MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD on VMware! (25099)

Copper Contributor

[UPDATE 4/21] Setting the VM to use a single core in VMware allows this build to boot without any issues. 

 

This is more of a heads up for people trying to install this build in VMware. Most attempts to boot this build in the latest version of VMware will result in a MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD. After several restarts, you will eventually get into Setup/Windows.  Here's a feedback hub link for those who have also experienced this. https://aka.ms/AAgq409 

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Does anyone have a physical machine that has 2 or more CPUs installed? If so, can you please try to boot 25099 and see if you get the MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD? I would love to know if this occurs on real hardware

From what I've observed:

25099 with 6 processor cores in VMware: Fine

25099 with 4 physical CPUs: BSODs

 

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I think that I just solved this same error. I'm using VMware Workstation and the VM was configured to use 2 CPU with 1 core each. However, my physical computer only has 1 CPU with 4 cores. I changed the VM to use 1 CPU with 2 cores and... Success!

BTW, I had tried upgrades, booting from the 25099 ISO and nothing worked.

The feedback hub post mentioned above (https://aka.ms/AAgq409) actually pointed me in the right direction as it mentioned a CPU Microcode mismatch being the cause of the problem.
Can't believe that something so simple was the bane of my existence. Thanks for this, it solved my problem changing it to 1 processor with 4 cores.
Works perfcet - THX