macOS Sonoma wont start

Im trying to get MacOS running on VMWare. but its constantly crashing in various ways. ive installed the latest unlocker patch to vmware workstation pro 17 but it is not having any of it. My config vmx file is also attached below. Im running on a ryzen 5 3600X (overclocked to 4.1GHz, but i doubt that makes a difference)

.encoding = "windows-1252" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "21" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" hpet0.present = "TRUE" nvram = "macOS Sonoma.nvram" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "soft" powerType.suspend = "soft" powerType.reset = "soft" displayName = "macOS Sonoma" usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE" smc.present = "TRUE" smbios.restrictSerialCharset = "TRUE" firmware = "efi" guestOS = "darwin23-64" board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE" ich7m.present = "TRUE" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" sound.autoDetect = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" sound.fileName = "-1" sound.present = "TRUE" numvcpus = "2" cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2" memsize = "8192" sata0.present = "TRUE" sata0:0.fileName = "macOS Sonoma-1.vmdk" sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image" sata0:1.fileName = "C:\Users\obruc\Downloads\macOS Sonoma ISO by techrechard.com.iso" sata0:1.present = "TRUE" usb.present = "TRUE" ehci.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.connectionType = "nat" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" extendedConfigFile = "macOS Sonoma.vmxf" floppy0.present = "FALSE" vmxstats.filename = "macOS Sonoma.scoreboard" numa.autosize.cookie = "20022" numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "2" uuid.bios = "56 4d 4f 17 7b ee e7 cf-f5 7e df 95 b2 be ba 76" uuid.location = "56 4d 4f 17 7b ee e7 cf-f5 7e df 95 b2 be ba 76" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" usb.pciSlotNumber = "32" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "160" sound.pciSlotNumber = "33" ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34" usb_xhci.pciSlotNumber = "192" sata0.pciSlotNumber = "35" sata0:0.redo = "" svga.vramSize = "268435456" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728" vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "268435456" vmotion.svga.mobMaxSize = "268435456" vmotion.svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "262144" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:be:ba:76" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" vmci0.id = "-1296123274" monitor.phys_bits_used = "45" cleanShutdown = "TRUE" softPowerOff = "FALSE" usb_xhci:6.speed = "2" usb_xhci:6.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:6.deviceType = "hub" usb_xhci:6.port = "6" usb_xhci:6.parent = "-1" usb_xhci:7.speed = "4" usb_xhci:7.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:7.deviceType = "hub" usb_xhci:7.port = "7" usb_xhci:7.parent = "-1" usb:1.speed = "2" usb:1.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:1.port = "1" usb:1.parent = "-1" toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "53" sata0:0.present = "TRUE" hw.model = "MacBookPro14,3" board-id = "Mac-551B86E5744E2388" smc.version = "0" cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011" cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111" cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110" cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001" cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001" cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000" cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011" cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111" vhv.enable = "FALSE" vpmc.enable = "FALSE" serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE" serialNumber = "C01234567890" sata0:1.startConnected = "FALSE" usb_xhci:4.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:4.deviceType = "hid" usb_xhci:4.port = "4" usb_xhci:4.parent = "-1" 
submitted by /u/olliewolly257
[link] [comments]