My New $550 Hackintosh Mojave

My Hackintosh Build (March 31, 2019) Part 1

Didn’t want to spend a lot of money. But with patience, I was able to acquire most of my parts at discounts. Also I wanted to be able to upgrade easily in the future. The motherboard was the most important factor (Ugradable & Compatibility). It support up to 64GB of Ram and Thunderbold Ready. I started with 8Gb that’s plenty for now. 

After spending over 3 months researching. I've notice all these expert build

their system with the most expensive parts. 

Here is my Parts list:

517KA-SS-+BK     $24          

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro.  $90

Intel i3-8100     $118

Crucial Ballistix  8GB 2666Mhz.    $37

EVGA 600 Watts 80+.     $34

Radeon Sapphire RX 570 8GB DDR5.    $90

LG 36X  DL DVD RW +/-     $16

Unbrand ( CF, SDMMC, USB, more).   $12

Inland Premium 256GB NVMe G3 X4 (OS X 14.2) 14.4.     $44

Kingston256GB SSD (Videos, Photos).      $27

Western Digital 250GB 7200 RPM (Storage).      $9

Don't forger Uber.           $37

Requirements:

Mojave from Apps Store

Clover Bootloader (Global Version)

Clover Configurator

8GB USB Stick

Phillips Screw Driver

And finally: Patience

Everything works so far, except issues with Shutdown and Restart.

Apps Store, iMessage, iCloud, Ethernet all works out of the box.

I had to add sound and ethernet kext after install (easy)

Need to order a wifi and bluetooth PCie Card.

After all done with 14.2 installation, I updated to 14.4. Nothing breaks. This build is super fast. Photoshop and final cut pro loads up quick.

How to Build specs will be in the next post.

PS3 / Xbox - Access to the Media Server is not allowed....

PS3 detects the multimedia server created under Windows 8/8.1, but when click on the windows media server icon the message appears:

Access to the Media Server is not allowed, it is possible that the system name for this PS3 system, has not been registered...  
Check the settings for the Media Server

Open Control Panel:
Network & Internet

Then click on Homegroup

if you can see the media server on your console then the first rectangular already allow network discovery.

Then click advanced sharing setting.

Click All Networks

Follow the screenshot, then click Media Streaming Options

Your Media Server should show up in the box. PS3 will register as Unknown Device.  That's ok. just Allow it. then click next

Choose the folder you want to share with your console. Then next

 The passcode page doesn't matter for console streaming.
Just click finish. you should be able to enjoy Movies, Pictures, Music.

How to use Unsigned drivers in Windows 8 and 8.1

64-Bit editions of Windows require digitally signed drivers. The problem is that many devices ship with unsigned drivers. Today, we’ll show you how to install them regardless.

Digitally signed drivers include an electronic fingerprint that indicates which company the driver was produced by as well as an indication as to whether the driver has been modified since the company released it. This increases security, as a signed driver that has been modified will no longer have an intact signature. Drivers are signed using code signing certificates.

I found out how to allow unsigned drivers in windows 8 or 8.1, the instructions are below.

FYI... this may need to be done each time you update your graphics driver

Part 1

OPTION 1

Open a Command Prompt (Run as Administrator).

On the command prompt type BCDEDIT /Set LoadOptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS and enter.
A message will say "Command successful"
Now type BCDEDIT /Set TESTSIGNING ON.

If, for any reason, you want to change back to the default, repeat the steps but with the commands
BCDEDIT /Set LoadOptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS and
BCDEDIT /Set TESTSIGNING ON

Restart the computer.

this changes the driver situation to work like in windows 7 and you will still have to allow the unsigned driver to be installed but it won't just automatically cancel the installation.

Option 2

1. Open Settings (move your mouse to the top or bottom right corner of the screen and wait for the charm bar to appear, then click the Gear icon)
2. Click "Change PC Settings"
3. Click "General"
4. Scroll down, and click ‘Restart now’ under "Advanced startup"
5.  
6. Click "Troubleshoot"
7. Click "Advanced Options"
8. Click "Windows Startup Settings"
9. Click Restart
10.  
11. When your computer restarts, select "Disable driver signature enforcement" from the list (on my PC it was option 7)
12.  
13. You can now load the unsigned driver and after resetting your computer it should still work.

thanks to coolguy16 jeggu and krisdf

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Part 2
Tutorial with screenshot:

How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit Windows 8.1

Press the Win + C keyboard combination to bring up the Charms Bar, then click on the Settings Charm.

We need to head into the Modern Control Panel, so go ahead and click on the Change PC settings link.

When the Control Panel opens, switch over to the “Update & recovery” section.

Then click on the Recovery option on the left hand side.

Once selected, you will see an advanced startup section appear on the right hand side. You will need to click on the “Restart now” button.

Once your Computer has rebooted you will need to choose the Troubleshoot option.

Then head into Advanced options.

Then Startup Settings.

Since we are modifying boot time configuration settings, you will need to restart your Computer one last time.

Finally, you will be given a list of startup settings that you can change. The one we are looking for is “Disable driver signature enforcement”. To choose the setting, you will need to press the F7 key.

That’s all there is to it. Your PC will then reboot and you will be able to install unsigned drivers without any error message 

How to Set the JAVA_HOME Variable in Windows 8.1

Find JDK Installation Directory

First you need to know the installation path for the Java Development Kit.

Open the default installation path for the Java Development Kit

C:\Program Files\Java

There should be a subdirectory like

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_10

Set the JAVA_HOME Variable

Once you have the JDK installation path:

1. Right-click the My Computer icon on
2. your desktop and select Properties.
3. Click the Advanced tab. Click the
4. Environment Variables button. Under System Variables, click New.
5. Enter the variable name as JAVA_HOME.
6. Enter the variable value as the installation path for the Java Development Kit.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Apply Changes.

You might need to restart windows.

How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit Windows 8

I have never run into this issue before. But I was trying to root my Android Tablet, when i got the message: System Policy denied access to unsigned drivers. Now i had to change change windows 8 policy to give access to unsigned driver installation.

 This is the tutorial to disable driver verification in windows 8 or 8.1  (So That You Can Install Unsigned Drivers)


64-Bit editions of Windows require digitally signed drivers. The problem is that many devices ship with unsigned drivers. Today, we’ll show you how to install them regardless.
Digitally signed drivers include an electronic fingerprint that indicates which company the driver was produced by as well as an indication as to whether the driver has been modified since the company released it. This increases security, as a signed driver that has been modified will no longer have an intact signature. Drivers are signed using code signing certificates.

Press the Win + C keyboard combination to bring up the Charms Bar, then click on the Settings Charm.

We need to head into the Modern Control Panel, so go ahead and click on the Change PC settings link.

When the Control Panel opens, switch over to the “Update & recovery” section.

Then click on the Recovery option on the left hand side.

Once selected, you will see an advanced startup section appear on the right hand side. You will need to click on the “Restart now” button.

Once your Computer has rebooted you will need to choose the Troubleshoot option.

Then head into Advanced options.

Then Startup Settings.

Since we are modifying boot time configuration settings, you will need to restart your Computer one last time.

Finally, you will be given a list of startup settings that you can change. The one we are looking for is “Disable driver signature enforcement”. To choose the setting, you will need to press the F7 key.


That’s all there is to it. Your PC will then reboot and you will be able to install unsigned drivers without any error message


Good Luck.