bugtracker VS USBMap

Shot in the dark, but it could be broken TRIM on the drive? Samsung drives are notoriously buggy with MacOS (with a few exceptions). See here and read on.

Do you mind trying to deactivate AppleCpuFmCfgLock and AppleXcpmCfgLock in your config.plist (Kernel) but also add those 2 kext : https://github.com/dortania/bugtracker/issues/190 (CpuFriendDataProvider.kext) along with its dependency CpuFriend.kext? https://github.com/acidanthera/CPUFriend

Phison controllers used to be great but many have broken TRIM in Monterey and higher.

Recently I needed to upgrade my drive, and after reading this: https://github.com/dortania/bugtracker/issues/192 I decided on a WD Black SN770. I wanted to make sure it was a drive that behaved well with MacOS. This Github thread also calls out the Phison E12 as being troublesome.

You might be hitting an issue with the “trim” firmware implementation on your nvme drive. Unfortunately the Samsung 970 pro has a buggy/badly implemented trim algorithm that macos seems to hit on boot. The hackint*sh community has reported on it for a while now: see https://github.com/dortania/bugtracker/issues/192 Unfortunately I haven’t heard of any fixes, accept the longer boot times (the more time the system has been running for last since the last boot, the longer the next boot will be as there will be more block to for the trim algorithm to sift though.) Or replace it with a different / more supported model. The attached link should help with know models. Good luck.

I think this is the page you need: https://github.com/dortania/bugtracker/issues/192

GPU: AMD RX6600 is fully supported by Apple. Check this for further information on the support for the RX6600 on macOS. You should add this in boot-args:

If you are stuck with using macOS only, they recommend USBMap anyway -> https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap

Download Python, and USBMap from https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap

iMessage and FaceTime works as well as all of my USB ports since I've mapped them manually with USBMap linked here https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap.

Just confirming that you have built a USBMap.kext? Per this guide?

https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap is a reference for how to map USB. You can also read here https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/pastrychefs-asus-rog-strix-z370-g-gaming-wi-fi-ac-build-w-i9-9900k-amd-6600-xt.239969/ (search: map) for details on the fact that the motherboard's M2 slot uses an internal USB2 port. If it's not mapped, no USB, no BT.

Mapped using the Corpnewt guide linked from Dortania guide

Not sure where I'm going wrong - I've updated to the latest version of OpenCore and I'm running just fine on Catalina. There are a few threads similar to this that recommend USB mapping, so I tried that, using the USBMap/Readme. It hasn't seemed to make a difference, unless I screwed up somewhere, but all my ports currently work fine. I have yet to try USBInjectAll.kext, as I do not currently need that to boot and use my USBs in Catalina, but that will probably be my next step.

Then I cannot get my USB ports to work properly. I'm trying to map them with USBMap but they only seem to recognise USB3 devices and not USB2. I have a USB3 disk that I have plugged into everything and it shows up in USBMap and IORegestryExplorer, but when I do the same with my USB2 keyboard, it doesn't find it at all.

Also, use this to map your USBs: https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap