USB 2.0 BILLBOARD - what is this?
I have zero (0) USB devices attached to my Mac Studio. Yet in the System information this shows up. What is it?
Mac Studio, macOS 13.1
I have zero (0) USB devices attached to my Mac Studio. Yet in the System information this shows up. What is it?
Mac Studio, macOS 13.1
USB-C can support various different connections, but an individual USB-C connection probably won’t support everything that can be connected. That particular billboard component is part of the internal USB-C xHCI hardware, and deals with alternate mode operations. That component provides data that can be displayed to the user when some incompatible USB-C device is connected.
USB-C can support various different connections, but an individual USB-C connection probably won’t support everything that can be connected. That particular billboard component is part of the internal USB-C xHCI hardware, and deals with alternate mode operations. That component provides data that can be displayed to the user when some incompatible USB-C device is connected.
Could be Bluetooth or Wi-Fi module.
here is my similar readout from an older Mac Pro 5,1:
USB Bus:
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCIPCI
PCI Device ID: 0x3a39
PCI Revision ID: 0x0000
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
BRCM2046 Hub:
Product ID: 0x4500
Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.)
Version: 1.00
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x5a100000
Bluetooth USB Host Controller:
Product ID: 0x8215
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 2.08
Serial Number: 002500C1B92B
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x5a110000
That doesn’t make any sense to me.
Thank you. I tried looking it up on line but quite a lot of the answers dealt with Windows. Even when all my peripherals are connected there is nothing attached to it.
TL;DR: Billboard is a hunk of the USB-C specs.
USB 2.0 BILLBOARD - what is this?