-In:                 Yes

BRCM20702 Hub:
  Product ID:               0x4500
  Vendor ID:                0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.)
  Version:                  1.00
  Speed:                    Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:             Apple Inc.
  Location ID:              0x1d181000 / 4
  Current Available (mA):   1000
  Current Required (mA):    94
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
  Built-In:                 Yes

Bluetooth USB Host Controller:
  Product ID:               0x821f
  Vendor ID:                0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version:                  1.51
  Speed:                    Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:             Apple Inc.
  Location ID:              0x1d181300 / 7
  Current Available (mA):   1000
  Current Required (mA):    0
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
  Built-In:                 Yes
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Re: USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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MDG33 wrote:My winXP asks for drivers
Why, oh why do you want to pass the devices to WinXP? Which device in particular?

BTW, you won't find any drivers, you can forget it. I don't know what you want to do, what you have in mind. Can you explain?
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Re: USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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Ok maybe I should clarify

I am running virtual box on a macbook air

I am running winxp on virtualbox (the os I have and the one that works with old applications I need to flash wifi routers)

I need XP in Virtualbox to recognize the Mac usb ports where I usually attach a usb ethernet adapter to communicate with the wifi routers.

When I add the USB port (bottom right of virtualbox XP asks for drivers)

I have done it before at the time I found the drivers that permit Xp to recognise and usb Mac hardware I just can't find the drivers anymore.
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Re: USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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MDG33 wrote:I need XP in Virtualbox to recognize the Mac usb ports
No, you don't need to (and you can't in any event) recognize the USB ports. Only the devices that are connected can be attached/passed to the guest. Not the ports/hubs, etc.
MDG33 wrote:I have done it before at the time
No you haven't. A "port" or a hub, is not a USB class that can be grabbed by the guest. I've asked for it from the developers specifically, that's why I know it won't happen.
MDG33 wrote:I usually attach a usb ethernet adapter to communicate with the wifi routers
So, you get an IP address out of that or something similar.

Oh, and finding the drivers is another beast altogether. For XP? Are you sure? The earliest Bootcamp drivers I remember were for Win7. In any event I have a bunch of them, and I could give them, the Apple license is not restrictive for redistribution (if I remember correctly). But there were no XP drivers.

How about you describing exactly the setup, the devices involved, the OS, hardware, software, so that we can see what's the best approach to do whatever it is you need to do. THIS is the important part.
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Re: USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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Yeah it would be great to get your drivers I could try them.

Thanks
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Re: USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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I get this error
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Re: USB Drivers Win XP Guest on MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)

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Please read the following thread: USB basics and troubleshooting, all of the posts.

If you still have a problem after reading through the whole thing, please follow the advice of the last post, #8: Asking for help and post the information requested.
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