My entire Hackintosh computer slows down when my kindle 2 is plugged in!

ayman07 · 06-26-2009, 08:49 PM

hi everyone. i have a big problem with this kindle. every time i plugged up my K2 the computer slows down, locks up, and doesnt detect the kindle at times. i dunno whats going on with it. i thought it was the savory and ss hack but i removed them and it worked fine. i have a homemade hackintosh. when i plugg it to my real mac it works perfectly. this started happening recently and i dont know what could cause it. as soon as i remove my kindle by disconnecting the wire, without ejecting cuz it just locks up, everything returns back to normal. whats the deal with this thing?

daffy4u · 06-26-2009, 09:04 PM

Since the Kindle works fine with your actual Mac, I would think the problem is with the Hackintosh and not the Kindle. Maybe a driver issue.

pilotbob · 06-26-2009, 09:28 PM

What Daffy said. Ensure you have to correct USB/Chipset drivers/kexts installed.

BOb

GreatBear · 06-26-2009, 10:46 PM

I had a similar problem w/ my K1 and a nice new iMac. I found the following in the forums and it solved my problem. Maybe you should try it?

According to Scotty1024:

OK, I think I figured it out.

I've only hooked my Kindle 2 up via USB to a Mac Pro at home.

At Home I'm not running 10.4 or 10.5.

At Work I'm running 10.5.

I hooked up the Kindle 2 via USB to my Mac Pro at work and all hell broke loose.

The culprit is Spotlight. It is sucking down all your Kindle's bandwidth creating a Spotlight index of all the content on the Kindle. I'm researching how to club Spotlight over the head and keep it off the Kindle but for now it's definitely a problem (unless you aren't using 10.4 or 10.5).

UPDATE: Go to the Spotlight control panel's Privacy tab and drag the Kindle's icon from Finder into the panel. This will create a file on the Kindle that marks it as "Do No Spotlight This Device!" If you ever notice a directory on the Kindle named .Spotlight-V100 don't delete it! That's where the file is stored, in that directory.

06-26-2009, 08:49 PM	#1
ayman07 Ayman Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Kindle 2	My entire Hackintosh computer slows down when my kindle 2 is plugged in! hi everyone. i have a big problem with this kindle. every time i plugged up my K2 the computer slows down, locks up, and doesnt detect the kindle at times. i dunno whats going on with it. i thought it was the savory and ss hack but i removed them and it worked fine. i have a homemade hackintosh. when i plugg it to my real mac it works perfectly. this started happening recently and i dont know what could cause it. as soon as i remove my kindle by disconnecting the wire, without ejecting cuz it just locks up, everything returns back to normal. whats the deal with this thing?

06-26-2009, 09:28 PM	#3
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,790 Karma: 4829359 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	What Daffy said. Ensure you have to correct USB/Chipset drivers/kexts installed. BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte

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06-26-2009, 09:04 PM	#2
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,549 Karma: 1609085 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: K1, K2, KTSO, KFHD, K3, KPW, KDXG, HP Touchpadx2	Since the Kindle works fine with your actual Mac, I would think the problem is with the Hackintosh and not the Kindle. Maybe a driver issue.

06-26-2009, 10:46 PM	#4
GreatBear Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle, Sony Reader	I had a similar problem w/ my K1 and a nice new iMac. I found the following in the forums and it solved my problem. Maybe you should try it? According to Scotty1024: OK, I think I figured it out. I've only hooked my Kindle 2 up via USB to a Mac Pro at home. At Home I'm not running 10.4 or 10.5. At Work I'm running 10.5. I hooked up the Kindle 2 via USB to my Mac Pro at work and all hell broke loose. The culprit is Spotlight. It is sucking down all your Kindle's bandwidth creating a Spotlight index of all the content on the Kindle. I'm researching how to club Spotlight over the head and keep it off the Kindle but for now it's definitely a problem (unless you aren't using 10.4 or 10.5). UPDATE: Go to the Spotlight control panel's Privacy tab and drag the Kindle's icon from Finder into the panel. This will create a file on the Kindle that marks it as "Do No Spotlight This Device!" If you ever notice a directory on the Kindle named .Spotlight-V100 don't delete it! That's where the file is stored, in that directory.


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