VMware modded BIOS

[Loki1973]

Thanks for this fantastic forum!!!

I found modded BIOS's for all of my systems here, but the final "machine" I want to work with SLIC 2.1 is my VMware ESX Server to have the 2.1 SLIC. I know there has been a (Binbin) BIOS around somewhere but that one doesn't work with Version 7 VM's and only has the 2.0 SLIC.

In the past (for Vista and W2K8) I've used the tutorial to put in the _ASUS_Notebook SLIC 2.0 which worked like a charm. I used the most recent BIOS included in VMware Workstation 6.5.

It seems however, that this tut doesn't work anymore for SLIC 2.1.

I would like to try and mod this BIOS myself, but if someone could put me in the right direction that would be great.

What I've done so far:


I've used the instructions in the tutorial and modified the SLIC to match "DELL " and "M09 "
I've copied the DELL.BIN to the TEMP folder of the Phoenix BIOS editor.
I've modified the ROM.SCR
I modified a DMI string (replaced "VMware Inc." to "VMware Inc"
I have built the BIOS
I put in the "bios440.filename" option, and I CAN see SLIC inside ACPI when I run RW-Everything. The original BIOS doesn't show that tab.
I have installed both the OEM key and the DELL cert.


It still says "28 days to activate" :mad:

I know there is a Phoenix topic on this forum, but it is closed, so that's why I'm posting it here.

Hope someone is able to help me out here.

Thanks a million.

[garnichda]

Hello Loki,

you can try this ROM File which has Dell SLIC 2.1 in it


http://rapidshare.com/files/265725081/BIOS_SLIC_2.1.rar

[Loki1973]

Hello Loki,

you can try this ROM File which has Dell SLIC 2.1 in it


http://rapidshare.com/files/265725081/BIOS_SLIC_2.1.rar

Thanks a bunch! This one seems to work. I saw it uses the DELL QA09 SLIC. Can you tell me, or post me link on how you did this one. I'm glad it works, I just want to know how you did it. :D

[garnichda]

i have downloaded it for a while and store it on my hdd. i think someone has extracted the rom file from vmware workstation and did it with phoenix bios editor pro.

[Loki1973]

i have downloaded it for a while and store it on my hdd. i think someone has extracted the rom file from vmware workstation and did it with phoenix bios editor pro.

Ah, ok, so you haven't done it yourself. :) No worries, and thanks again.