pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[pastrychef]

Hum... In that case, how do I enable the internal board USB ports?

USBPorts.kext should be doing it. That's why you configured it.

 

[brixx]

If everything is working well, I would just leave it for now.

Thanks for the reply, one last question, I see that on your config you ser CsrActiveConfig to 0x0 to enable SIP. Is this recommended? I always used 0x67 and thought was mandatory to have a properly working machine with unsigned kexts...

 

[pastrychef]

Thanks for the reply, one last question, I see that on your config you ser CsrActiveConfig to 0x0 to enable SIP. Is this recommended? I always used 0x67 and thought was mandatory to have a properly working machine with unsigned kexts...

SIP is an added security layer for macOS. Apple ships Macs with it enabled. I don't see any good reason to disable it if you don't have to.

I've had SIP enabled for a very long time and my hacks work fine. Use the bootloader to inject your kexts and you don't have to worry about unsigned kexts.

 

[D-One]

USBPorts.kext should be doing it. That's why you configured it.

I didn't, I thought uia_exclude still worked, sorry I didn't realize there's was new USB method and I'm new with this as well as OC generally.

So, I've tried configuring USBPorts.kext and disable the two rear USB2 ports and enable 2 internal ones instead.
I renamed HS09/HS10 to HS11/HS14 but since I don't know the order from top to bottom of the internal headers I also tried HS12/HS13 but none of those edits seem to be detecting the USB devices when I check System Report > USB.

I've only changed it under sys def 19,1 since that's what I am using, what am I missing here?

 

[pastrychef]

I didn't, I thought uia_exclude still worked, sorry I didn't realize there's was new USB method and I'm new with this as well as OC generally.

So, I've tried configuring USBPorts.kext and disable the two rear USB2 ports and enable 2 internal ones instead.
I renamed HS09/HS10 to HS11/HS14 but since I don't know the order from top to bottom of the internal headers I also tried HS12/HS13 but none of those edits seem to be detecting the USB devices when I check System Report > USB.

I've only changed it under sys def 19,1 since that's what I am using, what am I missing here?

You need to map out your ports first so you know which port is which. Then you can easily mod the USBPorts.kext with a plist editor.

 

[brixx]

SIP is an added security layer for macOS. Apple ships Macs with it enabled. I don't see any good reason to disable it if you don't have to.

I've had SIP enabled for a very long time and my hacks work fine. Use the bootloader to inject your kexts and you don't have to worry about unsigned kexts.

SIP Enabled it is!

Sorry I was still comparing your config with mine, a couple more fast questions:

- I don't have com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage Kext patch but trim is enabled on my M.2 Drive, should I trust system info on the enabled trim without this patch?

- For USB I'm using USBInjectAll.kext and Patched SSDT for usb mapping and enabling, is this still the preferred method? Is there any advantage using USBPorts.kext instead?

Thanks for you valuable support!!!

 

[pastrychef]

SIP Enabled it is!

Sorry I was still comparing your config with mine, a couple more fast questions:

- I don't have com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage Kext patch but trim is enabled on my M.2 Drive, should I trust system info on the enabled trim without this patch?

- For USB I'm using USBInjectAll.kext and Patched SSDT for usb mapping and enabling, is this still the preferred method? Is there any advantage using USBPorts.kext instead?

Thanks for you valuable support!!!

There are multiple ways to enable Trim. You may have used Terminal and "trimforce enable". Either can work. I trust System Information's reporting in this regard.

USBInjectAll.kext + SSDT still works fine. I don't know which is "preferred"... I say just use which ever method works for you.

Since you already have USBInjectAll.kext + SSDT working, you can easily just launch Hackintool and create USBPorts.kext within seconds. Then you can try both methods and see which you prefer.

 

[avenuemaria]

Please see this post.

That's assuming that you will be plugging the Bluetooth cable from the Fenvi card to the HS13 port on the motherboard.

Please see @snoopy69 post to find out which port your Fenvi card will be using.

Hi pastry how do I go about changing the country code of the WiFi to my locality?

 

[Feartech]

Hi pastry how do I go about changing the country code of the WiFi to my locality?

boot argument:

brcmfx-country=XX

change XX to your country code

 

[avenuemaria]

boot argument:

brcmfx-country=XX

change XX to your country code

Thanks that worked flawlessly