external SanDisk SSD Plus 240 GB via Gmyle Expresscard USB 3.0 port 173.45.external SanDisk SSD Plus 240 GB via standard USB 2.0 port 54.85.internal 1TB Seagate hybrid SSD/HD 99.64.I've just successfully followed your instructions and can confirm that I now have two USB 3.0 ports on my 15 inch MacBook Pro Early 2008 running El Capitan 10.11.6. In my personal tests, a brand new 6TB hard drive could only read/write at 10MB/s before, and now can get 80MB/s, so, mission accomplished! Once you see install complete, reboot, and now one, if not both of your usb ports should be lit up for USB 3.0!.Run MultiBeast and go Quick Start Tab -> Legacy Boot Mode, then go Drivers Tab -> check USB 3.0, then Build Tab -> Click Install (note: without legacy boot mode, multibeast always failed to mount the EFI, but this worked).Follow these instructions for disabling SIP (System Integrity Protection - sadly this is required).Download MultiBeast for your OS (v9 for Sierra in my case).Buy the $14 GMYLE expresscard (other cards may work, but I haven't tested them, and this one is perfectly flush with the macbook's body).Hi everyone, here's how I added usb 3.0 to my mid-2010 macbook pro running MacOS Sierra 10.12.1 (this is the only way to get usb 3.0 on older macbooks running El Capitan or Sierra to my knowledge): Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide
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