VMWare Bioses

[China4Ever]

Thanks to HANOUI user who captured my attention I decided to open this thread so that people who want to download a bios for VM will find it here.

- Motherboard and Manufacter Model : All that can run VMware
- Bios Revision = All you can imagine
- Bios Type = PHOENIX
- Bios SLIC = ACER,ASUS,DELL,GATEWAY,HP,LENOVO,NEC,SONY.
- Bios Modder = Hanoui
- Bios Link = http://www.pirateshare.net/?id=11831688

To call the modded bios you have to edit *.vmx config-file:

Add this line using notepad at the beginning to call modified bios:
bios440.filename = "VMWAREBIOS_SLIC.ROM"

Original link http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=2634&postcount=2240

[Hanoui]

Hi China4Ever,

It seems that Dell and Lenovo bios fail when you try to activate Vista.:(

And just a few thing :
adding the line bios440.filename = "VMWAREBIOS_SLIC.ROM", will cause Vmware fail to boot because it don't find the good path of the bios.

It will be more that :

Add this line using notepad at the beginning to call modified bios:

bios440.filename = "C:\mybios.rom"

Eventually change the path to where you have copied mybios.rom


Could you edit your post ?

Thanks, :)

Hanoui.

[leobg]

Hi China4Ever,

It seems that Dell and Lenovo bios fail when you try to activate Vista.:(

And just a few thing :
adding the line bios440.filename = "VMWAREBIOS_SLIC.ROM", will cause Vmware fail to boot because it don't find the good path of the bios.

It will be more that :

Add this line using notepad at the beginning to call modified bios:

bios440.filename = "C:\mybios.rom"

Eventually change the path to where you have copied mybios.rom


Could you edit your post ?

Thanks, :)

Hanoui.

If you don't add path to the value VMWare will be looking in virtual machine home folder. You can simply place the custom bios there.

[alex_voyager]

Link don't work anymore.
So there is anyone that have cracked virtualpc 2007 with a SLIC2 table?

[bedrock]

Virtual PC 2007 would be good also?

[re*s.t.a.r.s.*2]

China4ever can you upload this bios fo vmware to some other hoster?

the pirateshare it not working anymore please much apreciated..

[alex_voyager]

I have cracked BIOS from VirtualPC (tnx to Yen for his static v3 tut).
I used ACER slic but i have a little trouble...ACER slic don't works with VISTA BUSINESSN (i have mistake the vista install!). I don't have much time to create a new virtual install. Is there someone that have a working serial to install and activate a BUSINESSN using ACER SLIC??
Soon i'll put virtualPC exe cracked here ;)

[alex_voyager]

Include only 2 virtualPC 2007 modified exe (v6.0.156.0)

SLIC ACER and SLIC ASUS for your VISTA VIRTUAL INSTALLATION!

http://file2upload.net/download/24202/virtualpc_slic.rar.html

Mirrors:
http://massmirror.com/3db8200ea0a615c0f967d4904eadf8d3.html

Not tested on VISTA BUSINESSN because i don't found a valid OEM serial.
Tested on VISTA HOME PREMIUM slic ACER.

(Replace the proper exe renaming it correctly)

WMWARE Bios plus Tutorial Mirror!
Here: http://massmirror.com/e06fd91874f786639add3120b9026358.html

[solu]

Plz if some one can provide a better link for the download

[Techno]

Plz if some one can provide a better link for the download

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=15125&postcount=12

VPC2007 exe with SLIC and SLP combined (http://download.yousendit.com/3615A1EC3E349D9F) (link valid for 7 days)

Success with Asus xrm-ms and Vista Business cdkey.

[cigolo_]

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=15125&postcount=12

VPC2007 exe with SLIC and SLP combined (http://download.yousendit.com/3615A1EC3E349D9F) (link valid for 7 days)

Success with Asus xrm-ms and Vista Business cdkey.

Hi, this link no longer working, is it possible to have a VPC2007 exe SLP=asus and SLIC=asus ?
Tnx

[ricktendo64]

Could somebody do me a favor and merge the bios into vmware-vmx.exe for me?

I tried doing it myself, I followed the instructions, used the same programs...but unsuccessfully

Here is the ROM that works when I edit Windows Vista.vmx, but doesn't when I add it to vmware-vmx.exe :(

Original files: http://www.sokoolz.com/addons/r64/VMwareBiosMerge.7z

tia

[urie]

Could somebody do me a favor and merge the bios into vmware-vmx.exe for me?

I tried doing it myself, I followed the instructions, used the same programs...but unsuccessfully

Here is the ROM that works when I edit Windows Vista.vmx, but doesn't when I add it to vmware-vmx.exe :(

Original files: http://www.sokoolz.com/addons/r64/VMwareBiosMerge.7z

tia

you can download vmware modded bioses here http://www.zshare.net/download/19903757c2aeb8/

[ricktendo64]

you can download vmware modded bioses here http://www.zshare.net/download/19903757c2aeb8/You da man... I was finally able to edit vmware-vmx.exe (I used Restorator BTW)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3013/vmwaretd0.jpg

[TheOneAndOnly]

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=15125&postcount=12

VPC2007 exe with SLIC and SLP combined (http://download.yousendit.com/3615A1EC3E349D9F) (link valid for 7 days)

Success with Asus xrm-ms and Vista Business cdkey.

Could you please put up a new link for the virtual PC SLIC and SLP? :)

Even better a how to :D

Thanks

[reginakampher]

How to add SLP 2.0 SLIC and SLP 1.0 string to Virtual PC 2007.

http://rapidshare.com/files/137230105/Virtual_PC_2007_SLP1.0_and_SLP2.0_guide_rev1.1.rar

Credits to the original author.

[TheOneAndOnly]

Thanks a bunch reginakampher. :) Do you have a howto for the vmware BIOS or even better Hyper-V if it is even possable?

On a side note, how did you go about translating "Award Super Static Method Editing Tools" app?

Oh, and the "Yihuajiemu" seems to have once been a website as far as I can tell.

[reginakampher]

You're welcome.

How to modify VMware BIOS.
http://rapidshare.com/files/137385948/How_to_modify_VMWare_BIOS.rar
Credits to the original author.

Sorry, I don't have one for Hyper-V (isn't that part of server 2008?).
As for translating the "Award Super Static Method Editing Tools" app, the direction will follow in the next post (a little short on time right now).

[reginakampher]

......On a side note, how did you go about translating "Award Super Static Method Editing Tools" app?......
This is how I translated it.

Open awardslic.exe with XN resource editor. Click on "RC Data" then "TFORM1" then "Language Neutral" on the left hand pane.
On the right hand pane, it should look something like this:

object Form1: TForm1
Left = 252
Top = 115
BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu, biMinimize]
BorderStyle = bsSingle
Caption = 'Award'#36229#32423#38745#24577#27861#20462#25913# 24037#20855
ClientHeight = 564
ClientWidth = 527
Color = clBtnFace
Font.Charset = GB2312_CHARSET
Font.Color = clWindowText
Font.Height = -12
Font.Name = #23435#20307

I copied the items highlighted in red and pasted it into Google translate.
I then inserted "&" before each instance of the "#" character so that it looked like this

&# 36229&# 32423&# 38745&# 24577&# 27861&# 20462&# 25913&# 24037&# 20855
(Remove the spaces. I had to put the spaces in there as vBulletin
converts them to Chinese characters)

Choose Chinese to English and click translate.
Scroll down and repeat this procedure to the other similar items and that's it.

[TheOneAndOnly]

Sweet, thanks for all the info, thats looks way easer then decompiling.

And the yes Hyper-V is only part of the x64 version of server 2k8 std, ent and data center.

Let me know if I can help you at all. :)

[urie]

This is how I translated it.

Open awardslic.exe with XN resource editor. Click on "RC Data" then "TFORM1" then "Language Neutral" on the left hand pane.
On the right hand pane, it should look something like this:

object Form1: TForm1
Left = 252
Top = 115
BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu, biMinimize]
BorderStyle = bsSingle
Caption = 'Award'#36229#32423#38745#24577#27861#20462#25913# 24037#20855
ClientHeight = 564
ClientWidth = 527
Color = clBtnFace
Font.Charset = GB2312_CHARSET
Font.Color = clWindowText
Font.Height = -12
Font.Name = #23435#20307

I copied the items highlighted in red and pasted it into Google translate.
I then inserted "&" before each instance of the "#" character so that it looked like this

&# 36229&# 32423&# 38745&# 24577&# 27861&# 20462&# 25913&# 24037&# 20855
(Remove the spaces. I had to put the spaces in there as vBulletin
converts them to Chinese characters)

Choose Chinese to English and click translate.
Scroll down and repeat this procedure to the other similar items and that's it.


@ reginakampher, thanks for the info on how to translate iv'e tried using
XN resource editor and Restorator and both come up with error '=' in line 6
any idea what im doing wrong

Thanks

[reginakampher]

This is what it should look like after translation.

object Form1: TForm1
Left = 252
Top = 115
BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu, biMinimize]
BorderStyle = bsSingle
Caption = 'Award Super static method editing tools'
ClientHeight = 564
ClientWidth = 527
Color = clBtnFace
Font.Charset = GB2312_CHARSET
Font.Color = clWindowText
Font.Height = -12
Font.Name = #23435#20307
Font.Style = []
OldCreateOrder = False
Position = poScreenCenter

The error messages can also be translated but they are a little more difficult to do. When you are done translating the GUI and the tool tips and are interested in translating the error messages, I will help you if you need it.

[TheOneAndOnly]

@ urie, I have translated the whole thing but some may need better translations. The error your getting my be from the apostrophe (') surrounding the text, I used notepad and the apostrophe (') in there is different then the apostrophe(') in XN resource editor.

Here are the lines I changed below. :D

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2588/awardsliccodesr0.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=awardsliccodesr0.jpg)

Here is the new file with the changes.

http://rapidshare.com/files/137665474/Awardslic.exe.html

[TheOneAndOnly]

@ reginakampher, got another app to be translated but the XN resource editor doesn't seem to work. Any ideas as to what else I should try? :D

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f4585d32d5.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

http://rapidshare.com/files/137664580/oemxp4.9.rar.html

[reginakampher]

When I try to execute BOXP49.exe, I get the following error message:

"Not found the kernel library or the kernel library is invalid"

[TheOneAndOnly]

What is BOXP49.exe from? :confused:

On a side note, I found where the BIOS is located in Hyper-V and it has a SLIC table built in. It's called (vmwp.exe) but when I attempt to change it and then replace with the modified version of the file in Server 2008 it hangs on booting a virtual machine right at the BIOS. I used XN resource editor to do the removal and insertion then using WinHex to change the SLIC.

http://rapidshare.com/files/137683091/vmwp.exe.html (Clean Version)

[reginakampher]

What is BOXP49.exe from? :confused:
Well, after I download this file
@ reginakampher, got another app to be translated but the XN resource editor doesn't seem to work. Any ideas as to what else I should try? :D
http://rapidshare.com/files/137664580/oemxp4.9.rar.html
and extract it, I get

http://i34.tinypic.com/1r9fmd.jpg
So, I presume you execute BOXP49.exe and that's when I get the error.

"Not found the kernel library or the kernel library is invalid"

[TheOneAndOnly]

Sorry, my bad, didn't dawn on me what it was. :o Just remove the Chinese characters from the folder that it was extracted in.

BIOS激活OEM版XP验证工具4.9 -> BIOSOEMXP4.9

[reginakampher]

I translated a few of them.
http://i33.tinypic.com/2a4vn87.jpg

I'm sure there is a better way but this is what I did. For example, the item circled in green are these charcaters.

¼ì Ñé ½á ¹û

I then searched for the occurrence of these characters in WinHex and I found an occurence here.

Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

00010290 00 01 16 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000102A0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000102B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000102C0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 FF ..........ÿ....ÿ
000102D0 00 00 00 00 0D 00 00 00 20 BC EC 20 D1 E9 20 BD ........ ¼ì Ñé ½
000102E0 E1 20 B9 FB 20 A4 01 00 00 15 00 01 00 00 00 00 á ¹û ¤..........
000102F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00010300 00 D1 A1 D4 F1 BC D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 .Ñ¡Ôñ¼Ð.........
00010310 00 05 00 00 00 49 02 00 00 68 01 00 00 00 00 00 .....I...h......
00010320 00 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 2F 00 01 16 00 00 00 .....).../......
00010330 00 93 04 01 16 73 04 01 16 72 04 01 16 60 04 01 .“...s...r...`..

I then copied and pasted the characters into notepad and saved it. Next, I opened the .txt file using M$ Word and you will be presented with a "File Conversion" window. I chose "Other encoding" and selected "Chinese Simplified (GB2312)" from the selection box. The conversion looked like this.

检 验 结 果

I copied and pasted this into Google translate and translated it using Chinese to English. When translated, it means "Test Results". I then edited it with WinHex so that it looks like this.

Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

00010290 00 01 16 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000102A0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000102B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000102C0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 FF ..........ÿ....ÿ
000102D0 00 00 00 00 0D 00 00 00 20 54 65 73 74 20 52 65 ........ Test Re
000102E0 73 75 6C 74 20 A4 01 00 00 15 00 01 00 00 00 00 sult ¤..........
000102F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00010300 00 D1 A1 D4 F1 BC D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 .Ñ¡Ôñ¼Ð.........
00010310 00 05 00 00 00 49 02 00 00 68 01 00 00 00 00 00 .....I...h......
00010320 00 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 2F 00 01 16 00 00 00 .....).../......
00010330 00 93 04 01 16 73 04 01 16 72 04 01 16 60 04 01 .“...s...r...`..

And here is the outcome.
http://i33.tinypic.com/2z6you8.jpg

[TheOneAndOnly]

Very cool, nice work :) Didn't dawn on me to put it in to WinHex to find the characters.

[reginakampher]

All the posts that dealt with Hyper-V BIOS has been moved to here.
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=2829

[Techno]

Virtual PC 2007 (6.0.156.0) with Acer SLP and Asus SLIC.
Link1 (http://www.zshare.net/download/5354257648f68c9e/) | Link2 (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=TTZsanZuQzNqY29LSkE9PQ)

Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (6.0.192.0) with Acer SLP and Asus SLIC.
Link1 (http://www.zshare.net/download/535426063e228cb5/) | Link2 (http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZsanZyTERtNExIRGc9PQ)

[had2much]

Anyone have a working link to the VMware bios? Not the Virtual PC, but the VMware. Unless there's no difference. I'm assuming there is though. The zshare link doesn't seem to work correctly. It acts like it's still hosted, but after you wait the time limit to download and click the download link, it just starts the process over. It won't let me actually download a file. If any could provide a working link, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[911medic]

Anyone have a working link to the VMware bios? Not the Virtual PC, but the VMware. Unless there's no difference. I'm assuming there is though. The zshare link doesn't seem to work correctly. It acts like it's still hosted, but after you wait the time limit to download and click the download link, it just starts the process over. It won't let me actually download a file. If any could provide a working link, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Here..:D
http://slics.myftp.org/vmware_bios.rar

[had2much]

That's twice now that you've helped me. Much thanks. :) I didn't get a chance to install the gigabyte bios you gave me yesterday, but hopefully tomorrow. I wanted the vmware bios because I like to keep a safe environment to test in thats as close to my main system as possible(setup wise, obviously a vm is different hardware wise). Thanks again. I have to say this has been a pretty friendly board from what I've seen so far.

[tormento]

Virtual PC 2007 (6.0.156.0) with Acer SLP and Asus SLIC.

Any chance to get a x64 version?

[Techno]

Any chance to get a x64 version?

Both the x86 and x64 installers install the same Virtual PC.exe. The only difference is 32bit vs 64bit drivers if i'm not wrong. So the posted files will work fine for 64bit as well.

I've verified the MD5 checksum to be the same for both Virtual PC.exe.

[tormento]

Both the x86 and x64 installers install the same Virtual PC.exe. The only difference is 32bit vs 64bit drivers if i'm not wrong. So the posted files will work fine for 64bit as well.

Sorry but if you try to replace the x64 version with the slic x86 one, the program crashes miserably.

[Techno]

Sorry but if you try to replace the x64 version with the slic x86 one, the program crashes miserably.

hmm odd. I'll post a x64 version which I'm using now. It has the same MD5 checksum as the x86 one though.

Virtual PC 2007 SP1 x64 (6.0.192.0) with Acer SLP and Asus SLIC.
Link (http://www.zshare.net/download/53926485170c4fd8/)

[johnnygers]

EDIT: Never mind this post. Sorry.

[machunter46]

Here..:D
http://slics.myftp.org/vmware_bios.rar


And that Bios is for what version of VMWARE????

[twelfd]

And that Bios is for what version of VMWARE????
I don't know what version they are for but I found they don't work with vmware 6.5.2, but if you follow the guide for pheonix mod your own bios (extract it first). It's definitely a different bios in vmw 6.5.2, there are a lot more acpi roms when extracted (13 compared to 3 or 4 in those bios' listed/linked to

[johnnygers]

well my 6.5 bios is working with 6.5.2, and reported as "identical" in the other vmware 6.5.2 thread... :confused:

I am lazy to mod it myself right now, but if i get some time i will report back about it.

[twelfd]

6.5 bios is probably the same as 6.5.2, what i meant was that the bios in 6.5.2 is different from the bios files at #http://slics.myftp.org/vmware_bios.rar or at least the couple i tried just hung at the bios/post screen, which is why i checked

[In2it]

Do the bios mentioned above in post #44, and in other posts, have slp as well as slic ie are they ok for XP and Vista?

[machunter46]

Look here: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=4382

[drably]

How to obtain the vmware bios posted originating in this thread?
all links are dead??? :confused::confused::confused:

[urie]

How to obtain the vmware bios posted originating in this thread?
all links are dead??? :confused::confused::confused:

What was the number of the post on this thread ?

[pfak]

Is there a guide available for retrieving the BIOS from an ESX/ESXi install?

[sebus]

Is there a guide available for retrieving the BIOS from an ESX/ESXi install?

Problem with search on your side?

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=157621&postcount=16

sebus