Workstation 17 and we are noticing that periodically the vm will "lock up"

Products

• VMware Workstation 17.x Pro (for Windows)

Issue/Introduction

Reviewed issue.

- VM locks up after about 5 min.

- Added line to vmx:

cpuid.1.ecx="----:---0:----:----:----:----:----:----".

For reference, this KB has instructions for editing the .vmx config file:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/311480

Environment

VMware Workstation 17 Pro17.5.1 build-23775771

Host Laptop
Processor Inte Core i7-9850H [email protected] 2.59GHz

 

 

Cause

* TSC frequency miscalculation. If WHP is reporting incorrect TSC frequency to us, our emulated TSCs _will_ diverge from passthrough TSCs.

Resolution

Add the following in their vmx file. 

cpuid.1.ecx="----:---0:----:----:----:----:----:----"