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External Hard Drives show up as Internal

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Asus P8H61 -M LX PLUS
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Intel Pentium G630 2.7GHz
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 275
HELP! When I plug in any external hard drive to my Hackintosh, they show up as internal hard drives.

I've noticed this when I was trying to fix iMessage. Originally, the system definition I was using is MacPro3,1 and I wasn't experiencing this external/internal HDD problem then. I changed it to iMac12,1 since it is the system definition closest to my build. I tried going back to the MacPro3,1 system definition and the problem is gone so I can confirm that using the supposedly proper system definition (iMac12,1) is what causes this problem. I've also tried, while on iMac12,1 system definition, the FixUSB patch in the Clover config.plist but it didn't do anything.

I have searched the internet and so far, all I see are people having it the other way around, internal HDDs show up as external. I hope you can help me solve this.

Thank you.
 
Me too, it used to work with 10.13.3, any news on this topic?
 
Have you addressed this issue ? Having the same with 10.13.4
Me too, it used to work with 10.13.3, any news on this topic?
Check your config.plist for the yellow drive icons fix and disable or remove.
Code:
<dict>
      <key>Comment</key>
      <string>External Icons Patch</string>
      <key>Disabled</key>
      <true/>
      <key>Find</key>
      <data>
      RXh0ZXJuYWw=
      </data>
      <key>InfoPlistPatch</key>
      <false/>
      <key>Name</key>
      <string>AppleAHCIPort</string>
      <key>Replace</key>
      <data>
      SW50ZXJuYWw=
      </data>
</dict>
 
Check your config.plist for the yellow drive icons fix and disable or remove.
Code:
<dict>
      <key>Comment</key>
      <string>External Icons Patch</string>
      <key>Disabled</key>
      <true/>
      <key>Find</key>
      <data>
      RXh0ZXJuYWw=
      </data>
      <key>InfoPlistPatch</key>
      <false/>
      <key>Name</key>
      <string>AppleAHCIPort</string>
      <key>Replace</key>
      <data>
      SW50ZXJuYWw=
      </data>
</dict>

fixed it by creating a dst voor my usb ports
 
Hi.
Did you solve this issue? I'm having the same problem with a new installation of 10.13.4
I connected 3 external HDD to the computer and only one of the is showing as external, the other 2 as internal.
 
Hi.
Did you solve this issue? I'm having the same problem with a new installation of 10.13.4
I connected 3 external HDD to the computer and only one of the is showing as external, the other 2 as internal.
New USB Raise Port limit patch may be required for 10.13.4.
See here for details.
 
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