Hello
As promised I am sharing my experience, screenshots and logs in the hope that I can resolve this blocking point. Below is some of the output of the sudo lshw.
acb-desktop
description: Desktop Computer
product: System Product Name (SKU)
vendor: ASUS
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-3.4.0 dmi-3.4.0 smp vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=To be filled by O.E.M. sku=SKU uuid=c4cf9cc2-8627-23a8-30fc-a036bce58196
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: PRIME Z690-P D4
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev 1.xx
serial: 220808794600068
slot: Default string
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 1620
date: 08/13/2022
size: 64KiB
capacity: 24MiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int14serial int17printer int10video usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 46
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 64GiB
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 5c
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.183.1
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: LGA1700
size: 3118MHz
capacity: 5376MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080
resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:193 memory:6002000000-6002ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:122 memory:85600000-856fffff
*-nvme
description: NVMe device
product: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
vendor: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: /dev/nvme0
version: 5B2QGXA7
serial: S69ENX0TA28269Z
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: nvme pm msi pciexpress msix nvm_express bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvme latency=0 nqn=nqn.1994-11.com.samsung:nvme:980PRO:M.2:S69ENX0TA28269Z state=live
resources: irq:16 memory:85600000-85603fff
I uninstalled VMWare, redownloaded and installed again. The installation appears to have gone OK.
I created a new VM. I went with the typical option and always exceeded the minimum suggested by VMWare.
The source was the ISO of Windows 11 x 64 sourced from Microsoft. Before attempting to install I mounted it without any issues. I set the CD as being the ISO and VMWare detected that this was Windows 11 x64.
After clicking the Finish nothing happened. I noticed that the icon for the CD had a red X on it. After a minute I got a message that no OS could be found.
I'm including the vmware log.
@Technogeezer could it be that the Intel 500 Chipset on this M/Board will not boot in UEFI with CSM when the video is the one on board? This is because chipset does not support UEFI VBIOS graphic card, hence the integrated graphics mode does not support legacy boot and CSM option becomes non-configurable.
If that is the case can you maybe guide me on how to circumvent this,
Thanks