... OK...
Rig:
Asus Prime z390-a
i9-9900K
Rx590
USB ports (11 total):
- front : 1x USB2.0, 2x USB3.1 gen1
- Back : 2x USB2.0, 2x USB3.1 Gen1, 3x USB3.1 Gen2 typeA, 1x USB3.1 Gen2 TypeC
I tried and failed (not all USB ports are working)... Here is what I did:
macOS 10.14.1+ does not work with the USB port limit patch and therefore there is no way to have all ports available to configure at one time. RehabMan has updated USBInjectAll.kext to include boot flags for excluding groups of ports
OK, So I didn't install the patch to remove port limit from Multibeast.
1. Place the USBInjectAll.kext (for port discovery) into EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other
Done. I also placed it into /L/E since kext injection is set to
detect in my config.plist
USBInjectAll.kext Requirements:
• Clover Rename XHC1 -> XHC
• Clover Rename EHC1 -> EH01
• Clover Rename EHC2 -> EH02
Didn't do any of that since XHC
1 nor EHC could be found in IORegistryExplorer.app
(
XHCI is present but apparently doesn't need any rename. Tell me if I'm wrong)
2. Reboot
3. Run Hackintool then go to General->Installed to check USBInjectAll is installed correctly
• Eg. USBInjectAll: Yes (Release-0.7.1)
4. Go to the General->USB tab to check your USB Controllers list. Based on your USB Controller you may need to install additional kexts:
• 8086:8CB1 and macOS < 10.11.1 -> XHCI-9-series.kext
• 8086:8D31, 8086:A2AF, 8086:A36D, 8086:9DED -> XHCI-unsupported.kext
• 8086:1E31, 8086:8C31, 8086:8CB1, 8086:8D31, 8086:9C31, 8086:9CB1 -> FakePCIID.kext + FakePCIID_XHCIMux.kext
I have
So I only installed
XHCI-unsupported.kext (both into /E/E/C/K/O and /L/E).
I did
NOT install
FakePCIID.kext nor FakePCIID_XHCIMux.kext. Was this a mistake?
5. Reboot if you need to install one of the additional kexts then run Hackintool again
6. Go to the General->USB tab
7.Select all items in the USB Ports list and select the “Delete” then the “Refresh” button
8.Reboot with -uia_exclude_ss uia_include=HS01,HS02 boot flags
• Change the HS01,HS02 ports to the ones you have your mouse and keyboard attached
9. Run Hackintool and go to the General->USB tab
• Plug and unplug a USB 2.0 device into all ports on your system
• The ports that are active will remain highlighted green
10. Delete all ports that are not highlighted green
When doing this,
one of the USB3.1 Gen1 port on the front behaved differently. The USB2.0 device was detected as
Mass Storage but was not mounted (this was on HS08).
Mass Storage was blinking in Hackingtool GUI and then it switched to
IOUSBHostDevice (instead of
Mass Storage) and stopped blinking (still not mounted, though).
I ended up with
11 ports in green (HS01->03, HS06->10, HS12->14)
11. Reboot with -uia_exclude_hs boot flag and remove the -uia_exclude_ss boot flag
12. Run Hackintool and go to the General->USB tab
• Plug and unplug a USB 3.0 device into all ports on your system
• Plug and unplug a TypeC device into all ports (in both orientations)
• The ports that are active will remain highlighted green
13.Delete all ports that are not highlighted green
14.Set each port to the appropriate Connector using the drop down list
When doing this the USB2.0 ports (1 on the front, 2 on the back) didn't detect (nor mount) the USB3.0 device.
The USB-C port was the same in both orientations.
I ended up with
8 ports in green (SS01->04, SS07->10)
• USB ports with devices permanently attached (eg. M.2 Bluetooth card) should be set to “Internal”
No such thing
• HSxx ports connected to USB3 ports should be set to USB3
• Internal HUBs are typically connected to ports PR11 and PR21 and therefore should be set to “Internal”
PRxx were not present
TypeC:
• If it uses the same HSxx/SSxx in both orientations, then it has an internal switch (use “TypeC+Sw”)
• If it uses a different HSxx/SSxx in each orientation, then it has no switch (use “TypeC”)
15. Use the “Export” button to generate files to your Desktop
When doing this Hackingtool asks for the permission to add a
rename EC0 to EC in config.plist. I accepted
• Copy USBPorts.kext into EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other
Did that and also added it into /L/E using KextBeast -> KextUtility
• If SSDT-EC.aml is created copy it to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched
No such thing
16. You can now perform a clean up and remove unnecessary files:
• Remove custom boot flags (-uia_exclude_ss -uia_exclude_hs uia_include=x)
• Remove USBInjectAll.kext
Done.
USBinjectAll was removed from both locations
• Remove Clover Renames (XHC, EH01, EH02)
Not done (does not apply)
17. Reboot
18. Run Hackintool and go to the General->USB tab
19. Select all items in the USB Ports list and select the “Delete” then the “Refresh” button
• Now you can check all ports are working correctly
Here however I only have a
total of 15 ports (rather than the 19 expected).
SS07->10 are missing and thus not working.
-> all 4 USB3.1 Gen1 ports (2 on the back and 2 on the front) only work with USB2.0 devices (except HS08, see below) but fail to detect USB3.0 devices.
However, the one USB3.1 Gen1 port on the front that had a strange behavior when connected to a USB2.0 device (HS08 cf step 9, above) still behaves the same (
Mass Storage ->
IOUSBHostDevice, nothing mounted).
I tried to apply the port limit patch -> no change
I tried to disable the rename EC0 to EC -> no change
My best guess is that If I manage to recover SS07 to SS10 then the USB3.1 Gen1 ports will start detecting USB3.0 devices normally.
However, I don't know what's wrong with HS08, the one USB3.1 Gen1 port on the front that has issues with USB2.0 devices (USB3.0 devices work fine on this port).
Could it be a hardware failure?
I don't know what to do now...
(Let me know if you want my config.plist or any of the /E/E/C or /L/E folders)
Please help.
Best,
-a-