[SOLVED] USB 3.0 External hard drive issue

[tarc]

Hi,

First I wanted to thanks the people involved here for such an amazing project.
I am very impressed by this project.

I have some issues with USB 3.0 and an external drive, it works on the front panel (Although visible in finder but not on the desktop), but when I plug it in the back it's not recognized. Other devices works in those ports.

I've tried the instructions for USB on this thread with no success :
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/native-usb-2-0-usb-3-0-on-skylake.202787/

I'm a new user, and not very experimented.
My board is the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming.

Otherwise everything appears to be working.

Anybody have a clue ?

Thanks

 

[RehabMan]

Hi,

First I wanted to thanks the people involved here for such an amazing project.
I am very impressed by this project.

I have some issues with USB 3.0 and an external drive, it works on the front panel (Although visible in finder but not on the desktop), but when I plug it in the back it's not recognized. Other devices works in those ports.

I've tried the instructions for USB on this thread with no success :
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/native-usb-2-0-usb-3-0-on-skylake.202787/

I'm a new user, and not very experimented.
My board is the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming.

Otherwise everything appears to be working.

Anybody have a clue ?

Thanks

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-10-11-usb-changes-and-solutions.173616/

 

[tarc]

Thanks for the tip RehabMan, but as much as I want I'm afraid it's beyond my capacities for the moment.
I guess I will leave it this way for the moment and investigate when I have more time.

Would a pci USB 3 card work ?

-Tarc

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks for the tip RehabMan, but as much as I want I'm afraid it's beyond my capacities for the moment.
I guess I will leave it this way for the moment and investigate when I have more time.

Would a pci USB 3 card work ?

-Tarc

You should not give up before you try. Plan on creating a custom SSDT for USBInjectAll.kext. You will find the guide linked from the thread I provided earlier. It is not that difficult.

 

[tarc]

I had some time and gave it a try, thanks for the guide and the pointers.
I seem to have enabled the back USB 3 ports, but IORegistryExplorer doesn't show the trimmed USB ports, they still appear.

Any hints would be appreciated.

 

[RehabMan]

I had some time and gave it a try, thanks for the guide and the pointers.
I seem to have enabled the back USB 3 ports, but IORegistryExplorer doesn't show the trimmed USB ports, they still appear.

Any hints would be appreciated.

View attachment 232572

Read guide, post #1, "Problem Reporting".

 

[tarc]

Thanks for the reply, I've attached the files.

I mainly followed the companion guide to make custom SSDT.
I am quite new to this and it took me a lot of time

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks for the reply, I've attached the files.

I mainly followed the companion guide to make custom SSDT.
I am quite new to this and it took me a lot of time

Your kextcache output shows that USBInjectAll.kext is not installed.
Confirmed by ioreg.
The SSDT-UIAC.aml you have in ACPI/patched has no effect without USBInjectAll.kext.

 

[tarc]

Thanks for checking this RehabMan, I will look into this.
Will the port discovery still be valid after I've installed the kext?

-tarc

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks for checking this RehabMan, I will look into this.
Will the port discovery still be valid after I've installed the kext?

-tarc

Generally, you need USBInjectAll.kext in order to do the port discovery (need all ports injected for the testing process).