Mac Monterey suddenly stopped booting (USB issue?)

[NorthAmTransAm]

Tried with 19,1, seems the same

Head scratcher! Did you update the bios recently? Is this Monterey? If so, wanna try Big Sur?

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

Oh make sure you clear NVRAM!

 

[hackeron]

Oh make sure you clear NVRAM!

Cleared NVRAM, no change. I quite like Monterey! - I updated the BIOS last year so it’s quite recent.

This is what I mean about OpenCore, seems a lot of effort for something that’s seems slower and even when I do get it working, it seems to just be buggy, maybe I am just unlucky! - I’ve had great success with Clover though and using Clover now, just need to fix USBs as new plugged in devices aren’t detected on all ports.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

Cleared NVRAM, no change. I quite like Monterey! - I updated the BIOS last year so it’s quite recent.

This is what I mean about OpenCore, seems a lot of effort for something that’s seems slower and even when I do get it working, it seems to just be buggy, maybe I am just unlucky! - I’ve had great success with Clover though and using Clover now, just need to fix USBs as new plugged in devices aren’t detected on all ports.

I promise its not buggy. Its just learning a new thing. I will say it requires a bit more understanding. Lets do this.

In the EFI I sent you there's a kext called ASMEDIA.kext. Add that to your Clover EFI.

Are your USB ports mapped?

I'll say this about the Asus z370. I had to roll back to an older bios as it gave me so much trouble around the time they introduced Resizable Bar.

 

[hackeron]

I mapped the USB ports using the excellent guide on this forum but it was a bit unreliable, my external USB hub would work initially and then would stop detecting new devices, but the port itself would work if I remember right. I would also get very glitchy HID performance, the mouse cursor was jittery and the keyboard keys would sometimes repeat. The map also broke when I updated to Monterey. I solved the problem by getting a compatible Wi-Fi/Bluetooth PCI-E module and switched using Bluetooth peripherals

Just booted clover with ASMEDIA.kext, I plugged a device to the USB-C port on the board, it was detected, I moved it to the USB3 ports on the case, not detected, the onboard USB2 port, detected, USB3 onboard ports? Not detected. Sounds about right lol.

I have the bios version just before resizable bar, I suppose I won’t upgrade then!

I am curious to try OpenCore, but don’t know what to do next, I can’t get graphics

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

I mapped the USB ports using the excellent guide on this forum but it was a bit unreliable, my external USB hub would work initially and then would stop detecting new devices, but the port itself would work if I remember right. I would also get very glitchy HID performance, the mouse cursor was jittery and the keyboard keys would sometimes repeat. The map also broke when I updated to Monterey. I solved the problem by getting a compatible Wi-Fi/Bluetooth PCI-E module and switched using Bluetooth peripherals

Just booted clover with ASMEDIA.kext, I plugged a device to the USB-C port on the board, it was detected, I moved it to the USB3 ports on the case, not detected, the onboard USB2 port, detected, USB3 onboard ports? Not detected. Sounds about right lol.

I have the bios version just before resizable bar, I suppose I won’t upgrade then!

I am curious to try OpenCore, but don’t know what to do next, I can’t get graphics

Hmm, lets try this.

In Clover, remove your USB related ACPI/Kext.

Add this updated USBInjectAll and disabled the 15 Port Limit patch. I have all of the ports mapped out (written) and can help you with it later.

GitHub - CaseySJ/OS-X-USB-Inject-All: Kext to inject all USB ports for the installed Intel EHCI/XHCI chipset automatically.

Kext to inject all USB ports for the installed Intel EHCI/XHCI chipset automatically. - GitHub - CaseySJ/OS-X-USB-Inject-All: Kext to inject all USB ports for the installed Intel EHCI/XHCI chipset ...

github.com

 

[hackeron]

I have these 2 which deleted:

./EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/SSDT-USBX.aml
./EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/USBPorts.kext

I don’t think I have the 15 port limit patch enabled? Or do I?

Added the USBInjectAll.kept from the link above.

Rebooted. USB-C port: works, USB2 ports: works, Other USB3 Ports: Not working, Case USB3 Ports: Not working - seems no change at all.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

I have these 2 which deleted:

./EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/SSDT-USBX.aml
./EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/USBPorts.kext

I don’t think I have the 15 port limit patch enabled? Or do I?

Added the USBInjectAll.kept from the link above.

Rebooted. USB-C port: works, USB2 ports: works, Other USB3 Ports: Not working, Case USB3 Ports: Not working - seems no change at all.

Keep USBX and try again

 

[hackeron]

Keep USBX and try again

Alright, I have:

./EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/SSDT-USBX.aml
./EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/USBInjectAll.kext

Rebooted. Opened Hackintool, same ports show up, the case USB3 ones missing, USB3 onboard ones missing, also the USB-C port shows at 480Mbps even though I connected a USB3 device, USB2 ports working as before.

 

[hackeron]

The above has been the case since Monterey, a bit annoying but I use mostly bluetooth so it's not too bad. I could use all ports in the previous version. But USB was never stable as I mentioned.