Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#10306 closed defect (fixed)
Windows 8 Consumer Preview VM stops responding when doing File IO (ICH9 only)
| Reported by: | Andre.Ziegler | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.8 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
When an application does some IO (file, network) the VM freezes and nothing happens for 1 or 2 minutes.
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Change History (15)
by , 12 years ago
follow-up: 2 comment:1 by , 12 years ago
follow-up: 4 comment:2 by , 12 years ago
Replying to Andre.Ziegler and dmashal: Could you give the exact use-case so that we can reproduce the problem here?
comment:3 by , 12 years ago
Just install Windows 8 consumer preview on Win7 x64 host.
DVD must be in IDE mode to boot installer.
After install of Win 8 CP, install guest additions using WDDM driver (say no to using direct 3d) and reboot.
Then use windows for a few minutes, try and access system settings, configure the system as a normal user would and you will see the problem.
comment:4 by , 12 years ago
Replying to misha:
Replying to Andre.Ziegler
Could you give the exact use-case so that we can reproduce the problem here?
for me it happens when I try to start IE10. In this case the VM simply hangs for a while and you can't do anything.
comment:5 by , 12 years ago
It can be anything. Try changing setting in control panel, or changing system settings, etc. It's something either with dwm.exe or svchost.exe windows host process.
comment:7 by , 12 years ago
what should I change?
I also think it is more DWM/GPU related. Today the VM freezed for over 2 minutes while running WinSAT.
comment:11 by , 12 years ago
ok, Perryg was right. I changed the chipset to PIIX3 in the VM settings and now Win8 works fine. I have no idea why I selected ICH9.
comment:12 by , 12 years ago
Once bitten twice shy as they say.
I have not been able to reliably use ICH9 for a long time, but I still try on occasion.
comment:13 by , 12 years ago
| Summary: | Windows 8 Consumer Preview VM stops responding when doing File IO → Windows 8 Consumer Preview VM stops responding when doing File IO (ICH9 only) |
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comment:14 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Should be fixed in VBox 4.1.20. Please reopen if still relevant.
I can reproduce this bug it seems a graphics driver bug with the WDDM driver. I noticed dwm.exe using a lot of I/O and having a lot of page fault.
After a minute or 3 sending the guest a ctrl+alt+del will get the display back and Windows 8 CPU will start working again, for a few minutes until the problem happens again.