Windows 10 guest boot freeze after radeon rx 5500xt driver install

mdahamshi

New Member
Jan 4, 2021
8
0
1
34
Hey
I installed windows 10 with Radeon rx 5500xt passthrough and ssd passthrough
everything went good, until windows update installed the radeon rx 5500xt driver, then the screen went black, and every time now I run windows, it freeze while booting (doesn't complete the boot).
agent: 1
balloon: 8912
bios: ovmf
boot: order=scsi0;net0;sata2;sata1
cores: 4
hostpci0: 0000:0a:00,x-vga=1
machine: pc-q35-5.1
memory: 16384
name: windows
net0: e1000=0A:A7:B1:F8:27:CA,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: win10
sata1: hd_iso:iso/virtio-win-0.1.208.iso,media=cdrom,size=543390K
sata2: local:iso/_Getintopc.com_W10X64.PROVL.ENU.JAN2020.ISO,media=cdrom,size=4198080K
scsi0: /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-TS256GMTE110S_G199621978,size=250059096K
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=ae0c5cd4-384a-4e78-9053-d68ede1d525d
sockets: 1
usb0: host=0b05:1910,usb3=1
usb1: host=0b05:1945,usb3=1
vmgenid: c8718b86-2947-4d88-bd28-db99722e9ff2
 
I fixed it by setting the cpu type to "host" (instead of kvm64)
and setting the pcie flag:
hostpci0: 0000:0a:00,pcie=1,x-vga=1
 

About

The Proxmox community has been around for many years and offers help and support for Proxmox VE, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Mail Gateway.
We think our community is one of the best thanks to people like you!

Get your subscription!

The Proxmox team works very hard to make sure you are running the best software and getting stable updates and security enhancements, as well as quick enterprise support. Tens of thousands of happy customers have a Proxmox subscription. Get yours easily in our online shop.

Buy now!