[Solved] External Hard Drive Not Detected - Other USB Hardware Has No Issues

[nictringali]

Never had any USB issues on this machine, followed standard instructions and only did the 'Increase Max Port Limit' with Multibeast, and all flash drives and other USB hardware has been seamless from my perspective.

I bought a USB powered drive recently, and it does not show up in Disk Utility or anywhere else. The drive is recognized by my Air, where I freshly formatted it to MacOS Extended/Journaled. No USB port on my tower seems to recognize it, but Windows on the same hardware recognizes it with no issue.

I'm suspecting it's a power issue of some kind - when plugged into Windows or the Air, a light comes on and the drive spins. When in the hackintosh, the drive only spins, with no light.

I haven't yet dug through my motherboard settings, so perhaps there's something there.

 

[BreBo]

I'm suspecting it's a power issue of some kind - when plugged into Windows or the Air, a light comes on and the drive spins. When in the hackintosh, the drive only spins, with no light.

Maybe this [Guide] USB power property injection for Sierra (and later)

 

[nictringali]

Thanks for the link. I tried my best to read this over and understand it, but it's way over my head. Since this drive is intended as a clone backup, I just took it out of the case and installed it internally.