CustoMac Desktop USB Fixes - 10.11+ Reference

[mwaxie]

Hey guys

Sorry I'm kinda lost with the whole "missing usb keyboard and mouse" when i've managed to boot and gotten to the install screen.

I am installing Sierra on Lenovo s30 Thinkstation
specs are:

xeon Processor 3.7ghz
Nvidia Geforce 8800
32gb Ram

I have checked every single option in this forum and replaced kexts but still i come out short. Please help if possible it would really mean a lot. This is day 4 of trying to solve this.

Thank you in advance

 

[bhooteshwara]

Please anyone maybe has a fix to my problem with usb ports getting disconnected after a while in Mojave.

Here is my thread about it but so far didn't got any information on how to fix it.

USB Ports getting disconnected on High Sierra and Mojave

Hi to all, As the subject states my USB ports are getting disconnected on High Sierra and also on Mojave when i tried. At the moment i am back on High Sierra and the problem is still there which i thought it would be fixed if go back on High Sierra. I made all the things that i could find on...

www.tonymacx86.com

Thanks in advance

 

[danilovitch]

Hi, when trying to do an USB mapping on Gigabyte H77n and smbios iMac 15,1 following this guide https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore...eparation.html#checking-what-renames-you-need
I always lose power on USB ports when renaming them as suggested. I use Opencore 0.6.8 and this guide works on all newer machines that I have. The script from corpnewt tells all ok after renaming, but power is lost and no usb sticks or whatever will show. The machine works else with powermngmt etc. on Big Sur 11.2, but I hesitate to update to 11,3 before this is done. USBX.aml does not work, tried even if it is not supposed to work on this setup.

So in short, the renaming in it self, makes the power go away. Very strange! Any tip?

 

[danilovitch]

Hi, when trying to do an USB mapping on Gigabyte H77n and smbios iMac 15,1 following this guide https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore...eparation.html#checking-what-renames-you-need
I always lose power on USB ports when renaming them as suggested. I use Opencore 0.6.8 and this guide works on all newer machines that I have. The script from corpnewt tells all ok after renaming, but power is lost and no usb sticks or whatever will show. The machine works else with powermngmt etc. on Big Sur 11.2, but I hesitate to update to 11,3 before this is done. USBX.aml does not work, tried even if it is not supposed to work on this setup.

So in short, the renaming in it self, makes the power go away. Very strange! Any tip?

24 hours later, still no success...Tried with Hackintool, did not work. Did anybody try to USB-mapping on Ga-H77n and Big Sur (11.2.3)? As soon as I remove USBInjectAll and XhciPortLimit it ends with this: see pics
As I said in post #353 when only renaming the ports it will boot to desktop, but without any power on the ports.
I was hoping that Hackintools ACPI´s would solve it, but it seems complicated, or perhaps I don't understand what I read...

 

[UtterDisbelief]

24 hours later, still no success...Tried with Hackintool, did not work. Did anybody try to USB-mapping on Ga-H77n and Big Sur (11.2.3)? As soon as I remove USBInjectAll and XhciPortLimit it ends with this: see pics
As I said in post #353 when only renaming the ports it will boot to desktop, but without any power on the ports.
I was hoping that Hackintools ACPI´s would solve it, but it seems complicated, or perhaps I don't understand what I read...

Hi there.

What are you renaming from and to?

Which version of USBInjectAll are you using?

"H" series chipsets have different USB stacks to "Z" series. I haven't tested them all, obviously, but Hackintool will at least provide you with an SSDT-EC-USBX.aml to try.

 

[Middleman]

If you are using USBInjectAll, you need to also have a SSDT-UIAC.aml map installed plus the XHCIPortLimit. If you’re not using USBInjectAll with SSDT-UIAC then you must deactivate them and enable a custom USBPort kext instead. It’s one or the other - and not both.

FYI there is a new USB mapping tool released this week called USBToolBox which can create USB map via Windows and Linux for Mac. You could perhaps try that and see if it works for you.

Other than that it could be you’ve not enabled any form of XPCM power management or SMBus kext or device. Use Hackintool to check which of your PCIe devices have power/not recognised or if they are disabled. That is a telltale sign.

Also check out Stork’s Thunderball II guide for his Z77X build on Big Sur. It may help you resolve or factfind some problems.

 

[Feartech]

If you are using USBInjectAll, you need to also have a SSDT-UIAC.aml map installed plus the XHCIPortLimit. If you’re not using USBInjectAll with SSDT-UIAC then you must deactivate them and enable a custom USBPort kext instead. It’s one or the other - and not both.

FYI there is a new USB mapping tool released this week called USBToolBox which can create USB map via Windows and Linux for Mac. You could perhaps try that and see if it works for you.

Other than that it could be you’ve not enabled any form of XPCM power management or SMBus kext or device. Use Hackintool to check which of your PCIe devices have power/not recognised or if they are disabled. That is a telltale sign.

Also check out Stork’s Thunderball II guide for his Z77X build on Big Sur. It may help you resolve or factfind some problems.

assumed you would disable XHCIPortLimit when you have a SSDT-UIC.aml and USBInjectAll.kext?

 

[danilovitch]

Hi there.

What are you renaming from and to?

Which version of USBInjectAll are you using?

"H" series chipsets have different USB stacks to "Z" series. I haven't tested them all, obviously, but Hackintool will at least provide you with an SSDT-EC-USBX.aml to try.

Hi, thanks for reading.
Since I started to use OpenCore I have used dortanias site as source for information apart from here of course. As you say this H series seems more difficult to set up than the newer ones of mine X370 and NUC8, and this one is old now, but still working quite nice.

So when running the script from https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap/archive pic3. It suggest changing name from EHC1 and EHC2 to EH01 and EH02, as expected. However when I restart and the script tells all ok to continue, there is no power on the USB ports. So when inserting a usb3 stick to check the ports it says "port needs power" (translated, don't know how it would translate in English).

Also as you said I did try Hackintool, and I have used it on earlier versions of macOS, successfully. SSDT-EC-USBX.aml, and SSDT-UIAC.aml did not help in this case. As far as I understand they are also not recommended on this machine with Ivy Bridge. Tried anyway of course.

I mean there is so much talk about this USB-mapping before updating to 11.3, so I wanted to try this if it is possible.
Continue with USBinjectAll seems to be wrong way.

Thanks,

 

[danilovitch]

Hi, thanks for reading.
Since I started to use OpenCore I have used dortanias site as source for information apart from here of course. As you say this H series seems more difficult to set up than the newer ones of mine X370 and NUC8, and this one is old now, but still working quite nice.

So when running the script from https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap/archive pic3. It suggest changing name from EHC1 and EHC2 to EH01 and EH02, as expected. However when I restart and the script tells all ok to continue, there is no power on the USB ports. So when inserting a usb3 stick to check the ports it says "port needs power" (translated, don't know how it would translate in English).

Also as you said I did try Hackintool, and I have used it on earlier versions of macOS, successfully. SSDT-EC-USBX.aml, and SSDT-UIAC.aml did not help in this case. As far as I understand they are also not recommended on this machine with Ivy Bridge. Tried anyway of course.

I mean there is so much talk about this USB-mapping before updating to 11.3, so I wanted to try this if it is possible.
Continue with USBinjectAll seems to be wrong way.

Thanks,

USBinjectAll is version 0,7,5

 

[UtterDisbelief]

USBinjectAll is version 0,7,5

Okay. Your English is fine.

With Big Sur running on a mixed controller - XHCI and EHCI - we have to remember no Mac ever had this setup, so there is no built-in code for it.

OS X expects the EHCI controllers to be called EH01 and EH02 and that is why we have the renames, however I have seen this crash Big Sur. Tested and tested. It's true. Maybe not for all chipsets ...

USBInjectAll.kext works with Big Sur but the XhciPortLimit can cause a lock-up since 11.3 which is why a USB kext is needed.

USBPorts.kext does include power settings, which I haven't seen in USBMap.kext.

It might be the case that renaming your EHCI controller on such a "veteran" CPU running Big Sur is a push too far. @RehabMan wrote the guide for USB power delivery but it is not an easy ride.

Sorry I don't have an instant answer to your problem, it is quite rare.