[SOLVED] Windows 10 vm hangs a few minutes after startup

[Jamie]

I am trying to pass through an ssd with a windows 10 install already on the ssd. I can pass it through to the vm and boot it up everything works fine for the first few minutes until it freezes the vm. The host does not freeze.

I am using the latest version of proxmox ve 6.1

The host
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AMD 3950x
64 gb ddr4


vm
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I pass through 12 threads [host]
32gb ddr4
SSD passthrough virtio
BIOS OVMF
Machine q35
networking virtio
and I pass through two usb ports: one for keyboard and one for mouse


and yes I did install the virtio drivers on the os

Passing through a gpu causes the same thing to happen.

I also tried installing a fresh windows 10 on a different storage medium and this does not happen, but it defeats the purpose. I would like to pass through the ssd in which windows 10 is already installed.

o and one more thing, if I boot into safe mode on the freezing windows 10 install it does not freeze. I have checked windows event manager and don't see anything.

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

this sounds like a driver problem.
Have you removed all HW drivers from the old System?

 

[Jamie]

I figured it out. There was software that directly controls the motherboard lighting. Once I uninstalled that everything is working great.