Z97-HD3 and Monterey

Grandy · Jan 26, 2023

trs96 said:
If you can make your own custom USBPorts kext it will work much better. If you use Hackintool it will also generate the EC-USBX.aml file for you.

i can try, is there a guide on how to do it?

trs96 · Jan 26, 2023

You'll need to read this guide and learn how to make the USB Ports kext specific to your motherboard and case.

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Best to install Catalina on another drive and then use that for making your USB Ports kext.

Grandy · Jan 27, 2023

managed to apply geforce kepler patch and make my gt 710 working in monterey. i've done it on a clean monterey install, now i will transfer everything via migration assistant from sierra and will test it. what i have found is that if i bring back securebootmodel to Default (i had to change it to Disabled to apply patch) i cant boot. so my question is what are the consequences (if there are any) in keeping securebootmodel disabled?

wstrohm · Jan 27, 2023

Grandy said:
... what are the consequences (if there are any) in keeping securebootmodel disabled?

I've always wondered that too. So far, the only consequence I've noted is that the computer boots! (But there might be others.)

Regarding your USB ports.kext file vs. your actual requirements:
Your motherboard's website shows the following USB ports available:

The above image shows 4 USB2/3 connectors on the back panel (that's 8 logical ports: 4 "HSxx" and 4 "SSxx" ports.) Those connectors should have blue insulators. It also shows 2 USB2 connectors on the back panel (that's 2 "HSxx" logical ports). Those connectors should have black insulators. That's a total of 10 logical ports on the back panel.

Then there are the 2 USB2/3 and the 6 USB2 header connectors on the motherboard. Depending on your computer case, there are probably 2 or more USB connectors on the front panel connected to one or both of those header connnectors.

Actually, what I would like to know is: how many USB connectors are on your front panel, and what colors are their insulators? Knowing that, we would then know how many "HSxx" and how many "SSxx" logical ports you have that you could actually use.

Grandy · Jan 27, 2023

wstrohm said:
I've always wondered that too. So far, the only consequence I've noted is that the computer boots! (But there might be others.)

Regarding your USB ports.kext file vs. your actual requirements:
Your motherboard's website shows the following USB ports available:
View attachment 562682

will check that too, right now i'm trying to copy data via migration assistant. last time (with kepler patch applied) my boot stuck after the restart. right now i'm copying on a fresh installation (without kepler patch) and will have some answers in about 20 minutes

Grandy · Jan 27, 2023

wstrohm said:
I've always wondered that too. So far, the only consequence I've noted is that the computer boots! (But there might be others.)

Regarding your USB ports.kext file vs. your actual requirements:
Your motherboard's website shows the following USB ports available:
View attachment 562682
The above image shows 4 USB2/3 connectors on the back panel (that's 8 logical ports: 4 "HSxx" and 4 "SSxx" ports.) Those connectors should have blue insulators. It also shows 2 USB2 connectors on the back panel (that's 2 "HSxx" logical ports). Those connectors should have black insulators. That's a total of 10 logical ports on the back panel.

Then there are the 2 USB2/3 and the 6 USB2 header connectors on the motherboard. Depending on your computer case, there are probably 2 or more USB connectors on the front panel connected to one or both of those header connnectors.

Actually, what I would like to know is: how many USB connectors are on your front panel, and what colors are their insulators? Knowing that, we would then know how many "HSxx" and how many "SSxx" logical ports you have that you could actually use.

i didnt saw your edited message in the first place. at the front panel i have two and they are black

wstrohm · Jan 27, 2023

Grandy said:
at the front panel i have two and they are black

Thanks for posting that. So then you have a total of 8 HSxx and 4 SSxx logical ports on your external USB connectors. Plus whatever internal ports might be committed for Bluetooth, Wifi, etc.

Will post later if I can help.

wstrohm · Jan 28, 2023

I will make another guess. You have 4 blue-insulator USB connectors and 2 black-insulator USB connectors on your rear panel (motherboard), plus the 2 black-insulator USB connectors on your front panel (as you wrote). So, if that's right, your USB connector configuration matches mine even though your Z97-HD3 is different from my GA-H87N-WIFI. So my Hackintool display (after mapping) looks like the image below:

For my computer, my 4 rear-panel USB2/3 "blue" connectors have HS03-HS06 names for the 0x03 thru 0x06 ports, and they are also carry the SS03-SS06 names at 0x12 thru 0x15 ports. My 2 rear "black" USB2 connectors are named HS07 and HS08 at ports 0x07 and 0x08, and my 2 front "black" USB2 connectors are named HS09 and HS10 at ports 0x09 and 0x0A. As you can see, HS11 is an internal port looking like a USB1.1, at port 0x08. (Note that Hackintool "thinks" all my connectors are USB2/3, although not true.)

Although your USB connector locations, both "blue" and "black," are physically identical to mine, I have no idea how your HS and SS names are arranged. Your current USBPorts.kext info.plist is confusing to me. I would expect 4 USB2/3 ports, 4 USB2 ports, and a few internal ports.

Instead, I see 3 USB2/3 ports (HS01, HS02, HS09). 2 USB2 ports (HS05, HS06), and 6 Internal ports (HS07, HS08, HS11, HS12, HS13, and HS14), plus the 4 SS ports (SS01-SS04) which I would expect.

Would it be possible for you to use Hackintool (again?) to map your ports and upload a Hackintool image such as the one I just posted? Maybe that would point out the apparent discrepancies. If so, your USBPorts.kext info.plist could be edited to clear that up. (You would have to boot, open Hackintool, "sweep" the USB page of Hackintool with the broom and then click the arrowed-circle at bottom of the page, before starting mapping.)

Grandy · Jan 28, 2023

wstrohm said:
I will make another guess. You have 4 blue-insulator USB connectors and 2 black-insulator USB connectors on your rear panel (motherboard), plus the 2 black-insulator USB connectors on your front panel (as you wrote). So, if that's right, your USB connector configuration matches mine even though your Z97-HD3 is different from my GA-H87N-WIFI. So my Hackintool display (after mapping) looks like the image below:
View attachment 562713

For my computer, my 4 rear-panel USB2/3 "blue" connectors have HS03-HS06 names for the 0x03 thru 0x06 ports, and they are also carry the SS03-SS06 names at 0x12 thru 0x15 ports. My 2 rear "black" USB2 connectors are named HS07 and HS08 at ports 0x07 and 0x08, and my 2 front "black" USB2 connectors are named HS09 and HS10 at ports 0x09 and 0x0A. As you can see, HS11 is an internal port looking like a USB1.1, at port 0x08. (Note that Hackintool "thinks" all my connectors are USB2/3, although not true.)

Although your USB connector locations, both "blue" and "black," are physically identical to mine, I have no idea how your HS and SS names are arranged. Your current USBPorts.kext info.plist is confusing to me. I would expect 4 USB2/3 ports, 4 USB2 ports, and a few internal ports.

Instead, I see 3 USB2/3 ports (HS01, HS02, HS09). 2 USB2 ports (HS05, HS06), and 6 Internal ports (HS07, HS08, HS11, HS12, HS13, and HS14), plus the 4 SS ports (SS01-SS04) which I would expect.

Would it be possible for you to use Hackintool (again?) to map your ports and upload a Hackintool image such as the one I just posted? Maybe that would point out the apparent discrepancies. If so, your USBPorts.kext info.plist could be edited to clear that up. (You would have to boot, open Hackintool, "sweep" the USB page of Hackintool with the broom and then click the arrowed-circle at bottom of the page, before starting mapping.)

will do buddy but i have no idea what to do. in some guides it says that i need to rename xhc1 and ehc1 but rename to what? it seems (with ioreg command) that i need to rename ehc1 and ehc2 yet for my smbios it says xhc1 and ehc1 so i have no idea what to do

wstrohm · Jan 28, 2023

Grandy said:
in some guides it says that i need to rename xhc1 and ehc1 but rename to what? it seems (with ioreg command) that i need to rename ehc1 and ehc2 yet for my smbios it says xhc1 and ehc1 so i have no idea what to do

In my case, in my OC/ACPI folder I added SSDT-EHCx-DISABLE.aml from the OpenCore Docs/Acpi Samples/Binaries folder. What that does is disable all the EHCx controllers and force all the ports to use the XHC controller. I don't know if that will work for you, but you can try it. No "re-naming" is necessary if you do that. The disadvantage is that the number of XHC ports is still limited to 15, so you are more constrained about how many ports you can activate. If you do add that OC/ACPI/SSDT-EHCx-DISABLE.aml file (and the required listing in config.plist/ACPI), do it before you do any USB mapping in Hackintool.

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