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Many laptops use calls to DSDT EC query methods to control brightness. On my system, for example, the brightness keys are Fn+LeftArrow (brightness down), and Fn+RightArrow (brightness up). On my machine, when you press the brightness down key-combo it calls EC method _Q11, and calls _Q12 for brightness up. The problem is that OS X has no idea what do with the results these methods produce when they are called. A DSDT patch is needed to fix the ACPI controlled brightness keys on a hackintosh. To make brightness keys function as expected when using EMlyDinEsH's Smart touchpad driver (v4.3+), it is necessary to know which methods get called when the buttons are pressed, and where EMlyDinEsH's driver is connecting to your machine. Finding out where the driver is connecting is the simplest part. Launch IORegistryExplorer and search for keyboard. You should see something like this: | --KBC0 | --ps2controller | --ApplePS2KeyboardDevice | --ApplePS2Keyboard As you can see, ApplePS2Keyboard attaches to ApplePS2KeyboardDevice, which attaches to ps2controller, all of which attach to, in my case, KBC0, the device name we are looking for. Another common place for a keyboard to attach is PS2K. With that out of the way, we now need to figure out which EC methods get called when you press your brightness key combos. For this we need to use RehabMan's ACPIDebug kext, found here: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Debug Install the kext, and apply the following DSDT patches: Debug: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Debug/blob/master/debug.txt Instrument Qxx: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Debug/blob/master/instrument_Qxx.txt and reboot. Now, open Console, and when you press your brightness key combos, the methods they call should be displayed in the log. In my case, the methods were _Q11 for brightness down, and _Q12 for brightness up. Now that we have the three required pieces of information, which, in my case, is KBC0 (or PS2K in some systems), _Q11, and _Q12, we can now patch our DSDT at those methods to notify EMlyDinEsH's driver. First remove the ACPIDebug kext, and also remove the two debug patches you applied earlier using this patch: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-ACPI-Debug/blob/master/remove.txt . Next, apply this patch, changing _Q11, _Q12, and KBC0 for the values you obtained above: #Edit methods _Q11 and _Q12 to interface with KBC0 (or PS2K in some systems), into method label _Q11 replace_content begin // Brightness Down\n Notify (KBC0, 0x20)\n end; into method label _Q12 replace_content begin // Brightness Up\n Notify (KBC0, 0x10)\n end; Reboot and your brightness keys should now be functional. Much thanks goes to EMlyDinEsH for taking the time to implement what was necessary to make this work on his side, and to RehabMan for his ACPIDebug kext.