ROM Error in El Capitan VM

[zerocool2007a]

Hello All -

 

I've installed El Capitan in a VM (VMware Workstation 12) using the instructions from: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309556-run-vanilla-os-x-el-capitan-yosemite-or-mavericks-in-vmware-workstation-12-on-a-windows-host/

 

Everything is up and running fine, however I'm having a problem while trying to manually input the MLB and ROM values to get iMessage working. I grabbed both values using iMessageDebug from a MacBook Air I own. The lines I entered into the .vmx file are below.

 

smbios.reflectHost = "FALSE"
board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"
board-id = "Mac-#######"
hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"
hw.model = "MacBookAir7,2"
serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"
serialNumber = "My serial #"
efi.nvram.var.ROM.reflectHost = "FALSE"
efi.nvram.var.MLB.reflectHost = "FALSE"
system-id.enable = "TRUE"
efi.nvram.var.MLB = "My MLB"
efi.nvram.var.ROM = "My ROM"
smc.version = "0"

 

I understand the ROM is supposed to be a 12 character hexadecimal that needs to be converted to ASCII, but when I go to convert my ROM its not a valid hexadecimal value (although it is 12 characters).

 

Is there something else I'm missing?

 

[shuishen49]

exp

 

efi.nvram.var.MLB = "C02530301GLFTPFAG"
efi.nvram.var.ROM = "94f6a351aaa2"

[Beefcat]

have the same problem here.

 

 

 

efi.nvram.var.ROM = "0002c351aaa2" converted to ASCII gives "ÃQª¢"

 

Convert this back to a 12 character hexadecimal

 

you get                         :      "02 c3 51 aa a2"

Instead you should get  : "00 02 c3 51 aa a2"    

 

Therefore my mac running as host never get the correct efi.nvram.var.ROM

 

What is the problem ?

[Donk]

have the same problem here.

 

 

 

efi.nvram.var.ROM = "0002c351aaa2" converted to ASCII gives "ÃQª¢"

 

Convert this back to a 12 character hexadecimal

 

you get                         :      "02 c3 51 aa a2"

Instead you should get  : "00 02 c3 51 aa a2"    

 

Therefore my mac running as host never get the correct efi.nvram.var.ROM

 

What is the problem ?

 

You don't convert it to ASCII. Just put the hex value in the setting.