VirtualBox

Opened 15 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

#4887 closed defect (obsolete)

Graphical corruption and freeze in Windows 7 Guest

Reported by: steppres Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 3.0.4
Keywords: windows 7, freeze, crash, hang Cc:
Guest type: Windows Host type: other

Description

Windows 7 guest on any host OS using VirtualBox 3.0.4 will intermittently freeze and display graphical corruption onscreen. Resetting the VM will cause it BSOD during boot. The VM must be turned off and on again to regain operational status.

Attachments (5)

vbox.png (20.4 KB ) - added by steppres 15 years ago.
Example of corrupted graphics on guest freeze.
VBox.log (51.6 KB ) - added by steppres 15 years ago.
Log during crash. Crash occurs at 00:05:57.642
9-2-2009 10-33-45 AM.png (173.4 KB ) - added by John Deutscher 15 years ago.
Image of corrupt display after running Windows 7 for a couple minutes.
Windows 7 RTM-2009-09-02-10-31-43 (36.0 KB ) - added by John Deutscher 15 years ago.
Log file - crash is at 00:07:58.456
W2K8R2_VBox.log (91.2 KB ) - added by mohnid 15 years ago.
Windows 2008 Server R2 freeze log

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Change History (14)

by steppres, 15 years ago

Attachment: vbox.png added

Example of corrupted graphics on guest freeze.

by steppres, 15 years ago

Attachment: VBox.log added

Log during crash. Crash occurs at 00:05:57.642

comment:1 by Xing, 15 years ago

Also occurs with Windows 2008 R2 64 guest OS

comment:2 by Sander van Leeuwen, 15 years ago

Does reducing the nr of virtual CPUs to 1 fix the problem?

in reply to:  2 ; comment:3 by steppres, 15 years ago

Replying to sandervl73:

Does reducing the nr of virtual CPUs to 1 fix the problem?

Yes, I've reduced the CPU count to 1, also turned off IO APIC, PAE/NX, VT-x/AMD-V and Nested Paging in various combinations, but it still occurs. I've also noticed the same thing in my Vista SP2 guest too. The only thing that seems to stop it occurring is reverting to the Standard VGA driver that Windows provides.

comment:4 by John Deutscher, 15 years ago

I'm having this exact same issue if you need more log files.

in reply to:  4 comment:5 by John Deutscher, 15 years ago

Replying to johndeu:

I'm having this exact same issue if you need more log files.

Seems to always report this at the point of freeze. Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=000000000a880000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=0 cbLine=0x400 VBVA: Disabled.

by John Deutscher, 15 years ago

Attachment: 9-2-2009 10-33-45 AM.png added

Image of corrupt display after running Windows 7 for a couple minutes.

by John Deutscher, 15 years ago

Log file - crash is at 00:07:58.456

in reply to:  3 comment:6 by steppres, 15 years ago

Replying to steppres:

Replying to sandervl73:

Does reducing the nr of virtual CPUs to 1 fix the problem?

Yes, I've reduced the CPU count to 1, also turned off IO APIC, PAE/NX, VT-x/AMD-V and Nested Paging in various combinations, but it still occurs. I've also noticed the same thing in my Vista SP2 guest too. The only thing that seems to stop it occurring is reverting to the Standard VGA driver that Windows provides.

I'd like to clarify that the only remedy is using Safe Mode. The guest will BSOD even when using the Standard VGA driver.

comment:7 by John Deutscher, 15 years ago

Switching to a single CPU has made things more stable for me. I have a guest that has run for almost 24 hours now.

comment:8 by mohnid, 15 years ago

Same Error occurs on Windows 2008 Server R2 Guest with vbox 3.0.6 on Windows 2008 Server host. I didn't have this problem on a Windows 2008 Server guest.

by mohnid, 15 years ago

Attachment: W2K8R2_VBox.log added

Windows 2008 Server R2 freeze log

comment:9 by Frank Mehnert, 9 years ago

Resolution: obsolete
Status: newclosed
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